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Lecture 1: Basic Microbiology & Bacterial Taxonomy
1) Define Microbiology
2) History of Microbiology (not included)
3) Different types of microbes
4) Differentiate bacteria based on gram stain, morphology, and metabolic characteristics
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Lecture 2: Cell Structures, Virulence Factors, and Toxins
1) Different bacterial cell structures that act as virulence factors
2) Different types of bacterial toxins and their functions
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Lecture 4: Gram positive bacteria -Streptococci
1) Classify Streptococci
2) Analyze different groups of Streptococcal species
3) Evaluate different diseases caused by Streptococcal species based on local invasion and exotoxin release
4) Evaluate the different diseases caused by Streptococcal species based on delayed antibody mediated
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Specific Organisms
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Lecture 5: Gram positive bacteria -Staphylococci
1) Identify Staphylococci
2) Analyze the proteins produced by Staphylococcus aureus that disable immune defenses and tunnel through tissues
3) Diseases caused by S.aureus by exotoxin release and direct organ invasion
4) Other Staphylococcus species
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Lecture 6: Gram negative bacteria -Neisseria
1) Identify Neisseria
2) Virulence factors and diseases caused by Neisseria meningitidis
3) Diagnosis and treatment for diseases caused by N. meningitidis
4) Virulence factors and diseases caused by Neisseria gonorrheae
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Lecture 7: Gram negative bacteria -The Enterics
1) Classify the enterics based on biochemical and antigenic classification
2) Pathogenesis of the enterics
3) Diseases caused by the members of family Enterobacteriaceae
4) Diseases caused by the members of the family Vibrionaceae
5) Deiseases caused by the members of family Pseudo monadaceae
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Lecture 8: Acid fast bacteria -Mycobacterium
1) Lipid cell wall features of Mycobacterium
2) Pathogenesis of tuberculosis
3) Clinical manifestations of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
4) Clinical manifestations of Mycobacterium leprae
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Lecture 3: Bacterial Genetics
1) DNA in bacterial cells
2) Natural transformation, plasmid transformation, and artificially induced transformation
3) Generalized and specialized transduction
4) Bacterial conjugation and mechanism of DNA transfer in conjugation
5) Transposons and their function
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Lecture 9: Virology -Viral replication and Taxonomy
1) Unique characteristics of viruses
2) Viral morphology
3) Viral replication including mechanism of replication in DNA and RNA viruses
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Vaccination
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Transplantation of Tissues and Organs
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Lecture 10: Virology -Orthomyxoviridae & paramyxoviridae
1) Virion structure and pathogenesis of orthomyxoviridae
2) Viral glycoproteins hemagglutinin (HA) and Neuraminidase (NA)
3) Influenza serology and H1N1 virus and treatment
4) Diseases caused by paramyxoviridae
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Lecture 11: Virology -Hepatitis Viridae
1) Viral hepatitis and liver enzyme elevation
2) Epidemiology, serology, and treatment of Hepatitis A virus
3) Transmission, pathogenesis, serology, and treatment of Hepatitis B virus
4) Transmission, manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of Hepatitis C virus
5) Hepatitis D, E, and G viruses
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Lecture 12: Virology -Retroviridae, HIV and AIDS
1) Retroviridae and oncogenes
2) HIV structure and genome
3) Mechanism of HIV infection, pathogenesis, and clinical significance
4) AIDS, diagnosis and treatment
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