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Microbial disease of the cardiovascular, lymphatic, and respiratory system Flashcards

1
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The primary causative agent for Neonatal sepsis

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Streptococcus agalactiae

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2
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Causative agent for puerperal fever/childbirth fever

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Streptococcus pyogenes

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3
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Causative agent in bacterial endocarditis

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Streptococcus aureus

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4
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Autoimmune complication of S. pyogenes

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Rheumatic fever

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5
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Mortality rate of tularemia

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30%

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6
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Symptoms of Brucellosis (Undulant fever)

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Night sweats, fever, muscle ache

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7
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Where would you commonly find Bacillus anthracis?

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Soil

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8
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Treatment for Bacillus anthracis

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Ciprofloxacin and Doxycycline

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9
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Enter through minor cut (20% mortality rate)

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Cutaneous anthrax

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10
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Ingestion of undercooked food (50% mortality rate)

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Gastrointestinal anthrax

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11
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Inhalation of endospores (near 100% mortality rate)

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Respiratory anthrax

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12
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From cat scratch

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Bartonella henselae

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13
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Streptobacillus moniliformis causes?

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Rat-bite fever

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14
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Yersinia pestis proliferate the lymph tissue which causes?

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Buboes (swelling of lymph tissue)

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15
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Yesinia pestis; mortality rate of nearly 100%

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Pneumonic plague

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16
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Yersinia pestis; mortality rate of 50-75%

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Bubonic plague

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17
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Causes rose-colored skin spots

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Borrelia reccurrentis (tetracycline)

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18
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Most common tickborne disease in US

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Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi)

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19
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How many days does ixodes tick (in borrelia burgdorferi) has to attach before infection?

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2-3 days

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20
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HME causative agent

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Ehrlichia chaffeensis

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21
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HGA causative agent

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Anaplasma phagocytophilum

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22
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in HME and HGA: which has a vector of Lone star tick( white deer)

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HME

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23
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in HME and HGA: which has a vector of Ixodes tick

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HGA

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24
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Wood ticks is also known as

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Dermacentor andersoni

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25
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Dog tick is also known as

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Dermacentor variabilis

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26
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The most common childhood cancer in Africa (Epstein-Barr virus)

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Burkitt’s lymphoma

27
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Forms “owl’s eyes”

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Cytomegalovirus (Human herpesvirus 5)

28
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Cytomegalovirus (Human herpesvirus 5)

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Owl’s eyes

29
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Vector of Chikungunya fever

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Aedes and Asian tiger mosquito

30
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Vector of yellow fever and Dengue

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Aedes aegypti

31
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Mortality rate of Ebola virus

32
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Chronic form of the disease causes megaesophagus and megacolon

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Chaga’s disease

33
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Contact with cat feces or undercooked meat introduces oocytes to the intestine

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Toxoplasma gondii

34
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Mefloquine and Atovaquone-Proguanil is used in areas without known chloroquine-resistant, WHAT IS USED TO AREAS THAT ARE RESISTANT?

35
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Malarone are used to areas that are Chloroquine-resistant, WHAT IS USED TO THOSE THAT ARE NOT?

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Mefloquine and Atovaquone-Proguanil

36
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Leishmania is carried by?

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Female sandfly

37
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Leishmania braziliensis affects?

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Mucous membrane

38
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Leishmania donovani affects?

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Internal organ

39
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Leishmania tropica causes?

40
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Otitis media that takes 35% of the infected

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

41
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Otitis media that takes 20-30% of the infected

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Unencapsulated Haemophilus Influenza

42
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Moraxella takes how many percentage in total Otitis media infection?

43
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S. pyogenes takes how many percentage in total Otitis media infection?

44
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Staphylococcus aureus takes how many percentage in total Otitis media infection?

45
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Otitis media is treated with?

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Broad Spectrum Penincillins

46
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In DNA vaccination, what immune cell reacts with the purified protein derivative of TB?

47
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Bronchopneuomonia infects the ________ adjacent to the lungs

48
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How many serotypes does S. pneumonia?

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90 serotypes (conjugated vaccine)

49
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Has no cell wall and has “fried-egg” appearance on media

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Mycoplasmal pneumonia (Tetracycline)

50
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Lower respiratory bacterial disease that is infectious

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Chlamydial pneumonia

51
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Lower respiratory bacterial disease that is not infectious

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Legioinella (Legionella pneumophila)

52
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Treatment for Q fever?

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Doxycycline and Chloroquine (chronic)

53
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Most common viral respiratory disease in infants

54
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HA, Hemagglutinin spikes

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allows the influenza virus to ADHERE

55
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NA, Neuraminidase spikes

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allows the influenza virus to DETACH

56
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San Joaquin fever CA

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Coccidiodomycosis

57
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Yeast-form grows intracellulary in macrophages

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Histoplasma

58
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NA blastomycosis also known as

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Blastomycosis

59
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SA blastomycosis also known as

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Paracoccidioidomycosis

60
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causes acute bacterial endocarditis

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Staphylococccus aureus

61
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Inflammation in the endocardium

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Endocarditis

62
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impairs the function of the heart valves *bacterial

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Subacute bacterial endocarditis

63
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Inflammation of the sac around heart

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Pericarditis

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