| Week | Lab | Date | Exercise | Pages |
| Sept 9/10 | Tetanus Immunity | |||
| 1 | Sept 23/25 | Isolation of single colonies by dilution streak method | 8 | |
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| Throat culture | 9 | ||
| Comparative morphology of the microbial cell | 10 | |||
| 1 | 2 | Sept 24/26 | Examine TSA plates; gram stain representative colonies | 15 |
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| Examine throat culture; gram stain representative colonies | 15 | ||
| Preparation for lab on normal microbial flora | 20 | |||
| 3 | Sept 30/Oct 2 | Begin normal microbial flora | 22 | |
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| Begin identification of Gram-negative bacilli (Rods, GNR) | 24-28 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Oct 1/3 | Complete identification of Gram-negative bacilli | 29-32 |
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| Complete isolation of normal flora | 33-34 | ||
| Microscopic test for Cryptococcus neoformans | 34-35 | |||
| 5 | Oct 7/9 | Identification of Gram-positive cocci (GPC) | 37-41 | |
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| Test normal microbial flora isolates | 42 | ||
| 3 | 6 | Oct 8/10 | Normal flora - agar disk Antibiotic Susceptibility Test | 43-46 |
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| Gram-stained specimen for N. gonorrhoeae | 48 | ||
| Discussion of GNR and GPC | ||||
| 7 | Oct 14/16 | Conclude Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing | 46-47 | |
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| Processing of specimens from sterile body sites | 50-55 | ||
| 4 | 8 | Oct 15/17 | Discussion of Antibiotic Susceptibility testing |
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| Complete processing of specimens from sterile sites | 56-60 | |||
| 9 | Oct 21/23 | Acid-fast stain for Mycobacterium sp | 62 | |
| 5 |
| Begin Enteric Infections | 63-69 | |
| Presentation of cases from sterile body sites | ||||
| 10 | Oct 22/24 | Conclude the enteric infections exercise | 70-72 | |
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| Begin presentation of cases of enteric infections | |||
| Finish presentation of cases from sterile body sites | ||||
| 6 | 11 | Oct 28/Oct 30 | Presumptive diagnosis from Gram stained smears | 74-78 |
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| Presentation of cases of enteric infections | |||
| Review |
Nov 5 Laboratory Exam 8:30-9:30, Kresge
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