Microbiology

The course aims to provide students with the basic knowledge necessary to identify the bacteria responsible or not of infection. They will also achieve basic notions of antibiotic resistance and of the most frequent resistance mechanisms known to date. As regards viral infections, the topics dealt with are the following: virus structure, classification, replication strategies, main principles of drug resistance to antiviral and antiretroviral drugs, viruses responsible of human infections, diagnostic methods and clinical cases.

Knowledge on the main characteristics of microrganisms (structure, laboratory methods of identification, diseases)