Tropical Diseases 1,2 - B80134 (elective subject)

• Title: Tropické nemoci 1,2
• Guaranteed by: Institute of Immunology and Microbiology First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague (11-00351)
• Faculty: First Faculty of Medicine
• Actual: from 2024
• Semester: winter
• Points: 6
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:15/15, C [HS]; summer s.:15/15, C [HS]
• Extent per academic year: 60 [hours]
• Capacity: 30
• Min. number of students: 5
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Explanation: MUDr. František Stejskal
• Additional information: http://uim.lf1.cuni.cz/
• Old code: 134
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: RNDr. MUDr. František Stejskal, Ph.D.
• Attributes: Lékařství; Teoretický předmět; Zubní lékařství
• Pre-requisite : B80632, B83162, B83163

Annotation

Epidemiology, clinical and laboratory diagnostics and therapy of the tropical infections. Differential diagnostics of the tropical febrile, gastrointestinal, hepatic and skin diseases. Tropical helminthic infections and tropical eosinophilia. Emerging infections in tropics. Travel medicine. The course is in both, in winter and summer semester, and is composed of the problem-based learning tutorials and seminars.

Last update: Holanová Marcela (29.09.2020)

Syllabus

There will be topics on differential diagnostics of fever in tropics, clinical presentation, diagnostics and management of important viral (arboviral infections as dengue, Zika, chikungunya, measles, viral hemorhagic fevers), bacterial (rickettsial infections. enteric fever, relapsing fever, melioidosis, brucellosis) and febrile parasitic infections (malaria, visceral leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis) during the winter semester.

There will be topics on tropical gastrointestinal infections, traveler´s diarrhea and travel medicine, differential diagnostics of tropical liver and skin lesions including cutaneous leishmaniasis, differential diagnostics of eosinophilia in tropics (schistosomiasis, filariasis etc.) during the summer semester.

PRACTICAL SKILLS: Sampling and management of clinical material for laboratory investigations, recommended and compulsory travel vaccinations, antimalarial chemoprophylaxis, principles of therapy of tropical infections.

The courses will be ended with credit tests at the end of each semester.

The course will be held on FRIDAYS from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. at the Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Studnickova 7, Prague 2.

Last update: Holanová Marcela (29.09.2020)

Literature

G.C. Cook & A.I. Zumla eds.: Mansons Tropical Diseases, 23rd ed, London, 2014, Elsevier
R. Davidson at al.: Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine, 4th ed., New York, 2014, Oxford University Press 
W. Peters, H. M. Gilles:.: Colour Atlas of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 4th ed., London, 1995, Mosby-Wolfe
 

Last update: STE03925 (23.05.2019)

Education plan

English

Schedule semestral
Educational week	Date	From - To	Education type	Theme	Teacher	Files	Note	Hodnocení
1	11.10.2024	13:30 - 15:00	lecture+seminar	Clinical case 1. Differential diagnostics of fever in tropics.	RNDr. MUDr. František Stejskal, Ph.D.		Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Studnickova 7, Prague 2, room “Chabovna”
2	18.10.2024	13:30 - 15:00	lecture+seminar	Clinical case 2. Clinical presentation, diagnostics and management of malaria.	RNDr. MUDr. František Stejskal, Ph.D.
3	08.11.2024	13:30 - 15:00	lecture+seminar	Clinical case 3. Differential diagnostics of tropical lymphadenopathy.	RNDr. MUDr. František Stejskal, Ph.D.
4	15.11.2024	13:30 - 15:00	lecture+seminar	Clinical case 4. Dengue, chikungunya, Zika and other arboviral infections.	RNDr. MUDr. František Stejskal, Ph.D.
5	29.11.2024	13:30 - 15:00	lecture+seminar	Clinical case 5. Tropical rickettsial infections.	RNDr. MUDr. František Stejskal, Ph.D.
6	13.12.2024	13:30 - 15:00	lecture+seminar	Clinical case 6. Typhoid and paratyphoid fever.	RNDr. MUDr. František Stejskal, Ph.D.
7	10.01.2025	13:30 - 15:00	lecture+seminar	Clinical case 7. Relapsing fever and other tropical bacterial infection.	RNDr. MUDr. František Stejskal, Ph.D.
8	24.01.2025	13:30 - 15:00	lecture+seminar	Clinical case 8. Invasive mycotic infections. Consultations, credit tests, credits.	RNDr. MUDr. František Stejskal, Ph.D.

Czech

Rozpis semestrální
Výukový týden	Datum	Od - Do	Typ výuky	Téma	Učitel	Soubory	Poznámka	Hodnocení
1	11.10.2024	13:30 - 15:00	přednáška+seminář	Clinical case 1. Differential diagnostics of fever in tropics.	RNDr. MUDr. František Stejskal, Ph.D.		Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Studnickova 7, Prague 2, room “Chabovna”
2	18.10.2024	13:30 - 15:00	přednáška+seminář	Clinical case 2. Clinical presentation, diagnostics and management of malaria.	RNDr. MUDr. František Stejskal, Ph.D.
3	08.11.2024	13:30 - 15:00	přednáška+seminář	Clinical case 3. Differential diagnostics of tropical lymphadenopathy.	RNDr. MUDr. František Stejskal, Ph.D.
4	15.11.2024	13:30 - 15:00	přednáška+seminář	Clinical case 4. Dengue, chikungunya, Zika and other arboviral infections.	RNDr. MUDr. František Stejskal, Ph.D.
5	29.11.2024	13:30 - 15:00	přednáška+seminář	Clinical case 5. Tropical rickettsial infections.	RNDr. MUDr. František Stejskal, Ph.D.
6	13.12.2024	13:30 - 15:00	přednáška+seminář	Clinical case 6. Typhoid and paratyphoid fever.	RNDr. MUDr. František Stejskal, Ph.D.
7	10.01.2025	13:30 - 15:00	přednáška+seminář	Clinical case 7. Relapsing fever and other tropical bacterial infection.	RNDr. MUDr. František Stejskal, Ph.D.
8	24.01.2025	13:30 - 15:00	přednáška+seminář	Clinical case 8. Invasive mycotic infections. Consultations, credit tests, credits.	RNDr. MUDr. František Stejskal, Ph.D.