Course Contents

An introduction to clinical bacteriology. Hazzards in clinical microbiology laboratory. Role and importance of normal flora in different parts of body. Respiratory tract infections. Infections of eye, ear and skin. Fluids from infected joints, CSF, pleural and peritoneal fluids. Differential diagnosis of selective systemic bacterial infections of GIT, genitourinary, cardiovascular and central nervous system. Nosocomial infections: prevention and control, Principles of latest diagnostic procedures. Post operative infections. Antimicrobial Chemotherapies and their targets. Drug resistance, drug-bacteria relationship, clinical implications, and prevention. Medically important viruses and fungus, their diagnosis and prevention. PRACTICAL 1. Good laboratory practices 2. Collection and processing of different clinical specimen. 3. Isolation and identification of pathogens from different clinical specimen. 4. Antibiotic sensitivity test by various techniques.

Course Synopsis

the course focus on pathogenic microorganisms and the fundamental mechanisms of their pathogenicity and diagnosis

Course Learning Outcomes

This course will provide the conceptual basis for understanding pathogenic microorganisms and particularly address the fundamental mechanisms of their pathogenicity. It will also provide opportunities for a student to develop both informative and diagnostic skills in microbiology, including the practical application and interpretation of laboratory tests for the diagnosis of infectious diseases