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GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in Dental Hygiene
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2017/2018
Year: 
1
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2017/2018
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Credits: 
1
Period: 
Second semester
Standard lectures hours: 
12
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (12 hours)
Requirements: 

Microbiology
Basic knowledge of biology

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

Objectives and expected learning outcomes
Microbiology
Students will learn the basic notions of infectious diseases.
Students, at the end of the course, will have acquired basic knowledge of infectious diseases

1. Contributions of microbiology to human health
2. Differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
3. Bacteria: structure and replication. Growth of bacterial cultures. Spores.
4. Fungi: structure and reproduction. Classification of pathogenic fungi
5. Virus structure and classification
6. Protozoa: structure and biological cycles. Classification of main pathogen protozoa
7. Host-parasite interaction (infection, differences between infection and disease, immune response against infective agents)
8. Sterilization and disinfection. Antimicrobial drugs. Epidemiology and infection prevention. Vaccines.
9. Acquisition, adhesion, distribution and metabolism of microbiota

Bibliography
Microbiology
Eudes Lanciotti - Principi di Microbiologia clinica – Casa Ed Ambrosiana, 2007

Convenzionale

Professors

BAJ ANDREINA

Parent course

SCIENZE FISIOPATOLOGICHE