Communicable Diseases

Question 1

PTB

Answer 1

Agent: Myobacterium tuberculosis

(Bacteria)

Diagnosis:
1. Sputum smear and culture (confirmatory)
2. Mantoux Test/Tuberculin test/ PPD
3.Chest x-ray

Treatment: RIPES

Question 2

Tetanus

Answer 2

Agent: Clostridium Tetani

(Bacteria)

Treatment
1.Penicillin
2.Metronidazole

Question 3

Poliomyelitis (Heine - Medin Disease)

Answer 3

Agent: Legio
Debilitans
I. Brunhilde
II. Lansing
III. Leon

(Virus)

Treatment: Penicillin

Question 4

Chicken Pox (Varicella)

Answer 4

Agent: Varicella - Zoster

(Virus)

Treatment: Acyclovir

Question 5

Mumps (Epidemic Parotitis)

Answer 5

Agent: Rubivirus

(Virus)

Treatment: Supportive management

Question 6

Measles

Answer 6

Agent:
1. Filterable virus
2. Morbillivirus
3. Paramyxoviri
dae

(Virus)

Treatment: Vitamin A

Question 7

Diphtheria

Answer 7

Agent:
1. Corynebacterium Diphtheria
2. Klebs- Loeffler bacillus

(Bacteria)

Diagnosis: Specimen culture

Treatment: Antibiotics

Question 8

Influenza (Flu)

Answer 8

Agent: Influenza virus

(Virus)

Treatment: Vitamin A

Question 9

German Measles (Rubella)

Answer 9

Agent: Rubella Virus

(Virus)

Treatment: Supportives

Question 10

Dengue

Answer 10

Agent:
1. Dengue Virus
2. O’nyong’nyong
3. Chikungunya virus

(Virus)

Diagnosis:
1. Torniquet test/ Rumpell - Lead Test
2. CBC
3. Serological test: ELISA
4. Dengue Duo

Treatment :
1. Paracetamol
2. LR & NSS

Question 11

Malaria

Answer 11

Agent:
1. Plasmodium Vivax
2. Plasmodium ovale
3. Plasmodium malaria
4. Plasmodium Falcifarum (most fatal)

(Protozoa)

Diagnosis :Blood smear

Treatment:
1.Artemetter (1st line)
2. Quinine
3. Chloroquine

Question 12

Filariasis

Answer 12

Agent:
1.Wuchureria Bancrofti
2. Brugia Malayi
3. Brugia Timori

(Parasite)

Diagnosis:
1.Nocturnal Blood Exam (after 8pm)
2. Immuno Chromatographic Test (day time)

Treatment: Diethylcarbamazine

Question 13

Typhoid Fever

Answer 13

Agent: Salmonella typhi

(Bacteria)

Diagnosis:
1. Stool exam
2. Blood exam
3. Test antibodies (IgM & IgG)
4. Blood culture
5. Widals test

Treatment
1. Chloramphericol
2. Ceftriaxone

Question 14

Rabies

Answer 14

Agent: Rhabdo virus

(Virus)

Diagnosis:
1. Observe dog (10- 14 days)
2. Brain biopsy of dog
3. Fluorescent antibody test

Treatment: Symptomatic management

Question 15

Pertussis

Answer 15

Agent:
1. Hemophilus pertussis
2. Bordetella pertussis

(Bacteria)

Treatment:
1. Antibiotics
2. Codeine

Question 16

Schistosomiasis

Answer 16

Agent: Schistosoma Japonicum

(Parasite)

Treatment: Praziquantel

Question 17

Leptospirosis

Answer 17

Agent: Leptospira interrogan

(Bacteria)

Treatment:
1. Penicillin
2. Tetracycline
3. Erythromycin (if allergic to penicillin)

Question 18

Scabies

Answer 18

Agent: Sarcopie scabei

(Parasite)

Treatment: Permethrin

Question 19

HIV/AIDS

Answer 19

Agent: Retrovirus

(Virus)

Treatment: Retrovir

Question 20

Toxoplasmosis

Answer 20

Cause:
1. undercooked meal
2. Cat feces

(Parasite)

Treatment:
1. Pyrimethamine
2. Sulfadiazine

Question 21

Candida Albican

Answer 21

Cause:
1. Cottage cheese like discharge
2. Oral thrush

(Fungi)

Treatment:
1. Clotrimazole
2. Miconazole
3. Nystatin.

Question 22

Herpes Simplex

Answer 22

Cause :Genital or oral ulcer that cause painful blister

(Virus)

Treatment: Acyclovir

Question 23

Gonorrhea

Answer 23

Agent: Neisseria gonorrhea

(Bacteria)

Treatment:
1. Gram staining
2. Culture of cervical and urethral smear

Treatment: Ceftriaxone

Question 24

Trichomoniasis

Answer 24

Agent: Trichomonas vaginals

(Protozoa)

Treatment: Metronidazole

Question 25

Hepatitis B

Answer 25

Agent: Hepa B Virus

(Virus)

Treatment: Vaccine

Question 26

Syphilis

Answer 26

Agent: Troponema pallidum

(Bacteria)

Treatment: Penicillin

Question 27

Chlamydia

Answer 27

Agent: Chlamydia tranchomatis

(Bacteria)

Treatment: Doxycycline