Scuola di Specializzazione
Malattie Infettive e Tropicali
dell’Università degli Studi di Padova

Welcome to the lecture website for the course: Principles of Antibiotic Therapy (CFU 2).

This course will explore practical and fundamental aspects of antibiotic therapy through the following topics.

Lecture	Topic
1	History of antibiotic therapy/discovery
2	Principles of antibiotic therapy 1
3	Principles of antibiotic therapy 2
4	β-lactams and β-lactamase inhibitors part 1
5	β-lactams and β-lactamase inhibitors part 2
6	Penicillin and antibiotic hypersensitivity
7	Aminoglycosides
8	Glycopeptides
9	Oxazolidinones
10	Fluoroquinolones
11	Tetracyclines and modified tetracyclines
12	Macrolides and Lincosamindes
13	Folate antagonists
14	Nitrofurans and fosfomycins
15	Colistin, metronidazole
16	Future antibiotics: Peptides, phages and monoclonals