Clinical Bacteriology

Code:

MAC07004

Acronym:

BAC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Health Sciences

Instance: 2020/2021 - SP

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Microbiology Laboratory
Course/CS Responsible:	MSc in Clinical Analysis

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MAC	18	Official Curriculum	1	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Clinical bacteriology has as main goal to develop theoretical and practical knowledge in medical bacteriology and infectious diseases for laboratory diagnosis, antimicrobial treatment, epidemiology and infection control. Students will also develop laboratorial data interpretation skills and oral and written communication capacity.

 

Learning outcomes and competences

This unit syllabus includes the theoretical and practical aspects for the development of a structured knowledge in Clinical Bacteriology, essential to respond to actual and future professional challenges in this area.

It is intended the acquisition of specific skills: i) to choose the appropriated laboratorial method for diagnostic a bacterial infection; ii) to perform the laboratorial tests for diagnostic of a bacterial infection and to evaluate the bacterial susceptibility to antimicrobials, as well as to know the basic steps of bacterial typing methods; iii) to identify limitations of diagnostic methods (e.g. limitations of available methodologies to accurately identify bacterial isolates); iv) to choose and interpret appropriately the antibiotic susceptibility teste according to the purpose of the resulting data (predict the clinical efficacy or to detect acquired resistance mechanisms); v) to identify the advantages and limitations of different typing methods; vi) to express appropriately the laboratorial results in the final report.

Throughout the presentation of works/reports, enhancement of abilities to treat and interpret data, and to communicate orally and written will be promoted.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Theoretical
Role of Bacteriology laboratory in the diagnostic
Bacterial diversity and evolution
Bacterial identification methods
Concepts and methodologies for antimicrobial susceptibility testing and antimicrobial resistance mechanisms detection.
Infectious agents and antimicrobial susceptibility, physiopathology and diagnostic methods of: genito-urinary tract infections, respiratory, central nervous system, gastrointestinal, skin and soft -tissue, pus and blood.
Procedures and concepts in epidemiology and infection control.

Laboratorial
Bacteriology lab safety
Sampling and transport of biological products
Laboratory methods for diagnostic of bacterial infections (serodiagnostic, cultural and molecular methods)
Antimicrobial susceptibility tests 
Bacterial typing methods (serological, DNA-based and spectroscopic)

Mandatory literature

Murray Patrick R. 340; Manual of clinical microbiology. ISBN: 1-55581-255-4
Forbes Betty A.; Bailey & Scott.s diagnostic microbiology. ISBN: 0-323-01678-2

Comments from the literature

Other relevant publications are mentioned during the introductory class as well as for each topic lectured

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures and laboratory classes.

The lectures complemented with the oral presentation of a review on a topic of this UC, as well as the final exam, provide the acquisition of fundamental knowledge in the area of Clinical Bacteriology. The practical component, as well as consolidate theoretical knowledge, enables the development of critical thinking, synthesis and improves communication (oral and written) skills.

 

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Teste	20,00
Trabalho laboratorial	20,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	0,50
Estudo autónomo	36,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho de investigação	10,00
Total:	102,50

Eligibility for exams

Accordingly to current evaluation guidelines of Pharmacy Faculty, Porto University.

Calculation formula of final grade

Evaluation Formula:
Oral presentation - 20%
Laboratorial exam - 20%
Final exam - 60%

Observations