Infectious disease causes Flashcards
1
Q
Staphylococcus
A
- Folliculitis
- Sty
- Boil
- Impetigo
- Scalded skin syndrome
- Acute endocarditis
- Food poisoning
2
Q
Streptococcus
A
- Erysipelas
- Necrotizing fasciitis
- Pneumococcal meningitis
- Subacute endocarditis
- Rheumatic fever
- Scarlet fever
- Pneumococcal pneumonia
- Dental caries
3
Q
Pseudomonas
A
- Otitis externa
4
Q
Varicellovirus
A
- Chicken pox
- Shingles
5
Q
Cutibacterium
A
- Inflammatory acne
6
Q
Variola virus
A
- Small pox
7
Q
Papillomaviruses
A
- Warts
- Genital warts
8
Q
HSV-1
A
- Cold sores
9
Q
Rubeola virus
A
- Measles
10
Q
Rubivirus
A
- German measles (rubella)
11
Q
Candida
A
- Thrush
- Yeast infection
12
Q
Haemophilus
A
- Hib meningitis
13
Q
Neisseria
A
- Meningococcal meningitis
- Gonorrhea
14
Q
Clostridium
A
- Tetanus
- Botulism
- Gangrene
- Pseudomembranous colitis (C.diff)
15
Q
Mycobacterium
A
- Tuberculoid leprosy
- Lepromatous leprosy
- Tuberculosis
16
Q
Flavivirus West Nile Virus
A
- Arboviral encephalitis
17
Q
Prions (neuro)
A
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease/Mad cow disease
18
Q
Bacillus
A
- Anthrax
19
Q
Yersinia
A
- Plague
20
Q
Borrelia
A
- Lyme
21
Q
Rickettsia
A
- Epidemic typhus
- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
22
Q
Flavivirus
A
- Yellow fever
- Dengue
23
Q
Epstein-Barr virus
A
- Mononucleosis
24
Q
Sin Nombre
A
- Hanta
25
Plasmodium (protozoa)
- Malaria
26
Corynebacterium
- Diphtheria
27
Rhinovirus
- Common cold
28
Bordetella
- Whooping cough/petussis
29
Betacoronavirus SARS-CoV-2
- Covid-19
30
Porphymonas
- Periodontitis
31
Prevotella
- Trench mouth
32
Salmonella
- Typhoid fever
33
Vibrio
- Cholera
34
Helicobacter
- Peptic ulcers
35
Norovirus
- Viral gastroenteritis
36
Taenia
- Tapeworms
37
Escherichia
- Urinary tract infection
38
Chlamydia
- Nongonococcal urethritis (also PID)
39
Treponema
- Syphilis
40
HSV-2
Genital herpes
