Diseases 11-20,29-38,41-51

Question 1

Gonococcal Gonorrhea/Opthalmia Neonatorum

Answer 1

Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Systems: GU, Skin (opthalmia)

Question 2

Meningococcal Meningitis

Answer 2

Neisseria meningitidis
Systems: Nervous

Question 3

Anthrax

Answer 3

Bacillus anthracis
System: Skin (cutaneous), Resp (pulmonary)

Question 4

Gas Gangrene

Answer 4

Clostridium perfringens
Systems: Skin, Nervous/Muscle, GI

Question 5

Tetanus (Lockjaw)

Answer 5

Clostridium tetani
Systems: Nervous/Muscular

Question 6

C. Diff. Colitis/Pseudomembranous

Answer 6

Clostridium difficile
System: GI

Question 7

Botulism

Answer 7

Clostridium botulinum
Systems: Nervous, Skin

Question 8

Listeriosis

Answer 8

Listeria monocytogenes
Systems: GI

Question 9

Diphtheria

Answer 9

Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Systems: Resp, skin

Question 10

Tuberculosis

Answer 10

Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Systems: RT, Nervous

Question 11

Syphilis

Answer 11

Treponema pallidum
Systems: GU, Skin/Skeletal, Cardio, Nervous

Question 12

Leptospirosis

Answer 12

Leptospira interrogans
Systems: GU, Nervous/Muscle, Cardio

Question 13

Lyme Disease

Answer 13

Borrelia burgdoferi
Systems: Skin, Nervous/Muscle, Cardio/Lymphatic

Question 14

Chlamydial Infections

Answer 14

Chlamydia trachomatis
Systems: Skin, GU

Question 15

Walking Pneumonia

Answer 15

Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Systems: Resp

Question 16

Dermatophytosis: Ringworms or Tinea

Answer 16

Trichophyton, Microsporum, Epidermophyton
Systems: Skin

Question 17

Histoplasmosis (Ohio Valley Fever)/Reticuloendotheliosis

Answer 17

Histoplasma capsulatum
System: Resp

Question 18

Coccidiodomycosis (San Joaquin Valley Fever)

Answer 18

Coccidioides immitis
Systems: Skin/Skeletal, Nervous, Cardio, Resp

Question 19

Thrush/Vulvovaginal (Yeast Infection), Cutaneous, and Esophageal Candidasis

Answer 19

Candida albicans
Systems: Skin, GI, GU

Question 20

Pneumocystis Pneumonia

Answer 20

Pneumocystis jirovecii
Systems: Resp

Question 21

Amoebiasis

Answer 21

Entamoeba histolytica
Systems: GI

Question 22

Giardiasis (Beaver Fever)

Answer 22

Giardia lamblia (intestinalis)
Sytems: GI

Question 23

Trichomoniasis

Answer 23

Trichomonas vaginalis
Systems: GU

Question 24

African Sleeping Sickness (African Trypanosomiasis)

Answer 24

Trypanosoma brucei
Systems: Nervous

Question 25

Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis)

Answer 25

*Trypanosoma cruzi* System: Systemic

Question 26

Malaria

Answer 26

*Plasmodium spp. (malariae, vivax, falciparum, ovale, knowlesi)* Systems: Cardio

Question 27

Toxoplasmosis

Answer 27

*Toxoplasma gondii* Systems: Nervous, Resp, Endocrine

Question 28

Schistosomiasis (Blood Fluke, Bilharzia)

Answer 28

*Schistosoma spp. (mansoni, japonicum, haematobium)* Systems: Cardio, GI, Resp, UG

Question 29

Ascariasis

Answer 29

*Ascaris lumbricoides* Systems: GI

Question 30

Pinworms (seat worms)

Answer 30

*Enterobius vermicularis* Systems: Skin, GI

Question 31

Tapeworms (Beef and Pork)

Answer 31

Beef: *Taenia saginata* Pork: *Taenia solium* Systems: Saginata: GI Solium: Nervous, Cardio, GI