Study Guide Flashcards by Jake Aleck

roundworm
colicky pain, lives in small intestine
m/c roundwarm in world

Ascaris lumbricoides

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in nuts and grains, makes aflatoxin
primary liver cancer
fungus ball in lungs

Aspergillosus fumigatus

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anthrax, woolsorter’s dz, inhaled spores, sporulation

Bacillus anthracis

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endemic fungus on eastern seaboard from florida to canada

Blastomycosis

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pertussis
whooping cough
inspiratory whoop

Bordetella pertussis

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lyme’s dz
bulls eye rash
vector = deer tick
aka lxodes scapularis

Borrelia burgdorferi

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recurrent/relapsing fever

Borrelia recurrentis

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bang’s dz
zoonosis from cattle
spontaneous abortions in cattle and undulant fever

Brucella abortus

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oral thrush = monoliasis in babies and diabetics

white discharge

Candida albicans

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psittacosis
parrot fever
lower respiratory infection

Chlamydia psittaci

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botulism
1st sign = diploplia
2nd sign = death
food poisoning

Clostridium botulinum

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gas gangrene

organism aka “C. welchi”

Clostridium perfringes

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San Joaquin valley fever

endemic fungus in deserts of southwest

Coccidiomycosis

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diphtheria, gray pseudomembrane in throat

metachromatic fever

Cornebacterium diphtherium

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a Ricketssia
causes Q fever
vector = milk, not organism
weil-felix (-)

Coxiella burnetii

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fish tapeworm

can cause pernicious anemia

Diphyllobothrium latum

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amebic dysentery
mild diarrhea
cyst is infective form

Entamoeba histolytica

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pinworm
scotch tape or “anal cellophane” test
itching

Enterobius vermicularis

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infectious mono

downey cells

epstein-barr virus

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tularemia, rabbit fever

hunters may get this

Francisella tularensis

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mucousy diarrhea, especially seen in AIDS patients

Giardia lamblia

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pink eye
very contagious conjunctivitis
“koch-weeks bacillus”

Haemophilus aegyptius

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chancroid

soft painful chancroid

Haemophilus ducreyi

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stomach ulcers

urease +

Helicobacter pylori

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fever blister type 1 = above belt | genital type 2 = below belt

Herpes simplex

shingles does not cross midline along dermatomes hides in DRG

Herpes zoster

ohio/mississippi valley fever | calcific lesions in lung similar to TB

Histoplasmosis

AIDS, HIV virus

HTLV - III virus

red currant jelly sputum

Klebsiella pneumonia

Legionnaire's dz from contaminated ventilation water droplets "pontiac fever" = mild form of Legionnaire's dz

Legionella pneumophilia

Kala-Azar viscerotropic vector = sand fly

Leishmania donovani

Weil's dz hemorrhagic jaundice aka "leptospira interrogans"

Leptospira icterohemorhagiae

Listeria | deli meats and soft cheeses

Listeria monocytogenes

river eye worm (african eye worm) | vector = flies in africa

Loa Loa

pink cauliflower lesion on female genitalia

Molluscum contagiosum

``` Leprosy = Hansen's dz acid fast (+) destroys sensory nerves and skin ```

Mycobacterium leprae

``` TB acid fast (+) ```

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

#1 cause of atypical pneumonia aka walking pneumonia penicillin ineffective b/c mycoplasm lack cell wall

Mycoplasm pneumonia

hook worm | m/c in US

Necator americanus

#1 PID/Salpingitis Gr - Diplococcus chocolate agar coffee bean shape

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

meningitis only meningitis to get a rash can be fatal

Neisseria meningitides

River blindness | vector = flies in africa

Onchocerca volvulus

warts transmitted by casual contact (skin contact) persistent (latent)

Papovavirus (papillomavirus)

most fatal form of malaria | black water fever

Plasmodium falciparum

most common form infective stage = sporozoite (mosquito injects) pathogenic stage = merozoite (infected RBC bursts and lets them out)

Plasmodium vivax, malariae ovale

Acellular protein particles causes Mad Cow, bovine spongiform encephalitis, Creutzfield jacob's dz, scrapie, kuru discovered by Stanley Pyusner

prions

``` open burn infection blue/green pus m/c pneumonia in cystic fibrosis found in hot/warm and moist places contact lenses and hot tubs ```

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

RSV causes croup and bronchiolitis m/c respiratory infection in kids

respiratory syncytial virus

german measles 3-day measles mild fever congenital rubella syndrome

Rubella

(red) measles koplic (while/blue) spots on buccal mucosa high fever coryza, conjunctivitis, cough

Rubeola

salmonella food poisoning | heat labile

Salmonella enteriditis

red pus

Serratia marcenscens

bacillary dysentery

Shigella

mumps parotiditis -> LMN CN7 sequelae = oophoritis, orchitis

Sidomegalic paramyxoid virus

rose bud thorns | gardener's at risk

Sporotherix schenckii

pathogen staph catalase + coagulase - STOIC

Staphylococcus aureus

gamma hemolytic strep | dental caries

Streptococcus mutans

betal hemolytic strep group A catalase - SERGIS

Streptococcus pyogenes

alpha hemolytic strep | m/c cause of typical pneumonia

Streptococcus pneumoniae

alpha hemolytic strep | SBE: subacute bacterial endocarditis

Streptococcus viridans

beef tapeworm

Taenia saginata

toxoplasmosis | vector = cat feces

Toxoplasma gondii

syphilis hard painless chancre 3 stages

Treponema pallidum

yaws, non venereal syphilis

Treponema pertenue

trichinosis | diagnosed off x-ray

Treponema spiralis

African sleeping sickness

Trypanosoma gambiense

cow pox

Vaccinia

chicken pox | maculopapulovescivular rash = red, elevated, fluid filled

Varicella

small pox | guarneri bodies

Variola

``` cholera reversal of Na/K pumps no immune reaction rice water stools vomiting (comma shaped) ```

Viscerotropic virus

yellow fever | discovered by Reed

Viscerotropic virus

Bubonic plague, black death | vector = rat flea

Yesinia (pasteurella) pestis