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Assistant Professor, Infectious Disease, Class-I :
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Detailed Syllabus Of GPSC Assistant Professor, Infectious Disease (I.D.), General State Service, Class-1 :
1. MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS
Molecular Perspective of Microbial Pathogenicity, Microbial Adherence, Toxins
2. HOST DEFENSE MECHANISMS
Innate (General or Nonspecific) Host Defense Mechanisms, Human Genetics
and Infection, Antibodies, Complement, Granulocytic Phagocytes, CellMediated Defense against Infection; Nutrition, Immunity, and Infection;
Prebiotics, Probiotics, and Synbiotics; Evaluation of the Patient with Suspected
Immunodeficiency
3. EPIMEMIOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Epidemiologic Principles, Outbreak Investigation, Emerging and Reemerging
Infectious Disease Threats, Hospital Preparedness for Emerging and Highly
Contagious Infectious Diseases: Getting Ready for the Next Epidemic or
Pandemic
4. CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
The Clinician and Microbiology
5. ANTI-INFECTIVE THERAPY
Principles of Anti-infective Therapy, Molecular Mechanisms of Antibiotic
Resistance in Bacteria, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Antiinfective Agents, Penicillin and β-Lactam Inhibitors, Cephalosporins,
Carbapenems and Monobactams, β-Lactam, Fusidic Acid, Aminoglycosides,
Tetracyclines and Chloramphenicol, Rifamycins, Metronidazole, Macrolides,
Clindamycin, and Ketolides, Glycopeptides (Vancomycin and Teicoplanin),
Streptogramins (Quinupristin- Dalfopristin),and Lipopeptides (Daptomycin),
Polymyxins (Polymyxin B and Colistin), Linezolid and Other Oxazolidinones, Sulfonamides and Trimethoprim, Quinolones, Novel Antibiotics, Urinary Tract
Agents: Nitrofurantoin and Methenamine, Topical Antibacterials,
Antimycobacterial Agents, Systemic Antifungal Agents, Antiviral Drugs (Other
Than Antiretrovirals), Immunomodulators, Hyperbaric Oxygen, Agents Active
against Parasites and Pneumocystis, Alternative Medicines for Infectious
Diseases, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Interpreting the Results of Clinical Trials
of Antimicrobial Agents, Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy, Tables
of Antimicrobial Agent Pharmacology, Major Clinical syndromes
6. FEVER
Temperature Regulation and the Pathogenesis of Fever, Fever of Unknown
Origin, The Acutely Ill Patient with Fever and Rash
7. UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS
The Common Cold, Pharyngitis, Acute Laryngitis, Acute
Laryngotracheobronchitis (Croup, Otitis Externa, Otitis Media, and Mastoiditis,
Sinusitis, Epiglottitis, Infections of the Oral Cavity, Neck, and Head
8. PLEUROPULMONARY AND BRONCHIAL INFECTIONS
Acute Bronchitis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Acute
Exacerbations, Bronchiolitis, Acute Pneumonia, Pleural Effusion and
Empyema, Bacterial Lung Abscess, Chronic Pneumonia, Cystic Fibrosis
9. URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS
10. SEPSIS
Sepsis, Severe Sepsis, and Septic Shock
11. INTRA-ABDOMINAL INFECTION
Peritonitis and Intraperitoneal Abscesses, Infections of the Liver and Biliary
System, Pancreatic Infection, Splenic Abscess, Appendicitis, Diverticulitis and
Typhlitis
12. CARDIOVASCULAR INFECTIONS
Endocarditis and Intravascular Infections, Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis,
Infections of Nonvalvular Cardiovascular Devices, Prevention of Infective
Endocarditis, Myocarditis and Pericarditis, Mediastinitis
13. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS
System Infection, Acute Meningitis, Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Infections,
Chronic Meningitis, Encephalitis, Brain Abscess, Subdural Empyema, Epidural
Abscess, and Suppurative Intracranial thrombophlebitis
14. SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS
Cellulitis, Necrotizing Fasciitis, and Subcutaneous Tissue Infections, Myositis
and Myonecrosis, Lymphadenitis and Lymphangitis
15. GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTIONS AND FOOD POISONING
Principles and Syndromes of Enteric Infection, Esophagitis, Nausea, Vomiting,
and Noninflammatory Diarrhea, Antibiotic-Associated Colitis, Inflammatory
Enteritides, Enteric Fever and Other Causes of Abdominal Symptoms with
Fever, Foodborne Disease, Tropical Sprue: Enteropathy, Whipple’s Disease
16. BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS
Infectious Arthritis of Native Joints, Osteomyelitis, Infections with Prostheses
