PBM336 – Pharmaceutical microbiology
Course content
Intends to render insight in selected topics of pharmaceutical microbiology. Topics of theoretics and practical microbiological aspects of pharmaceutical production and control are taught.
Learning outcome
The course aims at giving understanding of the mode of action of antimicrobial agents, what gentic factors determine, pathogenicity and resistance to antibiotics, mediate the structure and biology of plasmids, mediate how antimicrobials may be produced by gene technological methods, their mode of action, structure of microbes and principles of treating infectious diseases. Vaccines are discussed.
Admission
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Prerequisites
Formal prerequisite knowledge
All courses from the first period or equivalent relevant education.
Recommended previous knowledge
All courses from the first period or equivalent relevant education.
Teaching
Lectures: A certain number of lectures are given, Study groups: Not organized, Labwork: None
Examination
Oral exam