micro- diseases

Question 1

what microbe is the most likely cause of folliculitis?

Answer 1

staph aureus

Question 2

microbe causing hot tub folliculitis?

Answer 2

pseudomonas aeruginosa- gram -

Question 3

what causes scalded skin syndrome?

Answer 3

staph aureus

Question 4

impetigo description and microbe

Answer 4

pyoderma- pus filled vesicles that crust

usually staph aureus
can be strep pyogenes

Question 5

what is a fiery red rash with sharply defined raised borders?

Answer 5

erysipelas

strep pyogenes- MC

Question 6

microbe that causes necrotizing fasciitis

Answer 6

strep pyogenes

Question 7

bartonella henselae

Answer 7

cat scratch fever- bump or blister and LYMPHADENOPATHY

Question 8

rickettsia ricketsii

Answer 8

rocky mountain spotted fever- petechiae, non-itchy spotted rash

Question 9

vector for RMSF

Answer 9

ticks

Question 10

bacillus anthracis key symptom

Answer 10

black crusty ulcer, eschar

Question 11

gas gangrene

Answer 11

clostridium perfringens

Question 12

smallpox aka and name

Answer 12

variola

orthopoxvirus

Question 13

recurrent, painful, slow spreading blisters on fingers

Answer 13

herpetic whitlow

Question 14

recurrent, painful, slow spreading blisters anywhere on body

Answer 14

herpetic gladiatorum

Question 15

HHV3

Answer 15

varicella-zoster

Question 16

measles virus aka and key symptom

Answer 16

rubeola

kopliks spots in mouth

Question 17

rubella aka

Answer 17

german measles

Question 18

erythema infectiosum

Answer 18

fifth disease- slapped cheek syndrome

parvo B19

Question 19

HHV 6

Answer 19

roseola- may be linked to MS

Question 20

black piedra

Answer 20

piedraia hortae

Question 21

white piedra

Answer 21

trichosporan beiglii

Question 22

pityriasis versicolor

Answer 22

malassezia furfur

Question 23

dermaphytoses

Answer 23

ring worm

Question 24

sporotrichosis aka and microbe

Answer 24

rose-gardeners disease

sporothrix schenckii

Question 25

leishmaniasis organism and vector

Answer 25

protozoan sand fly vector baghdad boil

Question 26

what disease is contracted from armadillos?

Answer 26

Hansen's disease leprosy- mycobacterium leprae

Question 27

what are the 2 types of hansens disease?

Answer 27

tuberculoid leprosy- strong immune system | lepromatous leprosy- weak immune system

Question 28

floppy baby syndrome

Answer 28

clostridium botulinum

Question 29

spastic paralysis, lock jaw

Answer 29

clostridium tetani- tetanus

Question 30

risus sardonicus

Answer 30

smiling spasm

Question 31

what is the more common and more mild meningitis?

Answer 31

viral- aseptic meningitis

Question 32

what are the possible viruses of viral meningitis?

Answer 32

coxsackie enterovirus poliovirus echovirus- 90%

Question 33

most common bacterial meningitis in adults

Answer 33

streptococcus pneumoniae

Question 34

meningitis in infants 3months and younger

Answer 34

streptococcus agalactiae

Question 35

meningitis in pregnant women

Answer 35

listeria monocytogenes

Question 36

college age meningitis, purple spotted rash

Answer 36

neisseria meningitidis

Question 37

MC meningitis children 5-18

Answer 37

haemophilus influenza B

Question 38

what is the vector for most encephalitis?

Answer 38

mosquito

Question 39

cryptococcus neoformans

Answer 39

cryptococcal meningitis

Question 40

trypanosomiasis

Answer 40

african sleeping sickness- tse tse fly

Question 41

acanthamoeba and naegleria fowleri are both?

Answer 41

amebic meningoencephalopathy

Question 42

what can you contract from eating contaminated beef

Answer 42

variant Creutzfeldt jakob disease- emerging spongiform encephalopathy prion

Question 43

what is the leading cause of non-traumatic blindness in humans?

Answer 43

chlamydia trachomatis- trachoma

Question 44

newborn conjunctivitis aka and microbe

Answer 44

ophthalmia neonatorum neisseria gonorrhoeae

Question 45

which herpes virus can also lead to blindness

Answer 45

HHV 1- latent virus in trigeminal ganglion travels down ophthalmic branch

Question 46

what is an emerging disease for unsterile contact solution?

Answer 46

acanthamoeba keratitis- protozoa

Question 47

nematode in eyes causing calabar swellings?

Answer 47

loa loa filariasis- deer or mango fly

Question 48

river blindness

Answer 48

onchocerciasis- corneal inflammation onchocera valvulus roundworm

Question 49

river blindness vector

Answer 49

black fly

Question 50

brucellosis aka and key symptom

Answer 50

undulant fever- fever spikes in afternoon found in sheep and goats

Question 51

tularemia aka

Answer 51

rabbit fever- found mostly in rabbits but tick is vector lymphangitis

Question 52

bubonic plague microbe

Answer 52

yersinia pestis buboes

Question 53

erythema migrans

Answer 53

bulls eye rash borrelia burgdorferi

Question 54

HHV4

Answer 54

epstein barr- mono

Question 55

HHV 5

Answer 55

cytomegalovirus

Question 56

malaria microbes

Answer 56

plasmodium falciparum- most serious; black water fever plasmodium vivax- MC plasmodium ovale plasmodium malariae

Question 57

cleaning litter boxes

Answer 57

toxoplasmosis- toxoplasma gondii

Question 58

trypanosoma cruzi

Answer 58

chagas disease

Question 59

chagas vector

Answer 59

true bugs or kissing bugs

Question 60

wuchereria bancrofti

Answer 60

lymphatic filariasis- results in elephantiasis

Question 61

what is a re-emerging disease when coming in contact with water the trematode burrows into skin?

Answer 61

schistosomiasis- swimmers itch, distended stomach cirrhosis snail fever

Question 62

what are the blood flukes that cause schistomiasis?

Answer 62

schistosoma mansoni | schistosoma japonicum