BSCI 424 — PATHOGENIC MICROBIOLOGY — Fall 2000

Student Oral Presentation Topics

1. gonococci


2. Cyclospora on fruits/vegetables?


3. candidiasis


4. trypanosomiasis


5. giardiasis


6. "Mad Cow disease" and prions


7. dinoflagellates in red tide


8. syphillis


9. shingles


10. Chlamydia trachomatis


11. St. Louis encephalitis and other encephalitides


12. MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)


13. vancomycin resistant(?) S. aureus


14. VRE (vancomycin resistant Enterococcus)


15. human immunodeficiency virus


16. E. coli O157:H7


17. ehrlichiosis


18. lyme disease


19. Pfiesteria piscicida


20. "flesh-eating" streptococci


21. cryptosporidium in drinking H₂O


22. Legionella sp.


23. histoplasmosis


24. Rickettsia rickettsii


25. fulminant streptococcal pneumonia ("Jim Henson disease")


26. meningococci


27. Vibrio parahaemolyticus


28. Vibrio vulnificus


29. Bacillus anthracis


30. Bacillus thuringensis


31. Yersinia pestis


32. Propionibacterium acnes


33. Clostridium tetani


34. toxoplasmosis


35. influenza


36. West Nile Virus


37. Other (with approval)

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