Professionals in the health care setting need to be familiar with diseases of various organs systems that can be caused by microbes, with an emphasis on the pathogenesis, epidemiology, and treatments to be adopted. Upon completion of this topic, students should be able to identify and name the organisms, and be able to associate the characteristic symptoms of the infections studied.
Objectives:
- Describe the causative agent, pathogenesis, epidemiology, treatment, and prevention for bacterial, viral, and fungal infections of the respiratory tract.
- Describe the role of normal skin microbiota, and the causative agent, pathogenesis, epidemiology, treatment, and prevention for skin diseases and wound infections caused by bacteria, viruses, and fungi.
- Describe the causative agent, pathogenesis, epidemiology, treatment, and prevention for bacterial and viral diseases of the digestive system.
- Describe the causative agent, pathogenesis, epidemiology, treatment, and prevention for bacterial, viral, and protozoan diseases of the blood and lymphatic systems.
- Describe the causative agent, pathogenesis, epidemiology, treatment, and prevention for bacterial, viral, and protozoan diseases of the nervous system.
- Describe the causative agent, pathogenesis, epidemiology, treatment, and prevention for urogenital system diseases, including the features of urinary tract infections.