What is microbiology?
What are microrganisms?
What is the immunology?
1. Basic Bacteriology |
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i. Bacterial Structure and Function |
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ii. Bacterial Growth, Nutrition, and Metabolism |
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iii. Normal Flora, Pathogenic Mechanisms, and Host Defense |
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iv. Bacterial Genetics |
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v. Mechanisms of Bacterial Control |
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vi. Mechanisms of Resistance |
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Review Questions |
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2. Clinical Bacteriology |
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i. Gram Positive Rods |
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ii. Gram Positive Cocci |
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iii. Gram Negative Cocci |
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iv. Gram Negative Rods |
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v. Anaerobic Bacterial |
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vi. Spirochetes and Chlamydia |
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vii. Rickettsial and Infections |
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viii. Mycobacteria and Mycoplasms |
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Review Questions |
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3. Basic Virology |
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i. Virus Structure and Classification |
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ii. Virus Replication |
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iii. Viral Genetics |
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iv. Viral Pathogenesis |
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v. Diagnostic Virology and Antiviral Therapy |
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Review Questions
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4. Clinical Virology |
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i. DNA Viruses |
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ii. Negative Strand RNA Viruses |
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iii. Positive Strand RNA Viruses |
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iv. Double Strand RNA Viruses |
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v. Slow Viruses |
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vi. Retroviruses |
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Review Questions |
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5. Basic Mycology |
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i. Structure, Growth, and Laboratory Diagnosis |
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ii. Fungal Pathogenesis and Host Defense |
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iii. Prevention, Treatment, and Control |
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Review Questions |
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6. Clinical Mycology |
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i. Cutaneous and Subcutaneous Mycoses |
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ii. Systemic Mycoses |
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iii. Opportunistic Mycoses |
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Review Questions |
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7. Basic Parasitology |
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i. Structure, Growth, and Laboratory Diagnosis |
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ii. Parasitic Pathogenesis and Host Defense |
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iii. Prevention, Treatment, and Control |
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Review Questions |
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8. Clinical Parasitology |
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i. Protozoan Infections |
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ii. Worm Infections |
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Review Questions |
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9. Infectious Diseases |
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i. Central Nervous System Infections |
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ii. Gastrointestinal Tract Infections |
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iii. Respiratory Tract Infections |
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iv. Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
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v. Obstetric, Fetal, and Newborn Infections |
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vi. Urinary Tract Infections |
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vii. Vascular Infections |
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viii. Skin, Bone, and Joint Infections |
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ix. Eye, Ear, and Sinus Infections |
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x. Multisystem Infections |
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xi. Infections and Cancer |
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Review Questions |
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1 The science of microbiology |
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2 Cell structure |
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3 Classification of bacteria |
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4 The growth, survival, & death of microorganisms |
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5 Cultivation of microorganisms |
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6 Microbial metabolism |
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7 Microbial genetics |
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8 Immunology |
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9 Pathogenesis of bacterial infection |
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10 Antimicrobial chemotherapy |
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11 Normal microbial flora of the human body |
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12 Spore-forming gram-positive bacilli : bacillus & clostridium species |
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13 Non-spore-forming gram-positive bacilli : corynebacterium, propionibacterium, listeria, erysipelothrix, actinomycetes, & related pathogens |
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14 The staphylococci |
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15 The streptococci |
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16 Enteric gram-negative rods (enterobacteriaceae) |
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17 Pseudomonads, acinetobacters, & uncommon gram-negative bacteria |
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18 Vibrios, campylobacters, helicobacter, & associated bacteria |
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19 Haemophilus, bordetella, brucella, & francisella |
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20 Yersinia & pasteurella |
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21 The neisseriae |
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22 Infections caused by anaerobic bacteria |
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23 Legionellae, bartonella, & unusual bacterial pathogens |
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24 Mycobacteria |
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25 Spirochetes & other spiral microorganisms |
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26 Mycoplasmas & cell wall-defective bacteria |
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27 Rickettsia & ehrlichia |
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28 Chlamydiae |
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29 General properties of viruses |
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30 Pathogenesis & control of viral diseases |
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31 Parvoviruses |
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32 Adenoviruses |
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33 Herpesviruses |
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34 Poxviruses |
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35 Hepatitis viruses |
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36 Picornaviruses (enterovirus & rhinovirus groups) |
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37 Reoviruses, rotaviruses, & caliciviruses |
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38 Arthropod-borne & rodent-borne viral diseases |
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39 Orthomyxoviruses (influenza viruses) |
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40 Paramyxoviruses & rubella virus |
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41 Coronaviruses |
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42 Rabies, slow virus infections, & prion diseases |
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43 Human cancer viruses |
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44 AIDS & lentiviruses |
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45 Medical mycology |
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46 Medical parasitology |
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47 Principles of diagnostic medical microbiology |
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48 Cases & clinical correlations |
