What are the major symptoms of Septicemia
Fever
Chills
Petechiae
Osteomyelitis
What causes septicemia
Direct inoculation of an opportunistic pathogen into the blood
What bacteria causes Endocarditis
Strep. spp (Gram +)
E. Coli (Gram -)
What bacteria that causes Endocarditis is associated with Colon cancer
Strep. Bovis
What Bacteria causes Rheumatic Fever/Heart Disease
Strep Pyogens
Who is most at risk of getting Rheumatic Fever
Children 5-15 years old
What do most children that have Rheumatic Fever experience first
Strep throat or scarlet fever
What is the common name for Brucellosis
Undulant Fever
What bacteria causes Brucellosis
Brucella melitensis
How does one get Brucellosis
Contact with contaminated/infected Dairy products or animal parts
What animals is Brucellosis found
Sheep and goats
What bacteria causes Tularemia
Francisella tularensis
What is the vector of Tularemia
Infected Tick
What category of bioterrorism is Tularemia
Cat A
What is Tularemia also known as
Rabbit fever
What is a tell all symptom of the Plague
Buboes
What bacteria causes Plague (bubonic)
Yersinia pestis
What is the vector of the plague
Flea bite
What are Buboes
Swollen painful lymph nodes
What is the difference between Pneumonic and bubonic plague
pneumonic = pulmonary distress, no vector, no buboes
How is Pneumonic plague transmitted
Person to person via aerosols and sputum
What is a tell all symptom of lyme disease
Bulls eye rash
What causes lyme disease
Borrelia burgdorferi
What is the vector of Lyme disease
Tick
What bacteria causes Relapsing fever
Borrelia recurrentis
Various Borrelia
What is the vector that causes recurrent fever via Borrelia recurrentis
Human body louse
What is the vector that causes recurrent fever via Various Borrelia
Soft ticks
What bacteria causes Endemic Relapsing fever
Various borrelia
What causes Louse-born relapsing fever
Human body louse
What are the symptoms of Mono
Sore throat
Swollen lymph nodes
Fatigue
Enlarged spleen
What causes Mono
HHV-4 (epstein-barr virus)
What is the mode of transmission for Mono
Saliva
What causes Cytomegalovirus infection
HHV-5 (cytomegalovirus)
What are symptoms of Cytomegalovirus infection
Birth defects
Mono like symptoms
eye infection
What is one of the most common opportunistic infections of AIDS patients that was discussed in class
Cytomegalovirus (HHV-5)
What causes Yellow fever
Yellow fever virus
What are tell all symptoms of Yellow fever
Stage 2 - Jaundice, black vomit
What is the vector of Yellow fever
Mosquito
What causes Dengue Fever
Dengue Virus
What is another name for Dengue fever
Break-bone fever
What is the vector of Dengue fever
Mosquito
What percent of people with Dengue fever are asymptomatic
80%
What causes Dengue Hemorrhagic fever
Dengue virus
What form of dengue fever can kill people
Dengue hemorrhagic fever
What can cause Ebola Hemorrhagic fever
Ebola virus
What causes Marburg Hemorrhagic fever
Marburg virus
How is Ebola and Marbug hemorrhagic fever transmitted
Person to Person
What percent of people in africa die that have either Ebola or Marburg Hemorrhagic fever
90%