39302 - Hygiene and Communicable Diseases

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

HYGIENE

General principles of hygiene

General principles of diseases epidemiology

Mechanisms of transmission of diseases

General principles of prevention of transmittable and non-transmittable diseases

Vaccines

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Introduction to the Infectious Diseases: actual and future scenario, the global challenges, the diagnostic approach, the principles of Pathogenesis and the route of transmission

The Healthcare associated Infections from the clinical perspective

The severity of Infections, the concept of Sepsis and Septic Shock: definition, diagnosis and epidemiology 

Principles of antimicrobial therapy

Vascular catheter-related infections

Infective Endocarditis

Osteoarticular Infections

Meningitis and other Central Nervous Sistem Infections

Infective diarrhea

Urinary tract Infections

Skin and soft tissues Infections

Respiratory Infections, focus on Pneumonia

Tuberculosis

Fever in the returning traveller

Vector-borne infections

The Infections in the immunocompromised host

Post-surgical Infections

Exanthematous diseases

Viral hepatitis

Sexsual transmitted infections

HIV and AIDS

Readings/Bibliography

Hygiene: Fantini MP, Dallolio L, Fabbri G, Bravi F. Igiene e Sanità Pubblica. Società Editrice Esculapio.

Infectious Diseases: Notes from lessons. For in-depht analysis: L. Calza. Principi di Malattie Infettive. V Edizione. Esculapio, 2022.

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 in the context of the Integrated Course of Public Health Sciences.

A total of 64 questions, to be completed in 1 hour, divided in:

24 questions for Hygiene and Infectious Diseases

16 questions for General and Clinical Microbiology

8 questions for Occupational Medicine

8 questions for Forensic Medicine

8 questions for Radioprotection 

To pass the exam it is necessary to answer correctly to al least 36 questions (to obtain 18/30).

Teaching tools

PowerPoint slides presented by a video-projector.

The slides are available on dedicated Virtual spaces.

Office hours

See the website of Francesco Cristini