Medical Laboratory Microbiology II

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. discuss basic concepts of methods for the diagnosis of fungal infections; and 2. discuss basic concepts of methods for the diagnosis of viral infections.

General characteristics of fungus diseases, types of mycoses and properties; opportunistic fungi Diagnosis and chemotherapy. Systemic mycoses (cryptococcosis, blastomycoses, histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycoses). Opportunistic mycoses (candidiasis, phycomycetes, aspergilloses and many others). subcutaneous mycoses. (such as maduro mycoses, sporotrichoses, chromoblastomycosis, and many others. Cutaneous mycoses – dermatophytosis. Superficial mycoses and many others. General properties, pathogenesis, diagnosis, epidemiology and control and recognition of fungi. Derma tropic and viscerotropic viruses. Smallpox, cowpox and vaccination; measles, rubella, chickenpox and shingles, Herpes viruses. Yellow fever; Lassa fever, Hep A and B, Influenza, Arbor viruses. The neurotropic viruses (rabies, poliomyelitis, encephalitis, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, mumps viral transformation and types of tumours and viruses. Oncogene theory and many others. Viral gastroenteritis; Miscellaneous viruses.