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Micro Summary: Diseases Flashcards

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Bacteriodes: Bacilus, Prevotella, Porphoryngeus

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B. fragilis, P. bivia, P. melaninogenica, P. gingivalis, Abscess, Bacteremia

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Histotoxic Clostridia: C. perfringens, C. septicum

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Wound (gas, anaerobic cellulitis, simple), organ, septicemia, food poisoining

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C. tetani

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Tetanus (CNS, spastic paralysis)

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C. botulism

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Flaccid paralysis, CN dysfunction, double vision, swallowing difficulties, flaccid paralysis, breathing problems, constipation (infants), classical foodborne botulism: contaminated foods, intoxication, infant botulism: most common form of botulism in US, GI tract colonized, infection, adult infant botulism: GI tract colonized, disrupt normal flroa, toxin production, wound botulism: toxin grows in wound, class A select agent: bioterrorism, biowarfare

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C. difficile

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Hospital-acquired infectious diarrhea

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Campylobacter jejuni

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Acute gastroenteritis

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Haemophilus influenzae

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Children: otitis media/sinusitis, epiglottitis, pneumonia, meningitis/bacteremia; Adults: otitis media, sinusitis, LRT

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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Persistent cough + erythema multiforme + anemia, thrombotic purpura

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Escherichia coli

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UTIs, neonatal/childhood meningitis

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Salmonella

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Diarrhea (gastroenteritis), enteric fever (typhoid fever)

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Shigella

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Dysentery, GI Symptoms of shigellosis vary from mild diarrhea (no blood) to dysentery (low volume, bloody stool). Shigellosis is usually considered a disease of the colon; it may also involve the ileum? S. sonnei infections usually mildest; S. dysenteriae and S. flexneri more severe

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Klebsiella

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Bloodstream infection, nosocomial pneumonia and urinary tract infection

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Yersinia pestis

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Plague, diarrhea, lymphadenitis, Bubonic: most common, fevers, chills, weakness, headache, painful swollen lymph nodes, Pneumonic: infection of lungs, fever, cough, difficulty breathing, bloody sputum, Septicemic: generalized (bloodstream)

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Chlamydia trachomatis

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Serovars A-K: trachoma, cervicitis, PID, etc., Serovars L1-L3: lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), Chlamydophila pneumonia: bronchitis & pneumonia, Chlamydophila psittaci: zoonotic, pneumonia (psittacosis)

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Treponema pallidum

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Syphilis

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Rickettsia rickettsii

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“Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: Rash localized to extremities, Fever, malaise, severe frontal headache, myalgia and vomiting, Abdominal pain, diarrhea, conjunctivitis, mental confusion, meningitis, respiratory difficulties, renal
dysfunction, and/or myocarditis, Lysis of endothelial cells leads to endothelitis”

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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Lyme Disease: Early: bull’s eye expanding rash, malaise, fatigue, headache, fever, chills, myalgia, Early-Disseminated: cranial neuropathy, meningitis, radiculoneuropathy, iritis, encrotizing retinis, cardiac dysfunction, Late: oligoarthritis, dermatologic syndromes, neurologic demylination

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Bacillus anthracis

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Cutaneous (95%): exposure of abraded skin to spores, purpitic painless papule, black eschar, enlarged lymph nodes, Inhalational (5%): flu-like, mediastinal widening, hemorrhagic mediastinitis, hemorrhagic meningitis, GI (sporadic): uncooked meat, GI symptoms

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Francisella tularensis

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Tularemia: Ulceroglandular, Pharyngeal, Pneumonic, Oculoglandular, Typhoidal, Glandular

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Helicobacter pylori

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Mild GI inflammation (chronic gastritis), Duodenal or gastric ulcers due to inflammation (ammonia/urease, VacA, CagA), Gastric cancer or lymphoma

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Enterococcus faecium

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Bloodstream infection, endocarditis, UTIs

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Staphylococcus aureus

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Skin & soft tissue disease (abscess, cellulitis, osteomyelitis, myositis, septic arthritis, impetigo, folliculitis, furuncles, fasciitis), Disseminated disease (toxic shock syndrome (intoxication), septicemia, endocarditis), Device infections (*central venous catheters, implanted devices, post-surgical infections), CA-MRSA (presence of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin (PVL) gene), Superantigens (food poisoning)

