Viruses By Symptom and Buzz Words Flashcards
(40 cards)
Associated with Common Cold, ARS, and Conjunctival Disease
Adenovirus
“Pool Fever”
Adenovirus
Largest Genome
Corona Virus
URT infection, sore throat, runny nose, nasal congestion, sneezing, coughing, inflammatory mediators that cause airway obstruction and sneezing
Corona Virus
Recent trip to Asia, Severe URT infection, Fever, Diarrhea
Eventual Dry Cough, Pneumonia
SARS associated Corona Virus
Common Cold/URT
Low grade/absent fever
Most likely Rhinovirus
Pleomorphic
Orthomyxoviruses
Upper AND Lower Resp. Infections
Pneumonia commonly
Orthomyxoviruses
RNA virus in the Nucleus
Influenza Virus
Fever, Sore Throat, Headache, Dry Cough
Influenza
Later develops staphylococcal pneumonia
Hypoxemia, high WBC, Hemoptysis, Infiltrates on Xray
Influenza
Reye’s Syndrome
Swelling of Liver and Brain
Influenza
Why you don’t take Asprin with Fever?
Reye’s Sundrome
Antigenic Shift/Drift
Influenza
Stuffy/Runny Nose, Sneezing, Sore Throat, Cough
Cold
Fever, Headache, Fatigue, Cough
Flu
Fatal Acute Resp. Tract Inf in Infants/Young
Pneumovirus/RSV
Subject is 2-8 months, Bronchiolitis.
Pneumovirus/RSV
Croup
Parainfluenza
What is croup?
barky cough, Harsh, Noisy Breathing
Symptoms of pneumonia?
Fever, Rales, Pulmonary Consolidation
How to diagnose Measles?
Cough, Coryza, Conjunctivitis
Koplik Spots
What are Koplik Spots?
Red spots with bluish/white specks in mucosa opposite 2nd molars
Significance of Measles?
1 million dead children and most blind African Children