4 infectious diseases Flashcards
tuberculosis is caused by
mycobacterium tuberculosis
mycobacterium tuberculosis is what kind of bacteria
acid-fast
secondary variant reactivation of active disease associated with
- diabetes, poverty, old age, crowded conditions, AIDS
- military spread through the vascular system
what is involved with skin-lupus vulgaris
tuberculosis
secondary disease of tuberculosis symptoms
- hemopytsis, productuve cough, night sweats, weight loss, fever
- spreads by vascular, lymphatics, or expectorated infected material
secondary disease of tuberculosis oral lesions
*chronic painless ulcer on tongue, palate, lip
chronic ulcer of secondary disease of tuberculosis can resemble
squamous cell carcinoma
scrofula
- nontuberculosis mycobacterium
- found in contaminated milk
- enlargement of oropharyngeal lymphoid tissues and cervical lymph nodes
tuberculosis histopathology
-formation of granulomas w/ caseous necrosis
granulomas
- epithelioid histiocytes
- lymphocytes
- multinucleated giant cells
only diff between TB and other typical granulomatous inflammation is that you will see
caseous necrosis
what causes granulomatous inflammation
TB
foreign body
cat scratch disease
cat scratch disease’s most common cause of
**chronic regional lymphadenopathy in children
enlarged lymph nodes
lymphadenopathy
cat scratch
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