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MEDS 3024C | 3 credit hours
Fall Semester | Syllabus(PDF)
MWF 10:10am – 11:05am
David Askew, PhD | david.askew@uc.edu | 513-558-2395
Medical Microbiology is a branch of microbiology that is concerned with the biology of microbial pathogens and how it relates to the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. How does a microbe interact with the human host? Why do some microbes cause life-threatening infections and others only mild, transient ones? What is the role of the normal microbiota? How can the understanding of a disease process impact infection control measures? This course will introduce students to the major classes of bacterial and fungal pathogens that infect humans.
The course is divided into four modules. The first module will cover fundamental concepts in microbiology that are necessary to understand how specific microbes cause disease. The subsequent three modules will go through the major bacterial and fungal pathogens that infect humans. Each module will comprise a mix of didactic lectures, hands-on laboratory exercises in microbiology, and problem-based learning in a clinical case format. Clinical cases will be directed by clinicians who are board-certified in infectious diseases or clinical laboratory diagnosis.
Illustration (right): A colony of Aspergillus fumigatus, a pathogenic mold responsible for a life-threatening pneumonia. Courtesy: K. Krishnan, D.S. Askew.
Kenneth Ryan, C. George Ray et al (2014) Sherris Medical Microbiology, 6e, McGraw-Hill, New YorkISBN 9780-0-7-181821-6E-Book available free at UC Health Sciences Library (access on campus or via VPN)
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