01218 - Clinical Immunology

Learning outcomes

- Understand the main disorders of the immune system (immunodeficiency, allergy, autoimmunity, and autoinflammation);

- Estimate the change in the probability of disease resulting from the execution of a diagnostic test;

- Identify the main causes of secondary immunodeficiency, and suspect the existence of a primary immune deficiency;

- Recognize the main allergies in their common manifestations, and establish a first treatment plan;

- Learn how to diagnose and treat anaphylaxis;

- Learn how to suspect the presence of autoimmune disease;

- Have an overview of the options currently available for the suppression and potentiation of the immune system;

- Know the clinical manifestations of the main autoimmune diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and liver;

- Know the clinical manifestations of the main connective tissue disease;

- Have a general understanding of vasculitides that will aid in their differential diagnosis.

Course contents

- Introduction to clinical immunology.

-  Connective tissue disease

- Autoimmune gastrointestinal and hepatological diseases

- Vasculitis 

- Autoinflammatory diseases 

- Immunodeficiencies

- Allergy and anaphylaxis

Readings/Bibliography

Misbah SA, Spickett GP, Dalm VASH. Chapel and Haeney’s Essentials of Clinical Immunology. 7th edition. Wiley Blackwell; 2022

For a detalied description of the single diseases:

Loscalzo J, Fauci AS, Kasper DL, Hauser SL, Longo D, Jameson JL. Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, Twenty-First Edition (Vol.1 & Vol.2). New York: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical; 2022.

Teaching methods

classrom taught lesson

Teaching tools

The course handouts (PDF) will be available for the duration of the academic year at the web address provided by the teacher at the beginning of the course.

Office hours

See the website of Elisa Fabbri