Page 1 of 3: FAQ: What are the good books for MD Microbiology?

doc_cru · Credits: 931 My Scrapbook

hello people...have just joined the pg programme..it's been 2 months since i joined..and since this was not the subject of my choice...not sooo happy but cant complain..didnt have many choices either..
so better make the most out of my 3 years than sit around and sulk...
so as usaul....it's back to books...so i wanted to enquire as to how to go about studying...since i am posted in the media section rite now,....am readin mackie and maccartney..people have told me konemans good too..and some bailey and scott.......so how did u all study..or are studying.... please do let me know about bacteriology/mycolory/virology/immunology(heard thet stites good) too
....happy studyin

aap · Credits: 2286 My Scrapbook

Hi!
interest will come slowly as u start doing practical stuff and attending emergency calls(if u have in ur institute).the new koneman is a must read book.for immunology read janis kuby for basics too good,u may not enter into the intracacies of genetics there.jagdishchander for mycology& viro ananthnarayan and jawetz shud suffice.

better interest will be generated if u read mandells tropical infectiuos diseases.I guess thats a lot of books :

ALL THE BEST!

doc_cru · Credits: 931 My Scrapbook

hey..thanku very very much....i got koneman...lookks like a huge mountain..hope to cross it..thanks once again....

welterfolg · Credits: 1243 My Scrapbook

Hi,
I thing the book Douglas, mandell and bennett is not an apt one for Microbiologists. It is more focussed on the clinical features and treatment which is not that important to a microbiologist when compared to the lab diagosis, which is not descussed in detail in that book. Moreover, even the little Microbiology related info that you cull from the book is too much that you will find it difficult to reproduce in the exams. Simply speaking, it is for gen medicine people than for us. IF one has a lot of time after finishing koneman, mackie, ananthu and chakraborty, we can go to it.

welterfolg · Credits: 1243 My Scrapbook

Hi,
I too have joined Micr this year. I think Kuby is more than enough for the immunology section. It is excellent with reagrd to the basics. We are not expected to know Clinical Immunology. So, the LANGE book by Daniel Stites and Tristam Parslow is not at all suitable. So do not do that mistake of opting for that book. Roitt is unsuited for it has so many diagrams that can never be reproduced in exams. It is too much into the biomolecular level, and will suit people with an interest in research. Of course, it cannot substitute Kuby. It can only be used as a top up.

doc_cru · Credits: 931 My Scrapbook

hey walter thank u very much for replying....
but i do think a little teeny weeny bit of clinical micro....we should know...other wise whats the use of being a mbbs /md...we could have taken bsc /and msc micro..right???
never mind...
and are u happy with your choice......coz i know a lot of us who take this sub are'nt...well i have now quite settled down...and console myself by saying..it is a diagnostic sub...and the physicians are helpless without us...ha ha ha
ok good luck with you books...!!!

welterfolg · Credits: 1243 My Scrapbook

Hi cru,
I entirely agree with you as regards ourselves becoming full fledged clinical microbiologists. I had attempetd to discourage the usage of Douglas, Mandell and Bennett for the simle reason that in some chapters, the lab diagnosis-biochemical n cultural charecteristics etc have been discuseed in just 200 words, whereas the clinical features of the disease caused by the organism seem to run into ten pages.. Of course, it is not going to hurt to learn them, but given the time constraints, i thought it would be wiser to finish Mackie mccartney, Koneman, Monica, Chakraborty, Ananthu, Parija etc and then move over to something extra.. These books would definitely enable us to become a good clinical microbiologist. You are right and I can't agree with you any better. I hoe you appreciate the thin line of difference between douglas and other books.. Both lead to different destinations.

doc_cru · Credits: 931 My Scrapbook

hey no offence welter...have checked out mandel...it's massive but i quite liked what i saw...we can read it when we get bored of reading the lab stuff......neways.....whatever.

welterfolg · Credits: 1243 My Scrapbook

Dear cru,
Don't worry. I did not take it in the wrong way. I just wanted to say that I agree with you.. Nice of you to clarify it. Thank you.

Jayanth1983 · Credits: 4603 My Scrapbook

May I know which colleges all u budding Microbiologists are from ??

Plz do reply...

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