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What bacteria causes abscess formation on skin

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Staph aureus (most common)
Staph epidermidis (can but not likely)
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What is the most prominent bacteria found on skin

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Staph epidermidis

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What bacteria causes hot tub folliculitis

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Pseudomonam aeruginosa

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What bacteria causes Staphylococcal Scalded Skin syndrome

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Staph Aureus

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What bacteria causes Impetigo (pyoderma)

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Staph aureus (most likely)
staphy pyogens
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What bacteria causes Erysipelas (red rash with raised boarder)

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Staph pyogens

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What bacteria is known as the Flesh eating bacteria, causes necrosis along fascia (necrotizing facitis)

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Staph pyogens

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What bacteria causes Acne

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Propinoibacterium acnes

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What bacteria causes cat scratch fever

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Bartonella henselae

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What bacteria causes pseudomonas infection (pyocyanin pigment)

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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What bacteria causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever (non itichy rash)

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Rickettsia ricketsii

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What is the vector for Rock Mountain Spotted fever (Rickettisa ricketsii)

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Hard Tick

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What causes Cutaneous Anthrax (black, crusty ulcer aka eschar)

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Bacillus anthracis

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What bacteria causes Gas Gangrene (foul-smelling; gas bubbles on skin)

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Clostridium perfringens

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What virus causes Pox lesions and is the only virus to be erradicated world wide

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Small pox (Variola virus)

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What virus causes pearl-like, waxy papules (Molluscum Contagiosum)

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Molluscum Contagiosum virus

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What virus causes pox lesions and is an emmerging disease

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Monkey pox

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What virus produces blisters on the face and moutn

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HHV-1 (herpes labialis)

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Where does oral HHV-1 stay latent

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Trigeminal ganglion

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What virus + condition produces blisters on the fingers

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HHV-1 (herpetic whitlow)

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Where does HHV-1 stay latent in herpetic whitlow

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Brachial ganglion

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What form of HHV-1 is common in contact sports

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Herbes gladiatorum

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What causes the Chicken pox (itichy, fluid filled blisters)

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HHV-3 (varicella-zoster)

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What does HHV-3 (Varicella-Zoster) cause when it reemerges following a Chicken pox infection

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Shingles

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Benign epithelial growth caused by HPV. What is the common way it spreads
Warts Spreads through Autoinnoculation mainly
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What virus produces koplik sports
Measles virus (rubeola)
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What virus causes German measles (produces red/pink rash)
Rubella virus
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What can rubella (german measles) cause in pregnant women
Congenital Rubella syndrome
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What virus produces a reddening of skin that resembles a slap (Erythema infectiosum) "slapped Cheek" syndrome
Parvovirus B19
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Once the rash appears in someone who has Parvovirus B19, are they still infectious
No
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What virus produces Roseola (rose coloured rash)
HHV-6 (roseolavirus)
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What causes Black piedra (hard black nodules on hair shaft)
Piedraia hortae
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What causes white piedra (soft, grey nodules on hair shaft)
Trichosporon beiglii
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What causes pityriasis versicolor (hypo-hyperpigmented patches of scaly skin)
Malassezia furfur
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What causes Dermatophytoses (ring worm)
Epidermophyton Microsporum Trichophyton
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Dermatophytosis of the scalp
Tinea Capitis
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Dermatophytosis of the foot
Tinea pedis (athletes foot)
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Dermatophytosis of the groin
tinea cruis (jock itich)
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Dermatophytosis of the trunk
Tinea corporis
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Dermatophytosis of the nails
Tinea unguium
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What causes Sporotrichosis (rose-gardeners disease)
Sporothrix Schenckii
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What is the vector for Leishmaniasis
Sand fly
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What type of leshmaniasis produces large painless skin lesions
Cutaneous
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What type of leshmaniasis produces skin lesions that encompass the mucous membranes
Mucocutaneous
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What type of leshmaniasis is spread via macrophages
VIsceral
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Disease where a mite burrows/tunnels under the skin, causes intense itiching
Scabies (sarcoptes scabiei)
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What bacteria is most likely to cause meningitis in college students, or cause a purple spotted rash
Nesseria meningitidis
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What is the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in adults
Steptococcus pneumoniae
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What is the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in children
Haemophilus influenza b
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What is the most common cause of meningitis in the elderly, babies and pregnant women
Listeria monocytogenes
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What is the most common cause for bacterial meningitis in premature babies
Streptococcus agalactiae
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What causes Hansen's disease (leprosy)
Mycobacterium leprae
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What form of leprosy is in those with a strong immune system
Tuberculoid leprosy
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What form of leprosy is in those with a weak immune system
Lepromatous leprosy
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What bacteria is the cause of floppy baby syndrome (flaccid paralysis)
Clostridium botulinum
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What bacteria causes Tetanus (jockjaw)
Clostridium tetani
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What is the most common reason for neonatal tetanus
Infected umbilical stump
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What bacteria is associated with Risus sardonicus (smiling spasm)
Clostridium tetani (tetanus)
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What is the most common cause of viral meningitis
Echovirus
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What percent of polio cases are asymptomatic and what percent progress into bulbar polio
90% asymptomatic | 1% bulbar polio
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What virus is a classical zoonotic disease
Rabies
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What is the shape of the capsid for the Rabies virus
Bullet shaped
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Which arbovirus causes Sleeping sickness (not african sleeping sickness) and is found east of the mississippi and is transmitted by a mosquito
Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus
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Which arbovirus is found west of the mississippi and is transmitted by a mosquito
Western Equine Encephalitis Virus
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Which Arbovirus is found mainly in texas and is transmitted by a mosquito
Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis
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Which Arbovirus is named after St.louis and is transmited by a mosquito
St. Louis Encephalitis virus
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Which Arbovirus is closely associated with those who handle dead birds, can be transmitted by a mosquito
West Nile Virus
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What is the vector for California Encephalitis
Mosquito
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What is the vector for Tick Borne encephalitis
Hard Tick
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What causes Cryptococcal meningitis
Cryptococcus Neoformans
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What is the most common clinical form of cryptococcal infection
Cryptococcal meningitis (cryptococcal neoformans)
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What is the most common form of african sleeping sickness
West african sleeping sickness
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What causes west African sleeping sickness and what is the vector
Trypanosoma bruccei Gambinese Vector = Tsetse fly
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What causes east african sleeping sickness and what is the vector
Trypanosoma bruccei rhodesiense Vector = tsetse fly
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What is the brain eating amoeba, and what causes it
Amebic Meningoencephalopathy Cause = Naegleria fowleri
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What is the mode of transmission of Amebic meningoencephalophaty
Inhalation of water
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What is the cause of Varient Creutzfeldt-jakob disease
Abnormal strains of prion
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What is the leading cause of nontraumatic blindness in humans and what causes it
Trachoma Cause = Chlamydia trachomatis
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What is the most likely bacteria to cause a sty
Staph aureus
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What bacteria causes newborn conjunctivits (Opthalmia Neonatorium)
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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What bacteria causes Swimming pool conjuntivitis
Adenovirus
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What is the most common cause of Occular herpes
HHV-1 traveling down the opthalmic ganglion of the trigeminal nerve
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What causes Ocular candidiasis
Candida albicans
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What disease is caused when someone uses non sterile water to clean contacts
Acanthamoeba keratitis Caused by: Acanthamoeba
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What nematode causes Calabar swellings around the eye
Loa Loa (loa loa Filariasis)
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What is the vector for Loa Loa Filariasis
Deer fly | Mango fly
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What bacteria causes River blindness (Onchocerciasis)
Onchocerca valvulus
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What is the vector for Onchocerciasis
Black fly

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