- Docente: Stefania Varani
- Crediti formativi: 6
- SSD: MED/07
- Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
- Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Laurea Magistrale a Ciclo Unico in Medicine and surgery (cod. 9210)
Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire
Explain relationships and apply appropriate terminology relating to the structure, metabolism, genetics, and ecology of prokaryotic microorganisms, eukaryotic microorganisms, and viruses.
Contenuti
- Characteristics of bacteria of medical importance
- Characteristics of viruses of medical importance
- Pathogenesis of infections and host defense
- Vaccines, antibacterial drugs, antiviral drugs
- Microbiological diagnosis
- Gram-positive and Gram-negative cocci (staphylococci, streptococci, neisserieaeceae)
- Gram-positive rods (clostridia, Bacillus anthracis, Corynebacterium diphteriae, Listeria monocytogenes)
- Gram-negative rods belonging to Enterobacteriaceae, Vibrio cholerae, Campylobacter jejuni, Helicobacter pylori,
- Other Gram-negative rods (Bordetella pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae, Legionella pneumophila), mycobacteria
- Spirochetaes
- Chlamydiaceae, Mycoplasmataceae, Rickettsiaceae
- DNA viruses: Herpesviridae, Papillomaviridae, Adenoviridae, Parvovirus B19
- RNA viruses -1; respiratory viruses, including SARS-CoV2
- RNA viruses -2; hepatitis viruses
- RNA viruses -3; retroviruses
- RNA viruses -4; arboviruses
- RNA viruses ‐5; viruses causing encephalitis and haemorrhagic fever, Enteroviruses and viruses causing gastroenteritis
- Characteristics of protozoa of medical importance. Enteric protozoa. Other foodborne protozoa. Protozoa transmitted by sexual route
- Vector-borne protozoa: leishmaniasis, malaria
- Vector-borne protozoa: trypanosomiases
- Characteristics of helminths of medical importance. Soil-transmitted helminths, other foodborne infection caused by helminths
- Tropical helminths: schistosomiasis
- Characteristics of fungi of medical importance
- Medical micology
Testi/Bibliografia
Patrick Murray, Ken S. Rosenthal, and Michael A. Pfaller. Medical Microbiology, 8th Edition, 2016. Elsevier. Paperback ISBN: 9780323299565 eBook ISBN: 9780323359528 eBook ISBN: 9780323359498 eBook ISBN: 9780323359511 eBook ISBN: 9780323388504
Available at the Biblioteca Biomedica
Metodi didattici
In-class lectures
Attendance to learning activities is mandatory; the minimum attendance requirement to be admitted to the final exam is 60% of lessons.
Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento
The examination will evaluate whether the student has mastered the above listed skills and has reached the teaching objectives.
The final exam consists of a questionnaire with multiple choice questions.
The questionnaire, for a total of 33 questions, must be completed within one hour of time. The questions will have as their object topics related to the course. For each question, the student will have to specify only one answer considered correct.
The final vote, out of thirty, is given by the number of correct answers.
Strumenti a supporto della didattica
In-class lectures will be supported by Power Point slides. Slides will be online available at the beginning of each lecture. The teaching material is available at https://iol.unibo.it/ by using student's username and password
Orario di ricevimento
Consulta il sito web di Stefania Varani
SDGs
L'insegnamento contribuisce al perseguimento degli Obiettivi di Sviluppo Sostenibile dell'Agenda 2030 dell'ONU.