Types of Infectious Diseases Flashcards
Disease: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Organism:
MOT:
Organism: Human immune deficiency virus (HIV)
MOT: sexual; percutaneous; perinatal
Anthrax
Organism: Bacillus anthracis
MOT: airborne; contact; ingestion
Chickenpox
Organism: Varicella zoster
MOT: airborne; contact
Hand, food, and mouth disease
Organism: Coxsackievirus
MOT: direct contact w/ nose and throat secretions and w/ feces of infected people
Chancroid
Organism: Haemophilis ducreyi
MOT: Sexual
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Organism: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
MOT: droplet or contact (principal); aerosolized
Gonorrhea
Organism: Neisseria gonorrhoeae
MOT: sexual; perinatal
Diarrheal disease (common causes)
Organism & MOT:
> Campylobacter species- ingestion of contaminated food
> Clostridioides difficile - fecal-oral
> Salmonella species - contaminated food/drink
> Shigella species - contaminated food/drink; direct contact w/ carrier
> Yersinia species - contaminated food/drink; direct contact w/ carrier
Hookworm disease
Organism:
> Necator americanus
Ancylostoma dodenale
MOT: contact w/ soil contaminated w/ human feces
Hepatitis (foodborne)
Organism:
> Hepatitis A
Hepatitis E
MOT: Ingestion of contaminated food/drink; direct contact w/ carrier
Hepatitis (bloodborne)
Organism:
> Hepatitis B
> Hepatitis C
MOT: sexual; perinatal; percutaneous
Cytomegalovirus infection
Organism: Cytomegalovirus
MOT: transfusion & transplantation; sexual; perinatal
Ebola
Organism: Ebola virus
MOT: contact w/ blood or body fluid
Legionnaires disease
Organism: Legionella pneumophila
MOT: airborne from water source
Impertigo
Organism:
> Staphylococcus aureus
Streptococcus pyogenes
MOT: contact w/ carrier or with patient’s soiled towels or combs
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
Organism: Sin Nombre virus
MOT: contact (direct/indirect) with rodents
Meningococcal meningitis or bacteremia
Organism: Neisseria meningitidis
MOT: contact with pharyngeal secretions; airborne
Lymphogranuloma venereum
Organism: Chlamydia trachomatis
MOT: sexual
Herpes simplex
Organism: Human herpes viruses 1 and 2
MOT: contact w/ mucous membrane secretions
Histoplasmosis
Organism: Histoplasma capsulatum
MOT: inhalation of airborne spores
Influenza
Organism: Influenza virus A, B, or C
MOT: droplet spread
Marburg hemorrhagic fever
Organism: Marburg virus
MOT: droplets & direct contact (person-person)
Mycobacterial diseases (non-tuberculosis Mycobacterium species)
Organism:
> Mycobacterium avium
Mycobacterium kansasii
Mycobacterium gordonae
Mycobacterium speciies
MOT: Variable
Lyme disease
Organism: Borrelia burgdorferi
MOT: tick bite
Malaria
Organism:
> Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium ovale
MOT: bite from Anopheles mosquito
Norovirus
Organism: Norovirus
MOT: Fecal-oral food or water or by person-to-person spread
Pediculosis
Organism:
> Pediculus humanus capitis (head louse)
> Pthiriasis pubis (crab louse)
MOT: direct or indirect contact
Pneumococcal pneumonia
Organism: Streptococcus pneumoniae
MOT: droplet spread
Rabies
Organism: Rabies virus
MOT: bite from rabid animal
Pertussis (whooping cough)
Organism: Bordetella pertussis
MOT: contact w/ respiratory droplets
Pinworm disease
Organism: Enterobius vermicularis
MOT: direct contact w/ egg-contaminated articles
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia
Organism: Pneumocystis jirovecii
MOT: Unknown; not transmitted person-to-person
Respiratory syncytial disease
Organism: Respiratory syncytial virus
MOT: self-inoculation by mouth or nose after contact w/ infectious respiratory secretions
Roseola infantum
Organism: Huma herpes virus 6
MOT: Saliva
Rotavirus gastroenteritis
Organism: Rotavirus
MOT: fecal-oral route
Rubella
Organism: Rubella virus
MOT: droplet spread; direct contact
Scabies
Organism: Sarcoptes scabiei
MOT: direct skin contact
Smallpox
Organism: Variola major and minor
MOT: airborne droplets and contact
Syphilis
Organism: Treponema pallidum
MOT: sexual;perinatal
Tinea (ringworm)
Organism:
> Microsporum species
> Trichophyton species
MOT: direct & indirect contact w/ lesions
Tetanus
Organism: Clostridium tetani
MOT: puncture wound
Trichinosis
Organism: Trichinella spiralis
MOT: ingestion of insufficiently cooked foods, especially pork and beef
Tuberculosis
Organism: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
MOT: airborne
West Nile virus
Organism: West Nile virus
MOT: Bite of infected mosquitoes; transfusions and transplants; perinatal
Mononucleosis
Organism: Epstein-Barr virus
MOT: contact w/ pharyngeal secretions
