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in English

pt. 1. Basic medical microbiology. Microbial taxonomy Bacterial genetics, metabolism, and structure Host-microorganism interactions pt. 2. General principles in clinical microbiology. Laboratory safety Specimen management Role of Microscopy Traditional cultivation and identification Nucleic acid-based analytic methods for microbial identification and characterization Overview of immunochemical methods used for organism detection Principles of antimicrobial action and resistance Laboratory methods and strategies for antimicrobial susceptibility testing pt. 3. Bacteriology. Overview of bacterial identification methods and strategies Staphylococcus, micrococcus, and similar organisms Streptococuus, enterococcus, and similar organisms Bacillus and similar organisms Listeria, corynebacterium, and similar organisms Erysipelothrix, lactobacillus, and similar organisms Nocardia, streptomyces, rhodococcus, and similar organisms Enterobacteriaceae Acinetobacter, stenotrophomonas, and other organisms Pseudomonas, burkholderia, and similar organisms Achromobacter, rhizobium, ochrobactrum, and similar organisms Chryseobacterium, sphingobacterium, and similar organisms Alcaligenes, bordetella (nonpertussis), comamonas, and similar organisms Vibrio, aeromonas, and similar organisms Sphingomonas paucimobilis and similar organisms Moraxella Eikenella corrodens and similar organisms Pasteurella and similar organisms Actinobacillus, kingella, cardiobacterium, capnocytophaga, and similar organisms Haemophilus Baronella and Afipia Campylobacter, arcobacter, and helicobacter Legionella Brucella Bordetella pertussis, bordetella parapertussis, and related species Francisella Streptobacillus moniliformis and spirillum minus Neisseria and moraxella catarrhalis Overview and general laboratory considerations Overview of anaerobic organisms Mycobacteria Obligate intracellular and nonculturable bacterial agents Cell wall-deficient bacteria: mycplasma and ureaplasma The spirochetes. pt. 4. Parasitology. Overview of the methods and strategies in parasitology Intestinal protozoa Blood and tissue protozoa Protozoa from other body sites Intestinal nematodes Tissue nematodes Blood nematodes Intestinal cestodes Tissue cestodes Intestinal trematodes Liver and lung trematodes Blood trematodes pt. 5. Mycology. Overview of fungal identification methods and strategies Hyaline molds, mucorales, entomophthorales, dermatophytes, and opportunistic and systemic mycoses Dematiaceious (melanized) molds Opportunistic atypical fungus: pneumocystis jirovecii The yeasts Antifungal susceptibility testing, therapy, and prevention pt. 6. Virology. Overview of the methods and strategies in virology Viruses in human disease Antiviral therapy, susceptibility testing, and prevention pt. 7. Diagnosis by organ system. Bloodstream infections Infections of the lower respiratory tract Upper respiratory tract infections and other infections of the oral cavity and neck Meningitis and other infections of the central nervous system Infections of the eyes, ears, and sinuses Infections of the urinary tract Genital tract infections Gastrointestinal tract infections Skin, soft tissue, and wound infections Normally sterile body fluids, bone and bone marrow, and solid tissues pt. 8. Clinical laboratory management. Quality in the clinical microbiology laboratory Infection control Sentinel laboratory response to bioterrorism

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