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Question 1

ricketsia

Answer 1

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

Question 2

RMSF

Answer 2

rickettsia rickettsii

Question 3

epidemic typhus

Answer 3

rickettsia prowazekii

can turn into brill-zinsser disease

Question 4

endemic typhus

Answer 4

ricketssia typhi

Question 5

scrub typhus

Answer 5

rickettsia tsutsugamushi

eschar

Question 6

trench fever

Answer 6

bartonella quintana

Question 7

rickettsial pox

Answer 7

rickettsia akari

no W-F rxn

Question 8

Human Monocytic ehrlichiosis

Answer 8

most life threatening tick-borne disease in US`

Question 9

Q fever

Answer 9

• coxiella burnetii
• doughtnut shaped granuloma
• flu like symtoms

Question 10

chlamydia

Answer 10

• most common STI
• infectious elementary bodies
• noninfectious reticulate body

Question 11

cryptococcus neoformans

Answer 11

deadliest fungi

meningitis and immunocompromised

Question 12

candida albicans

Answer 12

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

Question 13

sporotrichosis

Answer 13

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

Question 14

aspergillosos

Answer 14

aspergillus fumigatus

Question 15

ergot poisoning

Answer 15

claviceps purpura

Question 16

valley fever

Answer 16

coccidioides immitis
resembles TB
tx is amphotericin B

Question 17

Gilchrest’s disease

Answer 17

Blastomyces dermatidis

cutaneous ulcers

Question 18

Splunker’s disease

Answer 18

histoplasma capsulatum

pulmonary inhalation through bird droppings and bats

Question 19

pedis tinea
capitis
sorporis
barbae
unquin
cruis

Answer 19

athletes foot
scalp
body
beard
nail
groin

Question 20

toxic indoor mold

Answer 20

stachybotrys chartarum

Question 21

entamoeba histolytica

Answer 21

second leading cause of mortality due to parasitic disease

Question 22

naegleria fowleri

Answer 22

parasite enters through nose

primary ameobic meningoencephalitis

Question 23

giardia

Answer 23

giardia intestinalis

foul-smelling diarrhea

Question 24

trichomonas vaginalis

Answer 24

females-itching, burning, discharge

males-asymtomatic

Question 25

trypanosoma brucei gambiense vs | trypanosoma brucei rhodensiense

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Chagas disease

Answer 26

``` trypanosoma cruzi (american) transmitted via the kissing bug (reduviid bug) ```

Question 27

black fever

Answer 27

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

Question 28

toxoplasmosis

Answer 28

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

Question 29

malaria

Answer 29

plasmodium, spread by anopheles mosquito | malarial attack is when rupture occurs release many new parasites

Question 30

roundworm

Answer 30

trichinella spiralis....nematode

Question 31

flat worm

Answer 31

trmatode

Question 32

tapeworm

Answer 32

cestode

Question 33

ascaris lumbricoides

Answer 33

most common helminth (nematode) infection

Question 34

pinworm disease

Answer 34

enterobius vermicularis

Question 35

whip worm disease

Answer 35

trichuris trichiura

Question 36

threadworm

Answer 36

strongyloides stercoralis

Question 37

elephantitis

Answer 37

wuchereria bancrofti

Question 38

onchocerca volvulus

Answer 38

black flies | river blindness

Question 39

african worm disease

Answer 39

loa loa

Question 40

guinea worm/dragon worm

Answer 40

dracunculus medinensis

Question 41

schistosomiasis

Answer 41

blood fluke...trematode

Question 42

fasciola hepatica

Answer 42

liver fluke disease from sheep

Question 43

beef tapeworm vs | pork tapeworm

Answer 43

taenia saginata | taenia soleum

Question 44

Clonorchis sinensis

Answer 44

Chinese Liver Fluke Disease

Question 45

Diphyllobothrium latum

Answer 45

Fish tape worm