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causative organisms Flashcards

1
Q

rheumatic fever (heart disease)

A

streptococcus pyogenes

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2
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brucellosis (undulant fever)

A

brucella melitensis

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3
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tularemia (rabbit fever)

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fransicella tularensis

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4
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plague (bubonic or pneumonic)

A

yersinia pestis

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5
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lyme disease

A

borrelia burgdorferi

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6
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relapsing fever

A

borrelia recurrentis

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7
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Infectious mononucleosis

A

HHV4 epstein-barr

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8
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cytomegalovirus infection

A

HHV 5 cytomegalovirus

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9
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dengue fever (break bone)

A

dengue virus 1-4

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10
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malaria

A

plasmodium falciparum
P. vivax
P. malariae

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11
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toxoplasmosis

A

toxoplasma gondii

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12
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chagas disease

A

trypanosoma gondii

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13
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lymphatic filariasis

A

wuchereria bancrofti

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14
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schistosomiasis

A

schistosoma mansoni

s. haemotobium
s. japonicum

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15
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bacterial meningitis

A 
neisseria meningitidis- college kids; purple spotted rash
streptococcus pneumoniae- MC adults 
haemophilus influenzae B- children 
listeria monocytogenes- pregnant women
streptococcus agalactiae- infants
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16
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leprosy (hansens disease)

A

mycobacterium leprae

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17
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botulism

A

clostridium botulinum

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18
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tetanus (lockjaw)

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clostridium tetani

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19
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viral meningitis

A

poliovirus
coxsackie virus
echovirus

90%

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20
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cryptococcal meningitis

A

cryptococcus neoformans

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21
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african sleeping sickness

A

trypanosoma brucei gambiense

trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

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22
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amebic encephalopathy

A

acanthamoeba

naegleria fowleri

23
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variant creutzfeldt jakob disease

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abnormal strains of prions

24
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trachoma

A

chlamydia trachomatis

25
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sty

A

staph aureus

staph epidermidis

26
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opthalmia neonatorum

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neisseria gonorrhoeae

27
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occular herpes

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HHV-1 (herpes simplex)

28
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hot tub folliculitis

A

pseudomonas aeruginosa

29
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impetigo

A

80%- staph aureus

20%- strep pyogenes

30
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erysipelas

A

most cases strep pyogenes

31
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necrotizing fasciitis

A

strep pyogenes

32
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cat scratch fever

A

bartonella henselae

33
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rocky mountain spotted fever

A

rickettsia ricketsii

34
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anthrax

A

bacillus anthracis

35
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gas gangrene

A

clostridium perfringens

36
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smallpox (variola)

A

orthopox virus

37
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herpes labialis

A

HHV-1 simplex; oral herpes

38
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herpetic whitlow

A

HHV-1

39
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herpes gladiatorum

A

HHV-1

40
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chickenpox (varicella)

A

HHV-3 varicella zoster

41
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shingles (herpes zoster)

A

HHV-3 varicella zoster

42
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warts

A

HPV- human papilloma

43
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rubeola

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measles virus

44
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german measles

A

rubella virus

45
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erythema infectious

A

parvovirus B19

46
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roseola

A

HHV-6 roseolovirus

47
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black piedra

A

piedraia hortae

48
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white piedra

A

trichosporon beiglii

49
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pityriasis versicolor

A

malassezia furfur

50
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dermatophytoses (ringworm)

A

epidermophyton sp.
microsporum sp.
trichophyton sp.

51
Q

sporotrichosis

A

sporothrix schenckii

52
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leishmaniasis

A

leishmania sp.

53
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scabies

A

sarcoptes scabiei

54
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chagas disease

A

trypanosoma cruzi

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