VLLM0421p Medical Microbiology I - lecture

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Lenka Černohorská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Monika Dvořáková Heroldová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Veronika Holá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Filip Růžička, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. MUDr. Vladana Woznicová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ing. Veronika Korecká (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Lukáš Vacek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
MUDr. Ondřej Zahradníček (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Filip Růžička, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology – Institutions shared with St. Anne's Faculty Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: MUDr. Ondřej Zahradníček
Supplier department: Department of Microbiology – Institutions shared with St. Anne's Faculty Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites
VSBI0222p Biology II-lect. || VLBI0222p Biology II-lect. && VLBF011p Biophysics-lect.
Students are supposed to have considerable knowledge of anathomy, histology, biology, biochemistry and physiology.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to teach students to define the basic concepts of medical diagnostic virology, mycology and parasitology
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course student should be able to:
define microbial morphology and physiology, basics of microbial genetics
describe microbial biofilm and its properties
define pathogenicity and virulence, factors of pathogenicity and virulence, pathogenesis and course of infection
discuss antimicrobial immunity, active and passive immunisation
describe tenacity of microorganisms, basic principles and practical use of decontamination methods
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to microbiology
  • 2. Bacterial cell and growth
  • 3. Microbes and environment
  • 4. Pathogenicity and virulence
  • 5. Microbial biofilm
  • 6. Microbes and the host
  • 7. Microbes and host immunity
  • 8. Antibiotics I.
  • 9. Antibiotics II.
  • 10. Antibiotics III.
  • 11. Other antimicrobials
  • 12. Principles of antimicrobial treatment
  • 13. Notes to special microbiology I.
  • 14. Notes to special microbiology II.
Literature
    required literature
  • VOTAVA, Miroslav. Lékařská mikrobiologie obecná. (General Medical Microbiology.). 1st ed. Brno: Neptun, 2001, 247 pp. ISBN 80-902896-2-2. info
  • VOTAVA, Miroslav. Lékařská mikrobiologie speciální (Medical microbiology special). 1st ed. Brno: NEPTUN, Březová 18, 637 00 Brno, 2003, 495 pp. ISBN 80-902896-6-5. info
    recommended literature
  • VOTAVA, Miroslav, Filip RŮŽIČKA, Vladana WOZNICOVÁ, Lenka ČERNOHORSKÁ, Milada DVOŘÁČKOVÁ, Monika DVOŘÁKOVÁ HEROLDOVÁ, Veronika HOLÁ and Ondřej ZAHRADNÍČEK. Lékařská mikrobiologie: Vyšetřovací metody (Medical Microbiology: Laboratory Procedures). 1st ed. Brno: Neptun, 2010, 495 pp. ISBN 978-80-86850-04-7. info
  • GREENWOOD, David. Lékařská mikrobiologie : přehled infekčních onemocnění : patogeneze, imunita, laboratorní diagnostika a epidemiologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 1999, 686 s. ISBN 80-7169-365-0. info
  • RULÍK, Martin, Veronika HOLÁ, Filip RŮŽIČKA, Miroslav VOTAVA, Dana BAUDIŠOVÁ, Jiří GALLO, Simona KAPRÁLOVÁ, Kateřina KOHUŠOVÁ, Dagmar KOUKALOVÁ, Václav KŮDELA, Jiří MIKEŠ, Radko NOVOTNÝ, Martina SIGLOVÁ, Věra TORŠOVÁ and Jiří ZIMÁK. Mikrobiální biofilmy (Microbial Biofilms). 1. vydání. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2011, 448 pp. Monografie. ISBN 978-80-244-2747-8. info
  • GOERING, Richard V., Hazel M. DOCKRELL, Mark A. ZUCKERMAN, Ivan M. ROITT and Peter L. CHIODINI. Mimsova lékařská mikrobiologie. Translated by Jaroslav Julák - Jan Bobek - Renáta Čermáková - Karel Holada. 5. vydání. Praha: Stanislav Juhaňák - Triton, 2016, xiv, 568. ISBN 9788073879280. info
  • Tituly 1, 2, přednášky v IS MU a veškeré materiály z praktik jsou základní studijní materiály ke zkoušce, ostatní jsou doplňkové.
Teaching methods
lecture
Assessment methods
This is the first part of lectures, no specific end. After the second block of lectures (VLLM0522p) there is the practical and theoretical examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (spring 2025, recent)
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