Study Guide Flashcards
roundworm
colicky pain, lives in small intestine
m/c roundwarm in world
Ascaris lumbricoides
in nuts and grains, makes aflatoxin
primary liver cancer
fungus ball in lungs
Aspergillosus fumigatus
anthrax, woolsorter’s dz, inhaled spores, sporulation
Bacillus anthracis
endemic fungus on eastern seaboard from florida to canada
Blastomycosis
pertussis
whooping cough
inspiratory whoop
Bordetella pertussis
lyme’s dz
bulls eye rash
vector = deer tick
aka lxodes scapularis
Borrelia burgdorferi
recurrent/relapsing fever
Borrelia recurrentis
bang’s dz
zoonosis from cattle
spontaneous abortions in cattle and undulant fever
Brucella abortus
oral thrush = monoliasis in babies and diabetics
white discharge
Candida albicans
psittacosis
parrot fever
lower respiratory infection
Chlamydia psittaci
botulism
1st sign = diploplia
2nd sign = death
food poisoning
Clostridium botulinum
gas gangrene
organism aka “C. welchi”
Clostridium perfringes
San Joaquin valley fever
endemic fungus in deserts of southwest
Coccidiomycosis
diphtheria, gray pseudomembrane in throat
metachromatic fever
Cornebacterium diphtherium
a Ricketssia
causes Q fever
vector = milk, not organism
weil-felix (-)
Coxiella burnetii
fish tapeworm
can cause pernicious anemia
Diphyllobothrium latum
amebic dysentery
mild diarrhea
cyst is infective form
Entamoeba histolytica
pinworm
scotch tape or “anal cellophane” test
itching
Enterobius vermicularis
infectious mono
downey cells
epstein-barr virus
tularemia, rabbit fever
hunters may get this
Francisella tularensis
mucousy diarrhea, especially seen in AIDS patients
Giardia lamblia
pink eye
very contagious conjunctivitis
“koch-weeks bacillus”
Haemophilus aegyptius
chancroid
soft painful chancroid
Haemophilus ducreyi
stomach ulcers
urease +
Helicobacter pylori
fever blister type 1 = above belt
genital type 2 = below belt
Herpes simplex
shingles
does not cross midline
along dermatomes
hides in DRG
Herpes zoster
ohio/mississippi valley fever
calcific lesions in lung similar to TB
Histoplasmosis
AIDS, HIV virus
HTLV - III virus
red currant jelly sputum
Klebsiella pneumonia
Legionnaire’s dz from contaminated ventilation water droplets
“pontiac fever” = mild form of Legionnaire’s dz
Legionella pneumophilia
Kala-Azar
viscerotropic
vector = sand fly
Leishmania donovani
Weil’s dz
hemorrhagic jaundice
aka “leptospira interrogans”
Leptospira icterohemorhagiae
Listeria
deli meats and soft cheeses
Listeria monocytogenes
river eye worm (african eye worm)
vector = flies in africa
Loa Loa
pink cauliflower lesion on female genitalia
Molluscum contagiosum
Leprosy = Hansen's dz acid fast (+) destroys sensory nerves and skin
Mycobacterium leprae
TB acid fast (+)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
1 cause of atypical pneumonia
aka walking pneumonia
penicillin ineffective b/c mycoplasm lack cell wall
Mycoplasm pneumonia
hook worm
m/c in US
Necator americanus
1 PID/Salpingitis
Gr - Diplococcus
chocolate agar
coffee bean shape
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
meningitis
only meningitis to get a rash
can be fatal
Neisseria meningitides
River blindness
vector = flies in africa
Onchocerca volvulus
warts
transmitted by casual contact (skin contact)
persistent (latent)
Papovavirus (papillomavirus)
most fatal form of malaria
black water fever
Plasmodium falciparum
most common form
infective stage = sporozoite (mosquito injects)
pathogenic stage = merozoite (infected RBC bursts and lets them out)
Plasmodium vivax, malariae ovale
Acellular protein particles
causes Mad Cow, bovine spongiform encephalitis, Creutzfield jacob’s dz, scrapie, kuru
discovered by Stanley Pyusner
prions
open burn infection blue/green pus m/c pneumonia in cystic fibrosis found in hot/warm and moist places contact lenses and hot tubs
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
RSV
causes croup and bronchiolitis
m/c respiratory infection in kids
respiratory syncytial virus
german measles
3-day measles
mild fever
congenital rubella syndrome
Rubella
(red) measles
koplic (while/blue) spots on buccal mucosa
high fever
coryza, conjunctivitis, cough
Rubeola
salmonella food poisoning
heat labile
Salmonella enteriditis
red pus
Serratia marcenscens
bacillary dysentery
Shigella
mumps
parotiditis -> LMN CN7
sequelae = oophoritis, orchitis
Sidomegalic paramyxoid virus
rose bud thorns
gardener’s at risk
Sporotherix schenckii
pathogen staph
catalase +
coagulase -
STOIC
Staphylococcus aureus
gamma hemolytic strep
dental caries
Streptococcus mutans
betal hemolytic strep
group A
catalase -
SERGIS
Streptococcus pyogenes
alpha hemolytic strep
m/c cause of typical pneumonia
Streptococcus pneumoniae
alpha hemolytic strep
SBE: subacute bacterial endocarditis
Streptococcus viridans
beef tapeworm
Taenia saginata
toxoplasmosis
vector = cat feces
Toxoplasma gondii
syphilis
hard painless chancre
3 stages
Treponema pallidum
yaws, non venereal syphilis
Treponema pertenue
trichinosis
diagnosed off x-ray
Treponema spiralis
African sleeping sickness
Trypanosoma gambiense
cow pox
Vaccinia
chicken pox
maculopapulovescivular rash = red, elevated, fluid filled
Varicella
small pox
guarneri bodies
Variola
cholera reversal of Na/K pumps no immune reaction rice water stools vomiting (comma shaped)
Viscerotropic virus
yellow fever
discovered by Reed
Viscerotropic virus
Bubonic plague, black death
vector = rat flea
Yesinia (pasteurella) pestis
