Syllabus
INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR 4th COURSE DENTAL MEDICINE
The syllabus:
Section I
Infectious causes of diarrhea. Viral hepatitis
Infectious gastroenteritis of viral and bacterial origin and foodborne toxigenic diarrhoea (clinical course, diagnosis, therapy, prophylaxis)
Differential diagnosis of infectious and non – infectious diarrhoea
Complications of infectious diarrheal diseases
Incidence and epidemiology of viral hepatitis type A, B, C. Clinical picture, therapy. Possibilities of the prophylaxis
Differential diagnosis of acute hepatitis (infectious and non-infectious origin)
Section II
Exanthematic diseases and lymphadenopathy
Differential diagnosis of rashes. Viral and bacterial pathogens in the etiology of „exanthematic diseases“
Differential diagnosis of infectious and non-infectious causes of lymphadenopathy, mainly in orofacial region
Viral, bacterial and protozoal cause sof lymphadenopathy
Section III
Neuroinfections – bacterial and aseptic meningitis
Epidemiology, etiology, clinical features, diagnostic approach. Differential diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, prophylaxis
Bacterial meningitis - haemophilus meningitis, pneumococcal meningitis, meningococcal infection
Septicaemia. Septic shock
Viral meningitis and encephalitis. Tick borne infections (TBE, Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, rickettsiosis, tularaemia). Parotitis epidemica (Mumps) and complications of CNS
Botulism. Tetanus
Section IV
Respiratory tract infections. AIDS
Herpesvirus infections (HSV-1, HSV-2), Chickenpox and herpes zoster
Influenza, parainfluenza, other viral infections of respiratory tract /RS virus, adenovirus, enterovirus, rhinovirus, acute obstructive laryngitis /croup/
AIDS as a consequence of HIV infection. Symptoms in orofacial region
Opportunistic infections and tumours associated with AIDS
EPIDEMIOLOGY:
General epidemiology, disinfetion, disinsection, deratisation, sterilization, vaccination, epidemiology of artropod-borne infections, gastrointestinal infections, viral hepatitis, nosocomial infections, HIV/AIDS. Epidemiological news.
Annotation
INFECTIOUS DISEASES:
Infectious diarrhea. Acute viral hepatitis. Neuroinfections. AIDS. Respiratory tract infections. Exanthematic infectious diseases. Lymphadenopathy.
Methodology of epidemiological studies. Disinfection, sterilisation, diratisation, disinsection. Nosocomial a occupational infections. Vaccination.
Epidemiology:
General epidemiology, selected terminology, working methods
Methods of disinfection and sterilization
Nosocomial infections
Alimentary infections and intoxications
Vector-borne infections, animal injuries and contact with animal biological material
Vaccination
Viral hepatitis
Disease caused by the virus HIV
Coronavirus diseases – SARS, MERS, covid-19
Epidemiological news