Part 1 Microbial biology: microbiology and medicine; morphology and the nature of micro-organisms; growth and nutrition of micro-organisms; classification and identification of micro-organisms; sterilization and disinfection; antimicrobial agents; bacterial genetics; bacterial pathogenicity; virus-cell interactions - antiviral agents. Part 2 Infection and immunity: immunological principles - antigens and antigen recognition; innate and acquired immunity; immunity in viral infections; parasitic infections - pathogenesis and immunity; immunity in bacterial infections. Part 3 Bacterial pathogens and associated diseases: staphylococcus; streptococcus and enterococcus; pneumococcus; coryneform bacteria and listeria; mycobacterium; environmental ("atypical") mycobacteria; actinomyces and nocardia; bacillus; clostridium; neisseria and branhamella; salmonella; shigella; escherichia; klebsiella, enterobacter, protein and other enterobacteria; pseudomonas and non-fermenters; campylobacter and heliobacter; vibrio and "spirillum minus"; hameophilus; bordetella; legionella; brucella, bartonella and streptobacillus; yersinia, pasteurella and francisella; bacteroides and other non-sporing anaerobes; treponema and borrelia; leptospira; chlamydia; rickettsiae; mycoplasmas. Part 4 Viral pathogens: adrenoviruses; herpes viruses; poxviruses; papovaviruses; hepadnaviruses; paroviruses; picornaviruses; orthomyxoviruses; paramyxoviruses; arboviruses - alphaviruses, flaviviruses (including rubella) and bunyaviruses; arena and filoviruses; reoviruses; retroviruses; caliciviruses, "small round structured" viruses, astroviruses and parvo-like viruses; coronaviruses; rhabdoviruses; slow and atypical agents. Part 5 Fungal pathogens and parasitic infections: fungi; protozoa; helminths. Part 6 Diagnosis, treatment and control of infection: infective syndromes; diagnostic procedures; the strategy of antimicrobial therapy; epidemiology and control of community infections; hospital infections; prophylactic immunization.
