Common Causes Flashcards
What is the common cause of conjunctivitis?
Adenovirus
What is the common cause of cataracts?
Rubella
What is the common cause of chorioretinitis? (redness, blurred vision, sensitivity to light, excessive tearing)
CMV
What is the common cause of blindness (due to scarring)?
HSV I
What is the common cause of aseptic meningitis (inflamed or swollen meninges; headache, fever, photosensitivity)?
COX A and B
What is the common cause of encephalitis (headache, confusion)?
HSV I; California encephalitis, WNV
This is a disease that causes leukoencephalopathy in IC people
JC virus
What is the common cause of the common cold?
- Rhinovirus
2. Coronavirus
What is the common cause of acute pharyngitis or tonsillitis (inflamed throat, lymphadenopathy)?
- Adenovirus
2. COX A
What is the common cause of laryngitis (hoarseness, croup, tonsillitis)?
Parainfluenza virus 1
What is the common cause of parotitis (swollen gland)?
mumps
What is the common cause of acute otitis?
RSV
What is the common cause of acute bronchitis (barking cough, air-jay blockage)?
- Rhinovirus
2. Coronavius
What is the common cause of bronchiolitis (cough, chest congestion, dyspnea, phlegm)?
- RSV
2. Parainfluenza virus
What is the common cause of HCPS?
Sin Nombre virus
What is the common cause of pneumonia (cough, chest congestion, dyspnea, phlegm, abnormal chest radiograph)?
- RSV
2. influenza
What is the common cause of GI symptoms in infants?
Rotavirus
What is the common cause of GI symptoms in infants, children, and adults?
Noravirus
What is the common cause of initial GI symptoms that disseminate systematically (fever, jaundice, dark urine)?
Hepatitis A, B, C
What is the common cause of rash?
measles, rubella, 5th disease, boston exanthema, IM
What is the common cause of vesicles?
HSV I and II, VZV, COX A
What is the common cause of hemorrhagic cystitis, nephritis, and/or urethritis?
BK virus
What is the common cause of kidney failure?
CMV
What is the common cause of fetal infections (fever, lethargy)?
Rubella, CMV, HIV
What is the common cause of muscle pain, pleurodynia?
COX B
What is the common cause of endocarditis?
COX B
What is the common cause of IM?
EBV
What is the common cause of hemorrhagic fever?
dengue, Ebola, lassa fever, yellow fever, Colorado tick fever
Which of the zoonotic viral infections come from birds/mosquito?
EEEV, WEEV, WNV, STL, Yellow fever,
Which of the zoonotic viral infections come from small mammals/mosquito?
California encephalitis
Which of the zoonotic viral infections come from monkeys/mosquito?
dengue
Which of the zoonotic viral infections come from tick?
colorado tick fever
Which of the zoonotic viral infections come from small mammals?
lymphocytic choriomeningitis
Which of the zoonotic viral infections come from rats?
lassa fever
Which of the zoonotic viral infections come from deer mice?
sin nombre
Which of the zoonotic viral infections come from bats, foxes, raccoons?
rabies
