Each year, the American Board of Internal Medicine® reviews and updates the content for the Infectious Disease Board Exam. Then, to help you focus your review, it issues an outline of the primary medical topics and their approximate percentages for a typical exam.
The 2025 Infectious Disease Certification Exam topics are:
| Percent of Exam | Infectious Disease Certification Exam Topics |
|---|---|
| 27% | Bacterial Diseases |
| 15% | Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection |
| 9% | Antimicrobial Therapy |
| 7% | Viral Diseases |
| 5% | Travel and Tropical Medicine |
| 5% | Fungi |
| 5% | Immunocompromised Host (Non-HIV Infection) |
| 4% | Vaccinations |
| 5% | Infection Prevention and Control |
| 18% | Internal Medicine and Non-Infectious Syndromes |
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