Exposure Flashcards
Blood tests for syphillus
Blood tests
Non-treponemal testing, sensitive
RPR,VDRL
Treponemal testing, specific
Antibodies to treponemal antigen MHA-TP or FTA-ABS
What are the most important needle stick injuries health care workers are prone to
HBV, HCV, HIV
LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS (LCMV)
Arenavirus
Excreted in the urine and feces of rodents
mice,rats,and hamsters
Transmitted to humans by exposure to secretions or excretions (by direct contact or aerosol) of infected animals or contaminated environmental surfaces
Flu-like syndrome
Aseptic meningitis
Spore forming gram postive rods
Bacillus – toxin-producing
Clostridium – toxin-producing
Non-spore forming gram postive rods
Actinomyces
Corynebacterium,Propionibacterium
Listeria:Food-poisoning,Meningitis
Nocardia
Bacterial causes of travelers diarhea
Salmonella
Shigella
Campylobacter
E. coli
Viral causes of travelers diarhea
Norovirus
Parasitic caues of travelers diarhea
Giardia
Entameba histolytica
Salmonella produces what gas
Hydrogen sulfide
SALMONELLA SP.
Complications:
Intestinalperforation
Inadvertent spread
SHIGELLA
How many organisms needed to produce infection
1-10
CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI
Post-infectious complications
Guillian-Barre syndrome
Reiter’s syndrome
ILLNESSES ASSOCIATED WITH SEAFOOD INGESTION
Hepatitis A
Vibrio sp.
ILLNESS ASSOCIATED WITH DAIRY INGESTION
Brucella
Coxiella
Listeria
Mycobacterium bovis
LISTERIA
Found in what foods
Cheeses, deli meats
