Pathology of infectious diseases

Question 1

Which pathogens are transmitted directly?

Answer 1

N. gonorrhea, cold

Question 2

Which pathogen is transmitted via droplets?

Answer 2

Influenza

Question 3

Which pathogen is transmitted through water?

Answer 3

Schistosoma

Question 4

Which pathogen is transmitted in food?

Answer 4

Listeria monocytogenes

Question 5

Which pathogen is transmitted through fomites?

Answer 5

Hep B virus

Question 6

Which pathogen is transmitted transplacentally?

Answer 6

Cytomegalovirus

Question 7

Which pathogen is transmitted perinatally?

Answer 7

Herpes Simplex Virus

Question 8

Which pathogen is transmitted through an animal reservoir?

Answer 8

Rabies Virus

Question 9

Which pathogen has an arthropod vector?

Answer 9

Plasmodium

Question 10

What type of infection would you be likely to see from Klebsiella pneumoniae?

Answer 10

Abscess formation

Question 11

What type of infection would there be if there was pleural effusion due to Strep pneumo?

Answer 11

Lobar pneumonia

Question 12

What are the 4 stages of lobar pneumonia?

Answer 12

Edema
Hemorrhage
Cell infiltration (lymphocytes)
Recovery

Question 13

Which mechanism can develop cardiac disease due to pharyngitis with fibrinopurulent exudate?

Answer 13

Elaboration of exotoxin

Question 14

Which infectious agent is most likely to cause fever, malagia, headaches and hepatosplenomegaly?

Answer 14

Borrelia burgdorfi

Question 15

Which organism would you find in a pt with HIV with cell enlargement and cytoplasmic and DNA inclusions with interstitial pneumonia?

Answer 15

Cytomegalovirus

Question 16

Which mechanism explains how an infection which causes fever and crhonic cough, a peripheral lung mass with inflammation with mononuclear cells with macrophages?

Answer 16

Birds resting on an air conditioner

Question 17

Brown reddish blotchy rash on face, truck and proximal extremities developing over 3 days with ulcerated lesion in oral cavity is which virus?

Answer 17

Rubeola - Measles

Question 18

Which diagnosis would watery diarrhea, poor skin turgor and stool with mucous and WBCs?

Answer 18

Cholera

Question 19

Hematuriam diffuse lower ab tenderness w/o masses with bladder calcification that is erythematous and granular would be which organism?

Answer 19

Schistosoma haematobium

Question 20

Vesicular lesion on labia majora and perineum for year, with erythema what would be visualized?

Answer 20

Multinucleated cells that contain pink to purple intranuclear inclusions

Question 21

Prodrome

Answer 21

Early symptom (or set of symptoms) that might indicate the start of a disease before specific symptoms occur

Question 22

Lobar pneumonia

Answer 22

Form of pneumonia that affects a large and continuous area of the lobe of a lung

Question 23

Interstitial pneumonia

Answer 23

Form of lung disease characterized by progressive scarring of both lungs

Question 24

Cellulitis

Answer 24

Ccommon skin infection caused by bacteria

Question 25

Paresthesia

Answer 25

A sensation of tingling, tickling, pricking, or burning of a person’s skin with no apparent long-term physical effect