Diseases of Respiratory Tract

Question 1

URT

Answer 1

upper respiratory tract
Nose, pharynx, associated structures

Question 2

LRT

Answer 2

Lower respiratory tract
Trachea, bronchi, alveoli of lungs

Question 3

Defenses of the respiratory tract

Answer 3

Ciliated mucous membranes, alveolar macrophages, IgA antibodies

Question 4

Mycolic acid is in

Answer 4

Mycobacteria

Question 5

If mycolic acid is in a cell wall of a bacteria it means it is an

Answer 5

Acid-fast bacteria

Question 6

Mycoplasma have no

Answer 6

Cell wall

Question 7

Can you treat a common cold with antibiotics?

Answer 7

NO

Question 8

What are common colds caused by?

Answer 8

Viruses, NOT BACTERIA

Question 9

Can the common cold ever have a vaccine? Why or why not?

Answer 9

NO, because there are numerous viruses that cause the common cold, there can be no single vaccine for all of them.

Question 10

Mycolic acids in the cell wall resit what

Answer 10

Drying and disinfectants

Question 11

1 cause of infectious disease since 2015

Answer 11

TB

Question 12

Prior to 2015 what was the #1 cause of infectious disease?

Answer 12

AIDS

Question 13

does HIV kill?

Answer 13

No, the opportunistic diseases kill the patient because of the weakened immune system.

Question 14

Where does TB lie dormant?
How long can it stay there?

Answer 14

In the center of tiny capsules in the lungs
For years

Question 15

“Consumption”

Answer 15

TB

Question 16

TB test
Less than 5ml is

Answer 16

Negative

Question 17

TB test
More than 10 ml is

Answer 17

Positive

Question 18

TB test
In between 5 and 10 ml means

Answer 18

You need a further assessment

Question 19

TB test
If it shows positive, what are the two things that can mean and what needs to be done?

Answer 19

Either you actually have TB
Or
You are a false positive and therefore you have had the vaccine and you now need a chest x-ray to confirm.

Question 20

Differences (2) between bacterial strep pnumoniae and strep pyogens

Answer 20

Hemolysis on blood agar
Pyrogens is chains, pnumoniae is diploid in small groups

Question 21

Vector borne means

Answer 21

Transmitted by anthropods

Question 22

Sepsis

Answer 22

Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)

Question 23

Lymphangitits

Answer 23

Inflamed lymph vessels

Question 24

Severe sepsis

Answer 24

Decreased BP and dysfunction of at least one organ

Question 25

septic shock

Answer 25

Sepsis is and uncontrollable decreased in BP

Question 26

Septicemia

Answer 26

acute illness due to the presence of pathogens or their toxins in the bloods

Question 27

2 plagues

Answer 27

Black Death and bubonic plague

Question 28

Plague is spread by animals so its a _____ disease. Plague is spread by fleas so its also a _____-borne disease.

Answer 28

Zoonotic diseases Vector (biological)

Question 29

The infection for the plague goes straight to the

Answer 29

Lymph nodes

Question 30

Buboes are what and found when/where

Answer 30

Swollen lymph nodes of groin and armpit Bubonic plague cases

Question 31

Can you get the bubonic plague from another person?

Answer 31

No, only from animals

Question 32

When does bubonic plague become pneumonic plague?

Answer 32

M/O enters the lungs via inhalation; fatal within a few days If you get it, you will die.

Question 33

what causes Lyme disease?

Answer 33

The disease that is founds in tics NOT THE TICS THEMSELVES

Question 34

is Lyme disease zoonotic? Yes or no?

Answer 34

Yes, deer are a reservoir

Question 35

How long does it take after a tic attaches for the virus to enter your system?

Answer 35

24 hours

Question 36

Bull’s eyes rash is aka And found where/when

Answer 36

Erythema migrans Lyme disease cases

Question 37

Vector for Lyme disease

Answer 37

Ticks

Question 38

Second phase of Lyme disease

Answer 38

Irregular heartbeat, encephalitis

Question 39

Third phase of Lyme disease

Answer 39

Arthritis

Question 40

Rocky Mountain spotted fever is aka

Answer 40

Rickettsia rickettsii

Question 41

DOC for Lyme disease (early stages)

Answer 41

Penicillin or tetracycline

Question 42

Rickettsia are (!!!!!!!)

Answer 42

Obligate intracellular parasites

Question 43

Transmission of Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Answer 43

From tic to tic

Question 44

Petechiae (hemorrhaging) rash is found in what disease

Answer 44

Rocky Mountain spotted fever (little spots of blood, bursting blood vessels)

Question 45

Is there a vaccine for Rocky Mountain spotted fever?

Answer 45

No

Question 46

Similar to measles, except spotted fever rashes appear also on the

Answer 46

Palms and soles

Question 47

Untreated spotted fever will cause

Answer 47

Liver failure

Question 48

is Ebola caused by a virus or a bacteria?

Answer 48

Virus

Question 49

Malaria is caused by a

Answer 49

Protozoa

Question 50

How are Protozoa infections different from bacteria or vial infections?

Answer 50

Protozoa are eukaryotic microbes and unicellular

Question 51

Is malaria caused by tics?

Answer 51

no, TRANSMITTED by tics but its caused by the Protozoa infection

Question 52

most common and serious malignant malaria

Answer 52

Plasmodium falciparum

Question 53

Where is malaria stored in/on a tick?

Answer 53

In the mouth of ticks

Question 54

when do symptoms appear for malaria? What are they?

Answer 54

Fever, chills, nausea and vomiting, SEVERE sweating At night

Question 55

cyclic symptoms are in what disease

Answer 55

Malaria

Question 56

What form will show on a malarial blood smear on a RBC?

Answer 56

Ring forms