Medical Microbiology

Paper Code: 
MBL 321
Credits: 
05
Contact Hours: 
75
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

This course will enable the students to –

 

  1. To learn about normal microbial flora of body and establishment of pathogenesis.
  2. To know about different types of diseases caused by bacteria
  3. To know about viral diseases of humans.
  4. To learn about chemotherapy and vaccines.

 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

 

MBL 321

 

Medical Microbiology

 

Upon completion of the course students will be able to

CO 58: Evaluate basic principles and application relevance of clinical disease.

CO 59: Identify and Evaluate methods used to identify infectious agents

CO 60: Diagnose common infectious diseases from the clinical presentation and describe the epidemiology of infectious agents

CO 61: Assess treatment strategies

  Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching

Learning activities for the students:

Self learning assignments, Effective questions, Giving tasks

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation

 

13.00
Unit I: 
Normal micro flora and factors responsible for pathogenesis
  • Classification of medically important micro organisms; Normal microbial flora of human body; role of the resident flora.
  • Entry of pathogens into the host; colonization and mechanism of bacterial adhesion establishment, spreading, tissue damage and anti-phagocytic factors; factors predisposing to infections, types of toxins and their structure; mode of action.
12.00
Unit II: 
Pathogenic bacteria-I
  • Diagnostic features of important diseases including their pathogenecity and control
  • Pyogenic cocci- Staphylococci, Streptococci, Neisseria meningitides, N. gonococcus
  • Gram positive cocci- Clostridium tetani
  • Mycobacteria- M. tuberculosis, M. leprae
15.00
Unit III: 
Pathogenic bacteria II, Fungi and Protozoan
  • Enteric Gram negative bacteria- Salmonella, Shigella, Vibrio cholera, E. coli
  • Spirochaetes- Treponema palladium
  • Chlamydiae- Trachoma, Rickettesial diseases, Diseases caused by Mycoplasma,
  • Pathogenic fungi- Candida albicans
  • Protozoan diseases – Malaria, Amoebiasis
15.00
Unit IV: 
Viral diseases
  • Animal viruses Epidemiology, life cycle, pathogenicity, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of RNA viruses- Picorna virus family- Poliomyelitis, Orthomyxoviruses- influenza, Paramyxoviruses- Mumps, Measles, HIV; DNA viruses; Pox virus- Variola and Vaccina, Herpes virus- Varicella Zoster virus, Hepatitis viruses, Arthropod borne (arbo) Viral disease- Dengu
15.00
Unit V: 
Chemotherapy and Antimicrobial agents
  • Mode of action of penicillin, cephalosporin, quinonoles, Sulfa drugs, streptomycin, tetracycline and other broad spectrum antibiotics, antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Antifungal drugs, antiviral drugs. 
  • Laboratory control of antimicrobial therapy; various methods of drug susceptibility testing. Brief account on available vaccines and Schedules; passive prophylactic measures. Viral vaccines (conventional vaccines, genetic recombinant vaccines used in national immunization programmes with example, newer generation vaccines including DNA vaccines with examples)
ESSENTIAL READINGS: 

BOOKS RECOMMENDED:

  • Bacterial Pathogenesis. A Molecular Approach, A ASalyers and D D Whitt, ASM Press, 1994
  • Functionals of plant virology- Mathews, RE. Academic press, San Diego.1992
  • Instant Notes Medical Microbiology, Irving W, Boswell T, Ala Aldeen D, Taylor and Francis group, 2005
  • Medical virology- Morag C and Timbury M.C. X Edition. Churchill Livingstone, London. 1994
  • Microbiology A Human Perspective, Nester E.W., Roberts CE, Nester MT, Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1995.
  • Review of Medical Microbiology (13th edition), Jawetz E., Melnik J.L., Adelberg E. A., Lanze Medical Publications, 1976
  • Text book of Microbiology, R Ananthnarayanan and C K J Paniker, Orient Longman, 1997
  • Bailey and Scott’s Diagnostic Microbiology, Baron EJ, Peterson LR and Finegold SM, Mosby, 1990
  • Diagnostic procedures for viral and Rickettsialdiseases.american public Health association, NY. Lennetter1984
  • Medical Microbiology and Immunology: Examination and Board Review (7th edition), Warren Levinson and Ernst Jawetz, Mc Graw Hill, 2002
  • Medical Microbiology vol. 1 Microbial infection, vol;2 Practical Medical microbiology, Churchill Livingstone, 1996
  • Plant Diseases of viral, viroid, Mycoplasma and uncertain etiology- Karl.Maramarosch. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta
  • Plant Pathology- Agrios, G. N. Academic Press. 1997
  • Plant viruses- Kenneth M.Smith.Universal Book Stall, New Delhi.1999
Academic Year: 
2021-2022
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