INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Learning outcomes of the course unit
8. Obiettivi (con particolare riferimento alle competenze acquisite ed agli obiettivi formativi): AIMS: to supply the basic knowledge for clinical skills about: aetiology, natural history, pathogenesis, epidemiology, and diagnosis and therapy of the infectious diseases listed below having a major impact in the clinical practice:
Bacterial and viral diseases: sepsis, syphilis, leptospirosis, borreliosis, meningitis and meningoencephalitis, pneumonitis, infections of the urinary tract, viral hepatitis, gastroenteritis, tuberculosis;
Parasitic diseases: Malaria, intestinal parisitosis (amoebiasis, cryptosporidisosis, giardiasis, cryptosporidiosis, strongyloidiasis, ossiuriasis, teniasis) toxoplasosis, idatidosis.
Prerequisites
Prerequisiti: yes, to have passed all examinations included in the 3rd year of the course.
Course contents summary
10 Contents: knowledge on knowledge for clinical skills about: aetiology, natural history, pathogenesis, epidemiology, and diagnosis and therapy of the infectious diseases listed below having a major impact in the clinical practice:
Bacterial and viral diseases: sepsis, syphilis, leptospirosis, borreliosis, meningitis and meningoencephalitis, pneumonitis, infections of the urinary tract, viral hepatitis, gastroenteritis, tuberculosis;
Parasitic diseases: Malaria, intestinal parisitosis (amoebiasis, cryptosporidisosis, giardiasis, cryptosporidiosis, strongyloidiasis, ossiuriasis, teniasis) toxoplasosis, idatidosis.
Recommended readings
11. Suggested Bibliography :
Malattie infettive.
Lazzarin, M. Andreoni, G. Angarano, G. Carosi, G. Di Perri, E. Sagnelli.
Casa Editrice Ambrosiana. Edizione 2008
Harrison’s Principles of internal medicine. McGraw-Hill.
Teaching methods
12. Metodologia d'insegnamento: oral lessons and practice in the unit of infectious diseases.
