This course provides foundational knowledge which a health care professional needs in order to understand illness, its manifestations in a person and the technologies for diagnosis and treatment. The disorders discussed are representative of those commonly occurring in the population. Professor Angerio 106. The mechanism of pathogenicity, the clinical picture of the disease, prophylaxis, and therapeutics are discussed. The laboratory experiences include identification of pathogens in sputum, spinal fluid, blood, urine, and stool cultures.
Aseptic technique is stressed in the laboratory.
Three lecture hours and one three-hour laboratory.