MNIN101 Infectious diseases

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Adriana Braunová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Lenka Fašaneková (lecturer)
MUDr. Tomáš Gergel (lecturer)
MUDr. Lukáš Homola, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Petr Husa, CSc. (lecturer)
MUDr. Petr Husa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. MUDr. Lenka Krbková, CSc. (lecturer)
MUDr. Matúš Mihalčin, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Václav Musil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. František Puškáš (lecturer)
MUDr. Martina Pýchová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. MUDr. Svatava Snopková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Roman Stebel, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Radek Svačinka (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
Supplier department: Department of Infectious Diseases – Joint workplaces with the University Hospital Brno - workplaces of the Bohunice and Mater. Hospital – Faculty of Medicine (60,00 %), Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases – Institutions shared with the Faculty Hospital Brno (paediatric medicine) – Faculty of Medicine (40,00 %)
Prerequisites
MNHV0822p Food Safety II - lecture
The aim of this course is to obtain the basic information about infectious diseases. The main stress is put on viral hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, infections of nervous and alimentary tract and zoonotic infections.
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
Course objectives
The aim of the the course is to familiarize students with the field of infectious diseases, with new discoveries in microbiology and infectious medicine, infectious agents related to certain infectious diseases and their causal therapy. Appropriate vaccination for prevention of infectious diseases is also being studied. Special emphasis is placed on viral hepatitis, HIV infection, diarrheal diseases, zoonoses, infections, CNS, Infectious Diseases in Childhood and travel medicine.
Learning outcomes
1. **Understanding Infectious Diseases:** The student will be able to recognize and understand various types of infectious diseases, including viral hepatitis, HIV infections, diarrheal diseases, zoonoses, CNS infections, infectious diseases in childhood, and travel-related infections. 2. **New Discoveries and Trends:** The student will be informed about the latest discoveries in microbiology and infectious medicine and will be able to apply this knowledge to the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. 3. **Relationship Between Infectious Agents and Diseases:** The student will understand the relationship between different infectious agents and their causal effects on specific infectious diseases, and will be able to apply this knowledge to determine appropriate causal therapy. 4. **Prevention and Vaccination:** The student will have knowledge of appropriate vaccination procedures as a prevention against infectious diseases and will be able to recommend and implement vaccination strategies. 5. **Specialized Infectious Diseases:** The student will have in-depth knowledge of specific infectious diseases, including viral hepatitis, HIV infections, and travel-related infections, and will be able to apply this knowledge in clinical practice. 6. **Approach to Diagnosis and Therapy:** The student will be able to apply modern diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in the treatment of infectious diseases, based on current scientific knowledge and clinical recommendations. 7. **Education and Counseling:** The student will be able to effectively educate patients and their families about the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, including providing advice on vaccination and travel medicine prevention.
Syllabus
  • 1. Viral hepatitis (types, mode of transmission, clinical manifestations, possibilities of therapy, vaccination) 2. HIV/AIDS (epidemiology, clinical categories, opportunistic infections) 3. Infectious diarrhea (bacterial: campylobacteriosis, salmonellosis, yersiniosis, shigellosis, diarrhea due to E. coli; viral: rotaviral and noroviral GIT infections) 4. Respiratory tract infections (influenza, laryngitis, epiglottitis, pneumonia) 5. Tick-borne infections (Lyme borreliosis, tick-borne encephalitis) 6. Pediatric infectious diseases (mainly chickenpox (+ shingles), scarlet fever, measles, German measles, the fifth and the sixth disease, mumps) 7. Vaccination (regular, special, exceptional)
Literature
    recommended literature
  • HUSA, Petr, Lenka KRBKOVÁ, Drahomíra BARTOŠOVÁ, Svatava SNOPKOVÁ, Alena HOLČÍKOVÁ, Pavel POLÁK, Radek SVOBODA and Kateřina HAVLÍČKOVÁ. Infekční lékařství. Učební text pro studenty všeobecného lékařství (Infectious Diseases. Textbook for students of general medicine.). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 159 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-5660-2. info
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
The education is in the form of lectures completed by colloquium.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Vhodné pro studenty mikrobiologie Př.F.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 30.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (spring 2025, recent)
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