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

MODULE 1

General principles of applied hygiene

Risk factors for diseases

Epidemiology and general prophylaxis of infectious diseases and degenerative chronic diseases

Health promotion and diseases prevention

Prevention, strategies, life styles: importance and complexity  

Immunoprophylaxis and vaccines

Disinfection and sterilization

Basics of Epidemiology

 

MODULE 2

Introduction to Infectious Diseases: actual and future scenario, the global challenges, SARS-CoV2.

the diagnostic approach, the principles of Pathogenesis and the route of transmission.

The Healthcare associated Infections: definitions, epidemiology and clinical caracteristics.

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

Principles of microbiological diagnosis.

Principles of antimicrobial therapy.

Vascular catheter-related infections.

Infective Endocarditis.

Bone and joint 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

Notes from lessons.

Teaching methods

All course topics will be presented by frontal lessons and studied in depth by open debates.

Assessment methods

The assessment examination of "Hygiene and Infectious Diseases" will be performed in the context of the Integrated Course "Public Health Science" by a written test including 64 multiple-choice questions regarding all the courses of the Integrated Course, on the bases of the credits of each couse:

• Hygiene and Infectious Diseases: 24 questions

• General and Clinical Microbiology: 16 questions

• Occupational Medicine: 8 questions

• Forensic Medicine: 8 questions

• Radioprotection: 8 questions

To pass the exam and obtain a final grade "18/30" at least 36 correct answers are needed. A final grade "30/30 e Lode" is obtained for more than 60 correct answers.

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 Francesco Cristini

See the website of Davide Gori