Microbiology: Introduction and General Principles

Microbiology · Basic Sciences

How it begins

Una revisión exhaustiva de los fundamentos microbiológicos con correlaciones clínicas de alta relevancia diagnóstica y terapéutica.

What it covers

1. Medical Microbiology
2. History and Definition of Microbiology
3. · History of Microbiology: From Speculation to Science
4. Classification of Microorganisms
5. · The Great Divide: Prokaryote vs. Eukaryote
6. · The Three Domains of Life (Woese, 1990)
7. · Dimensions and Scale of Microorganisms
8. Microbial Taxonomy and Nomenclature
9. · Taxonomic Hierarchy
10. · Binomial Nomenclature (Linnean)
11. · Bacterial Classification Methods
12. Bacterial Structure and Ultrastructure
13. · Bacterial Morphology
14. · Bacterial Structural Components: Exhaustive Analysis
15. General Virology
16. · Structure of the Virion
17. · Viral Replication Cycle
18. · Key Concepts in Virology
19. General Mycology
20. · Morphological Classification of Fungi
21. · Pathogenic Fungi: Clinical Classification
22. General Parasitology
23. · Protozoa
24. · Helminths
25. Prions: Infectious Proteins
26. Normal Human Microbiota
27. · Distribution of the Microbiota by Anatomical Site
28. · Functions of the Normal Microbiota
29. Host–Microorganism Relationships
30. · Types of Symbiotic Relationships
31. · Fundamental Infection Terminology
32. · The Epidemiological Triangle
33. Pathogenicity Mechanisms
34. · Stages of Bacterial Pathogenesis
35. Microbiological Diagnosis
36. · Principles of Obtaining and Handling Samples
37. · Microbiological Diagnostic Methods
38. Sterilization and Disinfection
39. · Key Definitions
40. · Spaulding Classification for Medical Instruments
41. · Sterilization Methods
42. Basic Microbial Genetics
43. · Mutation
44. · Horizontal Genetic Transfer (HGT)
45. · Mobile Genetic Elements
46. · Antimicrobial Resistance Mechanisms