Infection Flashcards
What is Schitosoma Haematobium?
Helminth (fluke)
What is Taenia Sagata?
Helminth (Tape worm)
What is Entamoeba Histolytica?
Protozoa (Amoebae)
What is Plasmodium Faciparum?
Protoza (Sporozoa)
What is Cimex Lectularius?
Bedbugs
Give example of acute infection
Norovirus
Give example of chronic infection?
Hep C
Give 3 examples of Latent infection?
Herpevirus
Varicella Zoster Virus
Epstein Barr Virus
Example of bacterial infection
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Symptoms of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Dirty sputum Fever Cough Breathlessness Chest pains
Complication of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Blood Stream infection
Meningitis
Death
What receptor does HIV bind to?
CCR5
2 examples of superficial invasive fungi
Athletes foot> tinea pedis
Ring worm> tinea corpois
2 prions disease
CJD
Kuru
Categorisation of Streptoccus pneumoniae
where it colonises
where it invades
Gram +ve, cocci, pairs
Colonise: nose + throat
Invade: lungs> pneumonia
3 grouping of Bac
Chains
Clusters
Pairs
List 3 endogenous routes of transmission
Migration
Blood
perforation
Example of migration
E.coli
Example of blood
Endocarditis
Example of direct contact
Impetigo
Example of indirect
Methicillin
Clostridium difficle
Norovirus gastroenteritis
example of antibiotic resistance
Staphylocci
What does an inc. in camp in cholera cause?
inc cl-
dec Na+
What 3 WBC do we test?
And what do we test them for?
> neutrophils> bac
Eosinphils> Parasite
Lymphocyte > Virus
