MICROBIOLOGIA E ANATOMIA PATOLOGICA

6 CFU - 2° Semester

GIOVANNI BARTOLONI - Module ANATOMIA PATOLOGICA - MED/08 - 4 CFU
ADRIANA GAROZZO - Module General and clinical microbiology - MED/07 - 2 CFU

Learning Objectives

General and clinical microbiology
The student must learn the biological and pathogenic characteristics of microorganisms that play a role in human pathology, with reference to bacteria, viruses and fungi. He must acquire appropriate knowledge on the relationships between microorganisms and host in normal and pathological conditions, identify the transmission pathways, know the characteristics, the activity, the mechanism of action and resistance of the main antimicrobial drugs and vaccines. The student must also know the main methods for the cultivation and identification of microorganisms.

The course also aims to illustrate the various methods of prevention of microbial infections and the main causes of infection related to specific professional activity.

General and clinical microbiology
1. Introduction to medical microbiology: microorganism-host relationships.
2. The organization of the bacterial cell: structure and function of the cellular components
3. Mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis: role of bacteria in disease
4. The antimicrobial chemotherapy: the main characteristic of principal groups of antibiotics and the antibiotic resistance
5. Characteristics of virus and their replication
6. Mechanisms of viral pathogenesis
7. Types of viral infection: acute and persistent infection
8. The antiviral chemotherapy
9. Characteristics of fungi and their metabolism
10. Mechanisms of fungal pathogenesis
11. Antimicrobial vaccines
12. General principles of laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases
13. General principles of sterilization, disinfection, and antisepsis
14. The main human pathogen microorganisms and hospital-acquired infection

General and clinical microbiology
Harvey R. H., Champe P.C., Fisher B. D., Le basi della Microbiologia, con approfondimenti clinici - Ed. Zanichelli

All students can use didactic material downloadable from the Studium page at the following link: http://studium.unict.it/dokeos/2018/courses/11969/

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