Content (Syllabus outline)

- Normal microbila flora.
- Pathogenesis of microbial infection.
- Antibiotics and resistance mechanisms in bacteria
- Basics of labratory safety.
- Etiological agents of respiratory tract infections and  principles of laboratory diagnostics.
- Etiological agents of bacteremia and sepsis and principles of laboratory diagnostics.
- Etiological agents of central nervous system and  principles of laboratory diagnostics.
- Etiological agents of the gastrointestinal tract infections and  principles of laboratory diagnostics. Ethiological agents of urinary tract infections and principles of laboratory diagnostics.
- Ethiological agents of sexually transmitted infections and principles of laboratory diagnostics.
- Ethiological agents of infections of the skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscles, joints and bones and principles of laboratory diagnostics.
- Ethiological agents of zoonoses and principles of laboratory diagnostics.
- Fungi as agents of infections and principles of laboratory diagnostics.
- Ethiological agents of infections in immunocompromised patients and principles of laboratory diagnostics.

Prerequisites

Enrolment in  the 3 rd year of Microbiology BSc program.