Systemic

Question 1

Pathogen - Can be many, many things, very frequently gram negative bacteria

Symptoms - Nosocomial, hypotension, blood vessel collapse, fever, lymphangitis, medication can cause release of endotoxin (gram negative) and worsen

Answer 1

Septic Shock (Tons of bacteria)

Question 2

Pathogen - Gram positive cocci, chains, beta hemolytic

Symptoms - Post birth in mother, chills, fever, abdominal distention and pain, bloody vaginal discharge

Answer 2

Puerperal Fever/Childbed Fever (Strep. Pyogenes)

Question 3

Pathogen - Gram positive cocci, chains

Symptoms - In child soon after birth, fever, respiratory distress, lethargy

Answer 3

Group B Strep. Disease (Strep. agalactica)

Question 4

Pathogen - Gram positive cocci, chains, beta hemolytic

Symptoms - Sequelae/Secondary infection of other diseases, fever, arthritis, rash, mitral valve damage, nodules on elbows

Answer 4

Rheumatic Fever (Strep. pyogenes)

Question 5

Pathogen - Typically gram positive cocci, but can be many things

Symptoms - Fever, malaise, bacteremia, heart murmur,

Answer 5

Bacterial Endocarditis/Myocarditis/Pericarditis (Typically Strep. or Staph.)

Question 6

Pathogen - Gram positive rods, spore forming, facultative anaerobe

Symptoms - Zoonotic though not spread by contact, Cutaneous not typically lethal, respiratory very lethal, Intestinal sometimes fatal

Answer 6

Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)

Question 7

Pathogen - Gram negative rods

Symptoms - Buboes (enlarged hemorrhagic nodes), blackened skin, pneumonia, meningitis, if in lungs, death is imminent

Answer 7

Plague (Yersinia pestis)

Question 8

Pathogen - Gram negative coccobacillus

Symptoms - Zoonotic (arthropod vectors), if through skin, high fever, chills, shaking, buboes, ulcer at entry site, if through lungs, pneumonia

Answer 8

Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)

Question 9

Pathogen - Gram negative, coccobacillus, facultative intracellular

Symptoms - Zoonotic (can enter almost any way from animals), Granulomas in heart tissue, high fever during day, sweating, enlarged spleen/lymph nodes/liver, chronic aches, nervousness, endocarditis

Answer 9

Brucellosis (Brucella spp.)

Question 10

Pathogen - Gram negative spirochete

Symptoms - Zoonotic (from arthropods), Chills, high fever

Answer 10

Relapsing Fever (Borrelia spp.)

Question 11

Pathogen - Gram negative spirochete

Symptoms - From ticks, flu-like symptoms, Bullseye rash, can lead to arthritis, myocarditis, neuropathies

Answer 11

Lyme Disease (Borrelia burgdorferi)

Question 12

Pathogen - Pleomorphic gram negative bacteria

Symptoms - acute fever, headache, muscle pain, rash, often from rats to humans via ticks or louses

Answer 12

Typhus Fever (Rickettsia spp.)

Question 13

Pathogen - Pleomorphic gram negative bacteria

Symptoms - From tick bite, long incubation, fever, and rash

Answer 13

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (Rickettsia rickettsiae)

Question 14

Pathogen - Pleomorphic gram negative bacteria

Symptoms - From rat bites, enlarged lymph nodes, chills fever, and headache

Answer 14

Rickettsialpox (rickettsia akari)

Question 15

Pathogen - Viral

Symptoms - High fever, sever bone and joint pain, headache, anorexia, weakness

Answer 15

Dengue Fever/Breakbone Fever (Arbovirus)

Question 16

Pathogen - Viral

Symptoms - Mosquito vector, fever, nausea, vomiting, liver damage, jaundice

Answer 16

Yellow Fever

Question 17

Pathogen - Viral

Symptoms - From dog ticks, headache, backache, fever

Answer 17

Colorado Tick Fever

Question 18

Pathogen - Intracellular protozoan

Symptoms - Mild lymph node enlargement, mostly chronic asymptomatic, problematic for pregnant women

Answer 18

Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma gondii)