PHAR 3417 Medical Microbiology and Immunology
This course will review essential microbiology concepts with focus on essential infectious disease agents relevant to Pharmacy. Topics will include basic microbial nomenclature, microbial structure, virulence factors and mechanisms of tissue damage. The second focus of the course is on fundamentals of immune system, host-pathogen interactions, and immune mechanism to fight infection and implications of the immune system and its application to transplantation. The course will integrate fundamental concepts into Clinical Pharmacy cases.