Medical microbiology

Introduction to medical microbiology

Basic principles of medical microbiology

Bacterial classification

Bacterial morphology and cell wall structure and synthesis

Bacterial metabolism and growth

Bacterial genetics

Viral classification, structure, and replication

Fungal classification, structure, and replication

Parasitic classification, structure, and replication

Commensal and pathogenic microbial flora in humans

Sterilization, disinfection, and antisepsis

Basic concepts in the immune response

Elements of host protective responses

The humoral immune response

Cellular immune responses

Immune responses to infectious agents

Antimicrobial vaccines

General principles of laboratory diagnosis

Microscopic principles and applications

Molecular diagnosis

Serologic diagnosis

Bacteriology

Mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis

Antibacterial agents

Laboratory diagnosis of bacterial diseases

Staphylococcus and related organisms

Streptococcus

Enterococcus and other gram-positive cocci

Bacillus

Listeria and Erysipelothrix

Corynebacterium and other gram-positive rods

Nocardia and related bacteria

Mycobacterium

Neisseria and related genera

Enterobacteriaceae

Vibrio and Aeromonas

Campylobacter and Heliobacter

Pseudomonas and related organisms

Haemophilus and related bacteria

Bordetella

Brucella and Francisella

Legionella

Miscellaneous gram-negative rods

Anaerobic, spore-forming, gram-positive rods

Anaerobic, non-spore-forming, gram-positive rods

Anaerobic gram-negative bacteria

Treponema, Borrelia, and Leptospira

Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma

Rickettsia and Orientia

Ehrlichia anaplasma, and Coxiella

Chlamydiaceae

Role of bacteria in disease

Virology

Mechanisms of viral pathogenesis

Antiviral agents

Laboratory diagnosis of viral diseases

Papillomaviruses and Polyomaviruses

Adenoviruses

Human herpesviruses

Poxviruses

Parvoviruses

Picornaviruses

Coronaviruses and Noraviruses

Paramyxoviruses

Orthomyxoviruses

Rhabdoviruses, Filoviruses, and Bornavirues

Reoviruses

Togaviruses and flaviviruses

Bunyaviridae and arenaviridae

Retroviruses

Hepatitis viruses

Unconventional slow viruses: prions

Role of viruses in disease

Mycology

Pathogenesis of a fungal disease

Antifungal agents

Laboratory diagnosis of fungal diseases

Superficial and cutaneous mycoses

Subcutaneous mycoses

Systemic mycoses caused by endemic dimorphic fungal pathogens

Opportunistic mycoses

Fungal and fungal-like infections of unusal or uncertain etiology

Mycotoxins and Mycotoxicoses

Role of fungi in disease

Parasitology

Pathogenesis of parasitic disease

Antiparasitic agents

Laboratory diagnosis of parasitic disease

Intestinal and urogenital protozoa

Blood and tissue protozoa

Nematodes

Trematodes

Cestodes

Arthropods

Role of parasites in disease.