At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to understand and analyze the causal relationship of the pathogenic factors of bacteria , viruses, fungi, and parasites with the clinical manifestations of the most common infectious diseases through the analysis of the general characteristics of the agents causing disease (etiology), the pathophysiological mechanisms by which the disease takes hold (pathogenesis) and their morphological and clinical consequences, which will provide a basis for the care of patients with infectious diseases.