worms and germs

Question 1

What form of strep is beta hemolytic?

Answer 1

Group A Strep pyogenes

Question 2

What form of strep is alpha hemolytic?

Answer 2

strep pneumoniae

Question 3

What is a the description of strep pneumoniae?

Answer 3

gram positive encapsulated diplococcus

Question 4

What bacteria is responsible for most pneumonia ?

Answer 4

strep pneumoniae

Question 5

What is the DOC for strep? What if that is not possible or available to use?

Answer 5

DOC: PCN

or Erythromycin

Question 6

How is neisseria described?

Answer 6

Intracellular gram negative cooci

Question 7

What 2 disease did we focus on that come from neisseria?

Answer 7

meningitis and gonorrhea

Question 8

What are a few examples of gram negative bacilli?

Answer 8

E coli
Salmonella
Shigella
Haemopholus Flu
Vibrio
Psuedomonas Aeruginosa
Campylobacter

Question 9

What bacteria causes the disease Typhoid fever?

Answer 9

Salmonella

Question 10

What disease s/s presents with typhoid fever?

Answer 10

high fever for 2-3 weeks’
abdominal pain
rose colored rash

Question 11

How is typhoid fever treated?

Answer 11

Ceftriaxone

Question 12

what differentiates salmonella gastroenteritis and shigella?

Answer 12

Shigella = bloody stool more common

Question 13

How is salmonella gastroenteritis treated?

Answer 13

Fluids
TMP/SMX - Kids
Ciprofloxacin - Adults because fluroquinolone

Question 14

What living organism can serve as a mechanical vector for shigella?

Answer 14

fly

Question 15

What antibiotics treat shigella?

Answer 15

Ampicillin
Bactrim
Ciprofloxacin

Question 16

What is the treatment for cholera?

Answer 16

Fluid resuscitation
Tetracycline
Doxycycline
Bactrim

Question 17

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is what type of infection?

Answer 17

Oppoutunistic

commonly acquired in the hospital

Question 18

What is the second most common cause of infection in the ICU and a frequent cause of ventilator associated pneumonia?

Answer 18

P. aeruginosa

Question 19

What bacteria causes food poisoning, gas gangrene, tetanus, botulism?

Answer 19

Clostridium

Question 20

What is notable about the spores in c-diff?

Answer 20

spores can survive in the presence of oxygen

Question 21

What is an example of an extraintestinal protozoa?

Answer 21

Malaria

Question 22

What are the intestinal protozoas?

Answer 22

entamoeba histolytica
giardia lamblia
pinworm

Question 23

what are examples of nematodes?

Answer 23

ascaris lumbricoides - roundworm

ancylostoma duodenale - hookworm

Question 24

What is plasmodium falciparum?

Answer 24

malaria

Question 25

What are the signs and symptoms of malaria?

Answer 25

Cyclical fever every 48hrs with polyuria`1headache and then the fever falls and there is perfuse sweating and will last 2-8 wks

Question 26

How do you treat malaria?

Answer 26

chloroquine and mefloquine

Question 27

How do you treat entamoeba histolytic?

Answer 27

metronidazole

Question 28

What is the first and second most common protozoa infection in the US

Answer 28

1) Pinworm | 2) Giardiasis

Question 29

What is also known as backpackers diarrhea that commonly comes from cold mountain streams

Answer 29

Giardiasis

Question 30

What infection causes fatty diarrhea?

Answer 30

giardiasis

Question 31

How do you test for pinworm?

Answer 31

..............Scotch tape test

Question 32

How do you treat pinworm(enterobius vermicularis)?

Answer 32

``` Its really freaking hard to get rid of them Single dose of MEBENDAZOLE Topical crap Incessantly clean the house treat family ```

Question 33

How is pinworm transmitted?

Answer 33

Kids......fecal to oral

Question 34

How is roundworm ascaris lumbriccoides contracted?

Answer 34

poor sanitation.... infects go system then blood stream then goes to the lungs and is coughed up then swallowed.... DISGUSTING

Question 35

How is ascaris lumbricoides roundworm treated?

Answer 35

MEBENDAZOLE

Question 36

What are s/s of ancylostoma duodenale?

Answer 36

itchy vavulovascular rash at the sight of larva penetration

Question 37

How are hookworms transmitted?

Answer 37

Step on them barefoot in the soil and they penetrate and go into the lungs, or are ingested. then they are coughed up and swallowed and go into the GI system and suck your blood to live

Question 38

Which germs and worms disease can cause iron deficiency?

Answer 38

Hookworm infection from ancylostoma duodenale

Question 39

How do you treat ancylostoma duodenale?

Answer 39

MEBENDAZOLE