1) General

 (2x)Robert koch contributions(sem 5mk and 3mk)

 (3x)Koch postulates(proff 2mk; sem 5mk)

 (2x)Mech of transfer of genetic material between bacteria(proff 7mk;

sem 3mk)

 Diff bw gram positive and negative bacteria(sem 3mk)

 Gram negative cell wall(sem 5mk)

 Labelled diagram of bacterial cell wall(sem 3mk)

 L forms of bacteria(proff 4mk)

 Enriched media(proff 4mk)

 (2x)Anaerobic culture(sem 4mk and 5mk)

 Bacterial spored(proff 4mk)

 Transposable genetic elements(proff 4mk)

 Transferable drug resistance(proff 2mk)

 5 differences between mutational drug resistance and transferable drug

resistance(sem 5mk)

 Lysogenic conversion(proff 4mk)

 Conjugation(proff 4mk)

 Bacterial flagellum(proff 4mk)

 Bacteriophage(proff 4mk)

 Reverse transcription(proff 2mk)

 Viral DNA replication(proff 4mk)

 Viral culture(sem 5mk)

 Describe structural and chemical nature of virus. Enumerate medically important
RNA viruses(sem 10mk)

 Distinguish eukaryotes and prokaryotes(proff 2mk)

 Labelled diagram of bacterial growth curve(proff 3mk)

 Labelled diagram of fungal cell wall(sem 3mk)

2) Immunology

 Immunoflourescne(sem 5mk): types and application

 MALT(proff 4mk)

 ELISA(proff 4mk)

 Direct ELISA(sem 4mk)

 (2x)Super antigens(sem 5mk)

 Monoclonal antibodies and use(proff 4mk)

 Diagram of classical compliment pathway a diagram(proff

4mk)

 (3x)Alternate compliment pathway(sem 5mk and 4mk)

 T cell(proff 2mk)

 Type 1 hypersensitivity(proff 2mk)

 (3x)Type 2 hypersensitivity(sem 5mk)

 Type 4 hypersensitivity(proff 4mk)

 (2x)Interferons(sem 5mk, proff 4mk)

 (2x)Agglutination test(sem 5mk and 4mk)

 Development of T and B cells(sem 4mk)

 Comparison of T and B cells(sem 5mk)

 HLA complex(sem 5mk)

  (2x)Precipitation reactions with examples(5mk, proff 4mk)

 Western blot(proff 2mk)

 NK cell(sem 5mk)

 (3x)Draw labelled flow diagram of IgM(proff 4mk and 3mk, sem 3mk)

 (2x)Monoclonal antibodies and their use(proff 4mk, sem 5mk)

 Anaphylaxis(proff 4mk)

 Innate immunity(proff 4mk)

 Classical compliment pathway(sem 4mk)

 Prozone phenomenon(proff 4mk)

 Transplant immunity(sem 4mk)

3) Hospital infection control

 Sterilisation by dry heat(sem 5mk)
 Sterilisation by moist heat(sem 5mk)
 Autoclaving(proff 4mk and 3mk)
 Enumerate methods of sterilisation. Discuss autoclaving(sem 7mk)
 COVID biomedical waste management of yellow bag(sem 5mk)
 Biomedical waste management for COVID 19(proff 4mk)
 Biomedical waste segregation(proff 4mk)
 What is BMW management? What is protocol when a healthcare worker sustains
needle stick injury?(sem 7mk)
 Red bag in bio-waste segregation(sem 5mk)
 Chemical disinfection(proff 5mk)
 High level disinfectant(sem 5mk)
 Common disinfectants and their uses(proff 4mk)
 Needle stick injury management(proff 5mk)
4)Bloodstream and CVS infections
● Define PUO(proff 2mk)
● Lab diagnosis of enteric fever(sem 5mk)
● Define enteric fever(sem 2mk), lab diagnosis of typhoid fever(sem 5mk)
● Antigenic variations in salmonella(proff 4mk)
● Widal test(sem 6mk)
● Rickettsial pox(sem 5mk)
● Enlist tests for scrub typhus(proff 2mk)
● Lab diagnosis of scrub typhus(proff 5mk)
● Brill-zinsser disease(proff 2mk)
● (2x)Viral haemorrhagic fever(proff 4mk)
● Enumerate causes of viral haemorrhagic fever. Discuss pathogenesis, clinical
manifestations, and lab diagnosis of dengue(proff 12mk)
● Enumerate mosquito born viral diseases. Clinical features and lab diagnosis of
dengue(proff 11mk)
● Lab diagnosis of brucellosis(sem 5mk)
● Clinical manifestations of leptospirosis(proff 2mk)
● Microfilaria(proff 4mk)
● Lab diagnosis of filariasis(proff 4mk)
● Onchocerca volvulus(sem 5mk)
● (2x)Hypnozoites(proff 2mk and 4mk)
● (2x)Recrudescence and relapse in malaria(proff 4mk and sem 5mk)
● Gametocyte stage of P.falciparum malaria(sem 6mk)
● (2x)Cerebral malaria(proff 4mk)
● Flow diagram of erythrocytic schizogony in P.vivax(sem 5mk)
● Thick smear(proff 2mk)
● HIV serotypes(proff 4mk)
● Enumerate opportunistic infections in AIDS(proff 2mk)
● Diagram of HIV virus(sem 3mk)
● Classify hemoflagelates(sem 3mk), flow diagram of leishmania donovani(sem 7mk)
● Etiopathogenesis and lab diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis(proff 12mk)
● Classify leishmania pathogenic to man. Flow diagram of lab diagnosis of
leishmaniasis. (sem 8mk)
● (3x)Histoplasmosis(proff 4mk, sem 5mk)
 ● Coccidiodomycosis(sem 5mk)
● Dimorphic fungi(sem 5mk)

