Unit 1_Specific Infectious Disease

Question 1

What infectious disease is known as “c-diff”? It’s the most common cause of healthcare-associated diarrhea. It can cause symptoms ranging from mild diarrhea to severe colonic inflammation leading to death. It can live for weeks or months without a host. With antibiotic treatment, the “good” bacteria is killed but c-diff is resistant.

Answer 1

Clostridioides (Formerly Clostridium) difficile

Question 2

What infectious disease features clinical manifestations of persistent diarrhea/loose stools (3 or more times a day for 24 hours)? Abdominal cramping and tenderness, sepsis. Prevention includes hand washing (1-2 minutes of soap and water followed by proper hand drying), gloves, gowns.

Answer 2

C-diff

Question 3

What infectious disease is known as “staph”? It colonizes on skin and mucous membranes. The most common infection site is in the nostrils. Recruitment of neutrophils to a local infection to attempt to contain the infection. Can spread to bloodstream (systemic).

Answer 3

Staphylococcal

Question 4

What infectious disease can range from mild skin infections to life-threatening systemic disease. It’s methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

Answer 4

Staphylococcal

Question 5

What infectious disease is Group A - GAS?

Answer 5

Streptococcus Pyogenes

Question 6

What infectious disease is painful, warm, and swollen with accompanying erythema? May have systemic symptoms such as fever and chills.

Answer 6

Streptococcal cellulitis

Question 7

What infectious disease is in pregnant women, neonates? The leading cause of neonatal pneumonia, meningitis, and sepsis.

Answer 7

Streptococcal infections: Group B (GBS)

Question 8

What type of Gangrene results in the toes of the foot become necrotic (black) because of poor blood supply?

Answer 8

Dry Gangrene

Question 9

What type of Gangrene results in a pus/liquid in the toes of the foot?

Answer 9

Wet Gangrene (bacterial infections)

Question 10

What type of Gangrene appears with signs of ischemia: cool skin, pallor or cyanosis, sudden severe pain/edema, loss of pulse in the involved limb? Psychological support.

Answer 10

Gas Gangrene

Question 11

What infectious disease includes opportunistic pathogens and are among the most aggressive, early diagnosis/detection is important? Green-pigmented discharged at the infected site.

Answer 11

Pseudomonas (P. aeruginosa)

Question 12

What infectious disease are Oral Herpes, or cold sores or “fever blisters”?

Answer 12

Herpes Simplex-1

Question 13

What infectious disease is genital herpes?

Answer 13

Herpes Simplex-2 (STD)

Question 14

What infectious disease is the varicella-zoster virus, which causes chickenpox and shingles?

Answer 14

Herpes virus: Type 3

Question 15

What Herpes virus: Type 3 infectious disease appears as a rash (“dew drop on a rose petal” presentation)?

Answer 15

Chickepox

Question 16

What Herpes virus: Type 3 appears as blisters erupt unilaterally on a specific dermatome supplied by dorsal root ganglia?

Answer 16

Shingles

Question 17

What infectious disease causes infectious mononucleosis? Fever, sore throat, headache, malaise, abdominal pain (enlarged spleen or liver). Excellent prognosis but symptoms persist for 1-3 months.

Answer 17

Herpes virus: Type 4 Epstein Barr