Infectious Diseases

A.Y. 2023/2024
5
Max ECTS
64
Overall hours
SSD
MED/17
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
At the end of the course the student will:
· have acquired the epidemiological, clinical-anamnestic and instrumental elements to identify the main infectious diseases
· have acquired the elements to evaluate the main laboratory investigations used for the diagnosis of infectious diseases
· have acquired the elements to identify the main infectious diseases
· know how to indicate the main classes of antibiotics and their use in bacterial infections
· know how to indicate the main classes of antivirals and antifungals
· be able to report the main measures of individual and general prophylaxis relating to infectious diseases
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student has to:
· acquire the main knowledge related to epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, natural history, diagnostics and therapy principles of the main infectious diseases of the following organs and systems: respiratory, gastrointestinal, central nervous system as well as exanthematous diseases, systemic diseases and main tropical diseases
· know the individual and collective prophylaxis measures as well as the regulations in force relating to contumacy measures
· know the microbiological and instrumental investigations necessary to reach a correct diagnosis of infectious disease;
· be able to correctly interpret the information contained in the microbiological and instrumental reports in order to obtain precise indications for an adequate therapeutic decision-making process.
Single course

This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.

Course syllabus and organization

Linea: Policlinico

Course syllabus
Exanthematical infections

- Epidemiology
- Etiology
- Pathogenesis and clinical (typical course and complications)
- Therapeutic possibilities
- Active and passive prophylaxis
the following rash diseases: measles, rubella, infectious megaloerythema, critical rash, scarlet fever, chickenpox and other vesicular rashes

Respiratory tract infections

- Infectious respiratory syndromes:
- Diphtheria
- Pharyngitis / tonsillitis
- Epiglottis/laryngitis/tracheitis
- Acute bronchitis and relapse of chronic bronchitis
- Bronchiolitis
- Viral pneumonia
- Bacterial pneumonia
- Influenza
- Pulmonary tuberculosis (and extrapulmonary forms)
- Pertussis

Liver and biliary tract infections

- Epidemiology, etiology and pathogenesis of viral hepatitis
- Diagnosis of acute and chronic viral hepatitis
- Treatment of viral hepatitis
- Yellow fever
- Leptospirosis
- Hydatidosis
- Biliary tract infections

Infections of the digestive system: infectious diarrhoea

- Aetiological and pathophysiological classification
- Food poisoning (staphylococcal, botulism, C. perfrigens, V. parahaemoliticus, B. cereus)
- Viral Gastroenteritis (Norwalk, Rotavirus, other viruses involved)
- Bacterial gastroenteritis (Cholera, E.coli, minor salmonellosis, Shigella, Campylobacter, C. difficile)
- Protozoan diarrhea (gardening, amoebiasis, cryptosporidiosis)
- Helminth diarrhea (tapeworm, oxyuriasis, ascaridiases)

Tropical Diseases

- Epidemiology of tropical diseases: what are the 6 deadly killers?
- Malaria
- Epidemiology
- Life cycle
- Pathogenesis
- Typical and atypical presentation
- Complications and prognosis
- Diagnosis
- Differential diagnosis between plasmids
- Principles of therapy and prophylaxis
- Schistosomiasis
- Epidemiology
- Life cycle
- Clinical: acute form, chronic forms
- Diagnosis
- Therapy
- Control measures

Infections transmitted by arthropods

- Dengue
- West-Nile fever
- Zika virus
- Chikungunya
- Viral haemorrhagic fevers
- Rickettsiosis rash and ehrlichiosis

Systemic infections

- Infectious mononucleosis and CMV infection
- Brucellosis
- Cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis
- Lyme Diseases
- Toxoplasmosis
- Atypical mycobacteriosis

Sepsis and septic shock
- Etiology and epidemiology
- Pathophysiology and pathogenesis
- Clinical overview
- Microbiological diagnosis
- The antibiotic and supportive therapeutic approach

HIV infection

- History
- Epidemiology
- Vital click of HIV
- Natural history of infection
- Immunopathogenesis
- Main opportunistic manifestations, divided by apparatus
- Diagnosis of acute and chronic infection


Immunocompromised host infections

- Infections in the solid organ transplant patient
- Infections in the bone marrow transplant patient
- Infections in the patient with neoplasia
- Splenectomized patient infections
- Infections in the diabetic patient
- Infections in the alcoholic patient
- Infections in the injecting drug patient