5) Gastrointestinal infections
● Gastroenteritis: Agents, lab diagnosis of bacteria gastroenteritis(proff 7mk)
● (2x)Bacillary dysentery(sem 3mk, proff 4mk)
● Lab diagnosis of bacillary dysentry(sem 6mk)
● Enterotoxins(proff 2mk)
● Characteristic features and classification of Enterobacteriaceae(sem 7mk)
● Transport of stool sample in cholera(proff 4mk)
● Cholera toxins(proff 4mk)
● (2x)Flow diagram of cholera diagnosis(sem 6mk)
● Disease associations with H.pylori(proff 2mk)
● Enumerate causes of food poisoning. Lab diagnosis of staphylococcal food
poisoning(proff 12mk)
● Campylobacter jejuni(proff 2mk)
● Classify picorna viruses. Lab diagnosis of viral diarrhoea(proff 7mk)
● Enumerate intestinal nematodes(proff 1mk), life cycle(proff 3mk) and lab diagnosis
of ascaris lumbracoids(proff 3mk)
● (4x)Diagram of life cycle of hookworm(sem 3mk and 6mk)
● Life cycle, clinical features and lab diagnosis of hookworm(sem 10mk)
● Enumerate intestinal nematodes(sem 3mk), describe life cycle of enterobious
vermicularis(sem 4mk)
● Flow diagram of life cycle of trichuris trichiura(sem 4mk)
● Distinguish bw T.solium and T.saginata(proff 2mk)
● Enumerate intestinal nematodes(proff 2mk), life cycle of Ancylostoma
duodenale(proff 5mk)
● Schistosoma species life cycle flow diagram(sem 5mk)
● Lab diagnosis of schistosomiasis(proff 5mk)
● Differences bw cestodes, trematodes and nematodes(sem 5mk)
● Enterobius vermicularis(proff 5mk)
● Larvae in stool sample of patient with parasitic infection(proff 4mk)
● Bile stained egg in stool(proff 2mk)
 ● Important characteristics of coccidian parasites. Enumerate the ones of medical
importance(sem 8mk)
● Cysts of intestinal protozoa in stool of man(proff 4mk)
● Diagram of trophozoite of entamoeba histolytica(proff 3mk)

6) Hepatobiliary system infections

 Hepatitis E virues(proff 4mk)

 Trematode infections of liver(proff 5mk)

 (2x)Classify hepatotropic viruses. Discuss lab diagnosis of Hep B infection(sem

10mk, proff 7mk)

 Lab diagnosis of HCV(proff 4mk)

 (2x)Extra intestinal amoebiasis(sem 5mk, proff 4mk)

 Casoni test(proff 2mk)

7) Skin, soft tissue and musculoskeletal system infections

● Enumerate virulence factors of Staph aureus. Discuss MRSA(sem 8mk)
● (2x)MRSA(proff 4mk and 5mk)
● Toxic shock syndrome(proff 4mk)
● Coagulase test(proff 2mk)
● Rubella vaccine(2mk)
● Diff bw lepromatous and tuberculoid leprosy(sem 5mk)
● Lab diagnosis of gas gangrene(sem 5mk)
● (sem 7mk)Classify anaerobes, flow diagram of lab diagnosis of gas gangrene
● Gas gangrene(proff 4mk)
● Nagler reaction(proff 4mk)
● Human herpes simplex type 2(sem 5mk)
● (2x)Superficial mycosis(proff 2mk and 4mk)
● Diagram of life cycle of tissue nematodes(sem 3mk)
● (2x)Dermatophytes(proff 5mk, sem 6mk)
● Mycetoma(sem 5mk)
● Eumycetoma(proff 4mk)
● Sporotrichosis(proff 4mk)
● Rhinosporidium(proff 4mk

