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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 Sung S J

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Oct 28, 2022

This is a well orginized e-learning course. If summurized tables for each resistance could be provied, it would be more helpful for learners. Thank you so much.

By Eduardo H V

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Jul 19, 2020

I like so mucho the course and all the classes from Lina Cavacco. I am a researcher and i am looking for new antibiotics. It is a possibility for colaboration?

By Sania S

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May 3, 2020

The course was great for learning but I want to say if you could add more in silico methods as a separate course that could help in small research projects.

By Lance R

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Feb 19, 2018

Great course! Really helpful if you have anything to do with testing antimicrobial resistance in the lab or if you just want to learn more about the topic.

By sunila h

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Jul 11, 2020

excellent resource for understanding antimicrobial resistance mechanisms and information on online tools available for identification of resistance genes

By Andrea T

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Oct 15, 2016

I feal so amazed by all the information, is a complete course and i would like to learn more about antimicrobial resistance. Thank you professor Lina <3

By E. D S S

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Dec 10, 2020

This course was very interesting. It help to learn lot of things about antimicrobial resistance. This is an important course for microbiology students.

By Fabio S

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Jul 19, 2020

Really well-designed course about the main antibiotic resistance patterns, very useful for physicians not direct involved in biolabs. Congratulations.

By Rafshan J

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Feb 1, 2019

One of the fine course for developing basics as well as advanced level of antimicrobial resistance.Very co-operative,easy instructions to understand.

By Rena P

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Jul 4, 2022

i loved the fact i learned new things. I'd recommend this course to microbiology and science lab tech undergraduates doing their project. Thank you

By Valentina C M

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Dec 27, 2020

Con este curso pude reforzar lo que he aprendido en mi carrera de medicina, fue todo muy claro y con muy buena metodología, Lo recomiendo al máximo

By Adnan S

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Jan 17, 2017

The last two weeks are a bit DENSE. Especially Week 4. Bring your Brain power. But a course worth learning from for relevant skills to use in lab.

By Alessandro B

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May 6, 2017

Very useful course! Thank Lina Cavaco for the great job. All the work of DTU is actually a reliable guide in testing antimicrobial resistance.

By José M C F

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Aug 25, 2017

Great course!

It gave the necessary tools to improve myself on developing new projects related to the antimicrobial evaluation.

Thanks a lot!!

By Adi H

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May 11, 2017

Thanks for the great insight in the subject of antimicrobial resistance. It's one of the best course I have ever taken. Excellent lecturing.

By Mariateresa L

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Mar 11, 2024

This is a very interesting course with clear content that is really well explained. Good audio quality and easily understandable English.

By Pooja P

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Nov 6, 2020

A great introductory course helpful for students and professionals who are developing interest in the field of antimicrobial resistance !

By Salvatore F

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Apr 13, 2018

Hi thanks for the excelent course. I received 2 weeks ago an email requesting my dates for the certification but I havent received it yet

By Agustin C

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Nov 4, 2021

Very useful, clear and well explained, honestly enjoyable... Thank you Lina and all the team, I'll definetly recomend it. Regards! :)

By Azghar A

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Nov 21, 2020

thank you for the course,

it is structured, very clear, it reflects the quality and competence of the different speakers.

thank you

By PRIYANKA M R

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May 8, 2020

It was an amazing experience to learn concepts that were less known to me.

I am happy that i enrolled this course,thank you so much.

By Arijit B

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Nov 29, 2020

This is a very good course to understand the Antimicrobial resistance of microorganisms. I had a very good learning experience.

By kamathamsravani

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May 24, 2020

Thank you for providing interesting topics its very useful for me. I want some more courses related to antimicrobial resistance

By Hafiz M T M

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Jul 11, 2019

It was great learning experience for me. Great course beautifully designed and well explained by the tutors. thank you coursera