Medicine and Surgery

At the end of the course, the student should be able to: i. Recognize the main infectious syndromes and plan an appropriate clinical and therapeutic approach; ii. Understand the issue of antimicrobial resistance and the strategies to counteract it; iii. Acquire the methodological approach to the assessment of the main infectious syndromes and the fundamental principles of differential diagnosis. Detailed program: - Introduction to Infectious Diseases - Microbiological diagnosis of infections - Principles of antibiogram interpretation - Antimicrobial resistance - Pneumonia - Meningitis - Infective endocarditis - Head and neck infections - Fungal infections - Bone infections - Malaria - Leishmaniasis - HIV infection and AIDS - SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 - Tuberculosis - Exanthematous diseases - Infectious mononucleosis - Infectious diarrheas and Clostridioides difficile infection - Nosocomial infections - Skin and soft tissue infections - Septic syndrome - Brucella infection, typhoid fever, and rickettsioses - Fever in the returning traveler - Viral hepatitis - Arboviral infections - Urinary tract infections

The student must have obtained exams in microbiology/virology/parasitology and laboratory medicine

Testi e bibliografia di riferimento - Lezioni e bibliografia associata - Manuale di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali (D’Arminio Monforte A, Marchetti G). Piccin Editore. Edizione 2024. - Parte di Malattie Infettive dell’Harrison. - Manuale di Medicina interna - Edizione 2017 Autori: Fauci - Kasper - Hauser - Longo - Jameson - Loscalzo - Harrison ISBN: 9788808680006. - Specifico su Malattie Infettive: Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases Autori John E. Bennett, Raphael Dolin, Martin J. Blaser. Editore Elsevier - Health Sciences Division 2019 - Compendio di Medicina Interna (Amoroso et al. Antonio Delfino Editore. edizione 2024

students must be present

The knowledge assessment method will take place through the exam Oral discussion on the main infectious syndromes Example of a clinical case

onsite lessons