Bi3390c Medical Mycology - practical course

Faculty of Science
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Monika Laichmanová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Monika Laichmanová, Ph.D.
Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Ing. Jiřina Kučerová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites
NOW( Bi3390 Medical Mycology )
examination - microbiology, bakterial taxonomy
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 24 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/24, only registered: 0/24, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/24
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The subject is focused on the specifics of work with clinically significant fungi, with an emphasis on methods of isolation, cultivation, and identification of cultures.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- work aseptically with microscopic fungi in a microbiological laboratory;
- isolate, cultivate and identify microscopic fungi;
- prepare stained and native microscopic slides;
- use some basic identification methods.
Syllabus
  • Structure of the fungal thallus, microscopic examination of specimens, isolation, cultivation and determination methods of micromycetes, growth and morphology changes at various sources and substrates, fermentation and assimilation of carbon compounds, chromogenic methods for rapid identification, demonstration of the most frequent species.
Literature
  • De Hoog G.S.: et al.: Atlas of clinical fungi. Utrecht, Reus 2000
  • LARONE, Davise Honig. Medically important fungi : a guide to indentification. 5th ed. Washington, DC: ASM Press, 2011, xxii, 485. ISBN 9781555816605. info
  • VOTAVA, Miroslav. Lékařská mikrobiologie : vyšetřovací metody. Brno: Neptun, 2010, 495 s. ISBN 9788086850047. info
Teaching methods
Laboratory course
Assessment methods
Active participation at practical classes, identification of 3 isolates of micromycetes.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Předmět je možné zapsat pouze ve 4. semestru.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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