Named Diseases - Causative agent Flashcards

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1
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Piroplasmosis/Texas fever

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Babesia

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2
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Katayama disease

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Schisto.Japonicum

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3
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Omsk fever

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Flaviviridae

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4
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Gaol fever

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Rick.prowazeki

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5
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Pink eye, Brazilian puerperic fever

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H.aegypticus

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6
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Baghdad sore/Delhi boil/Oriental sore

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Leishmaniatropica

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7
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Carrions disease/Peruvian wart

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Bartonellabacciliformis

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8
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Hebra nose

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Klebs.rhinoscleromatis

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9
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Milkers node

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Paravaccinia

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10
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Vagabonds disease

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Pediculosiscorporis

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11
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Buruli ulcer

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Mycobact.ulcerans

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12
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Coconut cake rectum

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Trichuristrichura

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13
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Pseudohemoptysis

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Serratia

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14
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Walking pneumonia

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Mycoplasma pneumonia

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15
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Pontaic fever

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Legionella

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16
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Weils disease

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Leptospirainterrogans

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17
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Canicola fever

A

Leptospiracanicola

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18
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Tinea imbricate

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Trichophytonconcentricum

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19
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Presternal edema

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Mumps virus

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20
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PMLE

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JC virus

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21
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Duncans disease

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EBV

22
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Cold sore

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HSV

23
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Orf

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Parapox virus

24
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Median rhomboid glossitis

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Candida albicans

25
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Red diaper syndrome

A

Serratiamarcesans

26
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Shangai fever

A

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

27
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Pleurodynia / Bornholms disease / Devils grip

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Coxsackie B

28
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Anisakidosis

A

Anisakis simplex

29
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“Black death” (plague)

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Yersinia pestis

30
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Darling’s disease

A

Histoplasma capsulatum

31
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“Flesh Eating Bacteria”- Necrotizing fasciitis (NF)

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Group A streptococcus

32
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Foot and Mouth Disease (Hand-foot-mouth disease)

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Coxsackie A-16 virus

33
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Gardener’s Disease

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Sporothrix schenckii

34
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Gas gangrene

A

Clostridium perfringens

35
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Granuloma Inguinale

A

Calymmatobacterium granulomatis

36
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Herpangina

A

Coxsackie A

37
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Jock Itch

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Dermatophytes

38
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Malta fever

A

Brucella sp

39
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Melioidosis

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Pseudomonas pseudomallei

40
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Posadas-Werincke’s Disease

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Coccidioides immites

41
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Progressive multifocal leukencephalopathy

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JC virus

42
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Pseudomembranous colitis

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Clostridium dificile

43
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Reticuloendotheliosis

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Histoplasma capsulatum

44
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF)

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Rickettsia rickettsii

45
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San Joaquin Fever

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Coccidioides immitis

46
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Scarlet fever

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Streptococcus pyogenes

47
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“Slapped cheek” disease (erythema infectiosum)

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Parvovirus B19

48
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Undulating fever

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Brucellaspecies

49
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Wool sorters’ disease

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Bacillus anthracis

50
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Zygomycosis

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Mucorspecies

51
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Rat bite fever

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Streptobacillus moniliformis and Spirillum minus