Department of Microbiology
Medical microbiology, the large subset of Microbiology that is applied to medicine, is a branch of medical science concerned with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. In addition, this field of science studies various clinical applications of microbes for the improvement of health.
- Course Objectives
- Describe in details the morphology, the culture, spread, biochemical activities, antigenic characters, pathogenesis, laboratory diagnosis, treatment& prevention &control measures of each bacterium.
- Define the organs commonly involved in the infection.
- Recall the relationship of this infection to symptoms, relapse and the accompanying pathology.
- Explain the methods of microorganism control, e.g., chemotherapy & vaccines.
- Demonstrate practical skills in fundamental microbiological techniques
- Present and interpret results obtained from using these techniques.
- Present information clearly in both written and oral form
- Describe the architecture, chemical composition, cultivation and classification of viruses.
- Define the terms necessary to understand disease principles and epidemiology: normal and transient flora, opportunists, pathogen, infection, disease, virulence and its measures, aetiology, nosocomial, epidemic, endemic, pandemic, portals of entry and exit, types of symbiosis, predisposing factors, morbidity and mortality.
- Compare and contrast living and non-living reservoirs, using examples.
- Compare and contrast disease transmission, using examples: contact, vehicle, and vector.
- Compare and contrast the stages of disease development: incubation, prodrome, illness, decline and convalescence.
- Compare and contrast immediate and delayed hypersensitivity (allergy), using examples.
- Compare and contrast autoimmune diseases and immune deficiencies, using examples.
- Compare and contrast the immune response to tumours and cancer with that to transplants (grafts), using examples.