Infectious Diseases Unit
5
2022-2023
02026248
Clinical Specialities
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
5.5
Compulsory
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado
Recommended Prerequisites
Physiology, imunology, therapeutics and microbiology/parasitology; knowledge of English.
Teaching Methods
Lectures, practical classes, seminars and theoretical-practical lessons.
Learning Outcomes
Develop a medical record of a patient with an infectious diseases, highlighting the epidemiological data and the differential diagnosis;
Propose a plan for working diagnosis and therapeutic intervention;
Identify the most common infectious syndromes;
Reinforce the importance of the interrelationship between clinical data and the specificity of laboratory data.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
Infectious Diseases Relevance.
Emerging / Re-emerging infections.
HIV Infection / AIDS.
Viral hepatitis in HIV co-infection.
Antibiotic therapy (rational use).
Vaccines in adults.
Respiratory tract infections.
Infections among drug addicts.
Infections of the Central Nervous System.
zoonosis.
Infectious diarrhea in adults.
Sexually transmitted infections.
International health - Imported infectious diseases.
Health care associated infections.
Fever of unknown origin.
Animal bites.
Interface of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases.
Head Lecturer(s)
Vitor Manuel Jorge Duque
Assessment Methods
Assessment
Exam: 100.0%
Bibliography
1-Monografia da Unidade Curricular de Doenças Infeciosas, disponível no Nónio.
2-Harrisons Principles of Internal Medicine, 19ª Edição, 2015. ISBN: 9780071802154
3-Goldman-Cecil Medicine, 25ª Edição, 2015. ISBN: 9781455750177
4-Murray P, Rosenthal KS, Pfaller MA: Medical Microbiology, edition 8, New York, 2016, Elsevier.
5-Goering, Dockrell, Zuckerman, Roitt, Chiodini: Mims' Medical Microbiology, edition 5, New York, 2014, Elsevier.