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Introduction:
– history, development of microbiology, important discoveries (bacteria, viruses, immune response, vaccines, prions, drugs etc.)
Types and characteristics of microorganisms:
– characteristics and differences among bacteria, viruses, fungi, prions, zoonoses
– viruses: viruses’ classification, characteristics – structure, shape, genetics, reproduction, identification
– bacteria: bacterial cell – characteristics, structure, shapes, reproduction, metabolism, genetics, resistance
Bacteria and the host:
– normal microbial flora, pathogenicity, virulence, toxins
– diagnosis of bacterial infections, local/systemic infection, vectors, reservoirs, opportunistic infections
– antibiotics and chemotherapeutics
Pathogenic bacteria:
– staphylococci, streptococci, pneumococci, Neisseria, Moraxella, Haemophilus, Bordetella, Legionella, Enterobacteriaceae, Escherichia coli, Salmonella, Shigella, Yersinia, Vibrio, Campylobacteria, Clostridia, genus Bacillus, non-sporogenic anaerobic and gram positive bacilli, mycobacteria, Brucella, Treponema Borrelia , Leptospira Rickettsiae, Ehrlichiae, Chlamydia, Mycoplasma
Pathogenic viruses:
– transmission, pathogenesis, diagnosis, prevention
– RNA and DNA viruses (enteroviruses, Myxoviruses, Rhinovirus, Adenoviruses, Herpesviruses, Poxviruses, Polioviruses, Rhabdovirus, Papillomaviruses, Coronaviruses, Oncogenic viruses)
Fungi:
– characteristics of pathogenic fungi, reproduction, cell structure, pathogenesis of fungal diseases, diagnostics, primary systemic infections, opportunistic fungi
Medically important protozoa and parasites:
– characteristics and disease
– treatment, prevention
Immune system (cells, organs, antibodies, interferons), immune response, inflammation, innate and acquired immunity, hypersensitivity reactions, vaccines, immunization