General medical microbiology

• Describe the connection between pathogenic microorganisms and their symptoms.
• Diagnose simple infections.
• Explain the virulence factors of pathogenic microorganisms.
• Propose treatment of simple cases of infection.
• Propose preventive measures in simple cases of infection.
• Describe types of antibiotics and how they work.
• Describe ways of transmission of infections diseases.
• Perform simple genome analyses to identify and characterise pathogenic organisms.
• Develop scientific and clinical thinking relative to microbial pathogenesis using a practical approach.
• Learn and use medical microbiology terminology correctly in English.

History of medical microbiology, epidemiology, the normal microbiota; what is an infection? mechanisms of infection. Treating infections: antimicrobial resistance, prophylaxis, antimicrobials, immunization.
The most common infectious diseases (respiratory infections, gastrointestinal, urinary tract, sexual transmitted diseases, etc.), the organisms that cause them (bacteria, virus and parasites), transmission of pathogens. Diagnostics, genome analysis, typing methods, identification of resistance determinants.

27002/27008/27051, Require basic knowledge of microbiology.

Lectures, tutorials on online tools for genome analysis and case discussions. Students prepare their own multiple-choice questions and a disease case as group assignments.

Minimum: 20.

Please be aware that this course will only be held if the required minimum number of participants is met. You will be informed 8 days before the start of the course, whether the course will be held.