BIO 430 Clinical Microbiology

3 Credits

Current methods for isolating, identifying, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacterial pathogens from clinical microbiology specimens are studied in this course. A variety of methods are covered, including biochemical, molecular, and immunological procedures. Pathogenic microorganisms recovered from clinical specimens are reviewed by body system.

Prerequisite(s): BIO 325 /BIO 335 (all with a minimum grade of C for Track I and a C+ for Track II) Concurrent with BIO 435 .