in Bones and Joints
17. DISEASES OF THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS AND SEXUALLY
TRANSMITTED DISEASES
Genital Skin and Mucous Membrane Lesions, Urethritis, Vulvovaginitis and
Cervicitis, Infections of the Female Pelvis, Prostatitis, Epididymitis, and Orchitis
18. EYE INFECTIONS
Microbial Conjunctivitis, Microbial Keratitis, Endophthalmitis, Infectious Causes
of Uveitis, Periocular Infections
19. HEPATITIS
Acute Viral Hepatitis, Chronic Viral Hepatitis
20. ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME
Global Perspectives on Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Acquired
Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Epidemiology and Prevention of Acquired
Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Human, Immunodeficiency Virus Infection,
Diagnosis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection, The Immunology of
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection, General Clinical Manifestations of
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection (Including the Acute Retroviral
Syndrome and Oral, Cutaneous, Renal, Ocular, metabolic, and Cardiac
Diseases), Pulmonary Manifestations of Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Infection, Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Manifestations of Human
Immunodeficiency Virus Infection, Neurologic Diseases Caused by Human
Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Opportunistic Infections, Malignant
Diseases in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection, Human
Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Women, Pediatric Human
Immunodeficiency Virus infection,Antiretroviral Therapy for Human
Immunodeficiency Virus Infection, Management of Opportunistic
InfectionsAssociated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection, Vaccines
for Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Infection
21. MISCELLANEOUS SYNDROMES
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Infectious Diseases and their Etiologic agents
22. VIRAL DISEASES
Introduction to Viruses and Viral Diseases, Orthopoxviruses: Vaccinia
(Smallpox Vaccine), Variola (Smallpox), Monkeypox, and Cowpox, Other
Poxviruses That Infect Humans: Parapoxviruses, Molluscum Contagiosum,
and Yatapoxviruses, Introduction to Herpesviridae, Varicella-Zoster Virus,
Cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr Virus (Infectious Mononucleosis, Epstein-Barr
Virus–Associated Malignant Diseases,and Other Diseases), Human
Herpesvirus Types 6 and 7, Kaposi’s Sarcoma–Associated Herpesvirus
(Human Herpesvirus Type 8), Herpes B Virus, Adenoviruses,
Papillomaviruses, JC, BK, and Other Polyomaviruses: Progressive Multifocal
Leukoencephalopathy, Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis Delta Virus, Human Parvoviruses, Including Parvovirus B19 and Human Bocavirus,
Orthoreoviruses and Orbiviruses, Coltiviruses and Seadornaviruses,
Rotaviruses, Alphaviruses, Rubella Virus (German Measles), Flaviviruses
(Yellow Fever, Dengue, Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, Japanese Encephalitis,
West Nile Encephalitis, St. Louis Encephalitis, Tick-BorneEncephalitis),
Hepatitis C, Coronaviruses, Including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
(SARS)–Associated Coronavirus, Parainfluenza Viruses, Mumps Virus,
Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human Metapneumovirus, Measles Virus
(Rubeola), Zoonotic Paramyxoviruses: Nipah, Hendra, and Menangle Viruses,
Vesicular Stomatitis Virus and Related Vesiculoviruses, Rhabdoviruses,
Marburg and Ebola Virus Hemorrhagic Fevers, Influenza Viruses, Including
Avian Influenza and Swine Influenza, California Encephalitis, Hantavirus
Pulmonary Syndrome, and Bunyavirid Hemorrhagic Fevers, Lymphocytic
Choriomeningitis Virus, Lassa Virus, and the South American
HemorrhagicFevers, Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Types I and II, Human
Immunodeficiency Viruses, Introduction to the Enteroviruses
andParechoviruses, Poliovirus, Coxsackieviruses, Echoviruses, Newer
Enteroviruses, and Parechoviruses, Hepatitis A Virus, Rhinovirus, Noroviruses
and Other Caliciviruses, Astroviruses and Hepatitis E Virus
23. PRION DISEASES
Prions and Prion Diseases of the Central Nervous System (Transmissible
Neurodegenerative Diseases)
24. CHLAMYDIAL DISEASES
Introduction to Chlamydia and Chlamydophila, Chlamydia trachomatis
(Trachoma, Perinatal Infections, Lymphogranuloma Venereum, and Other
