Microbiology Flashcards
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Hot tub folliculitis
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pseudomonas aerugenosa
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Abcess/Folliculitis
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staph aureus
staph epidermidis
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Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSS)
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Staph Aureus
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Can be mistaken as child abuse
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SSSS
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Impetigo/ pyoderma
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Staph aureus (80%)
streptococcus pyogenes (20%)
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Erysipelas signs/symptoms
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fiery red rash/ sharply defined raised borders
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Erysipelas
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Streptococcus pyogenes (most)
staph aureus (occassionally)
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Erysipelas peak incidence
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60-80 y.o.
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Necrotizing fasiciitis
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streptococcus pyogenes
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Emerging disease; fleshing eating
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necrotizing fasiciitis
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acne
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propionebacterium acnes
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most severe form of acne
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cystic acne
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Cat Scratch Fever
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Bartonella Henselae
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lymphadenopathy, bumps at site are common of what
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cat scratch fever
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pseudomonas infection
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pseudomonas arugenosa
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produces a blue-green pigment called pyocyanin. Opportunistic and found commonly in burn victims
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pseudomonas infection
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
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Rickettsia Ricketsii
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Hard tick vector
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rocky mountain spotted fever
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non-itchy spotted rash on trunk, palms, and soles. petechiae,
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever
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Cutaneous Anthrax
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Bacillius anthracis
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Category A bioterrorist threat
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cutaneous anthrax
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painless, eschar, toxemia
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cutaneous anthrax
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Gas Gangrene
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Clostridium Perfingens
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necrosis, foul smelling, gas bubbles
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gas gangrene
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fecally contaminated soil/water. must be introducted to body through traumatic event
gas gangrene
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small pox aka
variola
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primarily through inhalation. Category A bioterrorist threat #1. Only disease to be eradicated world wide. BLS-4
small pox
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Small pox (variola)
DNA virus
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Molluscum contagiosum
DNA Virus
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raised, pearle like papules
Molluscum contagiosum
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Direct contact (sometimes STD) condoms may not protect
Molluscum contagiosum
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Monkey Pox
DNA virus
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Emerging disease (dna)
monkeypox
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Herpes labialis
HHV-1 (simplex)
| DNA virus
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Herpetic Whitlow
HHV-1 (simplex)
| DNA virus
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Herpes gladatorium
HHV-1 (simplex)
| Dna virus
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trigeminal ganglia (above the waist)
Herpes labialis
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brachial ganglia, above the waist
herpetic whitlow
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various ganglia, contact sports
Herpes gladatorium
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chicken pox aka
varicella
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Chicken pox
HHV-3
Varicella-zoster
DNA virus
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Shingles aka
herpes zoster
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Shingles
HHV-3
Varicella-zoster
DNA virus
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follows dermatome, virus latent in spinal DRG
shingles
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Warts
HPV
| DNA virus
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MC type of wart
seed
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Rubella aka
German Messels
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Rubella
Rubella virus
| RNA virus
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Measles aka
Rubeola
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Measles
Measles virus
| RNA virus
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Sometimes causes SSPE
Measles
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Erythema Infectiosum
DNA virus
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Erythema Infectiosum
Parvovirus B19
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Resembles slap, aggravated by sunlight
Erythema Infectiosum
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5th disease, "slapped cheek syndrome"
Erythema Infectiosum
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Roseola
HHV-6
| DNA
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rose colored rash, similar to mono, usually transvered via spit
roseola
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May be linked to MS
roseola
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Piedra
Piedria Horetae
Tricosporon beiglil
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opportunistic, hair brush, shave head
piedra
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Pityriasis versicolor
Malasezia Furfur
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opportunistic infection, green color under UV light
pityriasis versicolor
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dermatophytoses aka
ringworm
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Dermatophytoses
epidermophyton sp
microsporum sp
trycophyton sp
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tinea pedis, tinea cruris, tinea corporis, etc. associated with what
dermatophytoses
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Sporotricosis
sporothrix schenckii
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aka rose garderners disease
sporotricosis
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opportunistic, thorn prick, or splinter
sporotrichosis
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Leishmaniasis
Leishmania sp.
