MLT 105 - Medical Microbiology

Class: 3 Lab: 3 Credits: 4
This course provides a survey of organisms encountered in the clinical microbiology laboratory, including sterilization and disinfection techniques.

Course Topics:

Specimen processing, culturing, and identification techniques including microscopy.
Medically important parasites
Medically important fungi
Virology
Medically important Mycoplamsa, Chlamydia and Ricketssia
Medically important Mycobacterium and Nocardia asteroides
Medically important anaerobic bacteria
Antimicrobial susceptibility

Textbooks:
Textbook information can be found on the Book Inn Web site

Required Materials:
In order to participate in lab, students must be wearing floor-length pants, closed-toe, closed heel shoes. Pants may not have rips, tears, etc. Students must also wear a liquid impervious lab coat, gloves and a face shield (available in SCC bookstore) whenever handling clinical specimens.

Grading System:
Grades are not rounded. An overall grade of C or higher is required to pass this course.

A 90 - 100
B 80 - 89
C 70 - 79
D 60 - 69
F 0 - 59

Student Learning Outcomes:

Demonstrate the processes and procedures used in the processing, culturing, and identifying of medically important organisms.
Analyze morphology and biochemical tests for identification of the following:
- Intestinal, blood, and tissue parasites.
- Yeasts
- Thermally dimorphic fungi
- Dermatophytes
- Mycobacteria and Nocardia asteroides
- Anaerobes
Differentiate dermatophytes from the common laboratory fungal contaminants.
Compare safety procedures and appropriate specimen processing of the medically important Mycoplasma, Chlamydia, Rickettsia, and Viruses.
Explain and demonstrate the processes and procedures used in antimicrobial susceptibility testing.
Correlate laboratory findings with diseases and treatments.

For SCC Online Courses:
If the course you are taking is online, please review the SCC Online Policies that include:

Required materials for all online courses
Mandatory Attendance Requirement
Proctored Exams

Face Covering Requirements:
All faculty, staff and students must wear a face mask/covering at all times (absent a medical condition) on all SCC campuses when safe social distancing measures are not possible or difficult to follow. For further details, refer to the Student Guidelines for Face Coverings and Social Distancing on the SCC Coronavirus COVID-19 Information page.

Standard SCC Course Policies:
Please review the Standard SCC Course Polices on the following topics:

Academic Integrity
Academic Misconduct
Add/Drop period
Appeals Process
Class Attendance
Classroom Behavior (traditional and online)
Classroom Conduct/Expectations
Lab Procedures (general SCC policy regarding this)
Online Confidentiality
Services For Students with Disabilities
Withdrawal Policy

Official Course Syllabus
2020-2021