VLIN7X1p Infectious Diseases - lecture

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2027
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Kateřina Bochníčková (lecturer)
MUDr. Adriana Braunová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Lenka Fašaneková (lecturer)
MUDr. Jan Flodr (lecturer)
MUDr. Lukáš Homola, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Petr Husa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Petr Husa, CSc. (lecturer)
MUDr. Petra Chmelová (lecturer)
MUDr. Vladimír Jakubo (lecturer)
doc. MUDr. Lenka Krbková, CSc. (lecturer)
MUDr. Matúš Mihalčin, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Václav Musil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Barbora Nebenführová (lecturer)
MUDr. František Puškáš (lecturer)
MUDr. Martina Pýchová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Petra Richtrová (lecturer)
MUDr. Martin Sihlovec (lecturer)
MUDr. Jakub Skutil (lecturer)
doc. MUDr. Svatava Snopková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Roman Stebel, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Radek Svačinka (lecturer)
MUDr. Radek Svoboda (lecturer)
MUDr. Jiřina Vávrová (lecturer)
MUDr. Lenka Vojtilová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. David Vydrář (lecturer)
Kristýna Žaludová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Petr Husa, CSc.
Department of Infectious Diseases – Joint workplaces with the University Hospital Brno - workplaces of the Bohunice and Mater. Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: prof. MUDr. Petr Husa, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Infectious Diseases – Joint workplaces with the University Hospital Brno - workplaces of the Bohunice and Mater. Hospital – Faculty of Medicine (50,00 %), Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases – Institutions shared with the Faculty Hospital Brno (paediatric medicine) – Faculty of Medicine (50,00 %)
Prerequisites (in Czech)
VLPF0622p Pathophysiology II - lecture && VLPA0622p Pathology II - lecture && VLLP0633c Clinical Introduction III - practice && VLLM0522p Medical Microbiology II - lecture && VLIM051p Immunology - lecture
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Abstract
The programme is the continuation of the lessons of INF 1 and enriches them; it is the preparation to the examination, too. The aim of this course is to spread the information about infectious diseases obtained during course VLIN7X21. The main stress is put on viral hepatitisis, infectious of nervous and alimentary systems, Lyme diseases, sepsis, and differential diagnosis of infectious diseases.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- diagnose and propose treatment of infectious diseases (especially viral hepatitis, neuroinfection, sepsis, Lyme borreliosis, gastrointestinal infections
- master the differential diagnosis of infectious diseases.
Key topics
  • The carrier state (Salmonella typhi abdominalis, Salmonella paratyphi B, Streptococcus pyogenes, enteritic salmonellae - aetiology, treatment, regimen measures), viral carrier state, prion infections.
  • Differential diagnosis of viral hepatitis, diarrhoeas, tonsilitis, lymphadenopathy, infectious exanthema, fever.
  • Neuroinfections; bacterial meningitis - aetiology, clinical features, treatment. The problem of the bacterial meningitis in the newborns, little babies and in the elderly.
  • Serous meningitis. Tickborne encephalitis. Lyme boreliosis - stage, clinical features, treatment. The examination of the cerebrospinal fluid; differential diagnosis of meningitis.
  • The infectious diseases in the pregnancy. The infectious disease and the corticosteroid therapy.
  • Anthropozoonoses. Anaerobic infections, tetanus.
  • The introduction to the problem of the geographic and travel medicine. Malaria, leishmaniosis, typhoid fever.
  • Clinical demonstration of the patients.
Study resources and literature
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
The stress is put on practical examination of the patients combined with lectures.
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
Final examination - oral form
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms autumn 2026.
  • Enrolment Statistics (spring 2027, recent)
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