Common Pathogens And Infectious Diseases

Question 0

Carriers

Answer 0

Have disease but not ill

Question 1

Fomite

Answer 1

Inanimate object, ie phone

Question 2

What is the difference between a commensal and a pathogenic bacteria

Answer 2

A commensal bacteria is non disease causing unlike a pathogenic bacteria which is disease causing

Question 3

Virulence

Answer 3

The pathogenicty of an organism

Question 4

Nosocomial

Answer 4

Hospital environment , ie ex epidemiologist

Question 5

Bacteremia

Answer 5

Bacteria in the bloodstream

Question 6

Septicemia

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Toxins from the bacteria in circulation. Mia meaning blood

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Exotoxins

Answer 7

Toxins produced and secreted by bacteria

Question 8

Endotoxins

Answer 8

Toxins released from inside the organism when they die

Question 9

Pyogenic

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Bacteria causing pus

Question 10

Purulent

Answer 10

Oozing pus

Question 11

Bones, leg , veins, surgical sites- hospital acquired, and can cause toxic shock syndrome if internal

Answer 11

Staph aureus

Question 12

Otitis media, rhematic fever caused, glomerulonephritis which affects kidneys

Answer 12

Group A Beta Strep

Question 13

This causes ear infections, pneumonia,

Answer 13

Strep pnemonia

Question 14

This causes meningitis and neurological issues

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Neisseria meningitides

Question 15

A neg bacilli causes urinary tract infections, may be pathogenic in other places than the intestines and colon

Answer 15

E coli

Question 16

This firm of E. coli can cause endotoxins shock

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E. Coli 015:H7

Question 17

A gastrointestinal enteritidis poisoning

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Salmonella sp.

Question 18

A gastrointestinal problem that causes dysentary

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Shigella sp.

Question 19

Gram negative diplocoxx, std

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N Gonorrhoeae

Question 20

The cause of Syphilis and the name of the test

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Trepnema is the cause, a spirochete. The test name is a RPR, rapid plasma region

Question 21

A test caused by spores of animal feces left in ground. This causes rigid muscles

Answer 21

clostrium tetany, tetanus

Question 22

Anaerobes condition characterized by microorganism a growing in necrotic necrotic tissue of deep wounds causing gas

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Clostridium perfringens, gang green

Question 23

A condition caused by food grown in soil containing spores of bacteria causing paralysis of muscles in respiration

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Clostridium, botulinum, botulism

Question 24

This condition causes a pseudo membrane in a throat

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Corynebacterium diptheriae, diphtheria.

Question 25

A condition that causes a latent infection which primary site is the lungs. The test is PPD, protein from cell wall.

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Question 26

A condition that comes from animal intestines, humans get this from contaminated water

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Campylobacter enterocolitis

Question 27

A condition that is a major contributor to gastric ulcers

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Helicobacter pyloric

Question 28

This condition has a DPT vaccine which stands for diptheriae pertussis tetanus

Answer 28

Whooping cough

Question 29

A viral disease pain in eyes, photophobia, cough, rash, measles is cause

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Rubeola

Question 30

Same as measles but also respiratory and also more mild. Vaccination and also causes birth defects

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German measles, rubella

Question 31

Symptoms are fever, malaise, skin eruption , harmful to fetus, shingles complication, caused varicella virus

Answer 31

Chicken pox

Question 32

A herpes virus that affects the mouth

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Herpes 1

Question 33

Herpes virus that is venereal

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Herpes 2

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A disease in premature babies, fetuses, immhnesuppressed

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Cmv. Cytomegalovirus

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The cause of mononucleosis, doctors will order a serology test IM ( pus pockets in throat can develop strep)

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EBV, Epstein Barr Virus

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Conditions caused by Chlamydial sp.

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Caused by Chlamydial trachomatis, not disease and non virus

Question 37

Three forms of chlamydia

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Trachoma, venereal chlamydia, pneumonia caused by chlamydia psittaci

Question 38

Diseases of Rickettsial infections

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Typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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Rickettsial infections are caused and cause

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Causes hemorrhage in smAll vessels in skin and carried by ticks and fleas

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Fungus that is responsible for 80 percent of major organ fungal infections

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Candidiasis, Candida albicans

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Disease caused by trichomonas sp

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Std

Question 42

Disease caused by giardia sp

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Acute diarrhea

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Disease caused by plasmodium sp

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Malaria, causes rbc to rupture causing hemolysis

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Disease caused by enterobius sp

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Fecal oral, pinworms, children

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Cause of diphyllobothrium sp

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Tape worms in raw fish

Question 46

Cause of trichinella sp

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Source of uncooked pork

Question 47

4 venereal diseases and classify causes as virus, fungal, bacteria or parasite

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Gonehnerrea, bacteria: herpes, virus : candidia, fungus: trichinosis: parasite