Course Description
It covers the introduction to microbiology (i.e. history and its requirements in pharmacy), general principles of microbial concepts including terminology, host-parasite relationship and normal flora, pathogenicity of micro-organisms, principles of infectious diseases, bacterial structure and classification, bacterial growth, metabolism and its genetics, important pathogenic bacteria and mechanisms of disease processes, fungi, protozoa and helminthes, introduction to virology including viral classification and important human diseases caused by viruses.
Practice/lab: Orientation to microbiology laboratory, microbiological techniques, bacterial stains, antimicrobial tests and other microbiological procedures
Course ID: MICRO312
| Credit hours | Theory | Practical | Laboratory | Lecture | Studio | Contact hours | Pre-requisite | 4 | 6 | 6 | - |
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