Lecture 22 - Ch 33 - Person-to-person microbial diseases

Question 1

this disease was a common complication of childbirth

Answer 1

Puerperal fever

Question 2

Resulted in more deaths from wound infection

Answer 2

streptococcal gangrene

Question 3

Commonly found in low numbers in the upper respiratory tract of healthy individuals

Answer 3

Streptococcus pyrogenes (Group A Strep - GAS)

Question 4

Characterized by a bright red discoloration of the tongue and diffuse red skin rash

Answer 4

scarlet fever

Question 5

GAS skin infection results in an immune-induced inflammation of the kidney

Answer 5

Glomerulonephritis

Question 6

Involves generation of antibodies to GAS proteins that cross-react with normal host proteins

Answer 6

rheumatic fever

Question 7

A severe respiratory disease that typically infects children

Answer 7

diphtheria

Question 8

Characterized by a recurrent, violent cough

Answer 8

Pertussis (whooping cough)

Question 9

Caused by Bordetella pertussis

Answer 9

Whooping Cough

Question 10

this bacteria has a waxy mycolic acid cell wall

Answer 10

tuberculosis

Question 11

this disease is in the peripheral nerves resulting in skin lesion

Answer 11

leprosy

Question 12

inflammation of the membranes that line the CNS

Answer 12

Meningitis

Question 13

this is a gram-negative, encapsulated bacteria

Answer 13

Neisseria meningitidis

Question 14

two bacteria caused by a paramyxovirus

Answer 14

measles and mumps

Question 15

Characterized by inflammation of the salivary glands

Answer 15

mumps

Question 16

Caused by a positive-strand RNA virus of the togavirus group

Answer 16

Rubella

Question 17

Commonly caused by rhinoviruses

Answer 17

colds

Question 18

caused by an RNA virus of the orthomyxovirus group

Answer 18

influenza

Question 19

Major change in influenza virus antigen due to gene reassortment

Answer 19

antigenic shift

Question 20

Minor change in influenza virus antigens due to gene mutation

Answer 20

antigenic drift

Question 21

nonsporulating, gram-positive cocci that divides into several planes to form irregular clumps

Answer 21

staphylococcus

Question 22

Many of these diseases result from pyogenic infection

Answer 22

staphylococcus or streptococcus pyogenes

Question 23

Liver inflammation caused by viruses or bacteria

Answer 23

hepatitis

Question 24

results in acute illness followed by destruction of liver anatomy and cells

Answer 24

hepatitis

Question 25

which hepatitis is the most aggressive?

Answer 25

Hepatitis B