Genital Infections), Chlamydophila (Chlamydia) psittaci (Psittacosis),
Chlamydophila (Chlamydia) pneumonia
25. MYCOPLASMA DISEASES
Introduction to Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma, Mycoplasma pneumoniae and
Atypical Pneumonia, Genital Mycoplasmas: Mycoplasma genitalium,
Mycoplasma hominis, and Ureaplasma Species
26. RICKETTSIOSES, EHRLICHIOSES, AND ANAPLASMOSIS
Introduction to Rickettsioses, Ehrlichioses, and Anaplasmosis; Rickettsia
rickettsii and Other Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae (Rocky Mountain Spotted
Fever and Other Spotted Fevers), Rickettsia akari (Rickettsialpox), Coxiella
burnetii (Q Fever), Rickettsia prowazekii (Epidemic or Louse-Borne Typhus),
Rickettsia typhi (Murine Typhus), Orientia tsutsugamushi (Scrub Typhus),
Ehrlichia chaffeensis (Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis), Anaplasma
phagocytophilum (Human Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis), and Other
Anaplasmataceae
27. BACTERIAL DISEASES
Introduction to Bacteria and Bacterial Diseases, Staphylococcus aureus
(Including Staphylococcal Toxic Shock), Staphylococcus epidermidis and
Other Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci, Classification of Streptococci,
Streptococcus pyogenes, Nonsuppurative Poststreptococcal Sequelae:
Rheumatic Fever and Glomerulonephritis, Streptococcus pneumonia,
Enterococcus Species, Streptococcus bovis Group, and Leuconostoc Species,
Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus),. Viridans Streptococci,
Groups C and G Streptococci, and Gemella Species, Streptococcus anginosus
Group, Corynebacterium diphtheria, Listeria monocytogenes, Bacillus
anthracis (Anthrax), Bacillus Species and Related Genera Other than Bacillus
anthracis, Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, Neisseria meningitides, Neisseria
gonorrhoeae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Kingella, and Other Gram-Negative Cocci,
Vibrio cholera, Other Pathogenic Vibrios, Campylobacter jejuni and Related
Species, Helicobacter pylori and Other Gastric Helicobacter Species,
Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Stenotrophomonas
maltophilia and Burkholderia cepacia Complex, Burkholderia pseudomallei
and Burkholderia mallei: Melioidosis and Glanders, Acinetobacter Species,
Salmonella Species, Including Salmonella Typhi, Shigella Species (Bacillary
Dysentery), Haemophilus Species (Including H. influenza and Chancroid),
Brucella Species, Francisella tularensis (Tularemia), Pasteurella Species,
Yersinia Species, Including Plague, Bordetella pertussis, Rat-Bite Fever:
Streptobacillus moniliformis and Spirillum minus, Legionella, Other Legionella Species, Capnocytophaga, Bartonella, Including Cat-Scratch Disease,
Klebsiella granulomatis (Donovanosis, Granuloma Inguinale), Other GramNegative and Gram-Variable Bacilli, Treponema pallidum (Syphilis), Endemic
Treponematoses, Leptospira Species (Leptospirosis), Borrelia Species
(Relapsing Fever), Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme Disease, Lyme Borreliosis),
Anaerobic Infections: General Concepts, Clostridium tetani (Tetanus),
Clostridium botulinum (Botulism), Gas Gangrene and Other ClostridiumAssociated Diseases, Bacteroides, Prevotella, Porphyromonas, and
Fusobacterium Species (and Other Medically Important Anaerobic GramNegative Bacilli), Anaerobic Cocci, Anaerobic Gram-Positive Nonsporulating
Bacilli, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium leprae, Mycobacterium
avium Complex, Infections Due to Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Other than
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare, Nocardia Species, Agents of
Actinomycosis
28. MYCOSES
Introduction to Mycoses, Candida Species, Aspergillus Species, Agents of
Mucormycosis and Entomophthoramycosis, Sporothrix schenckii, Agents of
Chromoblastomycosis, Agents of Mycetoma, Cryptococcus neoformans,
Histoplasma capsulatum, Blastomyces dermatitidis, Coccidioides Species
Dermatophytosis and Other Superficial Mycoses, Paracoccidioides
brasiliensis, Uncommon Fungi and Prototheca, Pneumocystis Species,
Microsporidiosis
29. PROTOZOAL DISEASES
Introduction to Protozoal, Entamoeba Species, Including Amebiasis, FreeLiving Amebas, Plasmodium Species (Malaria), Leishmania Species: Visceral
(Kala-Azar), Cutaneous, and Mucosal Leishmaniasis, Trypanosoma Species
(American Trypanosomiasis, Chagas’ Disease): Biology of Trypanosomes,
Agents of African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness),Toxoplasma gondii,
