This is an introductory course in medical microbiology for medical, dental, pharm D, and pharmacy students, designed mainly to prepare the students to understand the systemic microbiology of the modules, it covers basic principles of bacteriology, virology, mycology, immunology and parasitology, also it covers basic concepts of infection control in hospitals, sterilization and disinfection, and specimen collection for the clinical microbiology laboratory. The laboratory part covers basic techniques in microbiology.
