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CODE 73158
ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025
CREDITS
LANGUAGE Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER 1° Semester
MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di:
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course is aimed at highlighting the laboratory diagnostics of infections of the respiratory, genitourinary, gastrointestinal, cutis and skin systems. In addition, he discusses the diagnostics of bacterial meningitis (real-time PCR).

The main diagnostic methods and techniques for the use of selective and differential media and for bacterial investigation and the use of automated antibiograms are also introduced.

TEACHING METHODS

The course is divided into hours of frontal lessons.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Laboratory diagnostics of urogenital tract infections

Laboratory diagnostics of respiratory tract infections: upper and lower tracts.

Laboratory diagnostics of blood cultures.

Laboratory diagnosis of bacterial meningitis on CSF.

Endotoxins.

Laboratory diagnostics of yeast fungal infections.

Use of differential selective media, chromogenic, sowing methods.

Main diagnostic techniques for bacterial identification and susceptibility testing: manual and automatic methods

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

CRISTINA CUSATO (President)

MADDALENA MASTROGIACOMO (President)

LAURA TASSI (President)

VINCENZO DI PILATO (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

LESSONS