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Zoonoses (4) - Bugs From Your Pets

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Brucella abortus, Francisella tularensis, Yersinia pestis, Pasteurella multocida

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Undulating fever is caused by

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Brucella abortus

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Source of Brucella

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Unpasteurized dairy products (Unpas=Undulating fever)

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DOC for brucellosis (undulating fever)

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Doxycycline + rifampin

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Tularemia is caused by

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Franciscella tularensis

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DOC for tularemia

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streptomycin or gentamicin

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Transmission of tularemia

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TICKS (Dermacentor - same with erlichosis), Aerosols, Contact, Ingestions

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Most virulent bacteria

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Yersinia pestis

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small, gram negative rods with bipolar staining (safety pin) - 2 answers

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Yersinia pestis and Pasteurella multocida

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Yersinia pestis causes

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plague - bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic

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Transmission of yersinia

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Flea bite/inhalation

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Buttery colonies with musty odor due to indole production

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pasteurella multocida

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13
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Reservoir of yersinia

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wild rodents

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resorvoir of pasteurella

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cats and dogs

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transmission of pasteurella

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animal bites

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DOC for pasteurella

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Pen G

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reservoir of francisella

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rabbits, deers, rodents

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DOC for yersinina

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Streptomycin and tetracycline

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TB: Prevents leukocycte migration

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Cord Factor (most impt virulence factor of TB)

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TB: subpleural granuloma

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Ghon’s focus

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TB: Ghon’s + LN

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Ghon’s complex

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TB: Radiologically detectable calcification

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Ranke’s complex

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TB: Reactivation focus

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Simon’s Focus

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(+) PPD for HIV, AIDS, old TB, immunocompromised

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> 5mm

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(+) PPD for HR population

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> 10mm

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(+) PPD for LR population

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> 15mm

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TB: Completed DOTS -> Declared NEG -> Positive again

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Relapse

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28
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TB: Remained smear positive at the end or after tx

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Failure

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TB: tx was interrupted for 2 consecutive months

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Defaulter

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TB: Cat I - New smear positive

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2HRZE + 4HR

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TB: Cat II - Relapse, Failure, Defaulter

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2HRZES & 1 HRZE; 5 HRE

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TB: Cat III - New smear neg other than cat I, Less severe extrapulmonary TB

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2HRZE + 4HR

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Other use of BCG other than for dTB

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Prevention of urinary bladder CA

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TB: causes pulmonary disease in AIDS patient with CD4

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Mycobacterium avium-Intracellulare Complex

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DOC for MAI, MAC

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Azithromycin

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36
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Fite Ferraco Staining is for…

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Mycobacterium leprae (Nocardia - weakly staining also)

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hypopigmented plaques, thickened superficial nerves, significant anesthesia

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Tuberculoid leprosy

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38
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DOC for tuberculoid leprosy

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Dapsone and rifampin

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39
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DOC for lepromatous leprosy

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Dapsone, Rifampin, and clofazimine

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DOC for erythema nodosum leprosum

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Thalidomide

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hard, nontender swelling with sinus tracts draining SULFUR GRANULES

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Actinomyces israelli

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42
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DOC for actinomyces

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Pen G + Drainage

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43
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Orange colonies

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Nocardia asteroides

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gram positive rods with aerial hyphae

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Nocardia asteroides

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45
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Mycetomas

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Nocardia asteroides

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46
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DOC for nocardia

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TMP SMX + drainage

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Smallest free living organism

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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Autoantibodies against RED CELLS and BRAIN, LUNG, and LIVER cells

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Cold Agglutinins of mycoplasma

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Walking pneumonia (MCC of atypical pneumonia)

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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MCC of infectious cause of SJS

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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DOC for mycoplasma

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eryhthromycin or azithromycin

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Causes Chancre

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Treponema pallidum

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Causes chancroid

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Haemophilus ducreyi (painful)

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Condyloma lata, macupapular rash, fever, headache, malaise, anorexia, lymphadenopathy

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secondary syphilis

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Clinical spectrum of tertiary syphillis

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Gummas, neurosyphillis, aortitis

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Most important diagnostic test for primary syphilis

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Dark field microscopy

57
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Screening test for syphillis

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RPR/VDRL

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Confirmatory test for syphillis

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FTA-ABS (Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody-Absorption)

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Snuffles, Mulberry molars, Hutchinson triad, saber shins, rhagades, Higoumenakis sign, clutton’s joints

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Congenital syphilis

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Hutchinson triad

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Hutchinson teeth; deafness; keratitis

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unilateral enlargement of sternoclavicular portion of the clavicle

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Higoumenakis Sign

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False positive VDRL results

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V-D-R-L: Viruses, Drugs (marijuana), RF/Rheumatoid arthritis, Lupus/Leprosy

