ID:
504874
Duration (hours):
32
CFU:
4
SSD:
MICROBIOLOGIA E MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA
Year:
2025
Overview
Date/time interval
Secondo Semestre (02/03/2026 - 05/06/2026)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
The course aims to provide the student with the cognitive and methodological tools necessary to:
- correlate the composition, structure and physiology of microorganisms with the onset and evolution of infectious diseases;
- understand the role of different microorganisms in the etiopathogenesis of infectious diseases;
- apply knowledge of the biology of microorganisms to the choice of antimicrobial drugs for the treatment of infectious diseases and prevention;
- understand the basis of the methodological approach in the diagnostic assessment of infectious diseases;
- understand the epidemiology and transmission routes of infectious agents.
At the end of the course, the student will have to know:
i) structure and replicative cycle of bacteria, viruses, protozoa and fungi;
ii) laboratory procedures for the direct and indirect diagnosis of infectious diseases caused by bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites;
iii) principles of microbial genetics and genomic implications on the spread of drug resistance and the pathogenicity of microorganisms;
iv) defense mechanisms available to the host against infectious agents and the mechanisms of damage to the host of the main human pathogens;
v) the mechanism of action of the main antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral and antiparasitic drugs; molecular mechanisms responsible for the onset and spread of resistance.
- correlate the composition, structure and physiology of microorganisms with the onset and evolution of infectious diseases;
- understand the role of different microorganisms in the etiopathogenesis of infectious diseases;
- apply knowledge of the biology of microorganisms to the choice of antimicrobial drugs for the treatment of infectious diseases and prevention;
- understand the basis of the methodological approach in the diagnostic assessment of infectious diseases;
- understand the epidemiology and transmission routes of infectious agents.
At the end of the course, the student will have to know:
i) structure and replicative cycle of bacteria, viruses, protozoa and fungi;
ii) laboratory procedures for the direct and indirect diagnosis of infectious diseases caused by bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites;
iii) principles of microbial genetics and genomic implications on the spread of drug resistance and the pathogenicity of microorganisms;
iv) defense mechanisms available to the host against infectious agents and the mechanisms of damage to the host of the main human pathogens;
v) the mechanism of action of the main antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral and antiparasitic drugs; molecular mechanisms responsible for the onset and spread of resistance.
Course Prerequisites
The course aims to provide the student with the necessary tools to understand the correlations between the different pathological pictures and the possible etiological agents. To follow the course better, the student must have attended the lessons and acquired knowledge in the basic subjects, biochemistry, anatomy, physiology, immunology and general pathology.
Teaching Methods
The course is divided into 3 integrated modules, General Microbiology (5 CFU), Virology (2 CFU) and Clinical Microbiology (2 CFU); the General Microbiology Module includes lectures in the classroom and interactive teaching activities in the laboratory (ADI 1 CFU), with compulsory attendance, aimed at the acquisition of microbiological diagnostic skills contextualised in case reports.
The Microbiology ADI takes place with the support of the University Fund Tutoring Project for groups of 25 students.
The Microbiology ADI takes place with the support of the University Fund Tutoring Project for groups of 25 students.
Assessment Methods
Qualifying WRITTEN EXAMINATION followed by a ORAL EXAMINATION.
Written multiple-choice exam: 25 questions covering Virology, Clinical Microbiology, Bacteriology, and Mycology (5 possible options, of which only one is correct).
Oral exam: only upon successful completion of the written exam, which is considered passed with at least 80% correct answers.
The final overall mark will be based on the oral exam.
Written multiple-choice exam: 25 questions covering Virology, Clinical Microbiology, Bacteriology, and Mycology (5 possible options, of which only one is correct).
Oral exam: only upon successful completion of the written exam, which is considered passed with at least 80% correct answers.
The final overall mark will be based on the oral exam.
