Essentials of medical microbiology / Apurba Sankar Sastry, MD, DNB, MNAMS, PDCR (Hospital Infection Control Officer, Officer-in-charge HICC, Antimicrobial Stewardship Lead, Department of Microbiology, Jawaharalal Instiute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIMPER), Puducherry, India), Sandhya BhatMD, DNB, MNAMS, PDCR (Professor, Department of Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, Pondicherrry Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) (A Unit if Madras Medical Mission), Puducherry, India) ; co-editors, Anand Bhimaray Janagond, MD, DNB (Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, S Najingappa Medical College, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India), Deepashee R, MD, DNB, MNAMS (Senior Resident, Department of Microbiology, JIMPER, Puducherry, India) ; forewords, Elmer W. Koneman, MD (author of famous book "Koneman's Color Atlas and Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology"), Sujatha Sistla, MD (Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India).