3rd year medical bacteriology curriculum (MICBac-31)
First Semester (3 Credits) - 30 Hours Theory (2 Hours/Week) - 30 Hours Practical (2 Hours/Week)
Objectives: To give comprehensive information about the most important and prevalent bacteria with more emphasis on the bacteria that causes the major diseases in our country.
Theory Lectures
- Bacterial cell & classification
- Growth requirements, bacterial growth & culture media.
- Sterilization, Disinfections & Antimicrobial agents.
- Microbial Genetics.
- Staphylococci
- Streptococci and Pneumococci.
- Neisseria, Corynebacterium, Mycobacterium and Listeria.
- Enterobacteriaceae.
- Yersinia, Pasteurela & Francisela, Acinetobacter, Aeromonas & Plesiomonas, Campylobacters & Helicobacter pylori.
- Other Gram-negative bacteria: Pseudomonas.
- Vibrio, Haemophilus, Brucella & Bordetella.
- Aerobic Bacilli-Anthrax & Clostridia Spirochetes, Rickettsiae, Chlamydiae & Mycoplasma.
- Miscellaneous organisms (Legionella pneumophila & Bacteroides).
- Urine, stool samples & Body fluids.
- Introduction to Medical Mycology.
- Mycetoma.
- Dermatophytosis.
- Candidiasis.
- Cryptococcossis.
- Histoplasmosis Blastomycosis and Aspergillosis.
- Sporotrichosis.
Practical Sessions
- Instructions, staining and instrumentations.
- Media, pure culture, sterilization and colony morphology.
- Staphylococci.
- Streptococci.
- Neisseria, Mycobacterium, Corynebacterium.
- Enterobacteriaceae: Lactose fermenters and non-lactose fermenters.
- Other Gram-negative bacteria: Pseudomonas.
- Vibrio, Campylobacter, Haemophilus & Brucella.
- Clostrium & aerobic bacilli.
- Diagnostic Microbiology: Urine & stool samples.
- Diagnostic Microbiology: Blood, CSF, sputum & swabs.
- Introductory review about the techniques in Mycology.
- Mycetoma and Dermatophytosis.
- Candidiasis.
- Cryptococcossis and Histoplasmosis.
- Blastomycosis, Aspergillosis and Sporotrichosis
3rd year immunology curriculum (MICImm-31)
First Semester (3 credits) - 30 Hours Theory (2 Hours/Week) - 30 Hours Practical (2 Hours/Week)
Objectives: The Immunology course is to provide a basic knowledge of the immune response and its involvement in health and disease.
Theory Lectures
- Introduction to immune system.
- Antigen, foreign (pathogen) antigens and CD antigen markers.
- B cell development, generation of B cells, regulation of B cell development, positive selection of B cells, negative selection of B cells and B cell heterogeneity.
- Acquired immune response: -antibodies
- T cell development, generation of T cells, positive selection of T cells and negative selection of T cells.
- T cell activation, properties of effector cells, cytotoxic T cells and macrophage activation by Th1 (inflammatory T) cells.
- Complement functions, complement cascades and regulation of complement function.
- Cytokines
- Major histocompatability complex (MHC)
- Immune system cells cooperation
- Immune system cells migration and inflammation
- Immune system regulation
- Immunotherapy
- Infection and immunity
- Tumor immunology
- Hypersensitivity type I, type II
- Hypersensitivity type III, type IV
- Autoimmunity
- Inherited Immune Deficiencies
- Acquired Immune Deficiencies
- Transplantation
- Vaccines.
Practical Sessions
- Introduction to Immunology laboratory
- Antibody-Antigen (Ab-Ag) reaction (precipitation)
- Electrophoretic Techniques (Immunoelectrophoresis)
- Ab-Ag reaction (hemagglutination)
- Ab-Ag reaction (complement fixation)
- Complement system assessment (CH50% and CH100%)
- Ab-Ag reaction (ELISA) and Immunoblot.
- Ab-Ag reaction (Immunoflourescence test and RadioImmuniAssay)
- Cell isolation, Cell counting and functional assessment
- Flowcytometery
- Immunocytochemistry (ICC)
- Immunohistochemistry (IHC)
- Cross-matching and HLA-typing.