PřF:Bi3390 Medical Mycology - Course Information
Bi3390 Medical Mycology
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/0/0. 1 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Ing. Monika Laichmanová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Ing. Monika Laichmanová, Ph.D.
Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Ing. Jiřina Kučerová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science - Prerequisites
- Examination - microbiology, 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
- Medical Genetics and Molecular Diagnostics (programme PřF, B-LGM)
- Microbiology (programme PřF, N-MIK)
- Special Biology (programme PřF, N-EXB)
- Special Biology (programme PřF, N-EXB, specialization Mikrobiologie a molekulární biotechnologie)
- Course objectives
- The subject gives an overview of
clinically significant microscopic fungi and fungi occurring in the environment, such as food and feed, on the walls of flats or in the air;
etiology and pathogenesis of fungal diseases;
major mycotoxin producers and diseases caused by them;
diagnostic methods used in clinical mycology. - Learning outcomes
- Student will be able to:
- name microscopic fungi of medical importance;
- apply specific methods for the isolation and cultivation of clinically significant microscopic fungi;
- evaluate the morphological features of individual taxonomic groups important for species identification;
- explain effects of mycotoxins on human health. - Syllabus
- Current systematic arrangement of microscopic medically important fungi; methods of isolation, cultivation and determination of micromycetes; dermatophytes, clinically significant yeast, Aspergillus, Mucorales, agents of hyalhyphomycosis and feohyphomycosis; fungal infection – definitions and therapy; antifungal drugs; mycotoxins of microscopic fungi and their significance.
- Literature
- Jedličková A.: Systémové mykózy. Jessenius Maxdorf, Praha 2006
- Vosmík F., Skořepová M.: Dermatomykózy. Galén, Praha 1995
- LARONE, Davise Honig. Medically important fungi : a guide to indentification. 5th ed. Washington, DC: ASM Press, 2011, xxii, 485. ISBN 9781555816605. info
- VOTAVA, Miroslav. Lékařská mikrobiologie : vyšetřovací metody. Brno: Neptun, 2010, 495 s. ISBN 9788086850047. info
- VOTAVA, Miroslav. Lékařská mikrobiologie obecná. 2., přeprac. vyd. Brno: Neptun, 2005, 351 s. ISBN 8086850005. info
- VOTAVA, Miroslav. Lékařská mikrobiologie speciální. 1. vyd. Brno: Neptun, 2003, xxii, 495. ISBN 8090289665. info
- Food microbiology : fundamentals and frontiers. Edited by Michael P. Doyle - Larry R. Beuchat - Thomas J. Montville. 2nd ed. Washington: ASM Press, 2001, xvi, 872. ISBN 1555812082. info
- HOOG, G. S. de. Atlas of clinical fungi. 2nd ed. Utrecht: Centraalbureau Schimmelcultures, 2000, viii, 1126. ISBN 9070351439. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures
- Assessment methods
- Written or oral examination. The final written test consists of 30 questions rated 40 points. 20 points is needed to pass examination.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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