Ananthanarayan and Paniker's Textbook of Microbiology, 13th Edition
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The 13th edition of Ananthanarayan and Paniker’s Textbook of Microbiology, has been meticulously developed to align with the principles of the competency-based medical education (CBME) curriculum prescribed by the National Medical Council (NMC). The content in this edition has been curated not only to cover the essential aspects of microbiology but also to foster the development of core competencies that are vital for medical practice. The approach integrates foundational knowledge with clinical applications, encouraging learners to bridge the gap between theoretical understanding and practical patient care. The introduction to bacteriology has been split into two chapters—Basic Concepts of Bacteriology, which deals with concepts such as staining, growth characteristics, and identification methods, and Systematic Bacteriology, which has been expanded to include the virulence factors and diseases caused by various organism groups. Content has been revised to include updated information on plasma sterilisation, CSSD, and the care bundle approach. New techniques such as VITEK, BioFilm Array, and AST have been added. In the section on applied microbiology, various infective syndromes have been discussed, along with their causative organisms, epidemiology, relevant investigations, treatment, and prevention, in keeping with the syndromic approach prescribed by the NMC. Parasitology has been integrated into all the syndromes. Topics such as HIV, direct-acting antivirals, National Hepatitis Control Programme guidelines, and zoonotic diseases have also been updated. A new chapter has been added on the AETCOM elements applicable to microbiology. Review: Great Book - Good book for beginners Review: Good book - Useful
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| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 31 Reviews |
K**Y
Great Book
Good book for beginners
J**O
Good book
Useful
D**N
Good
Good
A**D
13th edition is perfect for MBBS students
Just saw a copy of 13th edition. It's perfect for UG students with lot of MCQs, AETCOM...clinical cases through out the big are very good. will give a run for Apurva
A**R
very good
good
A**R
Book is damaged as almost zero packaging.
Book is very good but seller send the book almost nothing as package. As a result book damaged. Amazon should look into this .
A**Y
Necessary Mess
Necessary, because of trend, that almost all seniors begin chanting "anna... anna... annu... pani" when juniors, ask for academic book suggestion, believing it to be some sort of standard. Well the truth is that after 8th edition, it is no longer a standard textbook. Better books, in terms of updated-essential content are there. Plus, it has become more messy-confuzing-scattered, after NMC competency based syllabus came. The NMC syllabus is not meant to force institutions-professors-authors to reorganize the topics in books. It was meant to just ensure the students are competent on the enlisted topics, thats it, in order to demote rote-learning. Reorganizing, I mean scattering, topics here there, in order to make it look clinically oriented, is not the means to ensure student become competent in medical sciences. Anyways, whatever however 1star it is, person must, has to, necessary to go through it to... to not miss a single line that frienemy might have read, in a competitive world :)
P**R
Poorly written
Very poorly written One single microbe is written divided in 3-4 different locations and under different disease Such a waste of money Very very poorly written book Can’t directly find a particular bacteria or virus at one particular place in detail Very very poorly written and arranged book
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