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Staphylococcus epidermidis

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Nosocomial infections w/ IV lines or implanted foreign materials

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Acinetobacter baumanii

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Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP)

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Neisseria meningitidis

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Meningitis

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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M: acute urethritis, urethral dischare, dysuria, most resolve, F: asymptomatic or cervicitis, urethritis, PID (bilateral abdominal pain, tenderness fever), N: conjunctivitis

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Streptococcus pyogenes

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Bacteremia, pneumonia, bone & joint infections, meningitis, endocarditis, Mucosal infections: streptococcal pharyngitis,Pyogenic infections: necrotizing faciitis (attachment from M protein & LTA), Toxigenic: toxic shock syndrome, scarlet fever, Non-suppurative or immunologic: rheumatic fever (inadvertent autoimmunity molecular mimicry), poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (hematuria/Coca-cola urine, edema, hypertension)

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Respiratory Disease: upper (otitis media, sinusitis, conjunctivitis) & lower (CA-pneumonia, death), Disseminated: bacteremia, meningitis, bacterial peritonitis, septic arthritis, osteomyelitis

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Listeria monocytogenes

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Meningitis in babies, bacteremia or meningitis in immunocompromised

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Legionella pneumophila

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Legionnaires’ disease & Pontiac fever, cough, fever, diarrhea

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Shock, cystic fibrosis, burn infections, catheters (UTIs), & IV lines

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Tuberculosis: cough, fever, difficulty breathing

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Mycobacterium leprae

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Leprosy

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Corynebacterium diphtheria

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C. diphtheriae cells remain on the mucosal epithelium (not invasive), some are absorbed & enter circulation to damage internal organs, causing death

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Vibrio cholera

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“fluid/electrolyte loss & diarrhea, severe cholera: diarrheal fluid has a pale yellow/brown color with flecks of small
white mucous material (““rice water stool””), poor skin turgor, sunken eyes, vomiting, dehydration, cardiac problems, shock, coma, & death”

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Bordetella pertussis

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tracheitis and bronchitis, with accumulation of mucus, cells, and bacteria in the airways; mucociliary elevator is impaired; hemorrhages & vomiting

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Candida albicans

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Thrush, esophagus infections, vulvovaginitis

Bloodstream infections

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Cryptococcus neoformans & gattii

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Meningitis, meningoencephalitis, bloodstream infections

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Dermatophytes

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Zoophilic: tinea corporis (ring worm), Geophilic, Anthropophilic (tinea pedis (athletes foot), tinea cruris (jock itch), onychomycosis (nail))

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Pneumocystis jiroveci

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PJP (in immunocompromised)

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Aspergillus fumigatus & niger

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Respiratory tract, airway colonization, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA), tracheobronchitis, sinusitis, aspergilloma, invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, disseminated aspergillosis

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Zygomycoses: mucor, absidia, rhizopus, rhizomucor

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Rhinocerebral mucormycosis in pts w/ metabolic disorders (diabetes) & free iron rich states

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Sporothrix schenckii

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Sporotrichosis: non-healing, inflamaed cutaneous nodule that doesn’t respond to antibacteirals w/ lymphatic spread

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Dematiaceous

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Fungal meningitis

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Fusarium

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Hematological malignancies & bone marrow transplants

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Scedosporium

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Infection in immunocompetent

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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Flu-like respiratory tract infection, mediastinal granuloma, fibrosis, chronic/cavitary pulmonary histoplasmosis, disseminated histoplasmosis

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Coccidiodes immitis

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Peripheral eosinophilia, erythema nodosum, dissemination to CNS, bones, joints, & skin

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Blastomyces dermatidis

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Chronic, granulomatous & suppurative lesions in lungs, dissemination to skin & bones

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Entamoeba histolytica

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Bloody diarrhea & liver abscess

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Acanthamoeba

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In contact lens wearers

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Naegleria fowleri

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Brain-eating amoeba causing meningo-encephalitis

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Giardia lamblia

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Diarrhea, gastroenteritis

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Cryptosporidium

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Prolonged diarrhea

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Microsporidium

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Diarrhea in immunocompromised

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Trichomonas vaginalis

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Tricomoniasis, Vaginitis, Cervicitis (STI): vaginal discharge, frothy, fish-like odor

