Communicable Diseases Part II Flashcards
An acute bacterial infection of the intestine characterized by diarrhea, fever, tenesmus and in severe cases bloody mucoid stools.
BACILLARY DYSENTERY
Systemic infection characterized by continued fever, malaise, anorexia, slow pulse, involvement of lymphoid tissue, Splenomegaly, rose spots on trunks and diarrhea
Typhoid
A form of hepatitis occurring either poradically or in epidemics and caused by virus introduced by fecal contaminated water or food.
HEPATITIS A (Infectious hepatitis, Epidemic hepatitis, Catarrhal jaundice)
Young people especially school children are most frequently affected.
Hepatitis A
A syndrome of characteristic symptoms predominantly neurologic which occur within a minute or several hours after ingestion of poisonous shellfish.
PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING
Single-celled organism called Dinoflagellates:
it is commonly referred as Plankton.
PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING
The organism that causes red tide in the seas around Manila bay, Samar, Bataan and Zambales is the Pyromidium bahamense var. compressum.
PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING
It is a World wide zoonotic disease.
Leptospirosis
It is an occupational disease affecting veterinarians, miners, farmers, sewer, workers, abattoir workers, etc.
Leptospirosis
Treatment for Leptospirosis
Penicillin
Tetracycline
Erythromycin
An acute viral encephalomyelitis caused by the Rabies virus, a rhabdovirus of the genus Lyssavirus.
Rabies
Approximately amount of Filipinos die of
rabies every year.
300-600
The patient must be given antibiotics and anti-tetanus immunization.
Prevention for Rabies
A communicable disease of the skin characterized by eruptive lesions produced by the burrowing of the female parasite into the skin.
Scabies
An acute bacterial disease usually affecting the skin but which may vary rarely involves the oropharynx.
Anthrax
