Medical Microbiology

Section 1: Basic Principles of Medical Microbiology 1. Introduction to Medical Microbiology 2. Bacterial Classification, Structure, and Replication 3. Bacterial Metabolism and Genetics 4. Viral Classification, Structure, and Replication 5. Fungal Classification, Structure, and Replication 6. Parasitic Classification, Structure, and Replication 7. Commensal and Pathogenic Microbial Flora in Humans 8. Sterilization, Disinfection, and Antisepsis
Section 2: Basic Concepts in the Immune Response 9. Elements of Host Protective Responses 10. Humoral Immune Response 11. Cellular Immune Responses 12. Immune Responses to Infectious Agents 13. Antimicrobial Vaccines
Section 3: General Principles of Laboratory Diagnosis 14. Microscopic Principles and Applications 15. In Vitro Culture: Principles and Applications 16. Molecular Diagnosis 17. Serologic Diagnosis
Section 4: Bacteriology 18. Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis 19. Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Diseases 20. Antibacterial Agents 21. Staphylococcus and Related Gram-Positive Cocci 22. Streptococcus 23. Enterococcus and Other Gram-Positive Cocci 24. Bacillus 25. Listeria and Erysipelothrix 26. Corynebacterium and Other Gram-Positive Rods 27. Nocardia and Related Bacteria 28. Mycobacterium 29. Neisseria and Related Genera 30. Enterobacteriaceae 31. Vibrio and Aeromonas 32. Campylobacter and Helicobacter 33. Pseudomonas and Related Bacteria 34. Haemophilus and Related Bacteria 35. Bordetella 36. Francisella and Brucella 37. Legionella 38. Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Rods 39. Clostridium 40. Anaerobic, Non-Spore-Forming, Gram-Positive Bacteria 41. Anaerobic Gram-Negative Bacteria 42. Treponema, Borrelia, and Leptospira 43. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma 44. Rickettsia and Orientia 45. Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, and Coxiella 46. Chlamydia and Chlamydophila 47. Role of Bacteria in Disease
Section 5: Virology 48. Mechanisms of Viral Pathogenesis 49. Antiviral Agents 50. Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Diseases 51.

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