- Docente: Stefania Varani
- Credits: 6
- SSD: MED/07
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 9210)
Learning outcomes
Explain relationships and apply appropriate terminology relating to the structure, metabolism, genetics, and ecology of prokaryotic microorganisms, eukaryotic microorganisms, and viruses.
Course contents
- 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
Readings/Bibliography
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 Biblioteca Biomedica
Teaching methods
In-class lectures.
Attendance to learning activities is mandatory; the minimum attendance requirement to be admitted to the final exam is 60% of lessons.
Assessment methods
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.
Teaching tools
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
Office hours
See the website of Stefania Varani
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.