ID Final Pt 6 Flashcards
What is the initial sign of HIV after exposure?
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the initial sign of
HIV
What are 2 tests to confirm HIV?
ELISA and Western Blot
List 8 defining conditions of AIDS, go ahead I dare you.
Cervical cancer Coccidioidomycosis Isosporiasis Kaposi's sarcoma Lymphoma of brain Nocardiosis Recurrent Bacterial Pneumonia Salmonella septicemia
What cause of diarrhea is mostly hospital acquired?
Clostridium difficile
How is Clostridium difficile mainly acquired?
At a hospital. Patient is put on antibiotics and comes down with this secondary infection
What happens when aspirin is given to patients with flu?
Reye’s Syndrome
How does someone get Reye’s Syndrome?
Aspirin is given to patients with flu
What is the real name for Genital Warts?
Condyloma acuminata
Condyloma acuminata is better known as
Genital Warts
What comes from mold in the soil from bird/bat droppings? Organism and disease name
Histoplasma capsulatum (Histoplasmosis)
Histoplasma capsulatum (Histoplasmosis) comes from
Bird/bat droppings
What comes from Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys?
Histoplasma capsulatum (Histoplasmosis)
What disease from these Lumbar Puncture results: CSF Protein normal or slightly increased -Increased cell count -Predominantly PMNs at first -Mononuclear cells later -Glucose normal -Bacterial cultures negative
Aseptic Meningitis
List 5 lumbar puncture results that mean Aseptic Meningitis
- CSF Protein normal or slightly increased
- Increased cell count
- Predominantly Neutrophils
- Glucose normal
- Bacterial cultures negative
