Medical Microbiology
MEDT406/416
Lecture Syllabus
| Topic | Reading Assignment* |
| Emerging Infectious Diseases (EIDs) | |
| EIDs and Microbial Taxonomy | Chap. 2 |
| Host-parasite Interactions& Normal Flora | Chap. 9 |
| Gram-positive cocci: Staphylococci | Chap. 22 |
| Gram-positive cocci: Staphylococci (continued) | |
| Gram-positive cocci: Streptococcaceae | Chap. 23 |
| Gram-positive cocci: Streptococcaceae (continued) | |
| Aerobic nonspore-forming gram-positive bacilli | |
| Gram-positive bacilli: Bacillus sp. | Chap. 26, 27 |
| EXAMINATION I (Through Bacillus sp.) | |
| Gram-negative diplococci: Neisseria and Moraxella | Chap. 28 |
| Gram-negative diplococci: Neisseria and Moraxella (continued) | |
| Gram-negative bacilli: Enterobacteriaceae | Chap. 29 |
| Gram-negative bacilli: Enterobacteriaceae (continued) | |
| Gram-negative bacilli: Vibrionaceae and Aeromonadaceae | Chap. 30 |
| Gram-negative bacilli: Campylobacter and Helicobacter | Chap. 31 |
| Nonfermentative gram-negative bacilli: Pseudomonas | Chap. 32 |
| Nonfermentative gram-negative bacilli (continued) | |
| EXAMINATION II (Through Nonfermentative gram-negative bacilli) | |
| Gram-negative bacilli: Pasteurellaceae | Chap. 34 |
| Misc. gram-negative bacilli | Chap. 32, 33, 35 |
| Misc. gram-negative (continued) | |
| Anaerobic gram-positive bacilli | Chap. 36, 37 |
| Anaerobic gram-positive bacilli (continued) | |
| Anaerobic gram-negative bacilli | Chap. 38 |
| Anaerobic gram-positive and gram-negative cocci | |
| Mycobacteria | Chap. 40 |
| Mycobacteria (continued) & Actinomycetaceae | Chap. 39 |
| EXAMINATION III (Through Anaerobic bacteria) | |
| Mycoplasmataceae | Chap. 42 |
| Legionellaceae & Spirochaetaceae | Chap. 35, 41 |
| Spirochaetaceae (continued) (*PAPER DUE*) | |
| Chlamydiaceae | Chap. 44 |
| Rickettsiaceae | Chap. 43 |
| EXAMINATION IV (Through Rickettsiaceae) | Chap. 43 |
| Introduction to Parasitology & Intestinal Protozoa | Chap. 8, 74, 75 |
| Intestinal Protozoa (continued) | |
| Intestinal Helminths | Chap. 77, 78, 79 |
| Extra-intestinal Protozoa | Chap. 75 |
| Extra-intestinal Helminths | Chap. 77, 78, 79 |
*Murray, PR, Rosenthal, KS, Kobayashi, GS, and Pfaller, MA.2002. Medical Microbiology,
4th ed. Mosby Publishing.
