- Docente: Gabriella Verucchi
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/17
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 5907)
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from Apr 02, 2025 to May 05, 2025
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will know the basic principles about the most important diseases caused by pathogen microorganisms
Course contents
- General principles about diagnosis and therapy of infectious diseases.
- Respiratory tract infections: flu, alveolar and interstitial pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis, COVID 19
- Endocarditis
- Gastro-intestinal infections: cholera, minor salmonellosis
- Viral hepatitis
- Infectious osteomyelitis, infectious arthritis
- Viral Hepatitis
- Viral and bacterial meningitis
- Arthropod-borne infections: Lyme disease
- Sepsis
Readings/Bibliography
- L. Calza. Principi di Malattie Infettive. V Edizione. Esculapio, 2022.
- M. Moroni, R. Esposito, S. Antinori. Malattie Infettive. Masson, 2014.
- Bennett JE, Dolin R, Blaser MJ. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 8th Edition. Elsevier Saunders, 2015.
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 regarding all the presented topics.
Teaching tools
PowerPoint slides presented by a video-projector.
Students will find all presented slides in the “Guida web” section.
Office hours
See the website of Gabriella Verucchi [https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/gabriella.verucchi/en]
Office hours
See the website of Gabriella Verucchi