Pharmacotherapy of Communicable Diseases

As a Pharmcay intern preparing for the PEP Exam You must master the evidence-based treatment, doses, side effects, and interactions for major infectious diseases.

Key Diseases include: Malaria, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Sexually Transmitted Infections .

Common Infections: Diarrhea, Dysentery, Pneumonia, Typhoid fever, Meningitis, and Septicemia .

Specific Organs: Hepatitis (B & C), Otitis media/externa, Eye and Skin infections .

Public Health focus: Antibiotic Stewardship and management of emerging diseases like Ebola, Lassa fever, and Zika.