- MI 822/CDS 820D - Infection, Immunity, and Systemic and Oral Diseases
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- This course provides basic concepts of immunology and of bacterial,
viral, fungal and protozoal biology. It focuses on mechanisms of human immunity,
immunologically mediated disease, and pathogenesis in infectious disease. The material
covered includes relevant pathology associated with both immunologic and infectious
diseases, and a brief summary of infectious diseases from an organ system perspective.
This course does not include a lab component and is specifically for dental students.
Lectures:
Basic Mycology
Reproduction and Classification
Pathogenesis
Cutaneous Mycoses
Subcutaneous Mycoses
Systemic Mycoses: Classical
Systemic Opportunistic Mycoses: The Yeasts
Systemic Opportunistic Mycoses: Aspergillosis and
Zygomycosis