- Docente: Patrizia Ortolani
- Credits: 2
- SSD: MED/17
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Health Assistance (cod. 8879)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 8475)
Learning outcomes
The course of Hygiene and Infectious Diseases will supply the students with the basic principles about the general and applied hygiene and about general and specific knowledge of clinical syndromes sustained by infectious agents. In detail, the students will learn the basic principles regarding etiology, epidemiology, clinical manifestation, diagnosis and therapy of infectious diseases, with particular reference to the infectious illnesses related to their next profession.
Course contents
1. General principles of hygiene; diseases epidemiology
2.Introduction to infectious diseases: agents of infection
3.Host defense mechanisms
4.The Mycrobiology laboratory
5.Principles of anti-infective Therapy
6. Prophylaxis of infectious diseases
7. Immunoprophylaxis and vaccines
8. Virus-associated malignancies
9.Skin rashes
10. HIV
11. Viral hepatitis
12. Sexually transmitted diseases
13. Arthtropod borne infections
14. Ebola and Zika
15. TBC
16. Mononucleosys-like syndromes
17. Lung and respiratory infections
18. Skin and soft tissue infections
19.Bone, Joint and prostetic Joint infections
20. Sepsis and endocarditis
21. Infections of the central nervous system
22. Gastrointestinal infections
23. Infections in the immunocompromised host
24. Health care associated infections
Teaching methods
All course topics will be presented by frontal lessons and studied in depth by open debates.
Assessment methods
The assessment examination will be performed by a written test including multiple-choice questions regarding all the presented topics.
Teaching tools
PowerPoint slides presented by a video-projector.
All the presented slides are available on the web site of the course.
Office hours
See the website of Patrizia Ortolani