Prokaryotic cell structure and its significance in understanding virulence properties of pathogens and action of antibacterial drugs. Taxonomic principles and their application to medically important microbes. Basic introduction to host defence mechanisms against microbial pathogens. Principles and examples of virus and bacterial pathogenesis. Introduction to clinical microbiology and the principles of analysing human specimens for bacterial pathogens. Introduction to epidemiology and public health microbiology. Antibiotics and their mode of action. Antibiotic resistance mechanisms and the evolution of resistant microbes. -- Course Website
Prerequisites: 313400 (v.2)<br/> Biomedical Science 100<br/> <br/> or any previous version<br/> <br/> <br/><br/> <br/> OR<br/><br/> <br/> 7842 (v.5)<br/> Medical Laboratory Science 132<br/> <br/> or any previous version<br/> <br/> <br/><br/> <br/> OR<br/><br/> <br/> 302
