Symptoms

Question 1

Norcardia

Answer 1

Cutaneous infections (Primary infection or spread of pulmonary infection)
Mycetoma (Painless, chronic infection, primarily of feet, localized subQ swelling and suppuration and formation of sinus tracts)
Lymphocutaneous infections (Cutaneous nodules and ulcerations along lymphatics, chronic ulcerative lesions, subQ abscesses and cellulitits)

Question 2

Neisseria Meningitidis Sympoms

Answer 2

Abrupt onset of headache, fever, stiff neck
Young children have fever and vomiting
Thrombosis of small blood vessels (blood clots)
Small, petechial lesions (small pinpoint rash)

Question 3

Vibrio Cholerae Symptoms

Answer 3

Abrupt onset of vomiting and watery diarrhea

Feces- streaked stool changes to rice-water stools (colorless, odorless, no protein, speckled with mucus)

Question 4

Campylobacter Symptoms

Answer 4

Actue enterocarditis (Diarrhea, malaise, fever, abdominal pain, sel-limiting)
C. jejuni (gastroenteritis in US)
C. coli
Bacteremia (C. fetus)

Question 5

Helicobacter pylori Symptoms

Answer 5

Gastritis (inflammation of stomach lining)

Nausea, vomiting, Indigestion, abdominal pain, burning sensation in stomach

Question 6

UTI Symptoms

Answer 6

Painful urination
Bladder doesn’t feel empty
Cloudy urine
>1,000 bacteria/ml or 100 coliforms/ml of urine

Question 7

Symptoms of Cystitis

Answer 7

Dysuria (Painful, urgent urination)

Pyuria (Leukocytes/WBCs in urine)

Question 8

Pyelonephritis Symptoms

Answer 8

Fever
Flank or back pain
Bacteremia
Urmeia (Urine in blood)
Kidneys scar if chronic and impair function

Question 9

Enteropathogenic Coli (EPEC) Symptoms

Answer 9

Watery diarrhea
Vomiting
Non-bloody stools

Question 10

Enterotoxigenic Coli (ETEC) Symptoms

Answer 10

Water diarrhea
Vomiting
Cramps
Nausea
Low-grade fever

Question 11

Enterohemorrhagic Coli (EHEC) Symptoms

Answer 11

Watery diarrhea
Abdominal crampls 3-4 days later
Severe bloody diarrhea

Question 12

Enteroinvasive Coli (EIEC) Symptoms

Answer 12

Watery diarrhea
Progress to dysenteric form
Fever
Abdominal cramps
Bloody/mucous diarrhea

Question 13

Enteroaggregative Coli (EAEC) Symptoms

Answer 13

Persistent chronic watery diarrhea
Vomiting
Low grade fever

Question 14

Salmonella Gastroenteritis Symptoms

Answer 14

Diarrhea
Vomiting
Nausea
Abdominal Cramps

Question 15

Enteric/Typhoid Fever Salmonella

Answer 15

Symptoms 10-14 days later
Gradually increasing fever (104+)
Headache
Malaise
Anorexia

Question 16

Shigella Gastroenteritis (Salmonella) Symptoms

Answer 16

Abdominal cramps
Tenesmus (Feeling of incomplete defecation)
Abundant of pus in blood and stool

Question 17

Yersinia Symptoms

Answer 17

Diarrhea
Fever
Abdominal Pain 1-10 days later
Lasts 1-2 weeks

Question 18

Plague Symptoms

Answer 18

Black skin color (By LPS induced necrosis in subQ blood vessels)
Swelling in groin, neck, underarm, lymph nodes buboes
Necrotic nodules in organs (Spleen/Liver)

Question 19

Pneumonic Plague Symptoms

Answer 19

Fever
Chills
Cough and difficulty breathing
Rapid shock and death

Question 20

Bubonic Plague Symptoms

Answer 20

Enlarged tender lymph nodes
Fever
Chills and Prostration