Microbiology 2 - Theory

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Topic

Systematic bacteriology, virology, mycology and parasitology are the main subjects of the second semester. The course is completed by a block of lectures integrating the knowledge using a clinical microbiological approach. The objective is to provide a solid knowledge of preventing and treating infectious diseases.

Lectures

• 1. Pathogens of the respiratory tract - Emődy Levente
• 2. Pathogens of the respiratory tract - Emődy Levente
• 3.

  Aerobic and anaerobic spore-forming bacteria

  - Zsoldiné Urbán Edit
• 4. Anaerobic bacteria - Zsoldiné Urbán Edit
• 5. Gram-negative nonfermenters - Emődy Levente
• 6. Mycobacteria - Emődy Levente
• 7. Anti-mycobacterial drugs - Mestyán Gyula
• 8. Spirochaetes - Kocsis Béla
• 9. Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, Rickettsia - Kerényi Monika
• 10. Zoonotic infections - Kerényi Monika
• 11. Characterization of viruses (basic concepts, structure, chemical composition, classification). Multiplication of viruses (modes of replication, mutants, interaction between viruses) - Reuter Gábor Kamilló
• 12. Pathogenesis of virus infections (modes and types of infection, immunity) - Szereday László
• 13. Adenoviruses, parvoviruses - Szereday László
• 14. Herpesviruses, hepatitis viruses - Szereday László
• 15. Papovaviruses, polyomaviruses, poxviruses, slow virus infections, prions - Szereday László
• 16. Arboviruses, roboviruses, rhabdoviruses - Szereday László
• 17. Respiratory viruses (orthomyxoviruses, paramyxoviruses, coronaviruses, RSV, rhinoviruses) - Szereday László
• 18. Enteric viruses - Szereday László
• 19. Retroviruses (HTLV-I, HTLV-II., HIV/AIDS) - Reuter Gábor Kamilló
• 20. Prophylaxis of virus infections, chemotherapy (conventional and new vaccines, antiviral compounds, interferon) - Reuter Gábor Kamilló
• 21. Mycology I - Mestyán Gyula
• 22. Mycology II - Mestyán Gyula
• 23. Antimycotics - Mestyán Gyula
• 24. Parasitology I - Kocsis Béla
• 25. Parasitology II - Kocsis Béla
• 26. Antiparasitic drugs - Mestyán Gyula
• 27. Nosocomial or iatrogenic infections I - Zsoldiné Urbán Edit
• 28. Infection control - Zsoldiné Urbán Edit

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Denyer SP ,Hodges NA, Gorman SP, Gilmore BF: Hugo and Russells Pharmaceutical Microbiology, 8th Edition, Blackwell Science Ltd 2018. ISBN: 978-1-119-43449-8

Tim Sandle: Pharmaceutical Microbiology : Essentials for Quality Assurance and Quality Control, ELSEVIER SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY , Woodhead Publishing Ltd, 2015 ISBN10 0081000227

Literature developed by the Department

Lectures on the Teams

Notes

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Recommended literature

Dr. Patrick R. Murray, Dr. Ken S. Rosenthal and Dr. Michael A. Pfaller (eds.): Medical Microbiology, 8th edition, Elsevier Saunders 2020

F.H. Kayser, K.A. Bienz, J. Eckert, R.M. Zinkernagel: Medical Microbiology, Thieme Stuttgart 2005, ISBN: 3-13-131991-7

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

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Mid-term exams

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Making up for missed classes

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Exam topics/questions

At the end of the second semester, the students will sit for written examinations (MCQ) in microbiology. The subject of the exams is the information provided in the lectures during the first and second semesters.

Examiners

• Emődy Levente
• Kerényi Monika
• Reuter Gábor Kamilló
• Szereday László
• Zsoldiné Urbán Edit

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars