| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |