VIROLOGIC AND MICROBIOLOGIC DIAGNOSTICS
Stampa
Enrollment year
2021/2022
Academic year
2022/2023
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
MED/07 (MICROBIOLOGY AND CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE
Course
MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGIES
Curriculum
Medico: Biotecnologie mediche e ricerca biomedica
Year of study
Period
1st semester (03/10/2022 - 20/01/2023)
ECTS
6
Lesson hours
48 lesson hours
Language
Italian
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Teacher
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
The course aims to provide the methodological tools needed to:
- correlate the composition, structure and physiology of microorganisms with the onset and evolution of infection diseases;
- understand the methodological approach in diagnosing infectious diseases;
- Understand the role of the various microorganisms in human pathology (infection diseases).
Course contents
Prof. R. Migliavacca
Will be discussed the main conventional diagnostic and executive protocols useful for the research of the most important clinically and epidemiologically important microorganisms, etiologic agents of:
- Skin infections
- Infections of the genitourinary urinary tract (Escherichia coli uropatogenes, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Clamidia trachomatis, Treponema pallidum)
- Infections of the gastrointestinal tract (Helicobacter pylori, Enterobacteria, Clostridium difficile)
- Infections of the upper and lower respiratory tract (Streptococcus spp., Legionella pneumophila, Haemophilus influenzae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Corynebacterium diphtheriae)
- Sepsis (Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli)
- Nosocomial infections (Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa)

The main methods of bacterial typing will also be discussed (PFGE, MLST, etc.)

We will analyze diagnostic protocols for antibiotic resistance to beta-lactams , quinolones, macrolides and glycopeptides, and the genetic basis of bacterial resistance.

Patogenetic mechanisms, host-parasitic interactions (adhesiveness, invasiveness, biofilm production) and genetic aspects of microbial virulence will be identified as new targets for design, research and development of new antimicrobial drugs and vaccines.
Teaching methods
Fontal teaching
Reccomended or required readings
"Microbiologia medica" P. Murray, K.S. Rosenthal, M.A. Pfaller.
Elsevier
Assessment methods
Written test, open answers
Further information
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Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030