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The fundamentals of microbiology: Lectures are focused on the structure, physiology and genetics of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms and their interaction with human host. Laboratory sessions are focused on safety precautions, pure culture techniques, methods of staining and the microscopic appearance of microorganisms. The Laboratory is 3 hours and separated as single course and is not given to nursing students.
The students are expected to earn the basic conceptual background in medical microbiology to enable them to handle future courses on advanced medical microbiology, such as diagnostic bacteriology, diagnostic virology, diagnostic mycology and diagnostic parasitology for medical laboratory sciences students; and food microbiology for clinical nutrition students. This course enables nursing students to consider microbial infections in various medial sittings such as hospitals and health care centers and maintain useful informative background for infection control and medical procedures.
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