Ch 25

Question 1

Bacterial endocarditis

Answer 1

Infections of heart valves or inner surface of heart. Fever, loss of energy over weeks.

Caused by staph epidermis

Can develop after dental procedure. Ppl at risk are those with congenital heart defects.

Antibiotics

Question 2

Sepsis shock

Answer 2

Release of gram negative bacteria, causing excessive damaging response. Dramatic drop in blood pressure.

Question 3

Plague

Answer 3

Large lymph nodes called buboes. Bloody sputum.

Question 4

Mononucleosis

Answer 4

Caused by ebv. Spread by saliva.

Question 5

Dengue fever

Answer 5

Mosquito born viral disease. Often asymptomatic.

Dss- weak rapid pulse, clotting, gi and vaginal bleeding

Question 6

Malaria

Answer 6

Recurrent cycles of chills and fever and feeling healthy.

Caused by 5 species of Protozoa of the genus plasmodium.

Bite from anopheles mosquito

Question 7

Meningitis

Answer 7

Mild cold followed by headache, vomiting, stiff neck and back.

Carried to meninges and spinal fluid

Question 8

Listeriosis

Answer 8

Prior to meningitis. Contaminated foods.

Caused by listeria monocytogens

Question 9

Hansen’s disease

Answer 9

Caused by mycobacterium leprae

Skin lesions, deformed face, loss of fingers and toes.

Nasal secretions

Question 10

Botulism

Answer 10

Not nervous system infection. It is an intoxication

Blurred or double vision, weakness, nausea, vomiting, paralysis.

Can be food born or intestinal. Wound or infant.

Question 11

Polio

Answer 11

Virus infect throat and intestine circulates blood stream. Eneters nerve cells and brain and spinal cords

Spread by fecal oral route

Question 12

Rabies

Answer 12

Can happen 30-60 days after. Caused by single stranded rna rabies virus.

Question 13

Vaginosis

Answer 13

Common in child bearing years. Yeast infection.

Question 14

Tss

Answer 14

Caused by staph aureus. Fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle aches, low blood pressure.