00714 - Microbiology (AK-A)

Academic Year 2015/2016

  • 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