IBMS 6325 Bacterial Infection and Diseases

This doctoral-level course is designed to provide a complete understanding of bacteria, bacterial infections from the point of view of host-pathogen interaction, virulence, and immune evasion mechanisms using examples of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial infections, and the diseases caused by bacterial infections and the prevention and antibiotic treatments, such as antimycobacterial drugs, drug resistance, and vaccine development.