Infections of the soft tissue and musculoskeletal system

- Cellulitis and soft tissue infections, in particular:
- Erisipela
- Gaseous gangrene
- Necrotizing fasciitis
- Primitive septic arthritis and on synthetic media
- Primitive and Synthetic Osteomyelitis
- Sponsoredilodisciti

Infections of the cardiovascular system

- Infectious endocarditis
- Etiology
- Clinical manifestations and complications
- Diagnosis (Dukes criteria)
- Principles of therapy and prophylaxis
- Myocarditis and infectious pericarditis
- Clinical manifestations and complications
- Principles of diagnosis

Urinary tract infections and sexually transmitted diseases

- Cystitis
- Pyelonephritis
- Syphilis
- Gonorrhoea
- Chlamydia and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
- Trichomonas
- Gardrenella
- Lymphogranuloma venereum


Nervous system infections

- Meningiti
- Etiology
- Pathogenesis
- Clinical events
- Diagnosis (clinical and laboratory, with particular emphasis on CSF analysis)
- Principles of therapy
- Encephalitis and encephalomyelitis
- General pathogenesis
- Clinical events
- Diagnostic evaluation
- Main aetiological agents and their clinical features
- HSV and VZV
- CMV
- Enterovirus
- anger
- Bacterial toxin-mediated neurasthysts
- Cerebral abscess and subdural empyema

COVID-19

· Epidemiology
· Pathogenesis
· Main clinical manifestations
· Diagnosis
Prerequisites for admission
No prerequisites are required.
Teaching methods
Lectures: 48 hours (24 lessons)
Exercises: 16 hours (4 lessons of 4 hours, divided into 2 groups)
Teaching Resources
"Malattie Infettive" di Moroni, Esposito, Antinori
"Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases" Mandell, Douglas and Bennett's
Assessment methods and Criteria
Admission to the examination is subject to attendance of at least 75% of the lessons.
The exam will include a written test (multiple choice quiz) and an oral test.
MED/17 - INFECTIOUS DISEASES - University credits: 5
Informal teaching: 16 hours
Lessons: 48 hours
Shifts:
Gruppo 1
Professor: Gori Andrea
Gruppo 2
Professor: Bandera Alessandra
Turno
Professors: Bandera Alessandra, Gori Andrea

Linea: San Donato

Responsible
Course syllabus
Exanthematical infections
- Epidemiology
- Etiology
- Pathogenesis and clinical (typical course and complications)
- Therapeutic possibilities
- Active and passive prophylaxis
the following rash diseases: measles, rubella, infectious megaloerythema, critical rash, scarlet fever, chickenpox and other vesicular rashes

Respiratory tract infections

- Infectious respiratory syndromes:
- Diphtheria
- Pharyngitis / tonsillitis
- Epiglottis/laryngitis/tracheitis
- Acute bronchitis and relapse of chronic bronchitis
- Bronchiolitis
- Viral pneumonia
- Bacterial pneumonia
- Influenza
- Pulmonary tuberculosis (and extrapulmonary forms)
- Pertussis

Liver and biliary tract infections

- Epidemiology, etiology and pathogenesis of viral hepatitis
- Diagnosis of acute and chronic viral hepatitis
- Treatment of viral hepatitis
- Yellow fever
- Leptospirosis
- Hydatidosis
- Biliary tract infections

Infections of the digestive system: infectious diarrhoea

- Aetiological and pathophysiological classification
- Food poisoning (staphylococcal, botulism, C. perfrigens, V. parahaemoliticus, B. cereus)
- Viral Gastroenteritis (Norwalk, Rotavirus, other viruses involved)
- Bacterial gastroenteritis (Cholera, E.coli, minor salmonellosis, Shigella, Campylobacter, C. difficile)
- Protozoan diarrhea (gardening, amoebiasis, cryptosporidiosis)
- Helminth diarrhea (tapeworm, oxyuriasis, ascaridiases)

Tropical Diseases

- Epidemiology of tropical diseases: what are the 6 deadly killers?
- Malaria
- Epidemiology
- Life cycle
- Pathogenesis
- Typical and atypical presentation
- Complications and prognosis
- Diagnosis
- Differential diagnosis between plasmids
- Principles of therapy and prophylaxis
- Schistosomiasis
- Epidemiology
- Life cycle
- Clinical: acute form, chronic forms
- Diagnosis
- Therapy
- Control measures

