ABSTRACT
‘Infectious diseases and tropical medicine’ is another broad topic but relates to microbiology, treatment, and presentation of specific infections including:
septicaemia
meningitis/encephalitis
endocarditis
pneumonia
tuberculosis
PUO
soft tissue infections
intra-abdominal sepsis
streptococcal infections
gastrointestinal infections
tropical infections including malaria, bilharzia, amoebiasis, filariasis, leishmaniasis, hookworm and viral haemorrhagic fevers
viral hepatitis
HIV/AIDS
glandular fever syndrome and its differentiation from HIV seroconversion illness
spirochaetosis–syphilis, borrelia (Lyme disease), and leptospirosis
toxic shock syndrome and staphylococcal infections
