Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Catalog description

This course serves as an introduction to the microbial organisms that cause most of the infections in man: bacteria, viruses, and fungi, with an emphasis on bacteria. Students will learn the principles of the infectious disease process with respect to the properties of infectious agents, modes of transmission, manifestations of infections and their prevention and treatment. Students will identify not only infectious diseases of the oral cavity but oral and systemic manifestations of other infectious diseases as well. This course will further describe the virulence factors of microbial agents that enable them to cause disease in humans. The course covers the major infectious diseases in humans, including the methods used for their identification in the clinical lab. Modes of transmission are described, as well as treatments and prevention. A brief overview serves to introduce the student to selected infectious diseases of protozoa. This course is open only to students in the Doctor of Dental Surgery program. Core curriculum.