Aim of the course is to acquire the basic clinical information on a number of clinically relevant infections, their diagnosis and clinical management.
Course Prerequisites
The students are expected to brush up their notions of clinical microbiology (classification of microrganisms, viruses, bacteria, parasites) and the main anttimicrobial agents (antiviral, antibacterial and antiparasitic drugs) and their mechanisms of action. The lectures will revolve around a number of viral, bacterial and parasitic diseases, their epidemiology, diagnosis, clinical manifestations and treatment
Teaching Methods
Lectures, presentation of clinical cases, bedside teaching during the ID ward rounds. Students may present clinical cases they have found interesting to fellow students and ID residents and present papers during the weekly ID journal club
Assessment Methods
Viva or a mix of multiple choice quiz tests and open ended questions on clinical presentations (clinical vignettes) or diagnosis and treatment of the main infectious diseases
Texts
Infectious Diseases: A Clinical Short Course, 4th Edition By Frederick Southwick, McGraw Hill Lange
Contents
Urinary Tract Infections, Sexually Transmitted Diseases other than syphylis, Prosthetic Joint Infections, Syndromic approach to Infectious Diseases of the CNS, Respiratory tract, Gastrointestinal tract, Urinary tract
Course Language
English
More information
Contact Prof.E.Brunetti at enrico.brunetti@unipv.it
