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A highly contagious bacterial infection, usually affecting the lungs but can also affect other organs of the body like brain, kidney, intestine, and bones.

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Tuberculosis

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Causative Agent of tuberculosis that also known as the Koch’s bacillus [discovered by Robert Koch]

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Considered as the world’s deadliest disease and remains as a major public health problem in the Philippines

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Tuberculosis

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Give Treatments for tuberculosis

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  • Isoniazid
  • Rifampacin
  • Pyrazinamide
  • Ethambutol
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What is MDR-TB?

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Multi-drug resistant-Tuberculosis

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What is XDR-TB?

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Extremely drug resistant-Tuberculosis

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Systemic infection characterized by continued fever, malaise, anorexia, slow pulse, involvement of lymphoid tissue, splenomegaly, rose spots [rashes] on trunks and diarrhea

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Typhoid Fever

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Causative agent of Typhoid Fever

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Salmonella typhi

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Source of Infection of Typhoid Fever

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Feces and urine of infected person

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Mode of Transmission of Typhoid Fever

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Direct or indirect contact with patient or carrier

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Diagnosis for Typhoid Fever

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Stool culture and serological tests

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An acute infectious disease of the lungs usually caused by the pneumococcus resulting in the consolidation of one or more lobes of either one or both lungs

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Pneumonia

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Causative agents of Pneumonia

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  • Majority of cases due to Streptococcus pneumoniae (Diplococcus pneumoniae)
  • Occasionally Klebsiella pneumoniae
  • Lobar pneumonia
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Weil’s disease, mud fever, trench fever, flood fever, spiroketal jaundice, Japanese seven days

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Leptospirosis

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It is a worldwide zoonotic disease

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Leptospirosis

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Causative Agent of Leptospirosis

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Leptospirosis interrogans

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Treatment for Leptospirosis

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  • Penicillin and other B-lactam antibiotics
  • Tetracycline
  • Erythromycin
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Also known as STI

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Gonorrhea

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Causative Agent of Gonorrhea

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Neisseria gonorrhoear

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Treatment for Gonorrhea

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Cefraixone - for uncomplicated cases
spectinomycin - if resistant

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An acute highly communicable infection characterized by fever, rashes, and symptoms referable to upper respiratory tract

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Measles

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Causative Agentof Measles

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Measles virus (Morbillivirus under Family Paramycoviridae) (RNA virus)

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Mode of Transmission of Measles

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By droplet spread or direct contact with infected persons

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Highly communicable disease characterized by abrupt onset with fever which last 1 to 6 days, chilly sensations or chills, aches or pain in the back and limbs with prostrations.

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Influenza

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Causative Agent of Influenza
Influenza Virus A, B, C under Family Orthomyxoviridae (RNA virus)
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Mode of Transmissio of Influenza
By direct contact, through droplet infection
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form of hepatitis occurring either sporadically or in endemics and caused by virus by fecally contaminated water or food
Hepatitis A
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Causative Agent of Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) (Under Family Picomaviridae) (RNA Virus)
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Is an acute viral encephalomyelitis caused by the rabies virus, a rhabdovirus of the genus Lyssavirus (RNA virus)
Rabies (Hydrophobia, lyssa)
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Mode of Transmission for Rabies
Usually by bites of rabies animal whose saliva has the virus
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Etiologic agents for dengue hemorrhagic fever (H-Fever)
Dengue Virus Types 1, 2, 3, and 4 (flavivirus, and RNA virus)
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Mode of Transmission for Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (H-Fever)
Through bite of infected female mosquito
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Diagnostic Test for Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (H-Fever)
- Tourniquet test (Rumpel Leads Test) - Platelet count
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Causative Agent of Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) under Family Hepadnaviridae (DNA Virus)
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Mode of Transmission of Hepatitis B
Sexual intercourse, also transmitted through blood and during birth
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Mode of Transmission of Hepatitis B
Sexual intercourse, also transmitted through blood and during birth
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Also known as Bilhariasis or snail fever has a long been one of the important tropical disease on our country
Scistosomiasis
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It is caused by blood fluke that is transmitted by a tiny snail called ___
Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi
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Causative Agent of Scistosomiasis
Schistosoma jabonicum
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Treatment for Scistosomiasis
- Praziquantel - Alternatively drugs are Oxamniquine for S. mansoni and Metrifonate for S. heamatobium
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It is chronic parasitic infection, which greatly reduces human productivity and quality of life
Paragonimiasis/Pulmonary Distomiasis
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It is frequently encountered in communities where eating of fresh or inadequately cooked crabs is practice
Paragonimiasis/Pulmonary Distomiasis
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Causative Agent of Paragonimiasis/Pulmonary Distomiasis
Paragonimus westermani (lung fluke)
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What is called for First Intermediate Host (IH) – fresh water snail (for Paragonimiasis/Pulmonary Distomiasis)
Antemelania aspirate
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What is called for Second IH – small, fresh water crab (for Paragonimiasis/Pulmonary Distomiasis)
- Sundathelpusa philippina - Varona litterata
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Diagnosis for Paragonimiasis/Pulmonary Distomiasis
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Diagnosis for Paragonimiasis/Pulmonary Distomiasis
- Sputum collection - Serological test like complement fixation test - Cerebral paragonimiasis – eosinophilia in CSF
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It is common with children
Soil Transmitted Heminthiasis (STH)
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Causative Agent of Soil Transmitted Heminthiasis (STH)
- Ascaris lumbricoides (Giant intestinal roundworm) - Trichuris trichiura (Whipworm) - Hookworm
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What is old worlds hookworm
Ancylostoma duodenale
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What is New world hookworm
Necator americanus
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Treatment for Soil Transmitted Heminthiasis (STH)
- Piperazine citrate - Pyrantel pamoate, - Mebendazole - Albendazole - Levimazole
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Enlargement of feet
Filariasis (Elephantiasis)
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Causative Agent of Filariasis (Elephantiasis)
Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi
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No clinical signs and symptoms of the disease
Asymptomatic Stage
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inflammation of the lymph nodes
Lymphadenitis
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inflammation of lymph vessels
Lymphangitis
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Developed 10-15 years from the onset of first attack
Chronic Stage
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swelling of the scrotum
Hydrocoele
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swelling of the upper and lower extremities
Lymphedema
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Treatment for Filariasis (Elephantiasis)
Diethylcarbamazine (DEC)
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Continues to be a major public health concern having an annual parasite incidence of 5.1 per 1000 population
Malaria
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Causative Agents of Malaria
- Plasmodium falciparum - Plasmodium malariae - Plasmodium vivax - Plasmodium ovale - Plasmodim knowlesi
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Mode of Transmission for Malaria
Through the bite of an infected female mosquito
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Laboratory Examinations for Malaria
- Thick and thin blood smear - Para Sight F Test - Serological Test
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dipstick test for simple and rapid diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum
Para Sight F Test
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Treatment for Malaria
- Chloroquine - Pyrimethamine/Sulfadoxine combination may be used in areas with high levels of resistance to chloroquin
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Type of tuberculosis that affect the lungs
Pulmonary tuberculosis
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Type of tuberculosis that spreading all over the body]
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
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In the Philippines, TB ranks tenth (10th) in the leading cause of morbidity (2020) - (T or F)
True
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Mode of Transmission for Tuberculosis
Inhalation of infective droplets present in the air

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