Quiz Infections Of The Skin Eyes And Nervous System Flashcards

1
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What organism is the current leading cause of blindness as a result of an infectious disease

A

Chlamydia trachomatis

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A patient with obvious skin infection or is it your clinic you culture the organism under the microscope is a gram-positive coccus that could not grow on mannitol salt Agre. On blood agar the organism produces beta hemolysis

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Streptococcus pyogenes

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Disease caused by staphylococcus aureus include all the following except

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***Plantar warts **

Toxic shock syndrome, scalded skin syndrome, folliculitis

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Diseases commonly caused by Streptococcus pyogenes include all of the following except

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**Abscesses **

strep throat, necrotizing fasciitis, erysipelas

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Add an emergency clinic in west Africa a four-year-old girl is brought in by her mother the little girl is unable to move her legs and been unable to walk for the past three days symptoms are giving worse. The family does not use honey ordered food the family does not have access to clean water the only vaccine is the MMR and I frequently bitten by mosquitoes no fever.

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Polio

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Diseases Below which one would be the most likely to kill person who has it

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Chickenpox, rubeola, smallpox ,

papilloma virus infection

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True or false death due to toxic shock syndrome usually occurs because the infected person’s immune system can cause extreme drops and blood pressure

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True

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Which of the following Diseases may be characterized by skin rash

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Rubella, Meningococcal meningitis, rubeola, chicken pox

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Signs and symptoms of botulism are primarily caused by

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And exotoxin

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Which of the following nervous system Diseases have a human reservoir

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Polio, pneumococcal meningitis, meningococcal meningitis

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Which of the following Diseases is a zoonotic disease

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Rabies

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To confirm diagnosis a doctor orders several test acid-fast positive rods, endospore negative, Gram stain positive, coagulation negative, obligate aerobe. What likely is causing disease

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Mycobacterium leprae

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13
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It’s a pregnant woman were to become ill which of the following Diseases is likely to cause problems for the developing fetus but unlikely to cause major problems for the pregnant mother

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German measles and listeriosis

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I’m really developed compound that is non-toxic to humans but kills arthropods insects and worms would be useful for the treatment or prevention of

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Scabies

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15
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Of the following diseases which one is more likely to be contracted by someone living in California can someone living elsewhere in the United States

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West Nile virus

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16
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Which of the following characteristics makes it more likely for an infectious disease to be globally eradicated

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The disease has no animal host other than humans

17
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Which of the following microbes may affect the peripheral nervous system

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Mycobacterium Leprae and polio virus