Exam 3 Cardiovascular/systemic Diseases

Question 1

What organism causes septicemia

Answer 1

Various organisms

Question 2

What organism causes endocarditis

Answer 2

Strep. Sangius (mouth infx), strep mutans (cavities), strep anginosus (osteomyelitis/deep abcess), strep bovis (colon cancer)

Question 3

What organism causes rheumatic fever/heart disease

Answer 3

Strep pyogenes

Question 4

What organism causes bubonic plague

Answer 4

Yersinia pestis

Question 5

What organism causes pneumonic plague

Answer 5

Yersinia pestis

Question 6

What organism causes lyme disease

Answer 6

Borrelia burgdorferi

Question 7

What organism causes relapsing fever

Answer 7

Borelia recurrantis + other various borelia

Question 8

What organism causes infectious mononucleosis

Answer 8

Epstein barr virus (HHV-4)

Question 9

What organism causes cytomegalovirus

Answer 9

Cytomegalovirus (HHV-5)

Question 10

What organism causes malaria

Answer 10

Plasmodium falciparium (most severe), P.vivax (MC), P. Ovale, P. Malariae

Question 11

What organism causes chaga’s disease

Answer 11

Trypanosoma cruzi

Question 12

What organism causes lymphatic filariasis

Answer 12

Wuchereria bancrofti

Question 13

What is another name for brucellosis

Answer 13

Undulant fever

Question 14

What is another name for tularemia

Answer 14

Rabbit fever

Question 15

What is another name for bubonic plague

Answer 15

Black death

Question 16

What is another name for the different relapsing fevers

Answer 16

Borelia recurentis = louse borne relapsing fever, various borelia = endemic relapsing fever

Question 17

What is another name for infectious mononucleosis

Answer 17

Kissing disease

Question 18

What is another name for malaria’s plasmodium falciparium

Answer 18

Blackwater fever

Question 19

What is another name for chaga’s disease

Answer 19

Kissing bugs

Question 20

What is another name for schistosomiasis

Answer 20

Bilharzia/snail fever

Question 21

What type of vector is associated with bubonic plague

Answer 21

Flea bite

Question 22

What type of vector is associated with lyme disease

Answer 22

Tick vector

Question 23

What type of vector is associated with the different relapsing fever causes

Answer 23

Borelia recurrentis = human body louse vector, various borelia = soft tick vector

Question 24

What type of vector is associated with tularemia

Answer 24

Infected tick vector

Question 25

What type of vector is associated with yellow fever

Answer 25

Mosquito

Question 26

What type of vector is associated with dengue fever or DHF

Answer 26

Mosquito

Question 27

What type of vector is associated with chaga’s disease

Answer 27

True bug (triatoma) vector

Question 28

What type of vector is associated with lymphatic filariasis

Answer 28

Mosquito vector

Question 29

What color sputum is associated with pneumococcal pneumonia

Answer 29

Rust colored sputum

Question 30

What BSL is yellow fever

Answer 30

BSL-3

Question 31

What virus’s are BSL-4

Answer 31

Marburg, ebola, hantavirus

Question 32

What are two key indicators of yellow fever

Answer 32

Jaundice + black vomit

Question 33

What are the 2 phases of dengue fever

Answer 33

1) fever, edema, head/muscle pain

2) return of fever, red rash

Question 34

What can chronic lymphatic damage cause

Answer 34

Elephantiasis