Medical parasitology and mycology
Abbreviation: 46LA3 Load: 15(L) + 0(S) + 0(CP) + 0(EXE) + 0(P) + 0(ST) + 45(LE) + 0(ME) + 0(SCP) + 0(FE) + 0(CE) + 0(PP) + 0(MSCP)
Lecturers in charge: dr. sc. Irena Tabain
Lecturers:
Course description: Immunity and serological reactions: Characteristics of the immune effects of parasites and fungi on
the human body. Methods of serological and immunological diagnosis of systemic and disseminated
mycosis and tissue parasites.
Parasitology: Build, reproduction intestinal protists; protists sexually - urinary tract;
blood - tissue protists; intestinal, lymphatic tissue and nematodes; intestinal tissue and tapeworms; liver and
Blood flukes; arthropods.
Exercises: laboratory diagnosis lamblioze, amoebic dysentery, amoebiasis tissue,
cryptosporidiosis and trichomonosis; Laboratory Diagnosis of Leishmaniasis, trypanosomosis,
toxoplasmosis and malaria; laboratory diagnosis of ascariasis trihuroze, enterobioze,
toxocarosis; laboratory diagnosis ankilostomoze, strongyloidiasis, Trichinella and filariasis;
laboratory diagnosis tenidoze, himenolepidoze, difilobotrioze, cysticercosis and
echinococcosis; laboratory diagnosis of fasciolosis and shistosomoze; display hematofagnih
arthropods? vectors of certain types of parasites.
Mycology: Medically important endogenous (opportunistic) and exogenous yeasts; medical
significant dermatophytic and nedermatofitne (opportunistic) mold; primary pathogens Dimorphous
mushrooms.
Exercises: laboratory diagnosis of candidiasis, cryptococcosis, carinii pneumonia and other mycoses
caused by opportunistic yeasts; laboratory diagnosis of aspergillosis, zigomikoze,
penicilliosis and dermatophytoses; laboratory diagnosis of histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, and
other mycoses caused primarily by pathogenic dimorphic fungus.
Lecture languages: - - -
Compulsory literature:
1. Mlinarić-Galinović G, Ramljak-Šešo M., ur. Specijalna medicinska mikrobiologija i parasitologija. Udžbenik Visoke zdravstvene škole, Zagreb, A.B.D. Merkur, 2003.
2. Mlinarić-Missoni, ur. Praktikum iz medicinske mikologije i parazitologije. Praktikum za studente Studija inženjera medicinsko laboratorijske dijagnostike Zdravstvenog veleučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb: Merkur A.B.D., 2006; 1-57.
3. Brooks GF, Butel JS, Morse SA, ur. Jawetz, Melnick & Adelbergs Medical microbiology, 24. izd., McGraw-Hill Companies inc., SAD, 2008.
Recommended literature:
4. Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. "Medical Microbiology",4. Izd., Mosby Inc, Missouri, SAD, 2002
Legend
L - Lectures
FE - Field exercises
CE - Project laboratory
PP - Preclinical practicals
MSCP - Mentorship of special clinical practicals
S - Seminar
CP - Clinical practicals
EXE - Exercises of applied kinesiology
P - Practicum
ST - Sectio training
LE - Laboratory exercises
ME - Methodology exercises
SCP - Special clinical practicals
* - Not graded