BIOMS 4040 - Pathogenic Bacteriology

(crosslisted)
(also BIOMI 4040)

Spring. 2-3 credits, variable. (3 credits with lec and sem.) Letter grades only.

Prerequisites: BIOMI 2900 and BIOMI 2910. Seminar required for graduate students. Maximum enrollment for seminar portion 11.

D. P. Debbie.

Course in medical microbiology, presenting the major groups of bacterial pathogens important to human and veterinary medicine. Emphasizes infection and disease pathogenesis. Topics include disease causality; interactions of host, pathogen, and environment, including immunity to bacteria; and principles of antimicrobial therapy and drug resistance. A companion seminar addresses the current and classic literature related to microbial pathophysiology on the cellular and molecular levels.