Disease in HUMANS

Question 1

• self-limiting
• asymptomatic
• but may cause fatal death (endocarditis CNS)

acute & chronic form

Answer 1

Brucellosis

Question 2

• commonly affects CHILDREN
• Strep throat
• Scarlet fever
• Impetigo

Answer 2

Streptococcus pyogenes

Question 3

Streptococcus not common in man

Answer 3

S. equi subsp. equi

Question 4

Streptococcus common in newborn

Answer 4

S. agalactiae

Question 5

STREPTO

Toxic shock-like syndrome

Answer 5

1) S. equi subsp. zooepidemicus
2) S. suis

Question 6

STREPTO

sequelae of Strep throat
• may be self-limiting

Answer 6

Scarlet fever (Scarlatina)

Question 7

STREPTO

• inhalation of droplets
• shares with sick person
• swollen vulva
• viral infection (symptomatic)

Answer 7

Strep throat

Question 8

STREPTO

also caused by Staphylococcus aureus
• contact with fluid sores of skin

Answer 8

Impetigo

Question 9

STREPTO

• death of fascia
• flesh-eating disease
• cutaneous route via cuts/wounds

also caused by
1. S aureus
2. Haemophilus
3. Vibrio

Answer 9

Necrotizing fascilitis

Question 10

STREPTO

• cutaneous, superficial lesions
• Erysipelas — involve deeper tissue (lymph nodes draining)
• causative agent = S. pyogenes

Answer 10

Cellulitis (St. Anthony’s Fire)

Question 11

causative agent = E. rhusiopathiae
• via pucture wounds

Answer 11

Erysipeloid

Question 12

STREPTO

• fast disease progression
• cutaneous route
• common in geriatric px

Answer 12

Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome

Question 13

Cholera is majorly caused by

Answer 13

biovar El Tor

Question 14

low stomach acidity

Answer 14

Cholera

Question 15

otitis media

Answer 15

Non-O1 (Non-O139 strains)

Question 16

fatal septicemia
• biotype 1 & 3 — wound infection
• biotype 2 — farmed eels

Answer 16

Vibrio vulnificus

Question 17

Vibrio ear & wound infection

Answer 17

V. aginolyticus

Question 18

• non-invasive is self-limiting
• invasive

Answer 18

Shigellosis

Question 19

• can be self-limiting if mild

severe cases:
• hemorrhagic colitis
• hemolytic uremic syndrome

Answer 19

Collibacillosis

Question 20

a week after prodromal diarrhea
• acute kidney injury
• thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) in elders

Answer 20

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)

Question 21

sex as risk factor

Answer 21

Yersiniosis

Question 22

affects MALES more than females (Y. pseudotuberculosis)

Answer 22

Messenterial lymphadenitis

Question 23

affects FEMALES more than males (Y. enterolytica)

Answer 23

Erythema nodosum

Question 24

starts with Local Infection
• joint infections
• eye infection
• meningitis
• GIT problems

Answer 24

Pasteurellosis

Question 25

Cutaneous Tuberculosis is also known as (3)

Answer 25

Tuberculosis Chancre Tuberculosis cutis Butcher’s wart

Question 26

result of direct inoculation or endogenous spread of agent

Answer 26

Cutaneous tuberculosis

Question 27

• Photophobia • Drooping eyelids • Untreated casesadescending paralysis • Fatal within 24 hours

Answer 27

Botulism

Question 28

common in drug abusers & cosmetic procedure • anaerobic • black tar heroin

Answer 28

Wound Botulism

Question 29

commonly associated with • honey • dust • Floppy baby syndrome • sudden death

Answer 29

Infant botulism

Question 30

adult intestinal colonization / toxemia • affects older children & adults • gastrointestinal surgery • symmetrical flaccid paralysis

Answer 30

Foodborne botulism

Question 31

inhalation or accidental injection of toxin

Answer 31

Iatrogenic botulism

Question 32

higher infection dose of Foodborne botulism

Answer 32

Inhalation botulism