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Pulmonary Critical Care
Department of Medicine
Administration Building,
1900 W. Polk, 14th Floor
Chicago, IL 60612
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SPECIFIC PROGRAM CONTENT
B. Microbiology and Laboratory Experiences
1. All fellows will rotate through a Clinical Microbiology Course, run by Mary Hayden, M.D., Director of Clinical Microbiology Laboratories at Rush and Patricia Herrera, MD of Stroger. During the first week of the fellowship, new fellows receive approximately 3 hours of introductory lectures by Dr. Hayden, followed by tours of the clinical microbiology labs in each of the two hospitals and instruction on accessing microbiology results using the hospitals’ clinical computer systems. Fellows then participate in a series of some 30 lectures on focused topics in clinical microbiology during the two-year program. A syllabus of required reading assignments will supplement the didactic sessions and should be independently completed by the fellow. Each session will focus on a specific area of microbiologic diagnostic testing, interpretation, utilization, and evaluation, including the following:
- Bacteriology: specimen processing, gram stain, identification, susceptibility testing, and treatment of important aerobic and anaerobic human pathogens
- Mycobacteriology: specimen processing, acid fast smears, culture reading, DNA probe identification, BACTEC and agar proportion susceptibility testing
- Mycology: specimen processing, direct smears including KOH, Calcofluor, Giemsa, fungal identification, fungal serologic techniques
- Parasitology: specimen processing, wet mounts, trichrome and Giemsa smears
- Virology: virus culture and serology, retrovirology
- Molecular diagnostics, including qualitative PCR and probe testing, viral load testing, molecular strain typing
2. A 4-hour gram stain workshop consisting of a one-hour didactic lecture and a 3-hour wet lab is held each year. Fellows make and interpret gram stains of a variety of clinical specimens in order to attain basic competency in this technique.
3. Fellows will supplement their clinical microbiology experience by joining Microbiology Rounds for 30-60 minutes Monday through Friday when they are rotating on the Rush Infectious Diseases Consultation Service and on Mondays and Wednesdays when rotating on the Stroger Infectious Diseases Consultation Service. During these rounds interesting or problematic microbiologic issues at each bench are reviewed. Approximately once a month the fellow will present an actual case on the service and the microbiologic issues relevant to this case will be discussed.
4. Additional laboratory is available in the context of laboratory-based research projects in which fellows may elect to participate (see Research Experiences).
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