Infectious Disease Flashcards

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what is a pathogen

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organism capable of causing disease

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2
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what does high virulence cause

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disease in a healthy population

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3
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what does low virulence cause

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disease only in susceptible populations

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4
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describe an opportunistic infection

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  • non pathogenic organism
  • low virulence
  • immunocompromised host
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5
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describe mutualism

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  • interaction between two organisms
  • both organisms benefit
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6
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describe commnsalism and give an example

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  • interaction between two organisms
  • one organism benefits
  • other is neither harmed nor helped
  • ex: C. albicans
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7
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how do pathogens injure cells and cause tissue damage

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  • bind to or enter host cells
  • release endotoxins or exotoxins
  • release enzymes that degrade tissue components
  • damage blood vessels and cause ischemic injury
  • induce host inflammatory and immune responses
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8
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what are the general principles of viral infections

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  • intracellular parasites
  • cell type specific
  • viral latency
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9
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what is a virus made off

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nucleic acid

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10
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what are the steps in viral infection and replication

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  • attach
  • penetrate
  • reproduce
  • assemble
  • release
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11
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what are the types of viral infections

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  • transient infections
  • chronic latent infections
  • chronic productive infections
  • transforming infections
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12
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what is an example of a transient infection

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hepatitis A virus

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13
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what is an example of a chronic latent infection

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herpes simplex virus

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14
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what is an example of a chronic productive infection

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hepatitis B virus

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15
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what is an example of a transforming infections

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Epstein Barr Virus, Human Papilloma Virus

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16
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what are the resevoir of human herpes virus

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humans

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17
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what are the periods of HHV

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latency
- reactivation

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18
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what is HHV-1

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herpes simplex virus Type 1

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19
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what is HHV-2

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herpes simplex virus type 2

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20
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what is HHV-3

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varicella zoster virus

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21
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what is HHV-4

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epstein barr virus

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22
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what is HHV-5

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cytomegalovirus

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23
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what is HHV-8

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Kaposi Sarcoma associated virus

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24
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what is the transmission of HSV

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  • contact with affected individual shedding virus
  • symptomatic active lesions
  • asymptomatic viral shedding
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25
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what is another name for HHV -1

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-herpes labialis
- fever blister
- cold sore

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26
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describe the lesions in HHV-1 and common location

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start as vesicles then rupture and turn into ulcers
- mostly oral infections

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27
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where are HSV-2 infections located

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mostly genital infections

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28
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what is a primary infection with herpes simplex virus and what age does it occur with

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  • initial exposure to virus in an individual without immunity
  • occurs at young age after physical contact with infected individual
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29
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what percentage of population of US has antibodies to HSV

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80%

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30
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describe the presentation of primary herpetic gingivostomatitis

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  • flu like illness with fever, malaise, arthralgia, headache
  • cervical lymphadenopathy
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31
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what tissues in the oral cavity are affected in primary herpetic gingivostomatitis and primary infection with herpes simplex virus

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all tissues in the oral cavity

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32
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where do recurrent herpes labialis occur and what is the presentation

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  • anywhere
  • patient will be sick and have systemic signs
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33
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where do recurrent intra oral herpes occur and give examples of the tissues it would be on

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  • on bound down mucosa
  • on keratinized mucosa
  • on nonmovable tissues
  • ex: hard palate and attached gingiva
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34
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where does the herpes simplex virus stay dormant in its latent phase

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trigeminal ganglion

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35
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what cells are affected by the herpes simplex virus

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epithelial cells

36
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describe the histopathology of herpes viruses

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they all look the same, the clinical presentation is what differs

37
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when is herpes gladiatorum spread

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in close contact sports like wrestling

38
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what is recurrent aphthous stomatitis

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  • canker sore
  • focal mucosal destruction
  • T lymphocyte mediated cytotoxic reaction
39
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is recurrent aphthous stomatitis an infectious disease

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NO

40
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what is the presentation of recurrent aphthous stomatitis

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yellowish purulent exudate covering the ulcer with a red/erythematous halo surrounding the ulcer

41
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what is the evolution of an aphthous ulcer

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erythematous macule -> ulceration -> fibrinous membrane

42
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what are the precipitating factors for recurrent aphthous stomatitis

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  • sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS)
  • stress
    -trauma
  • allergies
  • acidic foods/ juices
  • gluten
  • endocrine alterations
43
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where do recurrent aphthous stomatitis lesions occur

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  • nonkeratinized mucosa
  • non bound down mucosa
  • movable mucosa
44
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what are the 3 categories of recurrent aphthous stomatitis

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  • minor aphthae
  • major aphthae
  • herpetiform aphthae
45
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how long do recurrent aphthous stomatitis lesions, primary herpes lesions and recurrent herpes

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about 2 weeks

46
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what lesions have a clinical history of having lesions prior

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  • minor aphthae
  • major aphthae
  • recurrent herpes
47
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describe minor aphthae

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  • recurrent
  • shallow, painful ulcerations on non keratinized mucosa
  • solitary or multiple lesions
  • heals in two weeks
48
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describe major aphthae

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-larger (greater than 0.5cm)
- deeper- may heal with scarring
- heal slowly- weeks to months

49
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describe herptiform aphthae

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  • crops of small, shallow, painful ulcers
  • heal in two weeks
  • short remissions
50
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herpetiform aphthae resembles recurrent intra oral herpes simplex BUT:

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  • located on non keratinized mucosa
  • does not begin as vesicles
51
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is there a vesicular stage in recurrent herpes? recurrent aphthae?

