Tentative schedule – Any changes to the schedule during the semester will be posted here!

A note about lecture notes – I have posted fairly detailed but not all inclusive notes. I suggest that you print the notes off and bring them with you to class. That way you will have more time during class to focus on the concepts, study the pictures, and to formulate questions. However, as I am constantly revising the notes, don’t print them out too far in advance.

DATE	LECTURE TOPIC	READING	LABORATORY TOPIC		SUPPLEMENTAL WEB SITES
M Aug 24	Course introduction; Dynamics of infectious disease – lecture notes Concept Check 1	Ch. 1	Diagnostic Principles Lab 1 - Gram stain and streak plate isolation
W Aug 26	UNIT 1 - THE PLAYERS Part A - Review of the microbes Viruses and bacteria – lecture notes Concept Check 2 - available on Black Board Assignments	Ch. 2, 3	Lab 2 - Colony morphology Lab 3 - Initial grouping of clinical isolates		View animation - Virus infecting a host cell View animation - Herpes virus infection View animation - Bacteria and binary fission
M Aug 31	Eucaryotic microbial pathogens and normal microbiota Answers to normal microbiota causing opportunistic infections - available on BB	Ch 4 - 8	Lab 4 - Identification of Gram-positive cocci		View video - Normal flora 1 View video - Normal flora 2 Normal microbiota of the Human Body
W Sep 2	Part B - Host defenses Nonspecific host defenses against microbial invaders – lecture notes Concept Check 3 – available on BB	Ch. 9	GPC continued		View animation - Membrane attack complex
M Sep 7	Labor Day - No Class
W Sep 9	Nonspecific defenses continued		QUIZ 1 – Practical - Labs 1-4
M Sep 14	Specific host defenses against microbial invaders – lecture notes Concept Check 4	Ch 10, 11	Lab 5 - Identification of Enterobacteriaceae		View video - Clonal expansion
T Sep 15	.		Read KIA results from Lab 5
W Sep 16	Specific defenses continued		Enterobacteriaceae continued
M Sep 21	No Lecture – I will be available for last minute questions, in my office (BR 157) from 1-1:50 pm.		TEST ONE - UNIT ONE
W Sep 23	UNIT 2 - HOST AND PATHOGEN CONFLICTS How are pathogens acquired and transmitted? – lecture notes	Ch 12, 13	Lab 6 – Identification of Oxidase-positive, Gram-negative Rods
M Sep 28	Topic from Wed continued Concept Check 5	Ch 14, 15	Lab 7 – Identification of Gram-negative cocci Lab 8 – Identification of Gram-positive rods
W Sep 30	How do pathogens escape nonspecific host - lecture notes		QUIZ 2 – Practical - Labs 5-8 Lab 9 – Introduction to Anaerobes		Avoiding Phagocytosis
M Oct 5	Microbial spread and replication, read before Mon Oct 5 lecture – all material on-line How do pathogens escape specific host defenses?- lecture notes Concept Check 6– now available on BB	Ch. 16	Anaerobes continued AND Bacterial Unknown assigned to Grad students
W Oct 7	What are the pathological consequences of microbial infection? – lecture notes - updated	Ch. 17	Lab 10 – Intro to Yeasts Lab 11 – Intro to Molds		Transmission of TB Tuberculosis Study Module
M Oct 12	Pathological consequences continued Grads – Unknown Report due 1 pm
W Oct 14	No Lecture		LABORATORY PRACTICAL EXAM Laboratories 1 through 11
M Oct. 19	No Lecture		TEST TWO - UNIT TWO CON’T Comprehensive with an emphasis on Unit 2
W Oct 21	UNIT 3 – CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF INFECTION Introduction to Clinical Case Problem-Solving - lecture notes. Infections of the Respiratory System – URT - lecture notes and practice case	Ch. 18	Case solving guidelines How to approach the laboratory investigation of clinical cases; continuing with our practice case		.
M Oct 26	Continue with LRTI Case 1 assigned	Ch. 19	Clinical specimen received
T-F	Continue working on cases, no W lecture
M Nov 2	Clinical Case 1 due 1pm QUIZ 3 –RTI Urinary Tract Infections and Sexually Transmitted Infections – lecture notes – Case 2 assigned	Chs. 20, 21	Clinical specimen received
T-F	Continue working on case; no W lecture
M Nov 9	Clinical Case 2 due 1pm QUIZ 4 – UTI and STII Infections of the Gastrointestinal - lecture notes Case 3 assigned	Ch. 22	Clinical specimen received	Charts of Diseases
T-F	Continue working on case; no W lecture
M Nov 16	Clinical Case 3 due 1pm QUIZ 5 – GI Infections of the Nervous System – lecture notes Case 4 assigned	Ch 24	Clinical specimen received
T-F	Continue working on case; no W lecture
M Nov 23	Clinical Case 4 due 1 pm QUIZ 6 – Nervous Infections of the skin and wounds – lecture notes Case 5 assigned	Ch 26	Clinical specimen received	Arboviruses BSL 2 BSL 3 BSL 4 Rabies Links
T-W	Continue working on case; no W lecture		Work on solving case – the University does not close for Thanksgiving recess until 5pm Wed.
R Nov 26	Thanksgiving
M Nov 30	QUIZ 7 – SKIN Antimicrobial action – lecture notes	Ch. 33	Lab 23 – Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing
T Dec 1			Check lab results
W Dec 2	Clinical Case 5 due 1 pm Antimicrobial action continued
W Dec 9	FINAL EXAM Comprehensive with an emphasis on Units 3 and 4 BR 201 12:00 – 1:50 pm