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microbiology

GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY

Topic Name Times Repeated PYQ Asked Priority Study Duration
Culture Medium 2 Selenite F broth- salmonella and shigella , Sorbitol Mac Conkey agar-E coli Moderate 0.5
Bacterial structure 2 Flagella, Fimbriae-helps adhesion Moderate 0.25
Techniques 2 Multiplex PCR Moderate 0.25

BACTERIOLOGY

Topic Name Times Repeated PYQ Asked Priority Study Duration
Neisseria Gonorrhea 4 Diagnosis of urethritis , Treatment High 0.75
Nesseria Meningitides 3 Clinical scenario and diagnosis High 0.75
Vibrio 3 Diarrhea by V.parahaemolyticus, receptor of vibrio cholerae High 0.5
Leptospirosis 3 Investigation of choice - microagglutination test,Clinical scenario and diagnosis High 0.5
Clostridium difficile 2 diagnosis - toxin assay,treatment Moderate 0.5
Food poisoning 2 staphylococcal Moderate 0.5
Enteric fever 1 Selenite F broth Low 0.25
Nocardia 1 Clinical scenario with microscopy Low 0.25
H influenza 1 Meningitis Low 0.25
Anthrax 1 Bioterrorism Low 0.25
Pseudomonas 1 Oxidase test positive Low 0.25
Staphylococcus aureus 1 Food poisonong Low 0.25
Streptococcus pyogenes 1 production of superantigens Low 0.25
Non Gonococcal urethritis 1 organism causing Low 0.25
UTI 1 diagnosis with respect to colony counts Low 0.25
Rickettsia prowazekii 1 clinical symptoms and diagnosis Low 0.25
Treponema pallidum 1 Dark field microscope Low 0.25

VIROLOGY

Topic Name Times Repeated PYQ Asked Priority Study Duration
Herpes 2 Herpes simplex image , HSV Encephalitis-diagnosis with PCR Moderate 0.5
CMV 2 examination-owl eye, postrenal transplant Moderate 0.5
Dengue 1 Clinical scenario of DHF Low 0.25
Rota 1 Diagnosis- antigen detection in stool Low 0.25
Measles 1 Type of virus-ssRNA Low 0.25
Zika 1 Primary vector- Aedes Aegypti Low 0.25
Japanese Encephalitis 1 Ardeid birds reservoir,pig amplifier Low 0.25
Parainfluenza 1 Clinical scenario-stridor Low 0.25
Yellow fever 1 vaccine strain-17D Low 0.25

MYCOLOGY

Topic Name Times Repeated PYQ Asked Priority Study Duration
Candidiasis 3 Infection in ICU,Oral candidiasis,CHROM agar High 0.75
Trycophyton 2 Rubrum,Mentagrophytes Moderate 0.5
Aspergillosis 1 Drug of choice Low 0.5
Blastomycosis 1 Broad based budding Low 0.25
Pneumocystis jirovecii 1 HIV patient clinical history Low 0.25
Talaromyces marnefii 1 fungal culture - red velvetty growth Low 0.25
Sporothrix shenkii 1 infection following traumatic inoculatio of skin Low 0.25
Coccidioides immitis 1 Valley fever/desert rheumatism Low 0.25
Mucor 1 Clinical history , image and diagnosis Low 0.5

PARASITOLOGY

Topic Name Times Repeated PYQ Asked Priority Study Duration
Nematodes 6 W.bancrofti-sheath with no nuclei, diagnosis, clinical scenario and image(asked thrice),Strongyloides-migration to lungs, HIV patient clinical history, B.malayi- appearance ,Enterobius-image of egg,Trichuris-image of egg High 1.5
Malaria 3 P.falciparum-HRP2 used for diagnosis Moderate 1.5
Hemoflagellates 3 Leishmania-kala azar sand fly ,cutaneous Leishmaniasis (asked twice ), Trypanosoma Moderate 1
Flagellates 2 Giardia- histology of intestine image, Trichomonas-motility Moderate 0.75
Toxoplasma 1 Clinical scenario and diagnosis- Low 0.25
Acanthamoeba 1 Clinical scenario and diagnosis- Low 0.25
Trematode 1 Chlonorchis sinensis- Cholangiocarcinoma Low 0.25

IMMUNOLOGY

Topic Name Times Repeated PYQ Asked Priority Study Duration
Prozone phenomen 1 Clinical case Low 0.25
Immunoglobulin structure 1 identifying the class Low 0.25
Immunochromatography 1 test kit image Low 0.25