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1
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What are the signs of lung consolidation

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diminished expansion, dull procussions note, increased vocal rsonance, bronchial brathing

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What is CURB65

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C=>confusion
U=>urea=> >7mmol/l
R=> respiratory rate >30
B=> BP 65

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What is bronchioectesis

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chronic infection of bronchioles

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name 3 viruses that cause upper respiratory tract infections

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Rhinovirus
Coronavirus
Influenza/parainfluenza

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5
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What is a method of dignosisng HIV

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enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

viral load => PCR

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What is the treatment for HIV what does it targit

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highly active antiretroviral therapy’ (HAART) stop vires in/out/replicating

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What are 3 points of healthcare aquired iinfection prevention

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pathogen to patient. patient getting infected, patient infecting others

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what are the 4 ways in which microbiota can cause infection

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inoculation, invasion, migration, haemotogenes

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what is the difference between pyogenic and granulomates response

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pygenic => neutophiles/pus

granulomates => lymphocytes and macrophages

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what is quorum sensing

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it is signaling within the biofilm ; a system of stimulus and response correlated to population density
Principles
Signalling molecules – auto-inducers (AI)
Cell surface or cytoplasmic receptors
Gene expression ->co-operative behaviours and more AI production.

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What does quornu control

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sporulation, biofilm formation, virulence factor secretion

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what is he most common cositive organism for malaria what is the incubation period

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plasmodium flaciparum 1-3 weeks

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13
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what is arthralgia

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joint pain

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how would you describe 1) muscle pain 2) feeling unwell

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myalgia and malaise

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what is the treatment for malaria

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primaquine

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what organism causes typhoid and paratyphoid , how does it spread

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Salmonell eneterica foecal-oral rout

17
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what are thesymptoms of typhoid

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fever, headache, splenomegaly, bradycardia, GI haemorrhage

18
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what websites can be used to obtein travel infection related info

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  1. http://www.nathnac.org/pro/index.htm national health travel work network and centre
  2. http://www.cdc.gov/=> center of disease control and prevention
19
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ehat substance is found in fungal cell wall

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chitin

20
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what are the different types of infection spread

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  • Haemotonageous => spreads through blood
  • Contiguous spread -> incision in the skin
  • Inoculation => i.e. Eye infections
  • Ingestion => contaminated food or water
  • Inhalation => droplets or aerosol
  • Vector
  • Vertical

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