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Etiologic Agents Flashcards

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Acne

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Propionibacterium acnes

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Boils

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Staphylococcus aureus

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Impetigo

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Staphylococcus aureus
Streptococcus pyogenes
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Tinea infection

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Epidermophyton
Trichophyton
Microsporum

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Bacterial agents of conjunctivitis

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Staphylococcus aureus
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Neisseria meningitidis
Chlamydia trachomatis
Haemophilus influenzae biogroup Aegyptus
Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Viral agents of conjunctivitis

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Adenovirus types 3,7,8, and 23
HSV-1
Enterovirus 70
Coxsackie A24 virus
Measles virus

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Otitis externa

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  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • Group A streptococci
  • Proteus vulgaris
  • Candida albicans
  • Aspergillus niger
  • E. coli
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Otitis media

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  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Hemophilus influenzae
  • Moraxella catarrhalis
  • Beta-hemolytic streptococci
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae
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Meningococcemia

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Neisseria menigitidis

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Streptococcal pharyngitis

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Streptococcus pyogenes

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Common agents of Viral encephalitis

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Herpes viruses (HSV-1)
West Nile Virus
Varicella zoster virus
Epstein-barr virus
Arthropod-borne virus
La Cross Virus
St. Louis encephalitis virus

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Less common agents of viral encephalitis

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Rabies
Eastern equine encephalitis virus
Western equine encephalitis virus
Powassan virus
Cytomegalovirus
Enterovirus
Colorado tick fever
mumps

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TRUE OR FALSE

Meningococci is exclusively a human pathogen

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TRUE

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Transmission of meningococcemia

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endogenous or exogenous
droplet

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Pneumonia

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Bacteria
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Viral
- respiratory syncytial virus
- cytomegalovirus
- influenza virus

Fungal
- Pneumocystis carinii
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- Histoplasma capsulatum

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H5N1

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Influenza virus type A
Subtype H5N1

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H1N1

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Influenza virus type A
Subtype H1N1

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SARS

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SARS-COV

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COVID

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SARS-COV-2

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Diphtheria

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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Pertussis

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Bordetella pertussis

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Infectious mononucleosis

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Epstein barr virus

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AIDS

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Human immunodeficiency virus

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Common colds

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  • Coronavirus
  • Adenovirus
  • Rhinovirus
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Influenza

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  • myxovirus: influenza a b c
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Measles

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Single stranded enveloped RNA virus with 1 serotype

genus: morbillivirus
family: paramyxoviridae

HUMANS ARE THE ONLY NATURAL HOSTS OF MEASLES

REMAIN INFECTIOUS IN THE AIR FOR UP TO 2 HOURS AFTER AN INFECTED PERSON LEAVES THE AREA

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Varicella/ Chicken pox

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  • VZV
    DNA virus, member of herpesvirus group

Primary infection: causes varicella
Post-primary infection: VZV stays in the body (sensory nerve ganglia) as a latent infection
Reactivation of latent infection: causes herpes zoster (shingles)

IP: 14-16 days after exposure
DEVELOPMENT: 10 to 21 days after exposure
CONTAGIOUS PERIOD: 1 - 2 days before rash onset until all the lesions have been crusted

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Dengue fever

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dengue virus 1,2,3,4

aedes mosquito

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Measles

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anopheles mosquitos

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Parotitis

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  • S. aureus
  • Single stranded RNA, paramyxovirus
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Dental caries

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  • streptococcus mutans
  • streptococcus sobrinus
  • lactobacilli
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Shigellosis

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  • S. dysentriae
  • S. boydii
  • S. flexneri
  • S. sonei
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Gastroenteritis

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Bacterial
- Campylobacter jejuni
- E. coli

Viral
- Rotavirus
- Adenovirus
- Norovirus
- Astrovirus

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Typhoid fever

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  • Salmonella typhi
    -Salmonella paratyphi
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Cholera

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vibrio cholerae

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PUD

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Helicobacter pylori

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Salmonellosis

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Salmonella spp.

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UTI

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Escherichia coli

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Leptospirosis

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Leptospira interrogans
Leptospira spp

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Genital herpes

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HSV 1 , HSV 2

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Genital warts

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Syphilis

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Treponema pallidum

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Candidiasis

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Candida albicans

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Gonorrhea

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Neisseria gonorrhea

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Chlamydia

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Chlamydia trachomatis

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Common etiologies of Viral encephalitis

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  • HSV1
  • West nile virus
  • Varicella zoster virus
  • Epstein Barr virus
  • Arthropod-borne virus
  • La cross virus
  • St Louis encephalitis virus
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less common etiologies of viral encephalitis

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  • rabies
  • eastern equine virus
  • western equine virus
  • powassan virus
  • cytomegalovirus
  • enterovirus
  • Colorado tick
  • mumps
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Japanese encephalitis

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Japanese encephalitis virus
- various species of birds: natural reservoir
- main maintenance/ amplifying host: pigs

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Rabies

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Rhabdovirus

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Botulism

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Clostridium botulinum
Found in:
soil, animal feces, water samples

Associated with: home-canned/vacuum-packed foods and preserved spice, smoked fish

Diseases:
infant botulism, food borne botulism, wound botulism, iatrogenic botulism

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Tetanus

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Clostridium tetanii

  • Clostridium tetani
  • Anaerobic bacteria
  • Common bacteria in the guts therefore fecal matter contains tetanus

Transmission
- Contamination of any types of wound by feces, soil, and dust
- NOT BY RUST (rust is just oxidized iron) but can be contaminated by dust containing tetanus

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Scabies

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  • Sarcoptes scabiei
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Pediculosis

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  • Pediculus humanus capitis
  • Pediculus humanus corporis
  • Phthirus pubis

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