The Short Textbook of Medical Microbiology Satish Gupte
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1The Short Textbook of Medical Microbiology2
in their esteemed opinion…
“A very useful compact guide for all people who need to have knowledge of microbiology….recommended for all medical students and technicians.”
—Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
“…full marks to Dr Satish Gupte for this excellent textbook of medical microbiology.”
—Indian Journal of Medical Sciences
“…A short and yet comprehensive textbook on medical microbiology…gives up-to-date information…should prove indispensable to the undergraduates for the second MBBS and of considerable value to the general practitioners who wish to remain up-to-date in their knowledge. It should be on the shelves of all medical libraries.”
—Maharashtra Medical Journal
Also by the Same Author
  1. Practical Exercises of Medical Microbiology, Second edition, 1998
  2. Viva and Recent Advances in Microbiology (Glimpses), Fourth edition, 2001
  3. Illustrated Microbiology, Second edition, 2005
  4. MCQs in Medical Microbiology, Second edition, 1990
  5. Advanced MCQ in Medical Microbiology, First edition, 1996
  6. Review of Medical Microbiology, Second edition, 2005
  7. The Short Textbook of Laboratory Technician, Second edition, 2005
  8. Short Textook of Blood Transfusion Medicine, First edition, 2000
3The Short Textbook of Medical Microbiology
NINTH EDITION
Satish Gupte MD Professor and Head Department of Microbiology Government Medical College and Associated Hospitals Jammu 180 001, J & K, India
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All rights reserved. No part of this publication should be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means: electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author and the publisher.
First Edition: 1982
Second Edition: 1984
Third Edition: 1986
Fourth Edition: 1989
Fifth Edition: 1993
Indonesian Edition: 1990
Sixth Edition: 1995
Seventh Edition: 1999
Eighth Edition: 2002
Ninth Edition: 2006
9788180616709
Typeset at JPBMP typesetting unit
Printed at Replika Press, Kundli, Haryana
5Preface to the Ninth Edition
The Short Textbook of Medical Microbiology has been revised and updated to reflect new advances plus emergence of new concepts in the super speciality of medical microbiology. This all and warm welcome showered to all previous editions propelled me to bring out this 9th edition with elegant new get up. The first edition of this volume was published over 23 years ago. In 1990 Indonesian edition of this volume was published with collaboration of Binarupa Aksara, Jakarta under the title Mikrobiologi dasar gaining popularity in that region.
All efforts are made to condense the updates on medical microbiology in recent years. All the chapters are thoroughly revised as suggested by esteemed readers from time to time. Main new additions include SARS, Avian influenza, Hospital and Laboratory waste, Penicillosis marneffi, Prions, Newer vaccines, Vibrio cholerae 039 Hepatitis B vaccines and so on. There is further addition to many appendices.
Every effort is made to keep the volume comprehensive profusely illustrated and still handy maintaining emphasis on the needs of MBBS students. Several color plates, tables and illustrations are provided to make the utility of the volume more intense. The portion dealing with clinical microbiology seems to be of great help to budding doctors (interns, house surgeons/physicians) who usually face difficulty in collection and transport of clinical material for laboratory investigations.
I offer my gratitude to my revered teachers Professor T.D. Chugh, Professor Uma Sabharwal, Professor R.K. Arya, Professor D.R. Arora for their blessings, encouragement, inspiration and goodwill. My special thanks to Professor Aruna Aggarwal, Professor Vijay Sharma, Professor Ashok Malik for their best wishes and suggestions in upbringing this edition.
I am thankful to Dr. G.M. Warke of Hi Media Laboratory, Mumbai for kind permission to use some photographs.
I am indebted to Mr. Jitendar P Vij and his dedicated and dynamic team for their cooperation in bringing this volume in very impressive form.
In true sense I derived much inspiration and blessings from my mother, respected Late Smt Kaushalya Gupte and respected father Late Shri Charanjit Gupte.
I take opportunity to express my thanks to all family members especially to my wife Mrs. Jyotsna Gupte and son Anubhav Gupte who endured emotional stress while I was deeply engrossed in preparing this manuscript.
Shortcomings are inevitable and I welcome comments, suggestions and even criticisms from valuable readers which are bound to improve the future editions of this volume.
Satish Gupte
“GUPTE HOUSE”
60, Lower Gumat,
Jammu 180016
India
July, 2005
6Preface to the First Edition
In India as also in other countries of the Third World, despite advances in the field of microbiology, there has been an acute dearth of well-written textbooks on the subject for the undergraduate medical students.
The Short Textbook of Medical Microbiology attempts to fill that long-left gap. In spite of great deal of expansion in all branches of microbiology, I have tried to make it concise yet comprehensive, handy and up-to-date. The stress has been on contemporary medical microbiology's relevance for today's needs in our set-up. A large number of line diagrams and tables are included to simplify the points. Also, the language has been simple, easy and straightforward. In line with our requirements more emphasis has been laid on practical aspects. A strong point of the digest is a special stress on the mechanism of production of disease by the microbes and laboratory diagnosis.
In writing this volume, I have considerably counted on the superb teaching of my teachers, namely Prof TD Chugh, Prof RK Arya and Prof (Mrs) Uma Sabharwal. The goodwill and wise counsels of Dr DR Arora, Dr Ashok Malik, Dr (Mrs.) Santhosh Saini, Dr Satish Walia, Dr RL Kaul, Dr (Mrs) Sudershan Kumari Gupta and Dr Satish Sharma proved a source of much stimulation.
Lastly, I express my appreciation for the various favors extended by the family folk at various stages of publication.
With this, let me hope that this little book makes its modest contribution by presenting the subject of medical microbiology in an easy, simple and straightforward form helping the undergraduates to imbibe basic and applied things on the subject.
Satish Gupte md
“Gupte House”
60, Lower Gumat,
Jammu.
July 1982