Infectious disease Flashcards
(26 cards)
What is a protozoa?
Unicellular organism with a complex lifecycle
What is the name of the infectious agent that causes malaria?
Plasmodium falciparum
What is a helminth?
A type of worm?
A cestode is the medical name for what?
Tapeworm
A Trematode is a medical word for what?
Flukes
A nematode is a medical word for what?
Round worms
Where does schistosoma haemotobium infect?
Vessels of the baldder
The intermediate host of Schistosoma is what?
The freshwater snail
Tinea pedis is the medical name for what?
atheletes foot
Tinea corporis is the medical name for what?
Ring worm
Cryptococcus neoformans is a type of what?
yeast
A positive gram stain will stain what colour?
Purple
Negative gram stain will stain?
Pink
Why does gram staining, stain positive?
Due to peptidoglycan wall
Streptococcus pneumoniae is an example of hat type of bacteria?
Gram positive cocci
What can the epstein barr virus cause in chronic infection?
Latent infection causing nasopharanygeal cancers
Endogenous infection is what?
In the body tissue, normal flora get into the wrong places like e-coli from the gut causing cystitis
Exogenous infection is what?
Person-person and environment
What is virulence?
The ability of an infectious agent to cause disease?
What is the first antibody to appear after an infection?
IgM
What is the later antibody produced 10-14 days later?
IgG
Cell wall synthesis affecting ABX are?
Vancomycin and penicillin
Antibiotic affecting protein synthesis?
Erythromycin
Lymphocytes are most often seen in what type of infection?
Viral
