MICROBIOLOGY AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY A - L

MED/07 - 10 CFU - 2° Semester

Teaching Staff

DARIA NICOLOSI


Learning Objectives


Course Structure

Traditional lessons



Detailed Course Content

The prokaryotic cell

 

The bacterial genetics and cell growth

 

Bacterial metabolism

 

Cell growth and differentiation

 

Host-parasite relationships

 

Principles of microbiological diagnostic and susceptibility testing

 

Special Bacteriology

Taxonomic classification, main characteristics, pathogenicity, infectious diseases, prevention opportunities, diagnostics and chemotherapy of: Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Enterococcus, Neisseria, Mycobacterium, Corynebacterium, Lactobacillus, Bacillus, Clostridium, Enterobacteriaceae, Haemophilus, Vibrio, Legionella, Brucella, Bordetella, Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas, Helicobacter, Mycoplasma, Ureaplasma, Chlamydiaceae, Rickettsiales, Spirochetales.

 

The principles of antimicrobial chemotherapy

The main antibiotics: mechanism of action and resistance

 

Fungi, Protozoa and Helminths

Fungi:

Protozoa:

Helminths:

 

Viruses and sub- viral structures

 

Special virology

Taxonomic classification, main characteristics, pathogenicity, infectious diseases, prevention opportunities, diagnostics and chemotherapy of: Poxviridae, Herpesviridae, Adenoviridae, Papillomavirus e Polyomavirus umani, Parvoviridae, Paramyxoviridae, Orthomyxoviridae, Picornaviridae, Arenaviridae,Coronaviridae, Filoviridae, Flaviridae, human retrovirus, Togaviridae, Rhabdoviridae, e Rubivirus, hepatitis (HAV, HBV, HCV, HDV,HEV, HGV)

 

Infection control: sterilization and disinfection

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Pharmaceutical production and pharmacopeia

Pyrogens and bacterial endotoxins:

Microbiological assay:

Microbiological characteristics of pharmaceutical products:

Sterilization of pharmaceutical products:

Good manufacturing practice for preparation of medicines:

 

Food microbiology

HACCP system:



Textbook Information

Microbiologia Farmaceutica II ed, Edises

or

Principi di Microbiologia Medica III ed, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana

 

The student is free to choose another textbook.




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