test 3 Flashcards
cycles of chills, fever, and sweating, caused by a protozoan of the genus ______ in RBCs. transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected ____ mosquito.
plasmodium, anaopheles, malaria
ct/mri for trichinellosis?
3-8mm nodular lesions
lake and risver freshwater fish
diphyllobothriasis
what is the treatment for strongyloidiasis?
ivermectin and albendazole
what is the MC cause of meningitis in children and adults?
s. pneumniae
who does poorly with babesiosis?
asplenic
if someone has fever and celulitis what do you do?
immediate aspiration
encephalitis is mostly what?
viral
what is the MC congenital presentation of toxoplasmosis?
chroioretinitis, blurred vision to vision loss, SA, columbia, brazil
knee infection w/ a rash?
neisseria gonorrhea
treatment for trichinellosis?
steroids, albendazole, mebendazole
long term infections are associated w/ bladder cancer
s. haematobium
what leads to 10% of seizure in emergency departments?
cysticercosis
labs for schistosomiasis
stool or urine identification most practical
causes of viral meningitis?
- enterovirus
- herpesvirus
- arthropod-borne viruses
- HIV
where is paragonimiasis located?
asia, americas, africa
several weeks diarrhea, bloody stools, fulminant colitis, rectovaginal fistulas, fulminant or necrotzing colitis
entamoeba histolytica (amebic colitis)
p. falciparum incubation
12 days
what are the signs and symptoms of california encaphalitis?
generalized or localized seizures
vesical plexus
s. haematobium
treatment for chronic osteomyelitis?
exisicion of bone, consider HBO
what is primary prophylaxis for toxoplasmosis?
trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
how long to monitor malaria?
6-12 hrs until parasitemia falls below 1%
what is the treatment for Herpes encephalitis?
acyclovir