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	PK/PD principles of antibiotic therapy
3	Natural β-lactams
4	Cephalosporins
5	Carbapenems
6	Penicillin and antibiotic hypersensitivity
7	Future antibiotics
8	Aminoglycosides
9	Glycopeptides & Streptogramins
10	Oxazolidinones
11	Fluoroquinolones
12	Tetracyclines and modified tetracyclines
13	Macrolides and Lincosamindes
14	TMP/SMX
15	Colistin, metronidazole, Nitrofurans and fosfomycins
16	Future antibiotics: Peptides, phages and monoclonals