Journal of The Academy of Clinical Microbiologists, a publication of the Academy of Clinical Microbiologists. The inception of the journal in a print format in the year 1998, and online publishing started in 2013. It is publishes in English and has a biannual frequency. The journal’s full text is available online at www.jacmjournal.org. The journal allows free access (Open Access) to its contents and permits authors to self-archive final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional / subject-based repository. The Journal of Academy of Clinical Microbiologists is published twice a year to promote publication of original communication in all aspects contributing to the advancement of knowledge in Clinical Microbiology, Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Infection control and their prevention. The Journal permits publication on medical education related to Microbiology at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, epidemiological investigations, innovations in techniques and work in diagnosis and control of infectious diseases. Case reports/clinical problems with and without references are welcome. Readers are requested to write their comments on papers published in the journal in the form of letters to the editor. Short communications with important findings will be given priority. Those who wish to contribute review articles may write to the Editor as the reviews are usually written on invitation. All manuscripts submitted for publication are subjected to scrutiny by Editorial board and are accepted subject to editorial changes.