MYCO VIRO DISEASES: CORONAVIRUS, SLOW VIRUS AND PRIONS

Question 1

The patient is showing the following symptoms:

• fever (> 38°C)
• headache
• general malaise and aches
• respiratory symptoms initially usually mild
• after a few days, you’ll develop dry non- productive cough and difficulty in breathing (dyspnea)

What would be the most likely diagnosis?

Answer 1

SARS-CoV

Question 2

The patient is showing the following symptoms:

• kidney failure
• fever (> 38°C)
• headache
• general malaise and aches
• respiratory symptoms initially usually mild
• after a few days, you’ll develop dry non- productive cough and difficulty in breathing (dyspnea)

What would be the most likely diagnosis?

Answer 2

MERS-CoV

Question 3

The patient is showing the following symptoms:

• loss of smell
• Sore throat
• Loss of taste
• fever (> 38°C)
• headache
• general malaise and aches
• respiratory symptoms initially usually mild
• after a few days, you’ll develop dry non- productive cough and difficulty in breathing (dyspnea)

What would be the most likely diagnosis?

Answer 3

SARS-CoV-2

Question 4

The patient is showing the following symptoms:

• Lung infection (primarily)
• extrapulmonary complications affecting most organ systems, including the gastrointestinal tract, heart, kidneys, brain

What would be the most likely diagnosis?

Answer 4

COVID-19 infection

Question 5

The patient is showing the following symptoms:

• Hypoxia
• Pneumonia
• Dizziness
• Myalgia, fatigue
• Dry cough

What would be the most likely diagnosis?

Answer 5

COVID-19

Question 6

The patient is showing the following symptoms:

• Covid nucleic acid test-positive
• w/o symptoms

What would be the most likely diagnosis and classification?

Also classfiy

Answer 6

Asymptomatic COVID-19

Question 7

The patient is showing the following symptoms:

• Fever, fatigue, myalgia (muscle pain), cough, sore throat, runny nose, sneezing (acute upper respiratory tract infection)
• Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea (digestive)

What would be the most likely diagnosis and classification?

Answer 7

COVID-19 MILD

Question 8

The patient is showing the following symptoms:

• Pneumonia (frequent fever, cough)
• No obvious hypoxemia
• Chest CT lesions (+)
• episodes of desaturation

What would be the most likely diagnosis and classification?

Answer 8

MODERATE COVID 19

Question 9

The patient is showing the following symptoms:

• Pneumonia with hypoxemia (SpO2
  <92%)

What would be the most likely diagnosis and classification?

Answer 9

Severe COVID 19

Question 10

• CT scans provide bilateral
  ground-glass opacities and unilateral lung with
  subpleural lesions

What would be the most likely diagnosis?

Answer 10

covid

Question 11

• ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome)
• Shock
• High cardiac rate, low blood pressure with fever
• Encephalopathy
• myocardial injury
• acute heart attack
• heart failure
• coagulation dysfunction or bleeding
• disorder and acute kidney injury

Answer 11

CRITICAL COVID

Question 12

The patient is showing the following symptoms:

• Memory loss
• Irritability
• Seizures
• Involuntary muscle movements
• Behavioral changes leading to neurological
  deterioration and death.

What would be the most likely diagnosis?

Answer 12

SSPE

Question 13

The patient is showing the following symptoms:

→ Loss of muscle control
→ Shivering
→ Tremors
→ Dementia
→ Spongiform encephalopathies

What would be the most likely diagnosis and classification?

Answer 13

PRIONS & TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM
ENCEPHALOPATHIES