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This edition also features incorporation of parasitology, which has been deftly included to add value to the book. Unnecessary details of various parasites have been excluded. This obviates the reading of a separate book on parasitology. The text is presented in a simple and lucid manner. It is fully illustrated with colour and computer-drawn diagrams, clinical photographs and photomicrographs. These make the book attractively colourful and the readers can have a far better understanding of the biology of microorganisms. New illustrations have been added at various places for in-depth comprehension of the topics. For quick review and recapitulation, key facts and multiple choice questions have been added at the end of each chapter. To help the students perform better in the examination, the competencies expected from the students after reading various chapters have been outlined in the beginning of the chapters.
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| Publisher | CBS Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd |
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| Binding | Paperback |
| Size | 21.8cm× 28 cm× 3cm |
| Year | 2024 |
| Edition | 7th Edition |
| Pages | 844 |
| Author | DR Arora | Brij Bala Arora |
| Subject | Microbiology |
| About the Author | DR Arora MD, PhD, MNAMS is ex-Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana; and Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha, Haryana; ex-Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Medical Superintendent, and Dean, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana; Lead Assessor and Member, Accreditation Committee, National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL), Gurugram, Haryana; Principal Assessor, National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH), New Delhi; Assessor, National Accreditation Board for Education and Training (NABET), New Delhi, has more than 45 years of teaching experience in microbiology to medical and dental undergraduate and postgraduate students. Besides conducting and supervising research in microbiology, he has published Twelve textbooks on microbiology, parasitology and mycology, and 150 research articles in several indexed national and international journals of repute. The results of his research on malaria parasites and Klebsiella pneumoniae have been cited in World Health Organization WHO/MAL/83.10003 and Topley & Wilson's Microbiology and Microbial Infections, Bacteriology Vol 2, 10th ed, 2005, respectively. He has supervised a number of PG students of PhD, MD and MS. In appreciation of outstanding research carried out by him in India on bacteriocins of Klebsiella pneumoniae,he was awarded Smt.Kunti Mehrotra Award of Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists in 1983. He was awarded Lifetime Achievement Award by Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists in 2023. He was honoured by Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, on the eve of 15th Foundation Day on 02.06.2023.In recognition of significant contribution to the advancement of medical sciences, he was elected Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) in 1985. He has been a Visiting Professor at University of Mauritius in 1989. He was awarded WHO fellowship on Laboratory Aspects of HIV/AIDS and STD at Community Health Surveillance and Laboratories Administration, Baltimore, Maryland (USA) in 1992. He was honoured by Indian Medical Association, Kaithal, Haryana, on the eve of Doctors' Day on 01.07.1999. He has been examiner for BDS, MBBS, MD, DNB and PhD microbiology of a number of universities. His biography including academic activities and research work has been published in Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare 2011–12 (8th edition), NJ 07922, USA, distinguishing him as one of the leading healthcare professionals from around the world. Brij Bala Arora MD, Ex-Senior Professor and Head, Department of Pathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana; Ex-Director-Principal and Senior Professor and Head,Department of Pathology,SGT Medical College,Gurugram, Haryana, had more than 42 years of teaching experience in pathology to medical, dental and nursing undergraduate and postgraduate students. She had published five textbooks, and 175 research articles in several indexed national and international journals of repute. Her research on AgNOR staining technique received international importance and paper on morphometric analysis of AgNOR in lymph node lesions was published in “Advances in Clinical Pathology 6:95-99, 2002”. She had supervised 67 PG students of PhD, MD, MS, MDS and DNB. She had been examiner for BSc Nursing, BDS, MBBS, MD, DNB and PhD of a number of universities. She had been conferred MAMCOS scroll of honour in VIII Annual Conference on 20th December 1994 at Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi; Bharat Jyoti Award for outstanding services, achievements and contributions on 23rd June 2006 at New Delhi and International Gold Star Award 2010 for outstanding achievements at 25th Indo-Thai Entrepreneurs Summit on 27th August, 2010 at Bangkok, Thailand. Her biography including academic activities and research work has been published in Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare 2011–12 (8th edn), NJ 07922, USA, distinguishing her as one of the leading healthcare professionals from around the world. She had also been conferred Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of outstanding achievements at 33rd National Seminar on December 4th, 2012,New Delhi at Indian Achievers Forum. |