00714 - Microbiology (A)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student will know:

General characteristic of bacteria, viruses, protozoa, fungi and parasites.

Routes of transmission

The establishment of  pathogenic host-parasite  interaction

Incubation period

The role of immunity during the course of infection

The meaning of production of infection and production of disease

The diagnosis of infection (direct and indirect). Collection of specimens, request for testing, tests employed, interpretation of tests

Basic concept of prophylaxis and therapy.

Principle of treatment. Antimicrobial drugs and mechanism of resistance

Most relevant bacteria (focusing on their characteristic, mechanism of action, symptoms,  diagnosis, therapy, available vaccine)

Most relevant viruses (focusing on their characteristic, mechanism of action, symptoms, diagnosis, therapy, available vaccine)

Most relevant  protozoa, fungi and parasites (focusing on their characteristic, mechanism of action, symptoms,  diagnosis, therapy, available vaccine)

Course contents

Microbiology  (8 CFU).

A.A. 2012-13 - Prof. M. Zerbini, Prof. MC. Re

 

Medical microbiology

Bacteria, virises, protozoa, parassites and human infection.How microorganism cause diseases

Immune response during the course of infection

Diagnosis (direct examination, isolation of microorganism from various fluids or sitesspecific antibofdu y response, Serological diagnosis

Vaccines and gglobulins

 Bacteria. Spores and their meaning, genetic of bacteria, mevchanism of action antimicrobial drugs, mechanism of bacterial resistance, diagnos in bacterial infections.

Viruses . Classification, structure and replication cucle (DNA and RNA viruses), Viral cultivation

Classical identification. New tecnology for virus identification . Antiviral drugs

Protozoa

 Bacteria sthaphilococci, streptococcus pyogenes, streptococcus pneumoniae, antrax, corynebacterium dipheriae, lysteria monocytogenes, neisseria meningitidis, neisseria gonorrhoeae, enterobacteiaceae, vibrios, elicobacter, campylobacter, brucella, legionella, clostridia, chlamidia, treponemes

 Viruses Poxviridae, Herpesviridae, Papillomaviridae, Polyomaviridae, Parvoviridae , Orthomyxoviridae, Paramyxoviridae, Arenaviridae, Filoviridae, Rhabdoviridae, Bunyaviridae, Retroviridae, Hepadnaviridae and other virus as etiologic agents of hepatitis..

Protozoa Giardia Intestinalis, Thrichomonas vaginalis Trypanosoma, Leishamia , amebiasis, plasmodia, Toxoplasma gondii Pneumocistis carinii,  Balantidium coli

Fungi  most important fungal infections

Parasites - Filariasis , Ascariasis , Ancylostomiasis Taeniasis  Echinococcus granulosis Schistosomiasis ,  Fasciola

Prion Diseases

 

Readings/Bibliography

Michele La Placa. Principi di Microbiologia medica. XIII edizione. Casa editrice Esculapio

Teaching methods

in-class lecture. Pease see also  teaching tools

Assessment methods

Oral examination. Student, at the end of course, must know the general characteristic of bacteria, viruses, protozoa, fungi and parasites, routes of transmission, the diagnosis of infection.

 In addition, most relevant bacteria,  viruses, protozoa , fungi and parasites  (focusing on their characteristic, mechanism of action, symptoms, microbiological diagnosis, therapy, available vaccines)

 

Teaching tools

Slides. In-class lectures will be supported by slides. Most of slides will be online  available at the end of the course.

Office hours

See the website of Maria Carla Re