MLT* 206 Clinical Microbiology

Credits: 4

This course is designed to acquaint the student with the clinical microbiology laboratory and routine medically significant organisms. The course will cover microorganisms in general, as well as pathogens including anaerobic bacteria, gram negative and gram positive bacteria, spirochetes, parasites, viruses, and fungi that are medically significant to humans. The course will include the principal characteristics and procedures used in clinical microbiology to identify normal flora and medically significant bacteria. The laboratory identification of the organism is based on morphological, cultural, and biochemical characteristics. Additional topics will include safety in the microbiology lab, quality control, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing.
Prerequisite: MLT 101 *