Clinical Microbiology I: Bacteriology

Course content

1. 1The clinical microbiology laboratoryComing
2. 2Specimen collection for microbiologyComing
3. 3Microscopy and the Gram stainComing
4. 4Culture media and incubationComing
5. 5Identifying bacteriaComing
6. 6Staphylococci and streptococciComing
7. 7Enteric gram-negative rodsComing
8. 8Non-fermenters and fastidious organismsComing
9. 9AnaerobesComing
10. 10MycobacteriaComing
11. 11Antimicrobial susceptibility testingComing
12. 12Case studies: blood, urine and wound culturesComing

Requirements

• MLA-140 Laboratory Safety and Infection Prevention
• BIOL-107 Introduction to Cell Biology

Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.

Description

Isolating and identifying disease-causing bacteria and testing their susceptibility to antibiotics.

Part of the Health Sciences stream, typically taken in year 2.