Final infections Flashcards
(38 cards)
AIDS
- Human immunodeficiency virus
Normal flora in cardio and lymph systems
none
Malaria
Plasmodium sp. (most commonly plasmodium falciparum)
AIDS opportunistic bacteria:
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- mycobacterium avium-intracellulare
- legionella pneumophila
- salmonella species
AIDS opportunistic viruses:
- herpes simplex
- cytomegalovirus
- epstein-barr
- varicella-zoster
AIDS opportunistic fungi:
- pneumocystis carinii
- candida albicans
- cryptococcus neoformans (yeast)
- histoplasma capsulatum
AIDS opportunistic protozoa:
- toxoplasma gondii (more unusual)
- cryptosporidium species
Kaposi’s sarcoma
human herpes virus 8
lesions similar to petechiae
AIDS window period
when the ELISA test cannot detect the virus but the viral load can be off the charts
not detected = do not have the virus
FALSE
Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)
drug cocktail for HIV patients
Acute endocarditis
staph. aureus
Subacute endocarditis
alpha-hemolytic strep, strep. mutans
Plague
yersinia pestis
Tularemia
francisella tularensis
Infectious mononucleosis
epstein-barr virus (EBV)
Anthrax
bacillus anthracis
Lyme disease
Borrelia burgdorferi
3 stages of AIDS
- initial stage; fever like symptoms
- established stage; more persistent symptoms, unusual symptoms and infections
- late stage; opportunistic infections, mor/most severe
Salmonellosis
Salmonella enteritidis
Shigellosis
Shigella sonnei, Shigella dysenteriae
E.coli 0157:H7 (EHEC) is also known as
Enterohemorrhagic E.coli
Campylobacter
Campylobacter jejuni
Yersinia species
Yersinia enterocolitica