Texts
PDF of the Slides published in KIRO
TEXTS
P.R. Murray, K.S. Rosenthal, M.A. Pfaller
Medical Microbiology,
Elsevier
J.C Sherris
Medical Microbiology,
EMSI Ed
G. Antonelli, M. Clementi, G. Pozzi, G.M. Rossolini
Principles of Medical Microbiology,
Ambrosiana Publishing House
M. La Placa
Principles of Medical Microbiology,
Aesculapius, Bologna
Jawetz, Melnick & Adelberg's
Medical Microbiology,
Piccin, Padua
TEXTS
P.R. Murray, K.S. Rosenthal, M.A. Pfaller
Medical Microbiology,
Elsevier
J.C Sherris
Medical Microbiology,
EMSI Ed
G. Antonelli, M. Clementi, G. Pozzi, G.M. Rossolini
Principles of Medical Microbiology,
Ambrosiana Publishing House
M. La Placa
Principles of Medical Microbiology,
Aesculapius, Bologna
Jawetz, Melnick & Adelberg's
Medical Microbiology,
Piccin, Padua
Contents
Prokaryotes
Principles of bacterial taxonomy. Structure and function of the components of the bacterial cell. Bacterial spores: sporogenesis and germination. Physiology and metabolism of bacteria (outlines). Principles of bacterial genetics and gene exchange. Human microbiota in normal and pathological conditions. Pathogenesis of bacterial infection. The cultivation of bacteria. General principles of laboratory diagnostics of diseases with bacterial etiology. Structure, mechanism of action and activity of antibacterial drugs. Molecular bases of drug resistance. Methods for determining sensitivity to antibiotics.
Systematics: Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Listeria, Mycobacterium, Neisseria, Enterobacterales, Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter spp.. Vibrio, Campylobacter, Helicobacter, Haemophilus, Bacillus and Clostridioides, Treponema and Borrelia spp.. Anaerobic bacteria, Legionella and related genera, Mycoplasma, Chlamydia spp. .
Eukaryotes
Taxonomy, structure and replication of fungi and protozoa of medical interest. Mechanisms of their pathogenic action. Classification of mycoses and protozoan infections and their laboratory diagnosis. Drugs and their mechanism of action. Molecular basis of drug resistance
Systematics: Mycetes. Superficial and skin mycoses: Tinea, Stone, Dermatophytosis. Subcutaneous mycoses: Sporotrichosis, Chromoblastomycosis, Phaeohyphomycosis. Systemic mycoses from dimorphic fungi: Blastomyces, Paracoccidioides, Histoplasma, Coccidioides. Opportunistic mycoses: Candida albicans and Candida spp., Trichosporon, Malassezia, Aspergillus spp., Cryptococcus neoformans and Pneumocystis jirovecii.
Protozoa. Intestinal and urogenital protozoa: Amoebae, Flagellates (Trichomonas, Giardia), Ciliates (Balantidium coli), Coccidia (Cryptosporidium, Isospora belli), Microsporidia.
Protozoa of blood and tissues: Plasmodium spp., Haemoflagellates (Trypanosomes, Leishmaniae), Babesia, Toxoplasma gondii.
Principles of bacterial taxonomy. Structure and function of the components of the bacterial cell. Bacterial spores: sporogenesis and germination. Physiology and metabolism of bacteria (outlines). Principles of bacterial genetics and gene exchange. Human microbiota in normal and pathological conditions. Pathogenesis of bacterial infection. The cultivation of bacteria. General principles of laboratory diagnostics of diseases with bacterial etiology. Structure, mechanism of action and activity of antibacterial drugs. Molecular bases of drug resistance. Methods for determining sensitivity to antibiotics.
Systematics: Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Listeria, Mycobacterium, Neisseria, Enterobacterales, Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter spp.. Vibrio, Campylobacter, Helicobacter, Haemophilus, Bacillus and Clostridioides, Treponema and Borrelia spp.. Anaerobic bacteria, Legionella and related genera, Mycoplasma, Chlamydia spp. .
Eukaryotes
Taxonomy, structure and replication of fungi and protozoa of medical interest. Mechanisms of their pathogenic action. Classification of mycoses and protozoan infections and their laboratory diagnosis. Drugs and their mechanism of action. Molecular basis of drug resistance
Systematics: Mycetes. Superficial and skin mycoses: Tinea, Stone, Dermatophytosis. Subcutaneous mycoses: Sporotrichosis, Chromoblastomycosis, Phaeohyphomycosis. Systemic mycoses from dimorphic fungi: Blastomyces, Paracoccidioides, Histoplasma, Coccidioides. Opportunistic mycoses: Candida albicans and Candida spp., Trichosporon, Malassezia, Aspergillus spp., Cryptococcus neoformans and Pneumocystis jirovecii.
Protozoa. Intestinal and urogenital protozoa: Amoebae, Flagellates (Trichomonas, Giardia), Ciliates (Balantidium coli), Coccidia (Cryptosporidium, Isospora belli), Microsporidia.
Protozoa of blood and tissues: Plasmodium spp., Haemoflagellates (Trypanosomes, Leishmaniae), Babesia, Toxoplasma gondii.
Course Language
Italian
More information
The teaching material is available to the Student on the Kiro platform (slides projected during lessons)
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