The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
Fields of study the course is directly associated with
Health Sciences (programme LF, N-SZ, specialization Teaching Specialization Optics and Optometrics)
Health Sciences (programme LF, N-SZ, specialization Teaching Specialization Human Alimentation)
Course objectives
The lectures of infectious diseases have the lofty goals: to provide
standards of care for the management of infectious diseases with particular
emphasis on antimicrobial agents, non bacterial infections, specific types
of infections - immunocompromised host, HIV/AIDS, other emerging infections
and opportunistic infections in immunocompromised hosts, rapid advances in
antibiotic and antiviral therapy in infectious diseases, new vaccines and
new recommendations for management.
Syllabus
History, basic principles in the diagnosis and management and
approaches of infectious diseases, new infectious diseases, emerging
infections
- Principles of antibitic use, indication for ATB dosage/duration of
therapy, antiviral agents, introduction to antiviral therapy,
immunization, viral hepatitis
- Central nervous system infection, acute meningitis, bacterial, viral,
cerebrospinal fluid, aids in diff. diagnosis
- Tick- borne encephalitis, Lyme disease, borreliosis, neurological
complications
- Infection of the upper respiratory tract including the common cold,
influenza, pharyngitis and tonsillitis, croup, epiglottitis, laryngitis,
scarlet fever, lower respiratory tract
infections, bronchitis, bronchiolitis, pneumonia, cystis fibrosis,
infectious mononucleosis and mononucleosis-like syndrome
- Skin and soft tissue infections, herpes simplex, herpes zoster,
impetigo, absces, tetanus, pediatric infectious diseases, infectious
diseases with rash
- Immunocompromised host, HIV/AIDS, treatment and prvention of AIDS,
zoonoses, toxoplasmosis, listeriosis, tetanus, rabies and prophylaxis
- Gastrointestinal infections, travels diarrhea, protection of travels,
sexually transmitted diseases, malaria
Literature
CHALUPA, Pavel, Drahomíra BARTOŠOVÁ, Petr HUSA, Zdeněk ČERNÝ, Alena HEJLOVÁ and Alena HOLČÍKOVÁ. Infekční lékařství. Učební text pro posluchače magisterského studia zdravotních věd. (Infectious diseases. Textbook for undergraduates of magister study of health sciences.). 1. vyd. Brno: Vydavatelství Masarykovy univerzity Brno, 2001. 48 pp. ISBN 80-210-2576-X. info
BARTOŠOVÁ, Drahomíra. Infekční onemocnění provázená exantémem. In Infekční lékařství. Učební text pro posluchače magisterského studia zdravotních věd. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 2001. p. 32-37, 6 pp. ISBN 80-210-2576-X. info
Assessment methods
lecture, colloquium
Further comments (probably available only v češtině)
The course is taught annually.
General note: Vhodné pro studenty mikrobiologie Př.F.