BDKM01b Clinical Microbiology

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
10/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. MUDr. Miroslav Votava, CSc. (lecturer)
MUDr. Lenka Černohorská, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Monika Dvořáková Heroldová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Veronika Holá, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. MUDr. Filip Růžička, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. MUDr. Vladana Woznicová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
MUDr. Ondřej Zahradníček (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
MUDr. Ondřej Zahradníček
Department of Microbiology – Institutions shared with St. Anne's Faculty Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: MUDr. Ondřej Zahradníček
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
At the end of this course, student will be able
* to understand the difference between common microbial flora, transient findings, contamination and pathogens in different localisations
* to know the most common pathogens causing infictions of various organs/systems
* to understand basic indications of microbiological examination, sampling and transportation of samples for each organ/system infection
* to be able to interprete basically the findings

Namely, studets shlould know this for
* different parts of upper and lower respiratory ways, lungs and middle ear
* different parts of gastrointestinal tract
* different parts of urinary tract
* different parts of genital system
* different parts of central and peripherial nervous system
* bloodstream, bones, muscles and various tissues
* skin, eyes, external ear
Syllabus
  • Topic 1 Survey of microbes. Pathogenicity and virulence. Survey of microbiological methods. Use of molecular methods in clinical microbiology. Topic 2 Basis of sampling and material transport to microbiology, order forms
  • Topic 3 Desinfection and sterilisation
  • Topic 4 Antimicrobial agents
  • Topic 5 Etiology and diagnostics of sepsis and endocarditis (incl. sampling methods)
  • Topic 6 Etiology and diagnotics of CNS infections
  • Topic 7 Hospital infections - charakteristics, main causing agents, prevention and registration
  • Topic 8 Etiology and diagnotics of bacterial infections of respiratory ways, ear and nose
  • Topic 9 Viral respiratory infections
  • Topic 10 Urinary infections - causative agents, diagnostics, interpretation of results
  • Topic 11 Etiology a diagnostics of pyogene and anaerobic infections
  • Topic 12 Basis of clinical mycology and parasitology
  • Topic 13 Causative agents of diarrhoea, stool examination
  • Topic 14 STD - etiology, diagnostics, sampling, examination
Literature
  • 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. 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. Lékařská mikrobiologie obecná. (General Medical Microbiology.). 1st ed. Brno: Neptun, 2001, 247 pp. ISBN 80-902896-2-2. 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
  • První titul je základní, ostatní doplňkové
Assessment methods
It is necessary to take part on education. Unjustified absences may be reason for not giving a credit. The education is finished by an examination, that is oral (student takes one of 20 pairs of questions).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: Zkušební otázky budou uveřejněny ve Studijních materiálech předmětu
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Dva dvoudenní bloky po 10 hodinách (celkem 4 dny).
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010.
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