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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
Dinoflagellates
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causative agent of ORAL and HEPATITIS B
Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)
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causative agent of MENINGITIS
Haemophilus influenza
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causative agent of TETANUS
Clostridium tetani
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causative agent of FILARIASIS
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
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
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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causative agent of ANTHRAX
Bacillus anthracis
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causative agent of MEASLES
Measles virus
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causative agent of GONORRHEA
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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causative agent of TRICHOMONIASIS
Trichomonas vaginalis
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causative agent of LEPTOSPIROSIS
Leptospira interrogans
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causative agent of TYPHOID
Salmonella typhii
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causative agent of PARAGONIMIASIS
Paragonimus westermanii (lung fluke)
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causative agent of MENINGOCOCCEMIA
Neisseria meningitides
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causative agent of DENGUE
Dengue virus types 1,2,3, and 4
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causative agent of PERTUSSIS
Bordetella pertussis
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drug treatment for ORAL and GENITAL HERPES
Acyclovir
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causative agent of INFLUENZA
Influenza virus A, B, C
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causative agent of BIRD FLU or AVIAN INFLUENZA
Influenza virus H5N1
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drug treatment for GONORRHEA
spectinomycin
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causative agent of DYSENTERY
Shigella FOUR MAIN GROUPS: ● Shigella sonnei ● Shigella boydii ● Shigella flexneri ● Shigella dysenteriae
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drug treatment for MENINGOCOCCEMIA
DOC – PENICILLIN ALTER CEPHALOSPORINS & CHLORAMPHENICOL PROPHYLAXIS - RIFAMPICIN
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causative agent of HEPATITIS A
Hepatitis A virus
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drug treatment for SYPHILIS
- Penicillin - Benzathine penicillin
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causative agent of GERMAN MEASLES
Rubella virus
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drug treatment for FILARIASIS
Diethylcarbamazine (DEC)
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drug treatment for HEPATITIS B
No specific treatment
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drug treatment for TRICHOMONIASIS
Metronidazole
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causative agent of PNEUMONIASIS
- Streptococcus pneumoniae - Klebsiella pneumoniae
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drug treatment for DENGUE
- Paracetamol - analgesic

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