Infectious Disease of the Circulatory System

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Spotted fever rickettsiosis

Answer 1

Rickettsia rickettsii

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Tick-borne disease characterised by sudden onset of moderate to high fever. conjuctival infection, maculopapular rash.

Answer 2

Rickettsiosis

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Endemic Typhus Fever

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Rickettsia typhi

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Rickettsia typhi, Murine fever

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Endemic Typhus Fever

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Acute febrile disease milder than epidemic typhus.
Chills, fever, and faint pink rash

Answer 5

Endemic Typhus Fever

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Epidemic typhus fever

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Rickettsia prowazekii

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Rickettsia prowazekii

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Epidemic typhus fever

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Acute rickettsial disease with sudden onset of headache. Rash on 5th/6th day that spreads to entire body

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Epidemic typhus fever

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Ehrlichiosis

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Ehrlichia chaffeensis. Anaplasma phagocytophilum.
Ehrlichia ewingii.

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Ehrlichia chaffeensis. Anaplasma phagocytophilum.
Ehrlichia ewingii.

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Ehrlichiosis

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Presents with acute influenza-like symptoms. Reminiscent of spotted fever rickettsiosis but no rash.

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Ehrlichiosis

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Brucellosis

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Brucella melitensis,
Brucella abortus,
Brucella suis

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Disease of the reticuloendothelial system. Has a prolonged incubation period. Onset is insidious and nonspecific

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Brucellosis

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This bacteria is most often recovered in blood or bone marrow cultures and are potential agents of bioterrorism

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Brucella spp.

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Lyme disease

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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Lyme disease

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Tick-borne disease w/ 3 stages
Early target-like red lesion. Early systemic manifestations.
Neurologic & cardiac abnormalities

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Lyme disease

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This bacteria is grown on Barbour-Stoenner-Kelley medium at 33 degrees Celsius

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B. burgdoferi for Lyme disease

Question 19

Plague

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Yersinia pestis

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Yersinia pestis

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Plague

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Type of plague named for swollen., inflamed and tender lymph nodes (buboes). Most affected lymph nodes are the ones recieving drainage from infected flea bite

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Bubonic Plague

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Highly communicable type of plague involving the lungs

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Pneumonic Plague

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This type of plague can lead to septic shock, meningitis and death

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Septicemic Plague

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This disease is diagnosed via the appearance of this bacteria in Gram-stained or Wright-Giemsa-stained sputum, CSF, or material from bubo

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Plague, Yersinia pestis

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Tularemia

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Francisella tularensis

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Rabbit fever

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Tularemia

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Acute zoonosis that often presents as a skin ulcer and regional lymphadenitis.

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Tularemia

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Infectious mononucleosis

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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) or Human herpesvirus 4

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May be asymptomatic or characterized by fever, sore throat, lymphodenopathy, splenomegaly, fatigue. Self-limited

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Infectious mononucleosis

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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) or Human herpesvirus 4

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Infectious mononucleosis

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RNA virus in Rubulavirus genus, family Paramyxoviridae

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Mumps, Mumps virus

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Fever, swelling of salivary glands. Orchitis, oophoritis, meningitis, deafness, etc

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Mumps