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1
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If cholera not promptly treated leads to

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Dehydration, acidosis, hypokalemia, shock and death

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Cholera characterised by

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Voluminous watery stool, vomiting, hypovolemic shock and acidosis

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Mode of transmission of cholera

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Fecal-oral route

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Source of infection of cholera

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Human (primarily) and marine shellfish

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Potent cholera enterotoxin is

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Choleragen

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Cholera is :

  • Pandemic
  • Epidemic
  • Endemic
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Epidemic

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Important risk factor for gastric carcinoma and lymphoma

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H.pylori ( helicobacter pylori )

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Mode of transmission of h.pylori

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Oral-oral or faecal-oral route

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Source and reservoir of H.pylori

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Human only

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10
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The ammonia produced also neutralizes gastric acidity allowing the organism to
survive causing persistent colonization which may lead to

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Chronic gastritis, gastric atrophy and gastric carcinoma.

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Gram -ve bacilli related to intestinal tract

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Vibrio and helicobacter

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Gram -ve bacilli related to respiratory tract

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Heamophilus
Bordetella and
Legionella

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Members of this genus is gram -ve coccobacilli

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Heamophilus

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14
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1- ……. Major pathogen in haemophilus
2-……. Normal flora of the mouth and upper respiratory tract causes pneumonia or endocarditis
3-………. Causes chanroid (soft sore) —-> sexually transmitted disease manifested as an ulcer on the external genitalia

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1- H.influenza
2- H.parainfluenza
3- H.ducreyi

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The most virulent organism in H.influenza?

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Type b

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Mode of transmission of capsulated (typable) H.influenza

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Droplet infection

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Non-capsulated H.influenza causes non-invasive diseases such as

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Otitis media, sinusitis and bronchitis

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Most common cause of meningitis in children (less than 5y)

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H.influenza type b

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19
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H.influenza type b cause invasive infection which are usually bacteraemic such as:

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Meningitis, pneumonia & empyema (mainly in adult), acute epiglottis ( mainly in children), cellulitis, infective arthritis.

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Carboxyphilic ( facultative anaerobic & required 5-10 co2)

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H.influenza

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21
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G.r / H.influenza grows on chocolate agar but not on blood agar

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Because is Heamophilic, requires both factors x&v

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22
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Most important member of the genus Bordetella

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Bordetella pertussis

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23
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The media can be used for isolation of B.pertussis

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Bordet-Gengou medium

And charcoal-blood agar

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24
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Mode of transmission for pertussis

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Droplet infection

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25
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Whooping cough (pertussis) characterised by

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Paroxysms (attack) of severe, spasmodic cough may be followed by vomiting, cyanosis and convulsions.

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26
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Dangerous complications of pertussis

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Bronchopneumonia and acute encephalopathy

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27
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In addition to the endotoxin, B.pertussis produces an exotoxin called…….

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Pertussis toxin

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28
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the most important pathogenic species in the genus Legionella.

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Legionella pneumophila

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29
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The best culture medium for L. pneumophila

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buffered charcoal yeast extract agar (BCYE agar)

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30
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Mode of transmission for legionella&source

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Mainly environmental water sources, NO person to person transmission.

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31
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Diseases caused by L. pneumophila

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1- Atypical pneumonia (Legionnaires disease j

2- Pontiac fever

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32
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Enumerate/ 4 causes of atypical pneumonia :

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Legionella pneumophila
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Viral pneumonia such as influenza
Q fever

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33
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The genus …….. (acid fast bacilli) difficult to stain with ordinary stains

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Mycobacterium

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34
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….. & ……. Are the cause of TB in human

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M. tuberculosis & M. bovis

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35
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G.r / M.tuberculosis can’t be stained by simple stains

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Due to the high lipid content (mycolic acids) of the cell wall.

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36
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Enumerate / high conc. of lipids (mycolic acids) leads to:

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  • acid fast bacilli
  • resistance to many antibiotics
  • resistance to killing by acidic and alkaline compounds
  • resistance to phagocytosis and interacellular destruction.
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37
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Mode of infection of M.tuberculosis

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-droplet infection

38
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Ingestion of milk contaminated with …….. may cause intestinal infection

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M. bovis

39
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The site of initial (primary) infection is the

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Lung after inhalation of bacilli

40
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Drug treatment for latent infection

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Isoniazid (INH) or Rifampin for 6months to prevent progress of TB infection to TB disease

41
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*** first line drugs for treatment of tuberculosis ( ٢ عددي والباقي ممكن MCQs )

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***Isoniazid (INH), rifampin

Pyrazinamide and ethambutol.

42
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*** second line drugs for treatment of tuberculosis ( ٢ عددي والباقي ممكن MCQs )

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*** ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin

Paraaminosalicylic acid (PAS), ethionamide, amikacin, capreomycin, kanamycin.

43
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Mode of transmission of M. leprae

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Not known but infection requires prolonged and close contact of patients

44
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………… is a chronic infectious disease that primarily affects the skin, the peripheral nerves, mucosa of the upper respiratory tract and also the eyes.

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Leprosy

45
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The drugs used in M. leprosy diseases

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Rifampicin, clofazimine and dapsone

46
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Hepatitis can occur in the course of several viral infections:

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Cytomegalovirus (CMV), yellow fever virus, Epstein-Barr virus & rubella virus.

47
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It is the causative agent of infectious (epidemic) hepatitis.

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HAV

48
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Hepatitis viruses manifestations (symptoms)

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Fever, abdominal pain, anorexia and jaundice

49
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It is the causative agent of serum hepatitis.

