PH: Infectious Diseases Flashcards

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What’s the worst way bacteria can enter the body?

A

Intramuscular (deep laceration). Few pathogens can actually multiply in the bloodstream (hence why it’s not IV)

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What are ubiquitous organisms?

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Organism that are found everywhere in the environment - don’t infect healthy people or cause epidemics. Only multiply when illness/injury introduces them to an ordinarily sterile part of the body

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Which organisms find a ‘safe-haven’ in the body to ensure survival?

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varicella, tubercle, H.pylori, typhoid

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4
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What chronic disease can infection with HPV cause?

A

Cervical or anal cancer

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What chronic disease can infection with EBV cause?

A

nasopharyngeal cancer, Burkitt’s lymphoma and Hodgkins lymphoma

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What chronic disease can infection with HTLV cause?

A

T cell leukaemia

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What chronic disease can infection with H.Pylori cause?

A

Stomach/gastric cancer

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8
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What chronic disease can infection with schistosomiasis cause?

A

Bladder cancer

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9
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What chronic disease can infection with HBV/HCV cause?

A

Liver cancer

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