micro- respiratory, digestive, urinary

Question 1

streptococcus pyogenes infection that causes strawberry red tongue?

Answer 1

scarlet fever, scarletina

Question 2

what causes a characteristic palisade arrangement on a Schick test?

Answer 2

corynebacterium diphtheria- pseudomembrane adheres to throat structures

Question 3

most sinusitis is caused by

Answer 3

moraxella catarrhalis

Question 4

most otitis media caused by

Answer 4

streptococcus pneumoniae

Question 5

typical pneumonia- rust colored sputum, consolidation

Answer 5

pneumococcal pneumonia

Question 6

what is atypical pneumonia?

Answer 6

mycoplasmal- walking pneumonia

less severe

Question 7

pneumonic plague bacteria

Answer 7

yersinia pestis

Question 8

ornithosis aka

Answer 8

psittacosis- chlamydia psittaci

Question 9

legionnaires disease causes

Answer 9

pontiac fever

Question 10

4 phases of pertussis

Answer 10

incubation
catarrhal
paroxysmal
convalescent

Question 11

which disease is a medical emergency where you put the person in a tripod position and is caused by haemophilus influenza B?

Answer 11

epiglottitis

Question 12

SARS is an RNA virus caused by?

Answer 12

coronavirus

Question 13

what is the most common childhood respiratory disease?

Answer 13

RSV- bluish skin, intercostal retractions, nasal flaring, rapid breathing

Question 14

what is the fatal type of RSV?

Answer 14

bronchiolitis

Question 15

what emerging disease is a virus is caused by inhalation of visions from dried mouse urine or feces?

Answer 15

hantavirus pulmonary syndrome- can be fatal

Question 16

what causes croup?

Answer 16

parainfluenza virus

Question 17

what is the aka san joaquin valley fever?

Answer 17

coccidioidomycosis- native american pots and blankets

Question 18

what forms spherules in the lungs?

Answer 18

coccidioidomycosis- resembles pneumonia or TB

San Joaquin Valley fever

Question 19

glichrists disease aka

Answer 19

pulmonary blastomycosis- emerging disease

Question 20

what is found in farm workers in endemic areas?

Answer 20

paracoccidioidomycosis- fungus

Question 21

ohio river valley disease

Answer 21

histoplasmosis- granuloma on x-ray

Question 22

what is the only vibrio in freshwater

Answer 22

vibrio cholera- rice water stools

Question 23

bacillary dysentery

Answer 23

shigellosis- shiga toxin

Question 24

what is the ratio of shigellosis in US?

Answer 24

shigella sonnei- 2/3

shigella flexneri- 1/3

Question 25

travelers diarrhea is caused by

Answer 25

e coli undercooked beef or unpasteurized liquids

Question 26

campylobacter jejuni is most commonly found in?

Answer 26

poultry

Question 27

which digestive disease causes formation of pseudo-membranes in colon and life threatening peritonitis?

Answer 27

clostridium difficile

Question 28

typhoid fever

Answer 28

salmonellosis

Question 29

fried rice syndrome

Answer 29

bacillus cereus food poisoning

Question 30

rubulavirus

Answer 30

mumps

Question 31

what is known as infectious hepatitis?

Answer 31

Hep A

Question 32

Which Hep is a coinfection?

Answer 32

Hep D needs Hep B

Question 33

what is enteric hepatitis?

Answer 33

Hep E- fatal in 20% of pregnant women

Question 34

beaver fever

Answer 34

giardiasis- rotten egg smelling stools

Question 35

entamoeba histolytica

Answer 35

amebiasis- amebic dysentery 90% luminal amebiasis- asymptomatic

Question 36

which protozoa have been linked to raspberries?

Answer 36

cyclosporiasis

Question 37

what are the different tapeworms?

Answer 37

taenia saginata- beef taenia solium- pork diphyllobothrium latum- broad or fish echinococcus granulosus- canine

Question 38

which tapeworm can cause megaloblastic anemia?

Answer 38

diphyllobothriasis

Question 39

which tapeworm causes hyatid cysts primarily in the liver?

Answer 39

echinococcus granulosus

Question 40

what is the 2nd MC nematode in US and can cause iron and protein deficiencies?

Answer 40

hookworm- necator americanus | ancyclostoma duodenale

Question 41

what is the MC parasitic worm in US and can cause perianal itching at night?

Answer 41

enterobius vermicularis- pinworm

Question 42

worm forms blister on the foot

Answer 42

dracunculiasis- winding worm out with stick

Question 43

trichinosis is contracted by eating?

Answer 43

pork containing cysts

Question 44

weil's disease aka

Answer 44

leptospirosis leptospira interrogans urine from infected animal

Question 45

what causes urethritis in men?

Answer 45

neisseria gonorrhoeae

Question 46

what is the MC reportable STD in US?

Answer 46

chlamydia- also causes urethritis in men

Question 47

elementary bodies

Answer 47

infective form

Question 48

reticulate bodies

Answer 48

reproductive form

Question 49

bubo in groin

Answer 49

lymphogranuloma venereum- chlamydia trachomatis (different strain)

Question 50

beefy red lesion

Answer 50

granuloma inguinal- klebsiella granulomatis

Question 51

treponema pallidum pallidum

Answer 51

syphillis

Question 52

chancroid caused by

Answer 52

haemophilus ducreyi

Question 53

HHV2

Answer 53

genital herpes

Question 54

condylomata acuminata

Answer 54

HPV- cauliflower

Question 55

HHV 8

Answer 55

kaposi sarcoma

Question 56

most common curable STD in women?

Answer 56

trichomonas vaginalis