bacterial diseases🐦🦠 Flashcards

1
Q

THYPHOID

ENTERS THRU

FEVER HOW

HOW U FEEL

IN SEVERE CASES

TEST

FIRST PERSON

A

by sal. typhoid

in s.intestine thru contaminated food and water n migrate to other organs thru blood

sustained high fever [39-40]\\ step ladder fever

headache,constipation,stomach pain,weakness,loss of appetite

intestinal perforation,DIE

widal test

mary mallon; nicknamed- typhoid mary

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PNEUMONIA

CAUSE AGENT

INFECTS WHAT

WHAT HAPPENS WHILE RESPIRATION

FEVER HOW

SEVERE CASES

A

streptococcus pneumoniae, haemophilus influenzae [infants often]

by droplet/ aerosol infection or use of glass of that person

infects the alveoli[lower resp. tract]

alveoli gets filled w/ fluid; so severe resp. probs

fever w/ chills ,cough, and headache

lips and nails turns gray to bluish in colour

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DYSENTERY

PAIN

STOOL

TRANSITS THRU

A

shigellosis; shilgella dysenteriae

abdominal

blood and mucus in stool

faecal oral route

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4
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PLAGUE[ black death]

FEVER

LYMPH NODES

A

yersinia pestis parasite of 🟢xenopsylla cheopis [rat flea]

high, headache

enlarge axillary lymph nodes

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5
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DIPTHERIA

FEVER HOW

CAUSES

TEST

PROPYLAXIS

A

corynebacterium diptheria

high grade fever, affects throat

suffocation

schick test

DPT

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TETANUS

BODY BECMS

RISUS SARDONICUS

PROPYLAXIS

A

clostridium tetani

sustained contn. of body muscles, spasms, lock jaw, unconsisous, ophiothotonus
streching f facial muscles

DDT, TT

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EG. MORE= 4

A

TB, WHOOPING COUGH[ pertussis] , CHOLERA, LEPROSY

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