Course Description
High-yield microbiology and immunology for Step 1. Covers bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites with emphasis on clinical presentations, diagnostic tests, and treatment. Immunology section covers innate and adaptive immunity, hypersensitivities, and immunodeficiencies.
Learning Objectives
- Identify microorganisms from clinical and laboratory findings
- Select appropriate diagnostic tests and antimicrobial therapy
- Explain immune response mechanisms in infection and disease
- Recognize immunodeficiency syndromes from clinical presentations
- Apply epidemiology to infectious disease prevention
Topics
- Bacteriology: Gram-positive, gram-negative, atypicals, spirochetes
- Virology: DNA viruses, RNA viruses, retroviruses, hepatitis
- Mycology: Systemic, opportunistic, cutaneous fungi
- Parasitology: Protozoa, helminths, ectoparasites
- Immunology: Innate immunity, adaptive immunity, tolerance
- Hypersensitivities: Types I-IV, autoimmune diseases
- Immunodeficiencies: Primary and secondary
- Transplant Immunology: Rejection, immunosuppression
Materials
- 25 hours of video lectures
- 400+ microbiology questions
- Organism identification charts
- Antimicrobial selection algorithms