Pathology Of Infectious Disease Flashcards

1
Q

What is syphillis

A

Syphyillis is a sexual transmitted disease that is caused by the bacteria SPIROCHETE TREPONEMA PALLIDIUM

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2
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Syphillis is also called

A

Lues

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3
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Once syphillis affect an individual what appear

A

Chancre : an injury caused by primary syphillis

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4
Q

Chancre heals it’s self after how many weeeks in an untreated patient

A

4-6 weeks

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5
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What signifies the presence of secondary syphillis

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Generalized lymphadenopathy: swelling of lymph nodes

Mucocutaneous lesion ; injury on skin nose eyes anus etc

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6
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What phase in syphillis is asymptomatic

A

Late latent phase

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7
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Presence of tertiary syphillis is signified by

A

Lesions in the CNS
cardiovascular system

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8
Q

Tertiary syphillis is not infectious

But primary and secondary syphillis is infectious

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9
Q

The microscopic indication of syphilkis is

A

Proliferation Endarterities

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10
Q

The microscopic indication of syohilliis is

A

Proliferative endarterities

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11
Q

The lesions in secondary syphillis are usually

Asymmetrical
Bisymentyrical
Symmetrical
Polysymmetrical

A

Symmetrical

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12
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Enlarged lymph nodes in syphillis infection usually occur in what area

A

Neck and ingiunal regions

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13
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Malaria is a disease caused by

A

Plasmodium falciparum ( fatale)
Plasmodium vivax, malariea, nd ovale ( Beningn)

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14
Q

The saliva of anopheles mosquito that transmits malaria contains an egg called

A

Sporozite

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15
Q

Sporozites infect what cells first during infection

A

Liver cells

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16
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Sporozite eggs of malaria multiply by the process of

A

Schizogyny

17
Q

After schizogny, the sporozites becomes merozites in the liver cells

And Dey don’t harm the liver cells

A
18
Q

When the female anopheles mosquito inject human with the Sporozite the Sporozite mature to become

A

Shizont which ruptures to release merozite

19
Q

What are trophozites

A

Trophozites are sporozites that have infected red blood cells asexually

Trophozites mature to shizonts and release merozites

20
Q

AIDS is caused by ———- and characterized by

A

HIV and characterized by low CD4+ T lymphocyte