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DRUG TREATMENTS AND CAUSATIVE AGENTS Flashcards

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causative agent of LEPROSY

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Mycobacterium leprae

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causative agent of MALARIA

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  1. Plasmodium falciparum
  2. Plasmodium vivax
  3. Plasmodium ovale
  4. Plasmodium malariae
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drug treatment for LEPTOSPIROSIS

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  • Penicillin
  • Tetracycline
  • Erythromycin
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drug treatment for MALARIA

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  • Chloroquine
  • Pyrimethanime/Sulfadoxine combination
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drug treatment for AIDS

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  • Azidothymidine (AZT) and Didanosine
  • ZIDOVUDINE
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drug treatment for CHLAMYDIA

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Tetracycline and Erythromycin

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causative agent of SCABIES

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Sarcoptes scabiei (itch mite)

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a drug of choice against all specie

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Praziquantel

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causative agent of SARS

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novel human Corona Virus

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causative agent of SCHISTOSOMIASIS

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● Schistosoma japonicum
● Schistosoma mansoni
● Schistosoma haematobium

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treatment for PARAGONIMIASIS

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  • Praziquantel
  • Bithionol (alternative drug)
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causative agent of ORAL and GENITAL HERPES

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Herpes Simplex Virus type 2 (HSV2)

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drug treatment for LEPROSY

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Ambulatory chemotherapy through the use of multi
drug therapy (MDT)

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causative agent of CHICKEN POX

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Varicella-Zoster virus

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causative agent of CHLAMYDIA

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Chlamydia trachomatis

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causative agent of AIDS

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HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)

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causative agent of CHOLERA

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Vibrio cholerae

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drug treatment for SCHISTOSOMIASIS

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Praziquantel

Alternative drugs are
● Oxamniquine for S. mansoni and
● Metrifonate for S. haematobium

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causative agent of DIPTHERIA

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Corynebacterium diptheriae

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causative agent of SYPHILIS

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Treponema pallidum

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causative agent of POLIOMYELITIS

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Polio virus

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causative agent of MUMPS

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Mumps virus

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drug treatment for SOIL-TRANSMITTED HELMINTHIASIS

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  • Piperazine citrate
  • pyrantel pamoate
  • mebendazole
  • albendazole
  • levamisole
    (depends on what parasite is present.)
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causative agent of RABIES

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Rabies virus, a rhabdovirus of the genus Lyssavirus

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causative agent of PARACLYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING

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Dinoflagellates

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causative agent of ORAL and HEPATITIS B

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Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)

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causative agent of MENINGITIS

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Haemophilus influenza

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causative agent of TETANUS

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Clostridium tetani

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causative agent of FILARIASIS

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nematode parasites

Filarial worms
1. Wuchereria bancrofti
2. Brugia malayi and/or Brugia timori
3. Loa loa

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causative agent of SOIL-TRANSMITTED HELMINTHIASIS

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  1. Ascaris lumbricoides (Giant intestinal roundworm)
  2. Trichuris trichiura (Whipworm)
  3. Human Hookworm
    - Ancyclostoma duodenale (Old world hookworm)
    - Nectar americanus (New world hookworm)
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causative agent of TUBERCULOSIS

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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causative agent of ANTHRAX

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Bacillus anthracis

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causative agent of MEASLES

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Measles virus

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causative agent of GONORRHEA

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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causative agent of TRICHOMONIASIS

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Trichomonas vaginalis

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causative agent of LEPTOSPIROSIS

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Leptospira interrogans

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causative agent of TYPHOID

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Salmonella typhii

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causative agent of PARAGONIMIASIS

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Paragonimus westermanii (lung fluke)

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causative agent of MENINGOCOCCEMIA

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Neisseria meningitides

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causative agent of DENGUE

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Dengue virus types 1,2,3, and 4

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causative agent of PERTUSSIS

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Bordetella pertussis

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drug treatment for ORAL and GENITAL HERPES

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causative agent of INFLUENZA

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Influenza virus A, B, C

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causative agent of BIRD FLU or AVIAN INFLUENZA

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Influenza virus H5N1

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drug treatment for GONORRHEA

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spectinomycin

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causative agent of DYSENTERY

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Shigella

FOUR MAIN GROUPS:
● Shigella sonnei
● Shigella boydii
● Shigella flexneri
● Shigella dysenteriae

47
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drug treatment for MENINGOCOCCEMIA

A

DOC – PENICILLIN
ALTER CEPHALOSPORINS & CHLORAMPHENICOL
PROPHYLAXIS - RIFAMPICIN

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causative agent of HEPATITIS A

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Hepatitis A virus

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drug treatment for SYPHILIS

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  • Penicillin
  • Benzathine penicillin
50
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causative agent of GERMAN MEASLES

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Rubella virus

51
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drug treatment for FILARIASIS

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Diethylcarbamazine (DEC)

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drug treatment for HEPATITIS B

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No specific treatment

53
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drug treatment for TRICHOMONIASIS

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Metronidazole

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causative agent of PNEUMONIASIS

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  • Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae
55
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drug treatment for DENGUE

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  • Paracetamol
  • analgesic

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