Physiotherapy REPLICA B - ASL RIETI

Detailed program: Microbial growth control - Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance mechanisms. - Infectious disease spread control: clinical and practice guidelines (good practice in hospital). Host- microbe interaction - Pathogenesis of bacterial infection. - Bacterial virulence: adherence, invasion. Bacterial virulence factors: exsoenzymes and hemolysins. Immune evasion. Bacterial toxins: cytotoxins, enterotoxins, neurotoxins, superantigens. - Cutaneous infections, focus on Stafilococcus - Streptococcus -Pseudomonas aeruginosa Viruses -viral structure and classification, viral replication and pathogenesis

Requirements: No strict prerequisites. Basic knowledge on molecular and cellular biology would be very helpful.

Suggested textbooks and educational material that will be provided during the course: 1 Microbiologia e microbiologia clinica. Per le professioni sanitarie e odontoiatria. Ediz. MyLab. di Simona De Grazia, Donatella Ferraro, Giovanni Giammanco Terza Edizione Editore: Pearson EAN: 9788891915825 ISBN: 8891915823 2 Burton's Microbiology for the Health Sciences, Janet Duben-Engelkirk, Paul Engelkirk, Robert Fader, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 9th edition Slides and handouts on specific topics.

Mandatory

oral exam

Face-to-face lessons including an interaction with students to verify the students' level of knowledge about the different topics and another phase in which the topics are explained and described. A short question and answer section is done at the end of each lesson.