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DOC for syphillis

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Pen G

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influenza like symptoms few hours after receiving pen g for tx of syphilis

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Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction

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largest medically important bacteria

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borrelia burgdorferi

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Stain for Borrelia

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Aniline dyes (Giemsa/Wright)

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Cause of Lyme Disease

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borrelia burgdorferi

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Transmission of Lyme Disease

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bite from deer ticks (Ixodes)

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Spectrum of Lyme Disease

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BAKE a LYME pie - Bell’s palsy, Arthritis, Kardiac (Myocarditis - AV Block), Erythema chronicum migrans

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DOC for Lyme Disease (Borrelia)

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Doxycycline (alternative: amox or cefuroxime)

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Programmed Rearrangements =

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Relapsing fever

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Cause of relapsing fever

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Borrelia recurrenttis

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Diagnostic test for relapsing fever

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microscopy

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DOC for relapsing fever (B. Recurentis)

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Tetracycline or eryhromycin

75
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Transmission of relapsing fever

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Human body louse (pediculus humanus)

76
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Shepherd’s crook

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leptospira interrogans

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Gold standard for detection of leptospirosis

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LeptoMAT (blood and CSF –> urine)

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Most severe form of leptospirosis

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Weil Syndrome

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Triad of Weil Syndrome

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Jaundice + Bleeding + Uremia

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DOC for leptospirosis

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Pen G

81
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MCC cause of STI overall

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Chlamydia trachomatis (Types D-K)

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Chronic Keratoconjuctivitis progressing to scarring and blindness

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Trachoma (C. trachomatis type A-C)

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Stacato cough =

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C. trachomatis neonatal pneumonia

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Lymphogranuloma venereum

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C. trachomats L1-L3

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suppurative inguinal lymphadenitis

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Lymphogranuloma venereum

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Positive Frei test

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Lymphogranuloma venereum (intradermal injection of antigen)

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Associated with atherosclerosis, atypical pneumonia

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Chlamydia pneumoniae

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Psittacosis =

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Chlamydia psittaci

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bird fancier’s disease =

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Psittacosis caused by C. psittaci

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DOC for chlamydia

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Azithromycin

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DOC for chlamydia conjuctivitis

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erythromycin

92
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DOC for LG venereum

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doxycycline

93
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DOC for psittacosis

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Azithromycin

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Detects anti-rickettsial antibodies in a patient’s serum by agglutination of proteus organisms

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Weil-Felix Test

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Cause of rocky mountain spotted fever

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Rickettsia rickettsii

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Cause of Rickettsial pox

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Rickettsia akari

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Cause of epidemic typhus

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Rickettsia prowazekii

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Cause of endemic typhus

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Rickettsia typhi

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Cause of Scrub typhus

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Orienttia tsutsumagushi

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Cause of Q fever

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Coxiella burnetti

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Cause of ehrlichiosis

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Ehrlichia chaffeensis

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Transmission of Rocky Mountain Spotted fever

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Ticks (deer ticks - same with lyme disease)

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Transmission of rickettsial pox

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Mites (chiggers) - like scrub typhus

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Transmission of epidemic typhus

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Body Louse (like relapsing fever)

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Transmission of Endemic typhus

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Rat flea

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Transmission of Scrub typhus

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Mites (chiggers) - like rickettsial pox

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Transmission of Q fever

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NONE

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Transmission of Ehrlichosis

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Ticks (Dermacentor - like tularemia)

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Manifestation of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

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rash starts in the wRist, spreads centriPetally (“Rocky mountain sPotter fever”)

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Manifestation of Typhus

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rash starts in Trunk, spreads centriPHUgally (“TyPHUs”)

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Diseases with Palm and Sole Rash

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“C”oxsackievirus Type “A”, “R”ocky mountain spotted fever, “S”yphillis - you drive CARS using your palms and soles

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Cat Scratch Disease

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Bartonella henselae

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DOC for cat scratch disease

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doxycycline

114
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DOC for ehrlichosis

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doxycycline

115
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Clue cells =

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Bacterial Vaginosis

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Bacterial vaginosis =

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Gardnerella vaginalis

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Test for bacterial vaginosis

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whiff test

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DOC for bacterial vaginosis

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metronidazole

119
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DOC for chancroid

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azithromycin or ceftriaxone

120
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Pseudeoappendicitis (mesenteric adenitis)

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Yersinia enterocolitica, self-limiting

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Donovanosis =

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Klebsiella granulomatis

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Closed safety pins=

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Donovan bodies (like yersinia)

123
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Beefy red ulcer with velvety surface

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Klebsiella granulomatis

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DOC for klebsiella granulomatis

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azithromycin

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