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Professor
Academic discipline: Microbiologia e microbiologia clinica (MED/07)
Field: A scelta dello studente
Type of training activity: Student's choice

16 hours
of face-to-face activities

2 credits

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Learning objectives

Students have to know detailed technical aspects related to the laboratory diagnosis of infections by some selected medically important bacteria, fungi and viruses.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

BACTERIOLOGY
General characters (morphology, structural and metabolic aspects), pathogenicity and virulence, main laboratory diagnostic aspects of the following bacteria: Enterobacteriaceae, anaerobes and, in particular, Clostridium difficile.
MYCOLOGY
Histopathologic, cultural and serologic approaches for the laboratory diagnosis of:
Mycoses due to dimorphic fungi
Mycoses due to zygomycetes
VIROLOGY
Infections caused by hepatitis viruses.
Infection caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV.
Infections caused by Human Herpes Virus 5 (Cytomegalovirus), Herpes Simplex Virus and Rubella Virus.

Full programme

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Bibliography

M. Bendinelli, C. Chezzi, G. Dettori, N. Manca, G. Morace, L. Polonelli, M.A. Tufano.
MICROBIOLOGIA MEDICA. Gli agenti infettivi dell'uomo: biologia, azione patogena, laboratorio. Monduzzi Editore

Teaching methods

Oral lesson

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam

Other information

Teachers:
Prof. Stefania Conti;
Dr. Silvia Covan;
Dr. Flora De Conto

ADVANCED CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY cod. 16091