Medical Microbiology

These 10 pages contain all of the content learnt in the first half of the BIOL243 Medical Microbiology module! This includes bacterial structure, classification and guilds, host invasion, biofilm development and strategies to avoid ingestion and digestion.

"Full contents page, all pages numbered. Complete set of lecture notes for 2nd year Medical Microbiology for any biological or medical degree. These notes alone allowed the achievement of a first (1)/ A in this module. Contents Introduction – 2 Diagnostic Techniques – 5 Bacterial Cell Structure – 8 Classifying Bacteria – 10 Invasion – 14 Biofilms – 15 Antibiotics – 18 Antimicrobials – 21 Infection in Special Hosts – 23 Nosocomial Infection – 26 Virulence Factors – 29 Pha...