Pathology of infectious diseases Flashcards
Which pathogens are transmitted directly?
N. gonorrhea, cold
Which pathogen is transmitted via droplets?
Influenza
Which pathogen is transmitted through water?
Schistosoma
Which pathogen is transmitted in food?
Listeria monocytogenes
Which pathogen is transmitted through fomites?
Hep B virus
Which pathogen is transmitted transplacentally?
Cytomegalovirus
Which pathogen is transmitted perinatally?
Herpes Simplex Virus
Which pathogen is transmitted through an animal reservoir?
Rabies Virus
Which pathogen has an arthropod vector?
Plasmodium
What type of infection would you be likely to see from Klebsiella pneumoniae?
Abscess formation
What type of infection would there be if there was pleural effusion due to Strep pneumo?
Lobar pneumonia
What are the 4 stages of lobar pneumonia?
Edema
Hemorrhage
Cell infiltration (lymphocytes)
Recovery
Which mechanism can develop cardiac disease due to pharyngitis with fibrinopurulent exudate?
Elaboration of exotoxin
Which infectious agent is most likely to cause fever, malagia, headaches and hepatosplenomegaly?
Borrelia burgdorfi
Which organism would you find in a pt with HIV with cell enlargement and cytoplasmic and DNA inclusions with interstitial pneumonia?
Cytomegalovirus
Which mechanism explains how an infection which causes fever and crhonic cough, a peripheral lung mass with inflammation with mononuclear cells with macrophages?
Birds resting on an air conditioner
Brown reddish blotchy rash on face, truck and proximal extremities developing over 3 days with ulcerated lesion in oral cavity is which virus?
Rubeola - Measles
Which diagnosis would watery diarrhea, poor skin turgor and stool with mucous and WBCs?
Cholera
Hematuriam diffuse lower ab tenderness w/o masses with bladder calcification that is erythematous and granular would be which organism?
Schistosoma haematobium
Vesicular lesion on labia majora and perineum for year, with erythema what would be visualized?
Multinucleated cells that contain pink to purple intranuclear inclusions
Prodrome
Early symptom (or set of symptoms) that might indicate the start of a disease before specific symptoms occur
Lobar pneumonia
Form of pneumonia that affects a large and continuous area of the lobe of a lung
Interstitial pneumonia
Form of lung disease characterized by progressive scarring of both lungs
Cellulitis
Ccommon skin infection caused by bacteria
Paresthesia
A sensation of tingling, tickling, pricking, or burning of a person’s skin with no apparent long-term physical effect