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HBV

50
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Enumerate/ (4) Population at high risk for HBV infection

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  • health care workers, i.v. drug users, sexual partners, infants born to HBeAg +ve mom.
  • haemophiliacs, renal dialysis patients, individuals with multiple sexual partners (homo&hetero)
51
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Symptoms in HBV tend to be

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More severe & life threatening

52
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A high rate of hepatocellular carcinoma occurs in …. …. Carriers.

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Chronic HBV

53
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??.??????? G.r / Why there is a high rate of hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic HBV/HCV
carriers…..?

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-Because HBV/HCV has no encogene.
-it’s appears to be the result of persistent cellular regeneration that attempts to replace the dead hepatocytes.
- malignant transformation could be the result of insertional
mutagenesis, which could occur when the HBV genome integrates into the
hepatocyte DNA —— activation of a cellular oncogene, leading loss of growth control.

54
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The most important laboratory test for detection of early HBV infection.

  • HBsAg
  • HBcAg
  • HBeAg
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HBsAg

55
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It does not appear in the blood, but detectable only in nuclei of liver cells.

HBsAg

  • HBcAg
  • HBeAg
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HBcAg

56
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Appears in the I.P., shortly after appearance of HBsAg & is present in the prodroma and early acute disease & in certain chronic carriers.
HBsAg
-HBcAg
-HBeAg

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HBeAg

57
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presence of …….. indicates high transmissibility.

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HBeAg

58
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There is a period of several weeks when HBsAg disappeared & anti-HBs is not yet detectable and anti-HBc IgM is always positive & is used to make diagnosis.

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This is the window phase

59
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The antigen in the vaccine is…

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HBsAg

60
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Types of vaccine (HBsAg)

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  • plasma derived vaccine (still used)

- Recombinant vaccine (replaced ^

61
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Persons exposed to a needle-stick injury from a patient with HBsAg positive blood. Or Newborns whose mothers are HBsAg positive. Should receive immediately:

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Hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) & hepatitis B vaccine simultaneously at different sites

62
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…… is the most prevalent blood-borne pathogen.

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HCV

63
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Mode of transmission of HCV

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Mainly parenteral and via needles-stick injury (lower risk than HBV)

64
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the most common indication for liver transplantation.

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Cirrhosis resulting from chronic HCV infection

65
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is a defective virus that replicates only in cells also infected by HBV

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HDV, because is use the surface antigen of HBV (HBsAg) as its envelope.

66
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Mode of transmission of HDV

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( As HBV )Parenteral, sexual and perinatal.

67
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Mode of transmission of HEV

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Faeco-oral route

68
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HEV it’s resembles HAV except……

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It cause mortality rate in pregnant women.

69
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It’s The causative agent of acquired immunedeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

70
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Mode of transmission of HIV

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Parenteral, sexual and perinatal

71
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Having HIV, does that mean having AIDS ?

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No, both terms refer to the same disease, but HIV refers to the virus itself and AIDS refers to late stage of HIV infection.

72
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Middle stage of HIV infection is

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Latent stage (clinical latency)

73
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Early stage of HIV infection is

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Acute stage (acute phase viraemia)

74
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Late stage of HIV infection is

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Clinical disease (AIDS)

75
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AIDS-related complex ( ARC) characterized by

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Persistent fever
Lymphadenopathy
Fatigue,chronic diarrhea,weight loss.

76
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Late stage HIV (AIDS), the most characteristic

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Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia ——– Kaposi’ sarcoma.

77
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(Complete) 
Late stage (AIDS), other characters are *one for each *
-viral infection 
Fungal infection 
Bacterial infection 
Protozoal infection 
Cancers
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1CMV 
2 cryptococcal meningitis 
3 M.tuberculosis 
4 toxoplasmosis 
5 Non- Hodjikin lymphoma
78
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is the most common neurologic syndrome, it occurs as a late manifestation of AIDS patients

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AIDS dementia complex

79
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AIDS dementia complex characterized by

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Poor memory, inability to concentrate,apathy, psychomotor retardation and behavioral changes.

80
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(Complete) HIV chemotherapy
1-reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors
2- protease inhibitors
3- Fusion inhibitors

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1- nucleoside : stavudine (d4T)
Non-nucleoside : nevirapine
2 - lopinavir
3- enfovirtide (fuzeon)

81
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(Complete) Measures to reduce transmission of HIV to fetus or newborn

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  • screening of pregnant mother’s from HIV
  • receive AZT or nevirapine to infected mother during pregnancy
  • neonates should receive the same drugs
  • delivery by cesarean and no breastfeeding.
82
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General measures ( from HIV)

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Controls of blood and blood products, control of drug addiction, education of health workers, counseling HIV-infected persons,  sex education, education of the public, measures to prevent materno-fetal transmission.

83
Q

-for HIV-

Vaccine production is faced with many difficulties of which:

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Rapid mutation of the virus, absence of an appropriate animal model, unclear understanding of which host immune response are protective.

84
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First common cause of common cold

A

Rhinoviruses

85
Q

atypical pneumonia called SARS ( severe acute respiratory distress syndrome) caused by

A

Coronavirus

86
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HCoV-229E :
HCoV-NL63 :
HCoV-OC43 :
HCoV-HKU1 :

SARS-CoV :
MERS-CoV :
SARS-CoV2 :

A 
Alpha 
Alpha 
Beta 
Beta 
Beta 
Beta 
Beta
87
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Transmission of common human coronaviruses:

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Droplet infection, close personal contact

88
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………… caused by SARS coronavirus is characterized by diffuse edema resulting in hypoxia & progressive respiratory failure.

A

Pneumonia

89
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SARS is a severe atypical pneumonia characterized by

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Fever, non-productive cough, dyspnea, chills, rigors, malaise &headache

90
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Does MERS-CoV spread from person to person?

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Yes, but it does not appear to spread easily from person to person; a large number of virions are likely needed to be inhaled to cause infection.

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