📖 Essentials of Medical Microbiology, 5th Edition

By Apurba S Sastry & Sandhya Bhat | ISBN: 9789366169446 | Publisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers

🎓 The definitive MBBS microbiology textbook — now fully revised to align with the NMC Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) curriculum. Trusted by thousands of medical students across India for board exams, clinical rotations, and postgraduate entrance preparation.

🔬 What Makes This Edition Stand Out

This 5th edition is meticulously reorganized into two major parts:

• ✅ Part 1: General Microbiology, Immunology & Hospital Infection Control
• ✅ Part 2: Systemic Microbiology — arranged across 8 sections, each opening with a Clinical Infective Syndrome chapter to connect bedside presentation directly to the causative organism

This bedside-to-bench approach mirrors the way you'll be tested — making exam revision faster and clinical application clearer.

⭐ Key Features

• 📋 Complimentary chapter-wise question bank booklet — long essays, short notes, case scenario questions, reasoning-type MCQs & direct MCQs as per NMC guidelines
• 🏥 Clinical Infective Syndrome chapters open every Systemic Microbiology section for integrated learning
• 📊 Expanded tables, flowcharts, real images & schematic diagrams for rapid visual comprehension
• 🧴 Updated Hospital Infection Control section — antimicrobial stewardship, PPE donning/doffing, transmission-based precautions
• 💊 Revised parasitology, COVID-19 chapter, tuberculosis & HIV vaccine updates with ICMR, WHO, CDC, NACO & NTEP guidelines
• 📚 Sources updated from latest editions of Harrison, Mandell, and Bailey & Scott
• ✍️ Written by practicing microbiologists & hospital infection control specialists with decades of teaching & clinical experience

📘 Book Details

• Authors: Apurba S Sastry, Sandhya Bhat
• ISBN: 9789366169446
• Edition: 5th Edition (2027)
• Publisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
• Format: Paperback, Four Colour
• Ideal for: MBBS, NEET PG, INI-CET, FMGE, DNB

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