Medical Microbiology

Course Description

In this course, the student studies the most important pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. And study their biological characteristics, epidemiology, mechanisms and routes of transmission, pathogenesis and immunity, host response, control, and prevention.

Course Objectives & Outcomes

•  This course aims to provide this student with medical information about pathogens of different types, namely bacteria, viruses, fungus, parasites. Different methods of diagnosis, identification of microorganisms, methods of treatment and prevention.
•  Other tasks may include the identifying potential health risks to the community or monitoring the evolution of potentially virulent or resistant strains of microbes, educating the community and assisting in the design of health practices.

References
1. Medical Microbiology, 7th Edition, by Dr. Patrick R. Murray, Dr. Ken S. Rosenthal, and Dr. Michael A. Elsevier. 2013.
2. Sherris Medical Microbiology, 6e Kenneth J. Ryan, C. George Ray, Sixth Edition Copyright © 2014 by McGraw-Hill Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America
3. Jawetz, Melnick, &Adelberg's Medical Microbiology, Twenty-Fifth Edition .McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2010.

Course ID: MICRO 508