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*Asterisk by date indicates that a pre-lab quiz is due that day.
| Date |
Topic |
Pages |
| Aug 23 |
Course orientation, safety, and skills practice |
3-13 |
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Urinary Tract Infections |
14-32 |
| *Aug 28 |
Day 1: Dipstick test; Gram stain; streak plate |
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| Aug 30 |
Day 2: Gram stain: oxidase test; biochemical tubes; Sensititre |
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| Sept 4 |
Day 3: Read results; streak for MBC test |
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| Sept 6 |
Day 4: Read MBC plates; Discussion questions |
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Quiz 1: September 3 - 8 |
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Infections of Gram Positive Cocci |
33-58 |
| *Sept 11 |
Day 1: Throat swab; Strep A test; streak BAP; check blood bottles |
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| Sept 13 |
Day 2: Normal flora plates; Gram stain; catalase test; coagulase |
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| Sept 18 |
Day 3: Streptex test, E-tests; phage typing |
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| Sept 20 |
Day 4: Read phage typing results; Discussion questions |
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Quiz 2: September 17-22 |
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Respiratory Tract Infections |
59-81 |
| *Sept 25 |
Day 1: Gram stain; streak plates |
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| Sept 27 |
Day 2: Normal flora; read results; Gram stain; Enterotube; quad plate |
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| Oct 2 |
Day 3: Read results; read HAI plates; Discussion questions |
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Quiz 3: September 26 – October 1 |
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| Oct 4 |
EXAM 1: Labs 1, 2, and 3 |
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Anaerobic Bacterial Infections |
80-102 |
| *Oct 9 |
Day 1: Gram stain; streak plates |
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| Oct 11 |
Day 2: Read plate results; Gram stain; quad plate; Toxin A test |
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| Oct 16 |
Day 3: Read results; Discussion questions |
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Quiz 4: October 10-15 |
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
103-135 |
| *Oct 18 |
Day 1: Read Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, RPR, HPV, and HSV tests |
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Oct 23 |
Day 2: Read HIV ELISA and Western blot
Read HBV tests |
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| Oct 25 |
Day 3: Record results; Discussion questions |
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Quiz 5: October 22-27 |
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| Oct 30 |
EXAM 2: Labs 4 and 5 |
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Gastrointestinal Infections |
135-158 |
| *Nov 1 |
Day 1: Streak plates
Formal report topic due |
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| Nov 6 |
Day 2: Score plates; streak to L-agar; Rota test |
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| Nov 8 |
Day 3: Gram stain; score plates
Inoculate biochemical tests |
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| Nov 13 |
Day 4: Score tests; Discussion questions |
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Quiz 6: November 13-16 |
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| Nov 15 |
Exercise on Pathogen Bioinformatics |
159 |
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| Nov 16 |
Formal Report due by 5:00 pm |
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| Nov 19-23 |
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
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Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance Genes |
160-194 |
| *Nov 27 |
Day 1: Mating of donor and recipient
Plasmid profile |
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| Nov 29 |
Day 2: Check conjugation & pick to growth media
Quantitating plasmid transfer
Conjugative transposons |
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| Dec 4 |
Day 3: Plasmid prep
Restriction digestion |
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| Dec 6 |
Day 4: Gel electrophoresis |
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Quiz 7: December 3-7 |
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| Finals Week |
EXAM 3: Labs 6, 7, and 8 |
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