Undergraduate - UnitMIC3041 - Medical microbiology

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Science
Offered	Clayton First semester 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr John Boyce and Professor Christian Doerig

Synopsis

In this unit, aspects of microbiology are presented which are relevant to infectious diseases. It builds on the content of previous subjects providing a basis of the study of medical microbiology, especially the nature of microbial infections of different body systems, immunity and mechanisms of host resistance, vaccines and the mode of action of antibiotics and how microbes become resistant to them.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students will be able to:

Describe medically important micro-organisms that cause disease in human and animal hosts;

Describe micro-organisms that cause infections in different body systems such as skin; respiratory tract; gastrointestinal tract; genitourinary tract and the cardiovascular system. Including microbial pathogenesis, transmission, diagnosis, prevention and treatment;

Explain the host response to infection, mechanisms of host resistance and vaccination;

Describe the principles of antimicrobial action and how microbes become resistant to them;

Demonstrate the ability to execute laboratory experiments relevant to advanced medical microbiology, including culturing of micro-organism, microscopy and advanced diagnostic methods used to identify microbial pathogens;