Micro and ID Flashcards
what bug is the “whip worm?
Trichruis trich
what area of the US is Lyme?
northeast
First two symptoms of Lyme?
The round target lesion rash
constiutional symtpoms
What is the type of bug causing lyme?
motile spirochete
how does the rubella rash progress?
face then caudally
what is the other name for Erythema Infectious?
what is the virus?
classic rash?
fifth disease
parvovirus b19
slapped cheek
what gland to always remember with mumps and what happens to it?
parotid gland swelling
talk about the 3 stages of Lyme disease?
round, target lesion with constitutional symptoms
rash all over with cardiac or neuro
arthritis
how does the rash present in Rocky Mountain spotted fever and what area of the US is this found?
wrists and ankles first and then spreads
Southeast, south central
measles rash spares what body parts?
soles and palms
difference between strep and staph
strep in chains
staph in clusters
if I see a lung deal with someone from southwest US, what am I thinking and how to treat?
cocci
fluconazole
what can erythema infection lead to?
aplastic crisis, severe anemia
what is the difference in level of conscious of subdural hematoma and epidural hematoma?
subdural just progressively gets worse
epidural is acute loss, regain, and then acute loss again
what is digoxin’s affect on HR?
lower it
