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-lactamases part 1
5 β-lactams and and β-lactamases part 2
6 PCN and antibiotic allergy
7 Aminoglycosides
8 Glycopeptides
9 Oxizolidinones
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