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ricketsia

A
  • obligate intracellular parasite
  • Weil-Felix rxn IDs ricketsia w/o a type
  • fever/rash
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2
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RMSF

A

rickettsia rickettsii

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3
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epidemic typhus

A

rickettsia prowazekii

can turn into brill-zinsser disease

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4
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endemic typhus

A

ricketssia typhi

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5
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scrub typhus

A

rickettsia tsutsugamushi

eschar

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6
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trench fever

A

bartonella quintana

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7
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rickettsial pox

A

rickettsia akari

no W-F rxn

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8
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Human Monocytic ehrlichiosis

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most life threatening tick-borne disease in US`

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9
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Q fever

A
  • coxiella burnetii
  • doughtnut shaped granuloma
  • flu like symtoms
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10
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chlamydia

A
  • most common STI
  • infectious elementary bodies
  • noninfectious reticulate body
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11
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cryptococcus neoformans

A

deadliest fungi

meningitis and immunocompromised

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12
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candida albicans

A

in oral cavity-thrush
common in obese/diabetics
nistatin is drug of choice

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13
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sporotrichosis

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aka rose-thorn disease (sporothrix schenckii)
occupational hazard
cotton purple lesion

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14
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aspergillosos

A

aspergillus fumigatus

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15
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ergot poisoning

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claviceps purpura

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16
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valley fever

A

coccidioides immitis
resembles TB
tx is amphotericin B

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17
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Gilchrest’s disease

A

Blastomyces dermatidis

cutaneous ulcers

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18
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Splunker’s disease

A

histoplasma capsulatum

pulmonary inhalation through bird droppings and bats

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19
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pedis tinea
capitis
sorporis
barbae
unquin
cruis
A 
athletes foot
scalp
body
beard
nail
groin
20
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toxic indoor mold

A

stachybotrys chartarum

21
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entamoeba histolytica

A

second leading cause of mortality due to parasitic disease

22
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naegleria fowleri

A

parasite enters through nose

primary ameobic meningoencephalitis

23
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giardia

A

giardia intestinalis

foul-smelling diarrhea

24
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trichomonas vaginalis

A

females-itching, burning, discharge

males-asymtomatic

25
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trypanosoma brucei gambiense vs

trypanosoma brucei rhodensiense

A

2-4 year course of disease, chronic form
few months, acute form, possible death
Human african sleeping sickness

26
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Chagas disease

A 
trypanosoma cruzi (american)
transmitted via the kissing bug (reduviid bug)
27
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black fever

A

leishmania donovani aka kala azar
bite of sandfly
decreased phagocytosis-lowers immunity

28
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toxoplasmosis

A

toxoplasma gondii
2nd leading cause of death from foodborne illness
all parasite stages are infectious

29
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malaria

A

plasmodium, spread by anopheles mosquito

malarial attack is when rupture occurs release many new parasites

30
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roundworm

A

trichinella spiralis….nematode

31
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flat worm

32
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tapeworm

33
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ascaris lumbricoides

A

most common helminth (nematode) infection

34
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pinworm disease

A

enterobius vermicularis

35
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whip worm disease

A

trichuris trichiura

36
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threadworm

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strongyloides stercoralis

37
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elephantitis

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wuchereria bancrofti

38
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onchocerca volvulus

A

black flies

river blindness

39
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african worm disease

40
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guinea worm/dragon worm

A

dracunculus medinensis

41
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schistosomiasis

A

blood fluke…trematode

42
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fasciola hepatica

A

liver fluke disease from sheep

43
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beef tapeworm vs

pork tapeworm

A

taenia saginata

taenia soleum

44
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Clonorchis sinensis

A

Chinese Liver Fluke Disease

45
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Diphyllobothrium latum

A

Fish tape worm

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