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Infection Pharmacology

Code 13655
Year 3
Semester A1
ECTS Credits 14
Workload PL(60H)/T(30H)/TP(90H)
Scientific area Ciências Farmacêuticas
Entry requirements To be a UBI Pharmaceutical Sciences student
Mode of delivery tutorial
Work placements The work placement is included in the programme of interim stages of the general curricular plan
Learning outcomes Study in an integrated way the therapeutics and diagnosis of various infectious processes produced by bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses that can occur to a human level
At the end of this course unit the student will be able to:
- Know, how to apply the principles of general pharmacology on pharmacology of infection.
- Describe and discuss bacterial infections, fungal infections, parasites and viral infections.
- Identify key groups of molecules used against infections
- Describe and recognise the symptoms of major infectious diseases
- Run the laboratory diagnostic tests of the main infectious diseases
- Choose the therapy of the main infectious diseases
- Analyze structure-activity relationship.
Syllabus Introduction to the pharmacology of infection. Major groups of molecules used against bacterial infections, fungal infections, parasites and viral infections: mechanisms of action, resistance mechanisms, pharmacokinetic parameters and side effects. Symptoms and laboratory diagnostic tests of the main pathologies produced by bacteria, fungi, parasites and viruses. Basic clinical factors for the election of an anti-infective treatment. Treatment of major infectious diseases caused by bacteria, fungi, parasites and viruses. Systematic study of several groups of drugs. Structure-Activity Relationships.

Main Bibliography Rang and Dale's (2018), Pharmacology, 9th edition
Goodman and Gilman's (2018), The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, McGraw-Hill Education, 13th edition
Serafim Guimarães, Daniel Moura, Patrício Soares da Silva (2014), Drug Therapy and Its Pharmacological Bases: Manual of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Porto Editora, 6th edition
Page (2006), Integrated Pharmacology, Mosby Elsevier, 3rd edition
Derek G. Waller (2014), Pharmacology and Medical Therapeutics, Saunders Elsevier, 4th edition
Roger Walker and Cate Whittlesea (2012), Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 5th edition
Prescott, Harley & Klein (2007), Microbiology Seventh edition, McGraw-Hill Publishers, 2007, 7th edition
Murray, Rosenthal, Pfaller (2016), Medical Microbiology, Elsevier, 8th edition
Tille (2021), Bailey & Scott's, Diagnostic Microbiology, Elsevier, 15th edition
Scientific articles
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria The teaching ­learning process is organized in theoretical and theo-­practical tutorials and laboratorial activities. In class tutorials, all contents are developed through the analysis and discussion of papers/slides/chapters of books and by solving problems. The program is divided into 8 themes, and for each theme exists a laboratory activity in which the main objective is the integration of the knowledge acquired in the tutorials and the acquisition of skills on microbiology, virology, Mycology and Parasitology laboratory practices.
The evaluation is continuous and summative: theoretical knowledge (A = 0 to 14), practical knowledge (B = 0 to 6).
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2025-09-19

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