A comprehensive study is made of human bacterial pathogens. Emphasis is on etiology, pathogenesis, and epidemiology of human diseases.
Laboratory studies involve isolation and identification.
3.Explain mechanisms of pathogenicity for the principal bacterial groups. 4.Describe diseases produced by each major pathogenic germ and the treatment of those diseases. 5.Recognize and distinguish normal flora from pathogens in clinical samples. 6.Biochemically and serologically identify normal flora and pathogens arising from clinical specimens. Humoral Immunity b.