Microbial Disease of the Cardiovascular System

Question 1

what is septicemia?

Answer 1

Any microbial infection of the blood that produces illness

Question 2

what is bacteremia?

Answer 2

Bacterial septicemia that is often harmless

Question 3

toxemia?

Answer 3

release of bacterial toxins into the blood

Question 4

lymphangitis

Answer 4

infection and inflammation of the lymphatic vessels

Question 5

what are the symptoms of Septicemia, Bacteremia, and Toxemia?

Answer 5

septic shock, petechiae

Question 6

what is petechiae

Answer 6

small hemorrhagic lesions

Question 7

when does osteomyelitis occur?

Answer 7

of bacteria invades the bones

Question 8

what is septicemia due to?

Answer 8

direct inoculation of bacteria into the blood

Question 9

what pathogens produce severe septicemia?

Answer 9

gram negative bacteria

Question 10

what are the symptoms of endocarditis?

Answer 10

fever, malaise, tachycardia

Question 11

what pathogen causes endocarditis?

Answer 11

viridian streptococci

Question 12

what are the symptoms of Lyme disease?

Answer 12

bulls eye rash, neurological symptoms, severe arthritis

Question 13

what pathogen causes Lyme disease?

Answer 13

borelia burgdorferi

Question 14

how is Lyme disease transmitted?

Answer 14

deer tick

Question 15

what disease is one of the most restored vector borne diseases in the US?

Answer 15

Lyme disease

Question 16

what are the symptoms of severe mononucleosis?

Answer 16

sever sore throat and fever, swollen lymph nodes

Question 17

what pathogen causes mononucleosis?

Answer 17

HHV4

Question 18

how is mononucleosis transmitted?

Answer 18

saliva– kissing disease

Question 19

what is the first stage of yellow fever?

Answer 19

First stage – fever, headache, muscle aches, vomited (few days)

Question 20

what is the second stage of yellow fever?

Answer 20

Second stage – period of remission

Question 21

what is the third stage of yellow fever?

Answer 21

Third stage – 15% experience delirium, seizures, coma, degeneration of liver, kidneys, and heart, and massive hemorrhaging

Question 22

what is the pathogen that causes yellow fever?

Answer 22

Caused by yellow fever virus (Genus Flavivirus, Family Flavivirdae)

Question 23

how’s yellow fever transmitted?

Answer 23

Transmitted via the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito

Question 24

how do you prevent yellow fever?

Answer 24

Vaccine is available (live-attenuated yellow fever vaccine)

Question 25

what is a common name for dengue fever?

Answer 25

breakbone fever

Question 26

what are the symptoms of dengue?

Answer 26

fever and hemorrhagic fever

Question 27

what are the symptoms of ebola and marburg?

Answer 27

minor petechiae, small hemorrhagic lesions

Question 28

what are natural hosts of ebola?

Answer 28

bats

Question 29

how is ebola transmitted?

Answer 29

via contact with bodily fluids of infected individual

Question 30

what is the mortality rate of ebola?

Answer 30

90 percent

Question 31

what is the mortality rate of marburg?

Answer 31

25 percent

Question 32

what are the symptoms of zika?

Answer 32

fever, rash, conjunctivitis

Question 33

how is zika transmitted?

Answer 33

mosquito bite, sex, lab exposure, blood transfusion

Question 34

what can zika virus infection during pregnancy cause?

Answer 34

microcephaly (small brain)

Question 35

where is zika common in?

Answer 35

africa, asia, pacific islands