Final infections

Question 1

AIDS

Answer 1

• Human immunodeficiency virus

Question 2

Normal flora in cardio and lymph systems

Answer 2

none

Question 3

Malaria

Answer 3

Plasmodium sp. (most commonly plasmodium falciparum)

Question 4

AIDS opportunistic bacteria:

Answer 4

• mycobacterium tuberculosis
• mycobacterium avium-intracellulare
• legionella pneumophila
• salmonella species

Question 5

AIDS opportunistic viruses:

Answer 5

• herpes simplex
• cytomegalovirus
• epstein-barr
• varicella-zoster

Question 6

AIDS opportunistic fungi:

Answer 6

• pneumocystis carinii
• candida albicans
• cryptococcus neoformans (yeast)
• histoplasma capsulatum

Question 7

AIDS opportunistic protozoa:

Answer 7

• toxoplasma gondii (more unusual)
• cryptosporidium species

Question 8

Kaposi’s sarcoma

Answer 8

human herpes virus 8
lesions similar to petechiae

Question 9

AIDS window period

Answer 9

when the ELISA test cannot detect the virus but the viral load can be off the charts

Question 10

not detected = do not have the virus

Answer 10

FALSE

Question 11

Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)

Answer 11

drug cocktail for HIV patients

Question 12

Acute endocarditis

Answer 12

staph. aureus

Question 13

Subacute endocarditis

Answer 13

alpha-hemolytic strep, strep. mutans

Question 14

Plague

Answer 14

yersinia pestis

Question 15

Tularemia

Answer 15

francisella tularensis

Question 16

Infectious mononucleosis

Answer 16

epstein-barr virus (EBV)

Question 17

Anthrax

Answer 17

bacillus anthracis

Question 18

Lyme disease

Answer 18

Borrelia burgdorferi

Question 19

3 stages of AIDS

Answer 19

• initial stage; fever like symptoms
• established stage; more persistent symptoms, unusual symptoms and infections
• late stage; opportunistic infections, mor/most severe

Question 20

Salmonellosis

Answer 20

Salmonella enteritidis

Question 21

Shigellosis

Answer 21

Shigella sonnei, Shigella dysenteriae

Question 22

E.coli 0157:H7 (EHEC) is also known as

Answer 22

Enterohemorrhagic E.coli

Question 23

Campylobacter

Answer 23

Campylobacter jejuni

Question 24

Yersinia species

Answer 24

Yersinia enterocolitica

Question 25

Pseudomembranous colitis

Answer 25

Clostridium difficile

Question 26

Dental caries (tooth decay)

Answer 26

Strep. mutans

Question 27

Periodontal disease

Answer 27

Polymicrobial film like bacteroides, porphyromonas, fusobacterium

Question 28

Mumps

Answer 28

Mumps virus

Question 29

Gastritis and gastric ulcers

Answer 29

Helicobacter pylori

Question 30

Hepatitis

Answer 30

Non-infectious causes like drugs, alcohol, autoimmune disease

Question 31

Enterobius vermicularis

Answer 31

Nematode, usually pinworm

Question 32

Pig tapeworm

Answer 32

Taenia solium

Question 33

Beef tapeworm

Answer 33

Taenia saginata

Question 34

Dwarf tapeworm

Answer 34

Hymenolepsis nana

Question 35

Fish tapeworm

Answer 35

Diphyllobothrium

Question 36

Whipworm

Answer 36

Trichuris trichiura

Question 37

Trichinosis

Answer 37

Trichinella sp.

Question 38

Schistosomiasis

Answer 38

Schistosoma sp.