- Docente: Leonardo Calza
- Credits: 2
- SSD: MED/17
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Podiatry (cod. 8479)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will know the basic principles about the most important diseases caused by pathogen microorganisms, particularly involving the legs.
Course contents
- General principles about diagnosis and therapy of infectious diseases.
- Respiratory tract infections: flu, alveolar and interstitial pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis
- Gastro-intestinal infections: cholera, minor salmonellosis
- Viral hepatitis
- Skin and soft tissue infections
- Infectious osteomyelitis, infectious arthritis
- Infectious endocarditis
- Viral and bacterial meningitis
- Arthropod-borne infections: Lyme disease
- Sepsis
- HIV infection and AIDS
Readings/Bibliography
- L. Calza. Principi di Malattie Infettive. IV Edizione. Esculapio, 2017.
- M. Moroni, R. Esposito, S. Antinori. Malattie Infettive. Masson, 2014.
- Bennett JE, Dolin R, Blaser MJ. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 8th Edition. Elsevier Saunders, 2015.
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons with explanatory slides.
Assessment methods
Oral test.
Teaching tools
Teaching material available on the coruse web site.
Office hours
See the website of Leonardo Calza