Bi7170 Medical microbiology

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Lenka Černohorská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Monika Dvořáková Heroldová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Filip Růžička, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Miroslav Votava, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. MUDr. Vladana Woznicová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Veronika Holá, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
RNDr. Radek Horváth, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
MUDr. Ondřej Zahradníček (seminar tutor)
Iva Holešovská (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Andrea Vávrová, Ph.D.
Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: MUDr. Ondřej Zahradníček
Prerequisites
Examination - general microbiology, taxonomy of bacteria, biochemistry.
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
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to understand pathogenity and virulence of bacteria, secretion of microorganisms from body; to understand normal body microflora, ethiology, diagnostics and basics of therapy of diseases of individual organ systems, including viral, fungal and parasital agents; work with information on basics of rational antimicrobial therapy; to understand hospital infections and their causative agents. The main objectives of the course are practical skills for profesion in laboratory of clinical microbiology.
Syllabus
  • Ordinary functioning of the laboratory of clinical bacteriology, algorithmic diagnostics, consequences;
  • Compendium of clinically relevant bacteria;
  • Compendium of antibiotics;
  • Respiratory tract infections and their etiological agens**;
  • Digestive tract infections and their etiological agens**;
  • Urinary tract infections and their etiological agens**;
  • STD and their cultivable agens Infections of skin, tissues and injuries and their etiological agens**;
  • Infections caused by hardly cultivable bacteria (mycobacteria, spirochetes, mycoplasma, rickettsial species, chlamydial species)**;
  • Antigens and antibodies and their efficiency in diagnostics;
  • Passive and active immunization;
  • The overview of the human viral infections**;
  • Mycotic and parasitic human infections**;
  • Antimicrobial therapy in practice, antibiotic centres;
  • Nosocomial infections**;
  • **In these lectures will be given compact overview of pathogens, of the treatement and medication, prevention and epidemiology, symptoms by the use of schemes and images from the clinical practice
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
  • VOTAVA, Miroslav, Monika HEROLDOVÁ, Petr ONDROVČÍK, Filip RŮŽIČKA, Vladana WOZNICOVÁ and Ondřej ZAHRADNÍČEK. Lékařská mikrobiologie - protokoly k praktickým cvičením (Medical microbiology - protocoles to practical sessions). 1st ed. Brno: Vydavatelství Neptun, 2004, 94 pp. ISBN 80-902896-7-3. info
  • VOTAVA, Miroslav and Petr ONDROVČÍK. Vybrané kapitoly z klinické mikrobiologie (Selected chapters from clinical microbiology). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova universita, 1998, 90 pp. ISBN 80-210-1805-4. info
  • VOTAVA, Miroslav, Vlastimil OBDRŽÁLEK, Petr ONDROVČÍK, Filip RŮŽIČKA, Ondřej ZAHRADNÍČEK and Vladana WOZNICOVÁ. Lékařská mikrobiologie II. Přehled vyšetřovacích metod v lékařské mikrobiologii (Medical Microbiology II. Survey of Diagnostic Methods in Medical Microbiology). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita. Lékařská fakulta, 2000, 309 pp. ISBN 80-210-2272-8. info
  • BEDNÁŘ, Marek. Lékařská mikrobiologie : bakteriologie, virologie, parazitologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Marvil, 1996, 558 s. info
  • Základní jsou první tři tituly. Ostatní jsou doplňkové.
Teaching methods
lecture + self-study with use of study support materials on IS MU
Assessment methods
practical and theoretical examination; theoretical examination comprises from 3 questions; there are 152-200 questions amount in full
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.