Introduction to Microbes

The following series of short lectures will introduce several pathogenic organisms. Some that are very
common to the clinical environment, such as Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae and
E.coli and others that are isolated less frequently such as Clostridium tetani or Stenotrophomonas
maltophilia. During the lectures we will... read moreconsider the morphology and cultural characteristics, different
conditions that these organisms are associated with and also the virulence factors that they possess and
express to cause the infection, symptoms experienced by patients and laboratory diagnosis.