- Docente: Roberto Cevenini
- Credits: 8
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, the student knows the essential aspects of the structure and physiology, the growth characteristics of bacteria and fungi; the classification and characteristics of bacteria and fungi of medical interest, their pathogenicity, the activity of drugs against bacteria and fungi
Course contents
Structure of bacterial cell, bacterial staining, metabolism, reproduction, spore-forming.The growth of bacteria, genetics, pathogenicity, antimicrobial drugs. Staphylococci, Streptococci, Enterobacteriaceae, non-enteropathogenic Gram-negative bacteria, Neisseria, Mycobacteria, Spirochetes, Chlamydiae, Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma, Legionella. Fungi: superficial fungal pathogens, Candida and other opportunistic fungi
Readings/Bibliography
Suggested Text-book: Michele la Placa, Principi di Microbiologia Medica, Edises, 2014
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
The examination will evaluate whether the students have mastered the above listed skills and have reached the teaching objectives. The final oral examination will focus on specific questions about bacteriology and mycology.
Teaching tools
The teaching subject is available at http//campus.unibo, by using student’s username and password
Office hours
See the website of Roberto Cevenini