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-yes
- no

52
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what is the number of lesions in recurrent herpes? recurrent aphthae?

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  • multiple, confluent
  • frequently solitary
53
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what is the location of recurrent herpes? recurrent aphthae?

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  • masticatory mucosa (keratinized)
  • moveable mucosa (nonkeratinized)
54
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what systemic diseases are associated with aphthous like lesions

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  • Behcet’s syndrome
  • Reiter’s syndrome
  • IBS: ulcerative colitis and Chron’s Disease
  • malabsorption syndromes: gluten sensitive enteropathy
  • cyclic neutropenia
  • HIV/AIDS
55
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what is the primary infectiion with varicella zoster virus

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  • varicella
  • chicken pox
56
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what is the recurrent infection with varicella zoster virus

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  • zoster
    -shingles
57
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what cells are seen in varicella zoster virus histology

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Tzanck cells

58
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describe varicella (chicken pox)

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  • transmission by inspiration of infected droplets
  • clinical disease in most individuals
  • constitutional symptoms
  • skin lesions begin on face/trunk
  • vesicles in repeated waves
  • heal without scarring
  • can be intra oral
59
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where does the varicella (chicken pox) stay dormant

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in the spinal ganglion

60
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describe herpes zoster (shingles)

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  • prodrome of pain, paresthesia
  • unilateral dermatomal involvement
61
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what is the clinical presentation of the lesions associated with herpes zoster (shingles)

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  • vesicles that will rupture -> ulcerations
62
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what is the progression of pain in shingles

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  • prodromal pain
  • acute pain
  • chronic pain: post herpetic neuralgia
63
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describe epstein barr virus

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  • herpes virus- HHV-4
  • most adults EBV+
  • latency
  • tropism for B lymphocytes
  • infects epithelial cells of oral mucosa, oropharynx and nasopharynx
64
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what are the associations of epstein barr virus with human disease

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  • infectious mononucleosis
  • lymphomas- NHL (Burkitt lymphoma) and HL
  • nasopharyngeal carcinoma
  • oral hairy leukoplakia
65
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what are the clinical features of infectious mononucleosis

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  • debilitating EBV infection
  • self limiting
  • young adults
  • salivary transmission
  • fatigue
  • malaise
  • lymphadenopathy
  • fever
  • sore throat
66
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what is the blood test for mono

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  • increased lymphocytes
  • atypical lymphocytes called Downey Cells
67
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how can infectious mononucleosis affect the oral cavity

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can cause necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis

68
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what are the other laboratory tests for infectious mononucleosis

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  • heterophile antibody: IgM antibody - induced by EBV infection. binds to Paul-Bunnell antigen of sheep and bovine RBCs. non specific antibody- not specific for EBV
  • monospot test- detects heterophile antibody
  • EBV specific testing
69
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what is the treatment for infectious mononucleosis

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  • symptomatic therapy
  • bed rest, prevent splenic rupture
70
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describe oral hairy leukoplakia and where it is found

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  • epithelial hyperplasia associated with EBV infection
  • lateral border of tongue
  • in any immunodeficient state
71
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what is hairy tongue

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elongation of filiform papilla

72
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what is cytomegalovirus

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  • HHV-5
  • most of population affected by age 60
  • most CMV infections are asymptomatic
73
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what are the stages of cytomegalovirus

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  • initial infection
  • latency
  • reactivation
74
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acute infection by cytomegalovirus is similar to:

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infectious mononucleosis (EBV)

75
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describe the acute infection by cytomegalovirus histology

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heterophile antibody negative

76
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what are the oral symptoms associated with acute infection by cytomegalovirus

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rarely acute sialadenitis with painful swelling and xerostomia

77
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what can cytomegalovirus infections in immunocompromised individuals cause

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  • retinitis: blindness
  • colitis
78
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describe Coxsackie group A

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self limited disease that occurs in epidemics of flu like symptoms in young children

79
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how is coxsackie group A transmitted

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fecal- oral and airbrone

80
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describe herpangina and where its found

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  • constitutional symptoms
  • begins as small vesicles that rupture and ulcerate
  • posterior oral cavity and oropharynx
81
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describe the lesions of hand foot and mouth disease

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vesicular eruption of hands, feet and anterior mouth

82
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describe measles (rubeola)

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  • childhood infection
  • communicable disease
    -skin rash
  • measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) immunization
83
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describe the presentation of measles

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  • koplik spots- intra oral spots
  • “grains of salt” on an erythematous base
  • foci of epithelial necrosis
84
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describe mumps

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-childhood infection
- communicable disease
-measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) immunization
- 30% subclinical infection
- prodromal constitutional symptoms
- salivary gland swelling and discomfort

85
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what are the lab findings in mumps

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  • elevated serum amylase - released from granules during lysis of acinar cells
  • specific serologic tests
86
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what are the complications of mumps

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  • rare in young and more common in older individuals
  • orchitis, oophoritis, mastitis, meningitis, thyoiditis, pancreatitis
  • sterility, hearing loss
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