Study Programmes 2016-2017
MICR0431-2  
Clinical microbiology
Duration :
15h Th, 10h Pr
Number of credits :
Master in biomedicine (120 ECTS)3
Lecturer :
Pierrette Melin
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents :
These supplements in clinical microbiology aim to prepare the student to his future profession in the context of clinical microbiology.
Contents
  • Introduction
  • Tasks and expected missions of the clinical microbiology labs
  • Pre-analytical issues
  • Microbiological methods
  • Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (methods, system of reference for interpretation, expertised interpretation)
  • Automation in microbiology
  • MALDI-TOF Mass spectrometry
  • Methods in molecular biology and indications (diagnostics, follow-up, epidemiology), perpectives of development
  • Internal quality control in microbiology
  • Verification and validation of microbiological methods, equipments
  • Aims and criteria for screening, diagnostic and confirmation tests
  • Rules of Biosecurity
  • As a model from emergence to prevention strategies : the group B streptococcal infections in newborns.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
At the end of this course, students will be able to
  • describe tasks and expected missions of the clinical microbiology labs
  • determine what is a useful clinical result.
  • explain the expected benefit of microbiological analysis in the clinical management of a patient or for setting public health precautions.
  • encourage dynamic communication with clinicians
  • argue the importance to reducing TAT whenever it is possible
  • argue about and justify preanalytical conditions specific to microbiological analysis.
  • summarize and explain the main analytical methods used in clinical microbiology
  • limits of microbiological  diagnostic analysis.
  • sustain a discussion about the different antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods (methods, system of reference for interpretation, expertised interpretation)
  • summarize the evolution and aims of automation in microbiology
  • set a plan of internal quality control in microbiology.
  • present aims and criteria for screening, diagnostic and confirmation tests
  • make recommendations about biosecurity
  • explain and argue about group B streptococcal screening methods implemented accordind to prevention strategies
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
The course is taught as lectures, supported by PowerPoint-type slides. Students are invited to ask their questions during lectures, after or by email.
An extended 2 or 3-days visit in a clinical microbiology lab illustrates the contents of the course. This extended visit is compulsory.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Face-to-face
Slide sets of all lectures are available online on the university website through "myULg".
A 2 or 3 days-visit is organized in the clinical microbiology laboratory of the University hospital of Liege
 
Recommended or required readings :
Required to prepare exams: Slide sets of all lectures available online on the university website through "myULg".
A non exhaustive list of text-books can also be useful but they are not necessary.
  • Bactériologie médicale - Techniques usuelles 2ème édition François DENIS, Marie-Cécile Ploy, Christian Martin, Edouard Bingen, Roland QUENTIN Editeur: Elsevier Masson. 11/2011 ISBN: 9782294096686
  • Numerous references are available for reading /downloading on the website of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM):
    http://clinmicro.asm.org/index.php/bench-work-resources
  • The  Cumitech series provides consensus recommendations regarding the judicious use of clinical microbiology and immunology laboratories and their role in patient care. Each Cumitech is written by a team of clinicians, laboratorians, and other interested stakeholders to provide a broad overview of various aspects of infectious disease testing. These aspects include a discussion of relevant clinical considerations; collection, transport, processing and interpretive guidelines; the clinical utility of culture-based and non-culture-based methods and emerging technologies; They are edited and published by the ASM.
Assessment methods and criteria :
Oral exam with written preparation.
Work placement(s) :
Internship opportunity during last year of master (final thesis)
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
Clinical microbiology department University hospital of Liège,  B-23 Sart Tilman,  4000 LIEGE Belgium
Secretary
For any contact or to fix an appointment, please contact the secretary Mrs MC Lhote
Professor Pierrette Melin
Items online :
Slide set Supplement in clinical microbiology Part 1 2016
Slideset Part 1
Slide set Supplement in clinical microbiology Part 2 2016
Slideset 2nd Part