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B025341 - Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology
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Academic Year 2018-19
Coorte 2018 - 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in ENVIRONMENT AND WORKPLACE PREVENTION TECHNIQUES
Course year
First year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Experimantal and Clinical Medicine
Modulo di sola Frequenza of
Scientific Area
MED/07 - MICROBIOLOGY AND CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Credits
2
Teaching Hours
24
Teaching Term
01/10/2018 ⇒ 30/04/2020
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Giudizio Finale
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Teaching Language
italian
Course Content
General bacteriology and virology, overwiev of clinical bacteriology and virology and of mycology.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
M La Placa “Principi di Microbiologia e Microbiologia Medica”. Teaching material provided during the course
Learning Objectives
Students should acquire knowledge of structural characteristics and biology of prokaryotic cells, viruses and fungi; moreover, students should acquire basic knowledge of microbial nutrition, growth and diversity and of selected relevant pathologies with microbial etiology.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of biochemistry, genetics and biology
Teaching Methods
Frontal lectures
Further information
none
Type of Assessment
Mid-term assessment, written examination
Course program
Introduction. Characteristics of infectious agents: bacteria, fungi, viruses. Communalistic, mutualistic and parasitic symbiosis. Endogenous and exogenous infections. Transmission routes of infections. Infection and disease.
Bacteriology. General characteristics of bacteria. Structures and functions of bacterial cells: fundamental and accessory structures. Bacterial cell wall structure and functions. Stains in bacteriology: Gram stain. Bacterial spore. Cultivation and bacterial growth. Bacterial species identification. The normal human microbiota. Mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis and examples of bacterial diseases representative of different mechanisms of pathogenicity: tetanus, botulism, cholera. Examples of bacteria of clinical interest: Streptococci, Neisseria, food-borne infection.
Antibacterial agents: molecular targets and mechanisms of action.
Fungi: general features and structure. Yeast and filamentous fungi. Examples of pathogenic fungi: Candida, Cryptococcus, Dermatophytes, Aspergillus.
Virology. Characteristics of viruses. Virus replication strategies of viruses. Virus-host interactions; acute, latent persistent and slow viral infections. Examples of viruses of clinical interest: HIV, hepatitis virus
Bacteriology. General characteristics of bacteria. Structures and functions of bacterial cells: fundamental and accessory structures. Bacterial cell wall structure and functions. Stains in bacteriology: Gram stain. Bacterial spore. Cultivation and bacterial growth. Bacterial species identification. The normal human microbiota. Mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis and examples of bacterial diseases representative of different mechanisms of pathogenicity: tetanus, botulism, cholera. Examples of bacteria of clinical interest: Streptococci, Neisseria, food-borne infection.
Antibacterial agents: molecular targets and mechanisms of action.
Fungi: general features and structure. Yeast and filamentous fungi. Examples of pathogenic fungi: Candida, Cryptococcus, Dermatophytes, Aspergillus.
Virology. Characteristics of viruses. Virus replication strategies of viruses. Virus-host interactions; acute, latent persistent and slow viral infections. Examples of viruses of clinical interest: HIV, hepatitis virus