Medicine and Surgery

Contents: General concepts in infectious disease. HIV infection: epidemiology, diagnosis, clinical aspects, therapeutic approach and prevention. Viral hepatitis. Meningitis and encephalitis. Nosocomial infections. Respiratory infections and Tuberculosis. Herpes virus infection: CMV, EBV, VZV, HSV1/2. Parasitic disease (malaria, amebiasis, leishmaniosis). Skin infections and manifestations. Bone and joint infection. Sexual Transmitted Infections. Infectious disease in pregnancy Antibiotic use, stewardship and infection control

Requirements: The student must have performed the exams of microbiology, immunology, integrated pathology III and integrated pathology IV.

Textbooks (recommended): Harrison’s Infectious Diseases – Third Edition (Harrison’s Specialitiy) – Mc Grow-Hill Education Manuale di Malattie Infettive terza edizione (2020) Moroni Antinori Mastroianni Vullo, Era Manuale di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali e casi clinici correlati (2023) d'Arminio Monforte Marchetti, Piccin Malattie Infettive & Tropicali III ED (2022) Coppola, Borgia, Gentile, Gaeta Ideson Gnocchi Durante il corso verrà fornito ulteriore materiale didattico. Additional teaching material will be provided during the lessons.

Attendance mandatory

Evaluation methods: The exam will start with a clinical problem to be analyzed with diagnostic aspects. Differential diagnosis will be requested. Different topics will be requested in term of epidemiological, pathogenetic and clinical aspects.