Department of Tropical Medicine

Code 55, 3 credit points
Eligible subject, 3rd study year
Winter semester, 2006-2007
1) 10.10. Introduction into the medical parasitology.
Structure, life cycle of parasitic protists & helmints. dr. Stejskal
2) 17.10. Epidemiology of parasitic infections. dr. Stejskal
3) 24.10. Malaria: Life cycle, pathophysiology and diagnostics. Overview of antimalarial drugs. dr. Stejskal
4) 31.10. Blood parasitic infections. Leishmaniasis. Trypanosomiasis.
Investigations and laboratory diagnostics. dr. Stejskal
5) 7.11. Pathophysiology and laboratory investigations
of parasitic respiratory infections. Pneumocystosis. dr. Klieščiková
6) 14.11. Normal and parasitic flora of the gastro-intestinal tract.
Pathophysiology, pathology and laboratory investigations
of intestinal and liver parasitic infections. dr. Stejskal
7) 21.11. Amebiasis, giardiasis, cryptosporidiosis. dr. Stejskal
8) 28.11. Overview of helmintic infections. Intestinal helmintic infections. Symptoms, signs and laboratory diagnostics. dr. Stejskal
9) 5.12. Schistosomiasis. dr. Stejskal
10) 12.12. Filariases and dracunculosis. dr. Stejskal
11) 19.12. Toxocarosis, cysticercosis, echinococcosis and
other tissue helmintic infections dr. Stejskal
12) 9.1.07 Tissue and central nervous system parasitic infections.
Toxoplasmosis. Free living amoebas. dr.Klieščiková
13) 16.1. Principles of chemotherapy of parasitic infections.

Consultations, credit test, credits. dr. Stejskal

The course will be held at the Department of Tropical Medicine, Studnickova 7, Prague 2 (the entrance is opposite of the Department of Forensic Medicine through the courtyard) on TUESDAYS from 5.00 p.m. and will start on October 10, 2006.
Contact: MUDr. RNDr. František Stejskal, Ph.D.
Email: fstej@lf1.cuni.cz, phone: 2 2496 8523; web: http://inf3.lf1.cuni.cz/vyukaZS.html