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Bacteriology 330 Reading Schedule

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Correlation Between Lecture Topics and Readings 

Spring Semester 2007

 
Date Lecture Topic Recommended Reading



1/23   1 Ecological relationships between bacteria and animals The Nature of Host-Parasite Interactions

Bacteria of Medical Importance

1/25  2 Bacterial structure in relationship to pathogenesis Bacterial Structure in Relationship to Pathogenicity

1/30   3 Mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis: colonization and invasion Colonization and Invasion by Bacterial Pathogens

Bacterial Defense against Phagocytosis

Bacterial Defense against Immune Responses

2/1
  4 Mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis: toxigenesis

Bacterial Protein Toxins

Bacterial Endotoxin

2/6   5 Innate immune defenses
The Innate Immune Defenses
2/8   6 Adaptive immune defenses The Immune Defenses
2/13   7 The normal bacterial flora of humans The Bacterial Flora of Humans
2/15   8 The normal bacterial flora of humans
2/20   9 Staphylococcus Staphylococcus and Staphylococcal Disease
2/22   10 Streptococcus Streptococcus and Streptococcal Disease
2/27   11 Streptococcus pneumoniae Streptococcus pneumoniae and Pneumococcal Pneumonia
3/1

EXAMINATION

3/6   12 Neisseria Neisseria: Gonorrhea and Meningitis
3/8   13 Haemophilus influenzae and Bordetella pertussis Haemophilus influenzae including Hib Meningitis

Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
3/13   14 E. coli and other Enteric bacterial infections E. coli: Gastroenteritis, Urinary Tract Infections and Neonatal Meningitis

Salmonella and Salmonellosis

Shigella and Shigellosis
3/15   15 Vibrio cholerae Cholera
3/20   16 Pseudomonas aeruginosa Opportunistic Infections Caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa
3/22   17 Listeria monocytogenes Listeria monocytogenes and Listeriosis
3/27   18 Lyme Disease Lyme Disease
3/29
  19
The pathogenic clostridia
Pathogenic Clostridia, including Tetanus and Botulism
3/31 - 4/8

Spring Break (S-N)

4/10   20 Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus cereus
Bacillus anthracis and Anthrax

Bacillus cereus Food Poisoning
4/12   21 Corynebacterium diphtheriae Diphtheria
4/17   22 Mycobacterium tuberculosis Tuberculosis
4/19

EXAMINATION

4/24   23 Student presentations*
4/26   24 Student presentations*
5/1   25 Student presentations*
5/3   26 Student presentations*
5/8
  27
Student presentations*

5/10
  28
Student presentations*

* Attendance at student presentations is required. Each unexcused absence will result in a 3 point deduction from the final average.


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Edited on Jan 23, 2007 by KennethTodar University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Bacteriology