Infectious Diseases Unit

Recommended Prerequisites

Physiology, imunology, microbiology and parasitology; knowledge of English.

Teaching Methods

Lectures, practical classes, seminars and theoretical-practical lessons.

Learning Outcomes

Develop medical history of a patient with infectious pathology , highlighting the epidemiological data and the differential diagnosis;

Propose a plan for research and therapeutic intervention;

Identify the most common infectious syndromes;

Reinforce the importance of the interrelationship between clinical and specificity of laboratory data.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Infectious Diseases: Emerging / Re-emerging; HIV Infection / AIDS; Viral hepatitis / Co-Infection; Infections among drug addicts; tuberculosis; Infections of the Central Nervous System; zoonoses; Diarrhea of infectious etiology; Sexually Transmitted Infections; Travel Medicine; Avian and human influenza of avian origin; Infection in Health Care; Contents of Microbiology and Parasitology.

Head Lecturer(s)

António Abel Garcia Meliço Silvestre

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Resolution Problems: 25.0%
Exam: 75.0%

Bibliography

 

1 - MANDELL: Principles and Practise of Infectious Diseases, 5ª edição, N. York, Churchill Livingstone Inc., 2005.

2 - A.MELIÇO-SILVESTRE ET AL: Doenças Infecciosas: o desafio da clínica; Temas de Infecciologia, 2008. Biblioteca Departamento D. Inf.

3 - A.MELIÇO-SILVESTRE e A. MOTA MIRANDA: SIDA: duas décadas de epidemia em Portugal; Permanyer Portugal, 2002 .

4 - COHEN AND POWDERLY: Infectious Diseases; Second Edition. Mosby, 2004. ISBN: 0323026079.

5 - http://www.cdc.gov/hiv - WEB

Center for Diseases Control