Giardia lamblia, Trichomonas vaginalis, Babesia Species, Cryptosporidium
Species, Cyclospora cayetanensis, Isospora belli, Sarcocystis Species,
Balantidium coli, and Blastocystis hominis
30. DISEASES DUE TO TOXIC ALGAE
Human Illnesses Associated with Harmful Algal Blooms
31. DISEASES DUE TO HELMINTHS
Introduction to Helminth Infections, Intestinal Nematodes (Roundworms),
Tissue Nematodes, Including Trichinellosis, Dracunculiasis, and the Filariases,
Trematodes (Schistosomes and Other Flukes), Cestodes (Tapeworms),
Visceral Larva Migrans and Other Unusual Helminth Infections
32. ECTOPARASITIC DISEASES
Introduction to Ectoparasitic Diseases, Lice (Pediculosis), Scabies, Myiasis
and Tungiasis, Mites, Including Chiggers, Ticks, Including Tick Paralysis
33. DISEASES OF UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY
Kawasaki Syndrome, Special problems
34. NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS
Organization for Infection Control, Isolation, Disinfection, Sterilization, and
Control of Hospital Waste, Infections Caused by Percutaneous Intravascular
Devices, Nosocomial Pneumonia, Nosocomial Urinary Tract Infections,
Nosocomial Hepatitis and Other Transfusion- and TransplantationTransmitted, Infections, Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Health Care
Settings, Nosocomial Herpesvirus Infections
35. INFECTIONS IN SPECIAL HOSTS
Infections in the Immunocompromised Host: General Principles, Prophylaxis
and Empirical Therapy of Infection in Cancer Patients, Risk Factors and
Approaches to Infections in Transplant Recipients, Infections in Recipients of
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Infections in Solid Organ Transplant
Recipients, Infections in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury, Infections in the
Elderly, Infections in Asplenic Patients, Infections in Injection Drug Users
36. SURGICAL AND TRAUMA-RELATED INFECTIONS
Surgical Site Infections and Antimicrobial Prophylaxis, Burns, Bites
37. IMMUNIZATION
38. BIODEFENSE
Bioterrorism: An Overview, Plague as a Bioterrorism Weapon, Francisella
tularensis (Tularemia) as an Agent of Bioterrorism, Smallpox as an Agent of
Bioterrorism, Anthrax as an Agent of Bioterrorism, Botulinum Toxin as a
Biological Weapon, Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers as Agents of Bioterrorism
39. ZOONOSES
40. PROTECTION OF TRAVELERS
Infections in Returning Travelers
41. Antimicrobials
Beta lactams, Carbapenems, Other antibacterial agents, Antifungal agents,
Antiviral agents, Antiparasitic agents (protozoa, metazoa), Microbiologic
techniques (blood cultures, etc.), Components of human immunity to
microbes, Fever, thermoregulation, FUO, Staphylococcus sp., infections
related thereto, Streptococcus sp., infections related thereto, Other Gram
positive organisms, infections, Gram negative organisms; anaerobic
organisms and their infections, Miscellaneous bacteria (Legionella sp.,
Actinomycetales), Mycobacteria sp., Fungal infections (systemic, cutaneous;
normal and compromised hosts), Viral infections, RNA, DNA, Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome/p>, HIV-1 infection, pathogenesis, complications, Prion diseases,
Mycoplasma, Chlamydial infections, Rickettsioses, Spirochetal infections
(syphilis, Lyme disease, etc.), Protozoa, Metazoa, Health Care-associated
Infections, Infections in compromised hosts (transplant, neutropenia), Travel
Medicine; bioterrorism, STDs - ulcerative, vaginitis, Prostatitis, epididymitis,
orchitis, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) due to infection
(sepsis), Infective endocarditis and intra-vascular infections, Ophthalmologic,
ENT infections and URIs, Bronchitis, community-acquired pneumonias (CAP), and pleural infections, Hepatitis (A to G), Abdominal infections (biliary,
abscesses, peritonitis), Diarrhea, food poisoning, C difficile infection,
Whipple's Disease, Urinary tract infections (upper and lower tract),
Encephalitis, meningitis, brain abscess, CSF shunt infections, Cellulitis, soft
tissue infections, Osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, OB/GYN infections45.
Pediatric infections, Immunizations, Antibiotic prophylaxis
42. RESEARCH METHEDOLOGY.
43. MEDICO LEGAL ASPECTS RELEVANT TO THE DISCIPLINE.
44. INDIAN MEDICAL COUNCIL (PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT, ETIQUETTE
AND ETHICS) REGULATIONS, 2002.
45. CURRENT TRENDS AND RECENT ADVANCEMENTS IN THE FIELD OF
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
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