RANDOM Flashcards
Etiologic agent of a amoebiasis
ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA
Source of infection
HUMAN EXCRETA
Period of communicability
COMMUNICABLE FOR THE ENTIRE DURATION OF ILLNESS
Clinical manifestations of amobiasis
ACUTE AND CHRONIC AMOEBIC DYSENTERY
EXTRAINTESTINAL FORM HEPATIC
Anthrax is an infection caused by
BACILLUS ANTHRACIS
Anthrax etiologic agent
BACILLUS ANTHRACIS
Types of anthrax
CUTANEOUS
INHALATION
GASTROINTESTINAL
Causative agent of candidiasis
CANDIDA ALBICANS
Is a candida infection in the nails
ONYCHOMYCOSIS
Is a candida infection in the oropharynx
ORAL THRUSH
Is a candida infection in the vagina
MONILIASIS
Causative agent of chancroid
HEMOPHILUS DISCREYI
A gram negative non spore forming a streptobacilli
Chlamydial infections are the most common std in the us and caused by
CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS
Causative agent of chickenpox
HERPES VIRUS VARICELLAE
Is an acute bacterial interic disease of the git characterized by profuse diarrhea vomiting massive loss of fluid and electrolytes that could result to hypovolemic shock acidosis and death
CHOLERA (EL TOR)
Cholera causative agent
VIBRIO CHOLERAE
VIBRIO COMA
Pathognomic sign of cholera
RICE WATERY STOOL
Are simple one celled microbes and some have a double cell membrane that protects them from harm. They reproduce rapidly and are considered the most common cause of fatal infectious diseases
BACTERIA
Are bacteria with flexible slender undulating flagella that possesses several layers
SPIROCHETES
Are small gram-negative bacteria like microbes that can induce life-threatening infections.
____are usually transmitted to a bite of anthropod such as lice, fleas and ticks
RICKETTSIA
Are smaller than ricketsttsiae but larger than these are the common cause of infection of the urethra bladderthese are the common cause of infection of the urethra bladder fallopian tubes and prostate gland
CHLAMYDIAE
Are the smallest known microbes
VIRUSES
Are found almost everywhere on earth
FUNGI
Fungal infections in humans are called
MYCOSES
Are much larger than bacteria
Are the simplest single-celled organism in the animal kingdom
PROTOZOA
Live on or within other organisms.
They live at the expense of others
PARASITES
Usually do not kill their host. They take the nutrients they need at the expense of the host nutritio
HELMINTHS
Often colonize the skin and hair of humans. This category includes lice and mites
ARTHROPODS