INFECTIOUS DISEASES BY MICROORGANISMS

Question 1

“Whooping cough”
Marked by a severe hacking cough followed by a high-pitched intake of breath that sounds like a “whoop” due to the high intake of breath

Answer 1

PERTUSSIS

Question 2

Infection in one or both of the lungs

Causes the air sacs of the lungs to fill up with fluid or pus

Answer 2

PNEUMONIA

Question 3

Chronic pulmonary and systemic disease

can also occur outside the lungs, known as extrapulmonary –, but it is prevented by the PCG vaccine administered at birth, which helps prevent various forms of —

Answer 3

TUBERCULOSIS

Question 4

Single-stranded enveloped RNA virus

Answer 4

MEASLES

Question 5

Flavivirus is transmitted by the Aedes mosquito, although in some cases, it can also be transmitted by other species within the Aedes genus.

Answer 5

DENGUE

Question 6

Novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

First detected in Wuhan, China

Answer 6

COVID-19

Question 7

Emerging pathogen associated with multiple nosocomial infections

Spreads easily in healthcare facilities

Answer 7

CANDIDIASIS

Question 8

Similar to pneumonia

Cause a rapidly progressive, bilateral pneumonia

Opportunistic infections can be present inside your body without showing signs and symptoms until your immune system becomes weakened.

Answer 8

PNEUMOCYSTIS

Question 9

Encapsulated yeasts that cause
meningoencephalitis

Answer 9

CRYPTOCOCCOSIS

Question 10

Infections from intestinal worms that are transmitted through contaminated soil

Persons at risk: children, farmers, soldiers, workers in direct contact with soil

Answer 10

SOIL-TRANSMITTED HELMINTHIASIS

Question 12

An infection caused by a lung fluke that infects the lungs

Commonly misdiagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis

Answer 12

PARAGONIMIASIS