Infections transmitted by arthropods

- Dengue
- West-Nile fever
- Zika virus
- Chikungunya
- Viral haemorrhagic fevers
- Rickettsiosis rash and ehrlichiosis

Systemic infections

- Infectious mononucleosis and CMV infection
- Brucellosis
- Cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis
- Lyme Diseases
- Toxoplasmosis
- Atypical mycobacteriosis

Sepsis and septic shock
- Etiology and epidemiology
- Pathophysiology and pathogenesis
- Clinical overview
- Microbiological diagnosis
- The antibiotic and supportive therapeutic approach

HIV infection

- History
- Epidemiology
- Vital click of HIV
- Natural history of infection
- Immunopathogenesis
- Main opportunistic manifestations, divided by apparatus
- Diagnosis of acute and chronic infection


Immunocompromised host infections

- Infections in the solid organ transplant patient
- Infections in the bone marrow transplant patient
- Infections in the patient with neoplasia
- Splenectomized patient infections
- Infections in the diabetic patient
- Infections in the alcoholic patient
- Infections in the injecting drug patient

Infections of the soft tissue and musculoskeletal system

- Cellulitis and soft tissue infections, in particular:
- Erisipela
- Gaseous gangrene
- Necrotizing fasciitis
- Primitive septic arthritis and on synthetic media
- Primitive and Synthetic Osteomyelitis
- Sponsoredilodisciti

Infections of the cardiovascular system

- Infectious endocarditis
- Etiology
- Clinical manifestations and complications
- Diagnosis (Dukes criteria)
- Principles of therapy and prophylaxis
- Myocarditis and infectious pericarditis
- Clinical manifestations and complications
- Principles of diagnosis

Urinary tract infections and sexually transmitted diseases

- Cystitis
- Pyelonephritis
- Syphilis
- Gonorrhoea
- Chlamydia and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
- Trichomonas
- Gardnerella
- Lymphogranuloma venereum


Nervous system infections

- Meningiti
- Etiology
- Pathogenesis
- Clinical events
- Diagnosis (clinical and laboratory, with particular emphasis on CSF analysis)
- Principles of therapy
- Encephalitis and encephalomyelitis
- General pathogenesis
- Clinical events
- Diagnostic evaluation
- Main aetiological agents and their clinical features
- HSV and VZV
- CMV
- Enterovirus
- anger
- Bacterial toxin-mediated neurasthysts
- Cerebral abscess and subdural empyema

COVID-19
· Epidemiology
· Pathogenesis
· Main clinical manifestations
· Diagnosis
Prerequisites for admission
No prerequisites are required.
Teaching methods
Formal teaching: 48 ore (24 lezioni)
non-formal teaching: 16 ore (4 lezioni da 4 ore, con suddivisione in 2 gruppi)
Teaching Resources
"Malattie Infettive" di Moroni, Esposito, Antinori
"Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases" Mandell, Douglas and Bennett's
Assessment methods and Criteria
Admission to the exam is subject to the attendance of at least 66% of the lessons.
Oral exam with possible multiple choice quiz.
MED/17 - INFECTIOUS DISEASES - University credits: 5
Informal teaching: 16 hours
Lessons: 48 hours
Professor: Antinori Spinello
Shifts:
Turno
Professor: Antinori Spinello

Linea: San Giuseppe

Course syllabus
Exanthematical infections
- Epidemiology
- Etiology
- Pathogenesis and clinical (typical course and complications)
- Therapeutic possibilities
- Active and passive prophylaxis
the following rash diseases: measles, rubella, infectious megaloerythema, critical rash, scarlet fever, chickenpox and other vesicular rashes

Respiratory tract infections

- Infectious respiratory syndromes:
- Diphtheria
- Pharyngitis / tonsillitis
- Epiglottis/laryngitis/tracheitis
- Acute bronchitis and relapse of chronic bronchitis
- Bronchiolitis
- Viral pneumonia
- Bacterial pneumonia
- Influenza
- Pulmonary tuberculosis (and extrapulmonary forms)
- Pertussis

Liver and biliary tract infections

- Epidemiology, etiology and pathogenesis of viral hepatitis
- Diagnosis of acute and chronic viral hepatitis
- Treatment of viral hepatitis
- Yellow fever
- Leptospirosis
- Hydatidosis
- Biliary tract infections