| protozoan
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"Baghdad boil", sand fly vector
Leishmaniasis
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visceral leishmaniasis
kala azar
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scabies
sarcopets scabiaii
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intense itch, linear bumps or scabbing, mite, burrow or tunnel, prolonged contact
scabies
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MC meningitis in adults
bacterial
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MC organism to cause bacterial meningitis in adults
streptococcus pneumoniae
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MC pathogen to cause bacterial meningitis in college aged students <20
Niesseria Meningitidis
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purple spotted rash
college age bacterial meningitis
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MC pathogen to cause bacterial meningitis in children <5
Haemophilius influenzae b *exception (gram -)
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MC pathogen to cause bacterial meningitis in babies, elderly, and pregnant women
listeria monocytogenes
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Only bacterial meningitis mode of transmittion to be through contaminated food or water. what age group is effected and what is the pathogen
elderly, babies, pregnant women
listeria monocytogenes
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Pathogen to cause bacterial meningitis in premature infants and <3 month olds
streptococcus agalactiae
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Mode of transmission for bacterial meningitis is through birth canal or from health care professional. what is the pathogen
streptococcus agalactiae
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Endocarditis mc pathogen
streptococcus sanguis
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often associated with colon cancer and mouth infections/cavaties
endocarditis
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rheumatic fever/heart disease pathogen
streptococcus pyogenes
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Children 5-15 y.o. most at risk, not common in US. usually get 1-5 weeks following infection
rheumatic fever/heart disease
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Brucellosis pathogen
Brucella Melitensis
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fluctuating fever, spikes every afternoon
Brucellosis
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contaminated dairy products or infected animal parts. Common in sheep and goats
brucelliosis
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Brucellosis aka
undulant fever
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Tularemia aka
rabbit fever
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Tularemia
Francisella tularensis
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ascending lymphangitis
Tularemia
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MC animal infected or tick vector
Tularemia
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Category A bioterrorist threat, mostly found in rabbits
Tularemia
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Bubonic plague pathogen
yersinia pestis
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Bubonic plague mode of transmission
flea bite vector
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aka black death
Bubonic plague
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Category A bioterrorist threat, subcutaneous hemorrhaging
Bubonic plague
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Pneumonic plague pathogen
yersinia pestis
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Pneumonic plague mode of transmission
person to person via aerosols and sputum
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category A bioterrorist threat, pulmonary distress within day of infection
Pneumonic plague
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Lyme disease pathogen
borrelia burgdorferi
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red bulls eye rash
lyme disease
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tick vector (most commonly off deer)
lyme disease
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one of the most reported vector borne diseases in US
lyme disease
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Mono
HHV-4
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Cytomegalovirus infection
HHV-5
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MC opportunistic infection of aids patients
cytomegalovirus
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Mosquito vector, BSL-3
yellow fever
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black vomit
yellow fever
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arbovirus aka (named because of jaundice)
yellow fever
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aka break-bone fever
dengue fever
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Hansen's disease aka
leprosy
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Hansen's disease
Mycobacterium leprae
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canned food, honey can cause
botulism
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floppy baby syndrome aka
botulism
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category A bioterrorist threat, infant form most common in US
botulism
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tetanus aka
lockjaw
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death from asphyxiation
tetanus
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Risus sardonicus
smiling spasm
| tetanus
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viral meningitis aka
aseptic meningitis
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MC form of meningitis
viral meningitis
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Black water fever aka
malaria (P. falciparum)
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pregnant women should not clean cat litter boxes due to what pathology
toxoplasmosis
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Toxoplasmosis what type of organism
toxoplasma gondii
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True bug vector (triatoma)
chaga's disease
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Chagas' disease organism
Trypanosoma cruzi
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feed from vessels in the lips "kissing bugs"
Chagas' disease
