Person to person diseases

Question 1

Streptococcus pyogenes

Answer 1

group A, strep throat.

Can cause impetigo and toxic toxic syndrome and rheumatic fever

Treat with antibiotics

Question 2

Erysipelas

Answer 2

acute streptoccal skin infection

Question 3

necrotizing fasciitis

Answer 3

flesh-eating bacteria from streptococcal diseases

Question 4

Streptococcus pneumoniae causes

Answer 4

pneumonia

Question 5

Corynebacterium diphtheriae causes

Answer 5

diphtheria, a severer respiratory disease

Question 6

Corynebacterium diphtheriae pathogenic strains are lyzogenized by _____ and forms a ___ in the throat

Answer 6

bacteriophage beta

pseudomembrane

Question 7

TDaP

Answer 7

-tetanus
-diphtheria
-pertussis

Question 8

Bordetella pertussis casues

Answer 8

pertussis, whopping cough

Question 9

both tuberculosis and leprosy are mycobacterium, meaning they are both ____-____

Answer 9

acid-fast

Question 10

meningitis

Answer 10

inflammation of meninges (lining around nerve cells)

Question 11

Neisseria meningitidis causes and is encapsulated ____

Answer 11

menigitis, diplococcus

Question 12

Measles is caused by

Answer 12

Rubeola

Question 13

Varicella-Zoster infections

Answer 13

chicken-pox and shingles

Question 14

Rubella is

Answer 14

german measles, can cross placenta during pregnancy

Question 15

MMR

Answer 15

measles, mumps, rubella

Question 16

cold commonly come from

Answer 16

rhinoviruses

Question 17

15% of colds come from

Answer 17

coronaviruses