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Oct 04, 2024
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2023-2024 SCC Catalog Archived
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MLT 105 - Medical Microbiology Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 3 Clinical Hours: 0 Credits: 4
Description: 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 website 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: An overall grade of C or higher is required for transferability.
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:
- 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.
- Explain the basic processes, procedures and uses for molecular testing and mass spectroscopy in the clinical microbilogy laboratory.
- Correlate laboratory findings with diseases and treatments.
For SCC Online Courses: If the course you are taking is online, please review the SCC Online Course Policies that include:
- Identity Verification
- Required materials for all online courses
- Mandatory Attendance Requirement
- Orientation and Support
- Proctored Exams
Standard SCC Course Policies: Please review the Standard Course Policies on the following topics:
- Academic Integrity
- Add/Drop period
- Attendance
- Classroom Conduct
- Equal Access
- IT Access
- Online Behavior
- Online Confidentiality
- Services For Students with Disabilities
- Student Concerns
- Student Help Services
- Withdrawals
Official Course Syllabus 2023-2024
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