Learning objectives
Students have to know basic technical aspects related to the laboratory diagnosis of infections caused by relevant bacteria, fungi, and viruses of medical interest.
Prerequisites
Getting through examination of Microbiology (first year of the course).
Course unit content
BACTERIOLOGY
General characters, pathogenicity and principles of laboratory diagnosis related to the main human bacterial pathogens:
Staphylococci: S. aureus and other coagulase-negative Staphylococci
Streptococci: S. pyogenes, S. agalactiae, S. pneumoniae
Enterococci
Neisseriaceae: N. meningitidis and N. gonorrhoeae
Enterobacteriaceae
Vibrio cholerae
Campylobacter
Helicobacter pylori
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Haemophilus influenzae
Legionella pneumophila
Anaerobes
Chlamydia
Mycobacteria
Corynebacteria
Pathogenic spirochaetes
PARASITOLOGY
Principles of laboratory diagnosis of infections caused by:
Plasmodium spp., Toxoplasma gondii, Leishmania; free-living amoebae, Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia intestinalis, Cryptosporidium spp.
MYCOLOGY
Main pathogenic fungi and principles of laboratory diagnosis of mycoses
VIROLOGY
General characters, replication cycle, epidemiology and principles of laboratory diagnosis related to the main human viral pathogens:
DNA viruses: Poxviridae, Herpesviridae, Adenoviridae, Polyomaviridae (notes), Papillomaviridae, Hepadnaviridae, Parvoviridae (notes).
RNA viruses: Picornaviridae, Astroviridae (cenni), Caliciviridae, Togaviridae, Flaviviridae, Coronaviridae, Filoviridae (notes), Paramyxoviridae, Orthomyxoviridae, Bunyaviridae (notes), Arenaviridae (notes), Reoviridae, Retroviridae.
Bibliography
M. Bendinelli, C. Chezzi, G. Dettori, N. Manca, G. Morace, L. Polonelli, M.A.
Tufano.
Microbiologia Medica. Batteriologia. Parassitologia, Micologia. Virologia. Monduzzi Editore
