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About the Course

The course will cover the topics related to antimicrobial resistance with basic definitions and overview on antimicrobials their use and the emergence and spread of resistance. The course will guide you through the concepts and the importance of resistance spread and dissemination and how that happens. It will show you how bacteria become resistant and which mechanisms they might use for this. And as part of the course you will also receive some training in methods for antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) and detection of specific resistance in the microbiological laboratories with the basic methods available and with focus on the obtention of good quality results which can be interpreted and used for different purposes. Additionally, it will show you how to use genomic analysis tools to analyze whole genome sequencing data to detect resistance genes (and or other genes of interest) in a simple and easy way using online tools freely available. In the new new version an additional module including detection of specific resistance mechanisms was added. After this course you should be able to: 1. Describe the most important families of antimicrobials and mode of action 2. Understand the basic concepts of antimicrobial resistance from several perspectives (clinical, research and microbiological) 3. Enumerate and describe how bacteria can become resistant and the mechanisms that may be involved in that process 4. Describe how antimicrobial resistance emerges and spreads around the world including concepts of antimicrobial resistance transfer, selection and dissemination 5. Enumerate the methods used for antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) 6. Compare dilution and diffusion methods and know the basic techniques of agar disk diffusion, broth dilution and agar dilution methods 7. Have detailed theoretical knowledge on how to perform the main methods in a laboratory 8. Know the basic concepts about analysis and interpretation of results of AST, including different breakpoints, cut-off setting and their applications. 9. Understand the importance and related concepts related to quality management and quality assurance method standardization, applied to AST 10. Relate the information obtained in this course with real cases of resistant bacteria spreading in patients, the community, animals or the environment 11. Relate the phenotypical results with results from genotyping using molecular techniques for detection of resistance mechanisms 12. Understand the concept and be able to apply genomic analysis tools used to detect resistance genes and other relevant genes from Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) data (with demonstration of selected online tools) Disclaimer: Please note that the guidelines and methods referred or links included in these materials are updated when the videos lectures are produced and before the course is released, however these might become outdated with time....

Top reviews

FH

Dec 30, 2020

As a microbiology student, I can say that I've learned so many theoretical and practical methods involving antimicrobial resistance as well as bacteriology in general. Huge thanks to great lecturers!

MW

Jul 22, 2021

Very clear and informative to give insights about what's happening in the area of antimicrobial resistance, as well as the urgency to do identification and surveilance of antimicrobial resistance

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By Mohamed S T

Oct 11, 2016

Very important course that help to know several ways of anti microbial susceptibility testing.

By ONAKESA N

Oct 31, 2020

There's so much to learn , very interesting and a bit complicated but it's so much worth it !

By Jodie L

Jan 20, 2021

Found the lecture content appropriate but sometimes hard to understand some of the lecturer

By Jaswandi

Jun 9, 2020

Excellent course, very nice instructors. Explained each and everything with utmost details.

By Jewellia H

Dec 21, 2016

Very educational course, however the lectures are very lull and do not hold attention well.

By Abel P G

Aug 4, 2016

Really great, a little more specificity on the subjects (More time) would be even better.

By Raksha B

Aug 25, 2019

Enjoyed learning the resistance mechanism of antibiotics and the process of testing them

By AVILES C A A

Jan 25, 2022

EXCELLENT COURSE WITH WELL QUALIFIED TEACHERS, I HOPE SOON MORE COURSES LIKE THIS

By hodan

Feb 26, 2017

This class was very much eye-opening as I have gained knowledge and experience

By Markus P

Sep 17, 2016

A good overview on antimicrobial resistance and how it is measured in the lab.

By Umar D

Apr 27, 2022

great course! I feel ready to carry out susceptibility testing at my lab

By Damu S

Dec 10, 2020

Good course. Few of the content seems repeated on different lectures.

By Hua C

Oct 14, 2019

簡單清楚易懂的解釋了抗抗生素的機制、辨識抗生素敏感性的機制...

只是最後幾個章節的電腦工具使用較為困難!

整體學習到頗多基礎抗生素知識!

By Bushra B

Oct 11, 2023

This Course is quite Good for learning antimicrobial resistance.

By Dr. V V

May 4, 2020

Very Interesting for theoretical and practical points of view.

By adriana z

Jul 18, 2021

The course is good! Brings updates and interesting concepts.

By SONI M

May 19, 2020

Presentation for genetic testing od resistance was not good.

By Ayesha A A M

Feb 10, 2022

Very beneficial course, it has basic AMR details needed.

By Ahmed E A E

Nov 23, 2018

Thank you so much for this information and this course

By Akash R

Aug 14, 2017

It was a good course. Very helpful and very lucid

By Bruna C L

Mar 26, 2019

I miss more reference articles during the course.

By KIRYOWA I 1

Mar 24, 2021

good course with super cool and good tutors

By Gokulakrishnan M

Oct 19, 2020

Nice course, Content full and informative.

By Kalpana D

Jun 13, 2021

Good information with clarity of subject.

By Sourav K D

Apr 8, 2020

i would like to join PhD at DTU on AMR.