IDS Flashcards
organisms which cause diarrhea via pre-formed toxins (3)
organisms which cause diarrhea via cytotoxins (2)
organisms which cause diarrhea via entero toxins (4)
The most clinically important flaviviruses that cause the fever and myalgia syndrome are
Dengue viruses causing breakbone fever
Most important of the parasitic diseases of humans,
Malaria
organisms causing filariasis (2)
- Wuchereria bancrofti
- Brugia malayi
malaria species with Malignant vs Benign Tertian periodicity
malarial species with banana-shaped gametocytes
malaria species with preference to:
* young
* old
* both young and old
malarial species with band or rectangular forms of trophozoites
malarial species with irregularly shaped large rings and trophozoites; Schuffner dots
malarial species with enlarged and oval with tufted ends Schuffner dots
malarial species associated with cerebral malaria
P. falciparum
malarial species with tendecny to relapse
P. vivax
P. ovale
relapse in malaria is due to reactivation of what malaria stage
hypnozoites
When a patient in or from a malarious area presents with fever, what should be done to confirm diagnosis and identify species of infecting organism?
Thick and thin blood smears
What is blackwater fever?
Acute hemolytic anemia with massive hemoglobinuria in malaria
Highest endemicity of malaria in
(MIMAROPA region) Palawan
Hallmark features of enteric fever
- Fever and abdominal pain
Enteric fever is a misnomer in that hallmark features are variable
rose spots or faint, salmon-colored, blanching, maculopapular rashes located primarily on the trunk and chest are found in what disease
enteric fever
Term for the neuropsychiatric symptoms with picking at bedclothes or imaginary objects in patients with enteric fever
Muttering delirium or coma vigil
Risk factors for chronic carriage in patients with
- Women
- infants,
- persons who have biliary abnormalities or concurrent bladder infection with Schistosoma haematobium
Most effective class of agents in treatment in enteric fever
fluoroquinolones
Most severe form of leptospirosis
Weil’s Syndrome ( characterized by jaundice, renal dysfunction, and hemorrhagic diathesis)
Severe leptospirosis should be treated with what medication
IV Penicillin
Prophylaxis for leptospirosis exposure
Doxycycline
Differentiate the ff in terms of mode of transmission :
*Schistosoma japonicum
* Paragonimus westermani
* Clonorchis sinensis
Differentiate the ff in terms of body part affected :
*Schistosoma japonicum
* Paragonimus westermani
* Clonorchis sinensis
Differentiate the ff in terms of mode of intermediate hosts :
*Schistosoma japonicum
* Paragonimus westermani
* Clonorchis sinensis
Differentiate the ff in terms of drug of choice :
*Schistosoma japonicum
* Paragonimus westermani
* Clonorchis sinensis
Intermediate host of S.japonicum
Oncomelania quadrasi (snail)
Intermediate host of P. westermani
Sundathelphusa philippina (mountain crab)
Symptomatic acute schistosomiasis usually seen in travelers who have contracted the infection (schistosomiasis) for the first time
Katayama fever
schistosomiasis is most prevalent in what province
Oriental Mindoro
Mainstay in tbe control program of schistosomiasis in the Philippines
Mass treatment with praziquantel
Clostridium tetani are anaerobic, gram negative, spore-forming rods
True or False
False
gram POSITIVE dapat
Most characteristic pathologic finding in rabies
Negri bodies
term for the eosinophilic cytoplasmic neurons that are composed and viral RNA in rabies
Negri bodies
Examples of bacteriostatic antibiotics (6)
Examples of bactericidal antibiotics (6)
Example of 1st gen cephalosporin (1)
Example of 2nd gen cephalosporin (2)