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Health professions degree in
Biomedical laboratory techniques
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Medicine and Surgery

MICROBIOLOGY AND CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
cod. 1005369

Academic year 2015/16
2° year of course - First semester
Professors
Academic discipline
Microbiologia e microbiologia clinica (MED/07)
Field
Scienze e tecniche di laboratorio biomedico
Type of training activity
Characterising
42 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Integrated course unit module: CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

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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.

Full programme

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Bibliography

M. Bendinelli, C. Chezzi, G. Dettori, N. Manca, G. Morace, L. Polonelli, M.A.
Tufano.
Microbiologia Medica. Batteriologia. Parassitologia, Micologia. Virologia. Monduzzi Editore

Teaching methods

Oral lessons

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination

Other information

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