Microbiology I - FGP017

• Title: Microbiology I
• Guaranteed by: Department of Clinical Microbiology (15-560)
• Faculty: Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové
• Actual: from 2025
• Semester: summer
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 3
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:15/36, C [HS]
• Capacity: unlimited
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Guarantor: prof. MUDr. Pavel Boštík, Ph.D.
• Incompatibility : FG10017, FV10015
• Pre-requisite : FGP003, FGP005
• Interchangeability : FA0104038
• Is pre-requisite for: FGP025, FV052
• In complex pre-requisite: FGP037, FGP038, FGP039, FGP040, FGP041, FGP042, FGP043, FGP044, FGP045, FGP046, FGP047, FGP048, FGP049, FGP050, FGP051, FGP052, FGP053, FG10036, FG10038, FG10039, FG10040, FG10041, FG10042, FG10043, FG10044, FG10045, FG10047, FG10048, FG10049, FG10075, FG10076, FG10077, FG10078, FG10079, FG10080, FG10083, FG10084, FG10090, FG10091, FG10097, FG10098, FV081, FV126, FV144

Annotation

Bacteriology: Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria, basic characteristic, pathogenicity, therapy and prevention of bacterial infections. Antibiotics: mechanisms of action, resistance, susceptibility testing, rules of ATB therapy and rules on the use. Virology: RNA and DNA viruses, Prions, basic characteristics. The antiviral therapy, the prevention of viral diseases. Mycology: basic characteristics of pathogenic fungi, local and systemic infections, opportunistic infections, mycoses and antifungal therapy. Parasitology: Protozoa, worms, basic characteristics, cycles in nature, in animals and in human population, pathogenicity. Arthropods: causative agents of diseases and vectors. Therapy and prevention of parasitic infections. Basics of clinical microbiology. Nosocomial infections and diseases. Vaccines and principles of immunization. Laboratory methods in microbiology.

Last update: DYNTAROVAE/LFHK.CUNI.CZ (06.02.2026)

Literature

Compulsory literature

1. W.A. Strohl, H. Rouse, B.D. Fischer Microbiology, Lippincott Williams a Wilkins, 2001,ISBN 0-397-51568-5
2. W. Levinson, E. Jawetz Medical Microbiology and Immunology. 4th ed.,Appleton and Lange, Stamford, USA, 1996. ISBN 0-8385-6225-6 (and newer editions)

Recommend literature

1. G. F. Brooks et al. Medical Microbiology. 3th ed., Lange, 2004. ISBN 0-07-141207-7
2. C. A. Mims et.al. Medical Microbiology. Mosby, 1993. ISBN 0-397-44631-4 (and newer editions)
3. Oto Melter et Rute Castelhano. The MicroBook Clinical Microbiology fo Medical Students.2019. ISBN 978-80-246-3781-3

 

Last update: DYNTAROVAE/LFHK.CUNI.CZ (06.02.2026)

Requirements to the exam

REQUIREMENT FOR CREDIT – Summer term

 1.    Attendance:

a.       1 absence allowed (1 absence to practical class = 1 day)

b.       In case of more than 1 absence – student must take an oral examination (without any preparatiory time) on the missed topic by the group teacher

c.       In case of more than 3 absences – an oral examination before an examination committee is required. The individual case must be discussed and approved in advance by the Study Department.

2.    Successful completion of the credit test:

a.       In case of failure of the first attempt, another attempt (obligatory) must be made during the last practical class (same day of the practical exam)

b.       In case of failure of the 2^nd attempt – student must pass an oral examination (without any preparatory) time on an assigned topic given by the group teacher 

3.    Practical exam

 CREDIT TEST

1.    WHEN: day before the practical exam

2.    WHERE: in the Moodle. Students are responsible for having access to Moodle.

3.    HOW: 20 multiple choice questions, time to complete: 20 minutes 

4.    RESULT: ≥ 70% to pass

 PRACTICAL EXAM

1.    WHEN: last practical class of the semester

2.    WHERE: MIKRO1 – same room of the practical classes 

3.    HOW: information on the Moodle

4.    RESULT: 1-3, failed

 Practical classes are held at the Faculty Hospital, building 17 – Department of Clinical Microbiology, ground floor

 Study materials, protocols and ATLAS are available in the Moodle: https://moodle.lfhk.cuni.cz/moodle2/course/index.php?categoryid=127&lang=en

Last update: DYNTAROVAE/LFHK.CUNI.CZ (09.02.2026)

Syllabus

Lecturers

• Prof. P. Boštík, MD, Ph.D.
• Assoc. Prof. Vladimir Buchta, M.Sc., Ph.D.
• Vlasta Štěpánová, M.D., Ph.D.
• Kateřina Neradová, M.D., Ph.D.

No. Theme Lecturers Duration

1. Introduction to Medical Microbiology, Bacteriology. Cell structure. Morphology.(Boštík, Prof., MD, Ph.D.)
2. Virology, general virology - taxonomy of viruses, detection of viral infection. Special virology - DNA and RNA viruses. Antiviral agents. (Štěpánová, M.D., Ph.D.)
3. Mycology. Taxonomy. Yeasts, molds, dimorphic fungi. Antifungal agents. (Buchta, Assoc. Prof., Ph. D.)
4. Parasitology. General parasitology. Protozoa, helminthoses. Antiparasitic agents. (Boštík, Prof., MD, Ph.D.)
5. Antibiotics - summary, mechanisms of action, mechanisms of resistance, examples of clinical usage. (Neradová, M.D., Ph.D.)
   

Practical courses & seminars

Lecturers

• Rudolf Kukla,MSc/Miroslav Fajfr, MD, Ph.D. - 7
• Ivone Igrera e Sá, PharmDr. - 8
• Vlasta Stepanova, M.D., Ph.D.-9

Practical courses

1. Microbiology - workflow in microbiology lab.
2. Basic principles of microbiological diagnostics – Preanalytical phase. Direct tests (microscopy, cultivation, biochemistry.
3. Bordetella, Neisseria, Haemophilus, Nocardia, Listeria.
4.  Basic principles of microbiological diagnostics – Antibiotic susceptibility testing
5. Staphylococcus.
6. Streptococcus,  Enterococcus.
7. Enterobacteriaceae.
8. Pseudomonas and other non-fermentative rods (Burkholderia, Stenotrophomonas.
9. Basic principles of microbiological diagnostics – mycology and parasitology.
10. Basic principles of microbiological diagnostics – virology. Molecular-biological methods.
11. Mycobacterium, Corynebacterium. CREDIT TEST.
12. PRACTICAL EXAM.CREDIT.

Notes: Actual informations about microbiology lectures and practical classes you can find on MOODLE.

 

Last update: DYNTAROVAE/LFHK.CUNI.CZ (06.02.2026)