Infections of the digestive system: infectious diarrhoea

- Aetiological and pathophysiological classification
- Food poisoning (staphylococcal, botulism, C. perfrigens, V. parahaemoliticus, B. cereus)
- Viral Gastroenteritis (Norwalk, Rotavirus, other viruses involved)
- Bacterial gastroenteritis (Cholera, E.coli, minor salmonellosis, Shigella, Campylobacter, C. difficile)
- Protozoan diarrhea (gardening, amoebiasis, cryptosporidiosis)
- Helminth diarrhea (tapeworm, oxyuriasis, ascaridiases)

Tropical Diseases

- Epidemiology of tropical diseases: what are the 6 deadly killers?
- Malaria
- Epidemiology
- Life cycle
- Pathogenesis
- Typical and atypical presentation
- Complications and prognosis
- Diagnosis
- Differential diagnosis between plasmids
- Principles of therapy and prophylaxis
- Schistosomiasis
- Epidemiology
- Life cycle
- Clinical: acute form, chronic forms
- Diagnosis
- Therapy
- Control measures

Infections transmitted by arthropods

- Dengue
- West-Nile fever
- Zika virus
- Chikungunya
- Viral haemorrhagic fevers
- Rickettsiosis rash and ehrlichiosis

Systemic infections

- Infectious mononucleosis and CMV infection
- Brucellosis
- Cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis
- Lyme Diseases
- Toxoplasmosis
- Atypical mycobacteriosis

Sepsis and septic shock
- Etiology and epidemiology
- Pathophysiology and pathogenesis
- Clinical overview
- Microbiological diagnosis
- The antibiotic and supportive therapeutic approach

HIV infection

- History
- Epidemiology
- Vital click of HIV
- Natural history of infection
- Immunopathogenesis
- Main opportunistic manifestations, divided by apparatus
- Diagnosis of acute and chronic infection


Immunocompromised host infections

- Infections in the solid organ transplant patient
- Infections in the bone marrow transplant patient
- Infections in the patient with neoplasia
- Splenectomized patient infections
- Infections in the diabetic patient
- Infections in the alcoholic patient
- Infections in the injecting drug patient

Infections of the soft tissue and musculoskeletal system

- Cellulitis and soft tissue infections, in particular:
- Erisipela
- Gaseous gangrene
- Necrotizing fasciitis
- Primitive septic arthritis and on synthetic media
- Primitive and Synthetic Osteomyelitis
- Sponsoredilodisciti

Infections of the cardiovascular system

- Infectious endocarditis
- Etiology
- Clinical manifestations and complications
- Diagnosis (Dukes criteria)
- Principles of therapy and prophylaxis
- Myocarditis and infectious pericarditis
- Clinical manifestations and complications
- Principles of diagnosis

Urinary tract infections and sexually transmitted diseases

- Cystitis
- Pyelonephritis
- Syphilis
- Gonorrhoea
- Chlamydia and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
- Trichomonas
- Gardnerella
- Lymphogranuloma venereum


Nervous system infections

- Meningiti
- Etiology
- Pathogenesis
- Clinical events
- Diagnosis (clinical and laboratory, with particular emphasis on CSF analysis)
- Principles of therapy
- Encephalitis and encephalomyelitis
- General pathogenesis
- Clinical events
- Diagnostic evaluation
- Main aetiological agents and their clinical features
- HSV and VZV
- CMV
- Enterovirus
- anger
- Bacterial toxin-mediated neurasthysts
- Cerebral abscess and subdural empyema

COVID-19
· Epidemiology
· Pathogenesis
· Main clinical manifestations
· Diagnosis
Prerequisites for admission
No prerequisites are required.
Teaching methods
Formal teaching: 48 ore (24 lezioni)
non-formal teaching: 16 ore (4 lezioni da 4 ore, con suddivisione in 2 gruppi)
Teaching Resources
"Malattie Infettive" di Moroni, Esposito, Antinori
"Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases" Mandell, Douglas and Bennett's
Assessment methods and Criteria
Admission to the exam is subject to the attendance of at least 66% of the lessons.
Oral exam with possible multiple choice quiz.
MED/17 - INFECTIOUS DISEASES - University credits: 5
Informal teaching: 16 hours
Lessons: 48 hours