Bacteriology: Gram positive and Gram-negative bacteria, basic characteristics, pathogenicity, therapy and prevention of bacterial infections. Antibiotics: mechanisms of action, resistance, susceptibility testing, main indications, ATB stewardship. 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 mycoses and antifungal therapy. Parasitology: Protozoa, worms, basic characteristics, life 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 and epidemiology. Hospital-associated infections. Vaccines and principles of immunization. Laboratory diagnosis in microbiology.
Requirements to the exam
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Medical Microbiology - General Medicine
Criteria for a credit - the academic year 2014/2015
Credit:
1. average assessment tests for the semester: at least 51%
2. approval prepared laboratory protocols - check before writing credits
3. participation in practical exercises - 1 excused absence
4. passing the practical test - will be in the last practical class (ex. recognize culture media, type of hemolysis, G +, G- bacteria, identify and describe basic tests - coagulase test, ATB sensitivity ttesting ...)
- in the last exercise will be written credit
- if the student fails to meet the conditions or will miss the last exercise - individual agreement on the date of credit with Dr.Čermákova or Dr.Štěpánova
Groups:
Wednesday - Doc. Buchta
Thursday - Dr.Čermáková
Friday - Dr. Štěpánová
Final exam 2015/2016
- exams will be listed in the electronic system SIS approximately as follows
- the number of students and the start time of the examination will be given in the SIS
Syllabus
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Lecturers
Assoc. Prof. Vladimir Buchta, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Zuzana Cermakova, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Josef Scharfen, M.D., Ph.D.
Vlasta Stepanova, M.D., Ph.D.
Spirochaetes - Treponema spp., Leptospira spp., Borrelia spp., and Rickettsias
Prevention of infections. Principles of immunization. Basic immunology.
Antimicrobial drugs - use and abuse. Overview. Resistance to antibiotics.
Virology - isolation methods and serologic tests..
Mycobacterium, and related bacteria. Cases in immunodeficiency.
Sexual transmitted diseases. Laboratory diagnosis of vaginal discharge.
Medical mycology. Laboratory diangostics of parasitic fungi.
Diagnostics of parasitic worms for men
Diagnostics of Protozoa pathogenic for men.
Infections of respiratory tract an urinary tract..
Infections of skin, soft tissues and bones. Infections of bloo, CNS, eyes.
Infectins of gastrointestinal tract.
Modern methods in microbiology. Clinical cases.
Practical examination, credit.
Notes:
Detailed information about microbiology lectures and practical classes you can find on the board on the first floor of the department of microbiology in the Faculty Hospital.
Literature
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Compulsory literature
W. Levinson, E. Jawetz. Medical Microbiology and Immunology. (4th ed.), Appleton and Lange, Stamford, 1996. ISBN 0-8385-6225-6 (and newer editions)
Recommend literature
C. A. Mims et.al. Medical Microbiology. Mosby, 1993. ISBN 0-397-44631-4 (and newer editions)
P. H. Gilligan et al. Cases in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (third edition). ASM Press, 2003. ISBN 1-55581-207-4
Recommended study literature in electronic form:
Entry: Medical library, Databases, Sample of Databases, Databases of e-books:
1. Ebrary Academic Complete
Medical Microbiology (7th Edition)
Contributors: Murray, Patrick R. Rosenthal, Ken S. Pfaller, Michael A.
September 2012
2. Elselvier
Key word: Microbiology
C.A.Mims et. Al. Medical Microbiology. Mosby,1993 - 5th edition 2013
Notes:
Student must have a valid password of his university account