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Plasmodium falciparum

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Malaria: microvascular disease, hypoglycemia, cerebral malaria, renal failure, pulmonary edema, anemia, multiorgan failure, coma

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Plasmodium vivax & ovale

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Malaria

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Babesia

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Babesiosis & anema

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Leishmania

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Cutaneous (skin ulcers, soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan), Visceral (Kala azar, fevers, hepatosplenomegaly)

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Trypanosoma

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American (Chagas, esophageal & colon dysmotility, cardiomyopathy) / African (sleeping sickness, meningo-encephalitis)

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Toxoplasma gondii

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Chorioretinitis, Lymphadenopathy, Brain abscesses, Immunocompromised patient: toxoplasma encephalitis (neurological symptoms) & ocular toxoplasmosis (congenital), Congenital toxoplasmosis: results in serious, chorioretinitis, CNS disease

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Ascaris lumbricoides

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Anemia

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Hookworm (Necator americanus, Ancylostoma duodenale)

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Cutaneous larva migrans

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Pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis)

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Anal itch

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Strongyloides stercoralis

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Hyperinfection syndrome, disseminated

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Whipworm (trichuris trichiura)

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Anemia

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Onchocerca, Wuchereria, Brugia

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Filiariasis, river blindness (onchocerciasis) & elephantiasis

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Trichinella

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Trichinellosis / trichinosis, myalgias, & eosinophilia

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Schistosoma hepatobium, japonicum, & mansoni

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Acute schistosomiasis (Katayama fever), Chronic schistosomiasis (liver disease, bladder cancer)

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Taenia solium

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Neurocysteicercosis: most critical location in brain, causes seizures

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Echinococcus granulosus

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Hydatid disease & liver cysts

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HIV

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Oral Candidiasis (Thrush), HSV-1 or HSV-2, VZV, MAC, PJP, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, PML, ctyptococcal meningitis, toxoplasmosis, Kaposi’s sarcoma, Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

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HCV

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Chronic viral infection, Chronic hepatitis, Cryoglobulinemia, Cirrhosis then hepatocellular carcinoma

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HSV

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HSV-1, HSV-2, VZV, CMV, EBV, HHV6, HHV7, KSHV

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HPV

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skin warts, anogenital warts, laryngeal wrats, oral pappilomatosis, cervical cancer, oropharyngeal cancer

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VZV

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Fever headaches, malaise preceding a exanthematous rash; rash begins on the face, scalp or trunk, and the vesicular lesions are very itchy, usually self-limiting, Herpes zoster (shingles): lesions are clustered & dermatomal, painful

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West Nile Virus

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Encephalitis

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Norovirus

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Self-limited gastro-enteritis

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Rotavirus

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Acute gastroenteritis

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Adenovirus

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Epidemic pneumonia + probable viral source

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Hantavirus

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Fever, headache, malaise, myalgia, diarrhea, Death from pulmonary edema (respiratory failure) & renal shutdown

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Rabies

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Rabies: Abnormal sensation at bite site, Confusion, lethargy, paresis, increased salivation, irrational aggressive actions, Hydrophobia, seizures, paralysis, coma, encephalitis, death

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Smallpox

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Variola major/minor: Centrifungal rash, Lesions of same age, Contagious after rash appears

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VHFs

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Fever, severe illness, petechiae, unexplained bleeding, shock

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EBV

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Acute: Asymptomatic or mononucleosis, Fever, pharyngitis, lympahdenopathy, atypical lymphocytosis, Complication: hepatitis rash (from amoxicillin or penicillin) or beta-lactam splenic rupture; Chronic: Burkitt’s lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, non-Hodgkin’s or Hodgkin’s lymphomas, Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD)

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Influenza

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Fever, cough, chills, headache, myalgia, malaise, anorexia

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Mumps

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Acute viral infection with swelling and tenderness of the parotid and salivary glands, fever, malaise, headache, involvement of parotid and salivary glands (benign)

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Measles

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Malaise, fever, runny nose, respiratory symptoms (cough) precede the rash, Rash: begins on face, proceeds down body, with extremities last. Erythematous and maculopapular

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Rubella

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Subclinical infection, rash develops in symptomatic individuals, Infection in early gestation very dangerous, can lead to fetal death, premature delivery and congenital defects, such as deafness, myopia, heart disease, mental retardation

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