8) Respiratory tract infection

 Community acquired pneumonia(sem 3mk)
 Bacteriology, pathogenesis and lab diagnosis of streptococcal pneumonia(proff
7mk)
 Role of non-fermentors in hospital aquired infections(sem 6mk)
 Pathogenesis of pseudomonas aeruginosa(proff 4mk)
 Acinetobacter as oppurtunistic pathogens(proff 5mk)
 Non-fermentors(proff 2mk)
 (2x)Virulence factors of bordetella pertussis(sem 5mk)
 Bordetella pertussis(proff 2mk)
 Toxicity of corynebacterium diphtheriae(proff 4mk)
 Whooping cough(sem 4mk)
 (2x)Diphtheria toxin(proff 4mk and 2mk)
 Lab diagnosis of diphtheria(sem 5mk)
 Morphology and testing options of SARS coronavirus 2(sem 5mk)
 Cytokine sotrm(proff 4mk)
 Swine flu(sem 5mk)
 Differentiate between Antigenic shift and drift(sem 5mk)
 Antigenic drift in influenza virus(proff 2mk)
 Mycobacterial cell wall(proff 4mk)
 XDR-TB(proff 2mk)
 Lab diagnosis of MDR-TB(proff 5mk)
 Drug resistance in TB(proff 4mk)
 Rapidly growing mycobacteria(proff 4mk)
 Differentiate between non-tuberculous mycobacteria from tubercle bacilli(proff 2mk)
 BCG vaccine(sem 5mk)
 Enumerate fungi causing systemic infection. Discuss pathogenesis, clinical features
and lab diagnosis of mucormycosis(proff 11mk)
 Mucormycosis(proff 4mk)
 Parasites of lung(proff 4mk)

9) CNS infections
● (2x)Enlist causes of bacterial meningitis(proff 2mk)
● Virulence factors, pathogenesis and lab diagnosis of Neisseria meningitidis(sem
8mk)
● Meningitis: lab diagnosis to reach etiological diagnosis(proff 7mk)
● Meningitis(proff 11mk): clinical types, etiological agents, lab diagnosis
● Diagram of negri body(sem 4mk)
● Lab diagnosis of rabies infection(proff 4mk)
● Diagram of naegleria fowleri(sem 4mk)
● Virulence factors of cryptococcus neoformans(sem 5mk)
● Cryptococcal meningitis(proff 4mk)
● Polio vaccines(proff 4mk)
● Polio status in india(proff 4mk)
● (2x)Neurocysticercosis(proff 5mk and 4mk)
● (2x)Prion(proff 4mk and 2mk)

10) Urogenital tract infections

 Etiology, pathogenesis and lab diagnosis of UTI(proff 7mk)
 Etiology and lab diagnosis of UTI in a young woman(proff 4mk)
 Pathogenesis of gonococcal urethritis(proff 5mk)
 (2x)Non-gonococcal urethritis(proff 2mk, sem 5mk)
 Enumerate sexually transmitted infections. Describe lab diagnosis of syphilis(proff
12mk)
 Infections caused by chlamydia trachomatis(sem 5mk)
 Lab diagnosis of HSV 2(sem 6mk)
 Lab diagnosis of herpes simplex(sem 4mk)
 Human herpes simplex type 2(sem 5mk)
 Non-treponemal tests for syphilis(sem 5mk)
 RPR test(sem 5mk)
 Lab diagnosis of syphilis(proff 5mk)
  Serological tests for syphilis(proff 4mk)
 Screening test for syphilis(proff 4mk)
 Non-venereal treponematoses
 KOH mount for fungal diagnosis(sem 3mk)

11) Miscellaneous infective syndromes

 (2x)Oncogenic viruses(sem 6mk, proff 5mk)
 HPV vaccine(proff 2mk)
 TORCH(sem 6mk)
 Forms of human plague(proff 2mk)
 Zoonotic infections(sem 5mk)

Others
 (2x)CAMP test(sem 3mk, proff 4mk)
 Non-albicans candida(proff 4mk)
 Classify viruses. Discuss lab diagnosis of viral infections(sem 10mk)
 What are opportunistic fungal infections. Discuss lab diagnosis(sem 8mk)
 Mycetoma(sem 5mk)
 Conjugate vaccines(proff 4mk)
 Idiotypic markers(proff 2mk)
 Live vaccines(proff 2mk)
 Bacterial variations(proff 4mk)
 Fungal spores(proff 4mk))
 (3x)Flow diagram of lab diagnosis of fungal infection(proff 3mk, sem 4mk and 3mk)
 Different staiuning methods to diagnose different fungal infections(sem 4mk)
 Germ tube(proff 4mk)
 Conidiophores(proff 2mk)
 Routes of egg inoculation(proff 2mk)
 Labelled diagram of embryonated egg-route of inoculation for culture(sem 3mk)
 Emerging infectious diseases with special reference to india(sem 5mk)
 Classify RNA viruses. Western blot test in diagnosis of HIV(sem 10mk)
 Phage typing(proff 4mk)
 Draw and label an embryonated egg for cultivation of virus(proff 3mk)
 Distinguish between staph and strep spp(proff 2mk)
 (4ex)Inclusion bodies(sem 5mk)
 Flow diagram of life cycle of toxoplasma gondii(sem 6mk)