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Lymphatic filarasis
Wuchereria bancrofti
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asymptomatic for up to 17 years, results in elephantitis
lymphatic filariasis
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mosquito vector, nematode (roundworm) pathogen
lymphatic filariasis
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Schistosomiasis pathogen
trematode (blood fluke)
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Schistosomiasis is commonly known as
swimmers itch
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can result in distended stomach, contact through contaminated water
Schistosomiasis
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aka bilharzia or snail fever
| reemerging disease
Schistosomiasis
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Poliomyelitis transmitted via
contaminated water
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90% asymptomatic, 1% result in paralysis
polio
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Bats are most common source in the US
rabies
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Too late for intervention by the time symptoms occur
rabies
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bullet shaped
rabies
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Found mostly east of the mississippi river, mosquito vector, siezures 3-10 days after infected mosquito bite
eastern equine encephalitis
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Found mostly west of the mississippi river, mosquito vector, siezures 3-10 days after infected mosquito bite. not as fatal as those found east
western equine encephalitis
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Found mostly in texas, mosquito vector, siezures 3-10 days after infected mosquito bite
Venezuelan equine encephalitis
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named after outbreak in st. louis
St. louis encephalitis
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avoid handling dead birds, mosquito vector-bird host
west nile encephalitis
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vector for california (LaCrosse) encephalitis
mosquito vector
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what is unique about tick borne encephalitis
emerging disease
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MC type of viral meningitis
cryptococcal meningitis
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cryptococcal meningitis pathogen
cryptococcus neoformans
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opportunistic infection, inhalation of spores or dried yeast cells
cryptococcal meningitis
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MC clinical form of cryptococcal infections
cryptococcal meningitis
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neurologic dysfunction, hallucination, death
mysetismus
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mysetismus with pathogen: amanita phalloides
"death cap mushroom"
| deadliest mushroom poision
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mysetismus with pathogen: Gyromitra Esculenta
false morel
death
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mysetismus with pathogen: psilocybe cubensis
hallucinogenic,
"magic mushrooms"
"srooms"
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African sleeping sickness aka
trypanosimiasis
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Tsetse fly vector
African sleeping sickness
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Which is more common, West african sleeping sickness, or east african sleeping sickness
west african sleeping sickness (95%)
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amebic meningo-encephalopathy pathology: acanthamoeba
by time diagnosed almost always too late for effective treatment
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amebic meningo-encephalopathy pathology: naegleria fowleri
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MC form (95%)
By the time diagnosed almost always too late for effective treatment
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aka brain eating amoeba
amebic meningo-encephalopathy pathology: naegleria fowleri
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vCJD aka
mad cow disease
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progressive worsening of muscle control, prion
vCJD
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spongiform encephalopathy, emerging disease
vCJD
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Trachoma pathogen
chlamydia trachomatis
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leading cause of nontraumatic blindness in humans
Trachoma
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bacteria from genitals introduced by birth canal or via fomites or finger
Trachoma
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opthalmia neonatorum pathogen
Neisseria ghonnorhea
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aka newborn conjunctivitis
opthalmia neonatorum
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conjunctivitis aka
pinkeye
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conjunctivitis pathogen for swimming pool
adenovirus
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Ocular herpes
HHV-1
| DNA
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can lead to blindness, latent virus in Trigeminal ganglia and travels down ophthalmic branch
ocular herpes
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Ocular candidiasis pathogen
candida albicans
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acanthamoeba keratitis pathogen
acanthameoba
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never use non sterile solution to store or clean contacts
acanthamoeba keratitis
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Loa loa filariasis pathogen
loa loa
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deer fly or mango fly vector
loa loa filariasis
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aka subcutaneous filariasis or
| loaiasis
loa loa filariasis
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swelling below skin called calabar swellings
loa loa filariasis
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onchocerciasis pathogen
onchoceria valvulus
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aka river blindness
onchocerciasis
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black fly vector, long term corneal inflammation leading to blindness
onchocerciasis
