INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES
The course of infectious and parasitic diseases consists of 30 hours of seminars and 60 hours of
classes. It lasts 15 days. The goal of the course is to present state of main infections and parasitic
diseases with special indication on hepatotropic viruses, HIV/AIDS, neuroinfection and children's
infectious diseases. During classes students discuss case reports.
TEACHERS
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prof. dr hab. Waldemar Halota
dr hab. n. med. Małgorzata Pawłowska, prof. UMK
dr n. med. Dorota Dybowska
dr n. med. Edyta Grąbczewska
dr n. med. Dorota Kozielewicz
dr n. med. Anita Olczak
dr n. med. Małgorzata Sobolewska-Pilarczyk
lek. med. Kornelia Karwowska
CONTACT: kikchzak@cm.umk.pl
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Name of the unit offering the course: Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology
Head of the unit: prof. dr hab. Waldemar Halota
Year 4, number of hours: 60
Form of classes: seminars: 30, tutorials: 30
Form of crediting: exam
Number of ECTS points: 3
Topics:
Epidemiology of infectious diseases with particular regard to AIDS, hospital-acquired
infections, occupational diseases of infectious etiology.
HIV structure, replication, diagnosis of HIV infection.
Natural history of HIV infection.
HIV infection – course, diagnosis, treatment.
Antiretroviral therapy.
Opportunistic infections.
Liver structure and functions. Biochemical diagnosis of liver diseases.
Hepatitis A, B, C, D, E and others.
Acute liver failure. Hepatorenal syndrome. Cholestasis.
Chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis.
Differential diagnosis of liver diseases.
Treatment of chronic hepatitis.
Infections related to pregnancy, delivery and postnatal period.
Childhood infectious diseases (whooping cough, scarlet fever, varicella and herpes zoster,
mononucleosis, rubella, mumps, enteroviral infections).
Typhoid fever and paratyphoid fevers. Typhus fever and other rickettsioses. Leptospirosis.
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Tetanus, gangrene, rabies.
Neuroinfections.
Zoonoses (trichinellosis, brucellosis, toxoplasmosis, plague).
Septic shock, sepsis.
Infectious foodborne diseases. Cholera. Botulism.
Pseudomembranous colitis.
Tick-borne diseases.
Parasitic diseases (taeniases, giardiasis, ascariasis, echinococcosis).
Selected tropical diseases (malaria, yellow fever, haemorrhagic fevers).
Slow virus infections.
Diagnosis of fever of unknown etiology.
Current threats – bioterrorism, SARS, avian influenza and other zoonoses (depending on
current epidemiological issues).
 Prevention of infectious diseases and vaccination schedule.
 Differential laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases.
 Methods of collecting, storing and transporting material for virological, bacteriological
and serological tests.
 Enzyme-linked immunosorbent and molecular diagnostic of infectious diseases.
Booklist:
 Zakim D., Boyer T.D. Hepatology A textbook of liver disease.
 Mandell G.L., Douglas R.G., Bennett J.E. Principles and practice of infectious diseases.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
1. In order to pass seminars, practical lab and hospital sessions, the student must attend
timetabled sessions, obtain partial credits in individual hospital wards and gain pass marks
for seminars. The student must come to seminars and practical lab and hospital sessions
punctually. Lateness may result in a failure to pass the sessions.
2. In order to pass practical lab and hospital sessions, the student must actively participate in
timetabled classes. The student shall be equipped with a stethoscope and necessary
stationery.
3. Passing the practical lab and hospital sessions and seminars is a prerequisite for taking the
examination. The students take the oral examination on infectious diseases immediately
after the block has been completed or during the examination period. The examination must
not be taken during the period intended for learning and teaching activities related to other
subjects.
4. In case of an absence through illness or other good cause for which the student has provided
sufficient evidence, the student must do an oral or written test given by the instructor/tutor.
In case of a failure to pass practical lab and hospital sessions held in a hospital ward, the
student is entitled to apply for repeated classes; in case of a fail mark for the seminar, the
student must undertake the assessment again and obtain a pass mark.
5. Except for stethoscopes and stationery, no personal belongings, in particular food, textbooks
and notebooks are allowed on hospital wards. The students do not need special footwear or
their own protective uniforms. The uniforms are given to the students on the first day of
clinical teaching; the students are required to return the uniforms after the block is
completed. On the first day of clinical teaching, the students are reminded of health and
safety rules and an obligation to comply with sanitary/hygiene requirements of hospital
wards.