Università Roma Tre

Overview of bacterial pathogenicity mechanisms
General principles for the diagnosis of bacterial infectious diseases
The concept of bacterial species and the taxonomy of medically relevant bacteria
Becterial identification and epidemiological typing
Overview of bacterial pathogenicity mechanisms
General principles for the diagnosis of bacterial infectious diseases
The concept of bacterial species and the taxonomy of medically relevant bacteria
Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Enterococcus, Pathogenic Bacillus species, Clostridium, Corynebacterium, Mycobacterium, Actinomyces, Nocardia, Corynebacterium, Listeria, Neisseria, Hemophilus, Neisseria, Enterobacteriaceae, Vibrio, Campylobacter, Helicobacter, Yersinia, Bordetella, Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas, Burkholderia and other Gram-negative GNF bacteria, Legionella, Brucella, Francisella, Treponema, Borrelia, Leptospira, Bartonella, Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Chlamydia, Mycoplasma.
Immune prophylaxis and immunotherapy
Antibiotics and chemotherapic agents; antimicrobial susceptibility testing
Molecular biotechnology and its applications to clinical microbiology

Topley and Wilson's Microbiology and Microbial Infections, Wiley Online Library, 10th Edition, ISBN: 9780470688618 (available at the “Roma Tre” University library)
James Versalovic (Ed.), Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 10th Edition, ASM Press, 2011, ISBN or Item Number: 978-1-55581-463-2.
Murray, Rosenthal, Pfaller, Medical Microbiology, 2009 edition, ISBN: 978-0-323-05470-6
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