302466 (v.1) Medical Microbiology 231

Area:	School of Biomedical Sciences
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	5.0
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Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	7842 (v.5) Medical Laboratory Science 132 or any previous version AND 302467 (v.2) Introduction to Microbiology 132 or any previous version OR 10073 (v.1) Microbiology 132 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Prokaryotic cell structure and its significance in understanding virulence properties of pathogens and action of antibacterial drugs. Taxonomic principles and their application to medically important microbes. Basic introduction to host defence mechanisms against microbial pathogens. Principles and examples of virus and bacterial pathogenesis. Introduction to clinical microbiology and the principles of analysing human specimens for bacterial pathogens. Introduction to epidemiology and public health microbiology. Antibiotics and their mode of action. Antibiotic resistance mechanisms and the evolution of resistant microbes.
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Field of Education:	060117 Internal Medicine
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Supplemental *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

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