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Infectious Diseases
Midterm Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| AIDS | Human immunodeficiency virus (Virus) |
| Boils, furuncles, carbuncles, folliculitis | Staph aureus (Bacteria) |
| Scalded skin syndrome | Staph aureus (Bacteria) |
| Impetigo | Staph aureus & Strep pyogenes (Bacteria) |
| Cutaneous anthrax | Bacillus anthracis (Bacteria) |
| Tularemia | Francisella tularensis (Bacteria) |
| Leprosy | Myobacterium leprae (Bacteria) |
| Cold sore | HSV1 (Virus) |
| Smallpox | Smallpox virus (Virus) |
| Cutaneous mycoses | Trichophyton, Microsporon, Epidermophyton (Fungus) |
| Cutaneous and Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis | Leishmania (Parasite) |
| Cellulitis | Staph aureus, Strep pyogenes (Bacteria) |
| Necrotizing fasciitis | Strep pyogenes (Bacteria) |
| Erysipelas | Strep pyogenes (Bacteria) |
| Sporotrichosis | Sporotrichum schenckii (Fungus) |
| Elephantiasis | Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi (Parasite) |
| Loiasis | Loa loa (Parasite) |
| River blindness | Onchocerca volvulus (Parasite) |
| Guinea worm diesease | Dracunculus medinensis (Parasite) |
| Septic arthritis | Staph aureus, Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Bacteria) |
| Gas gangrene | Clostridium perfringens (Bacteria) |
| Burn infections | Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Bacteria) |
| Animal bite infections | Pasteurella multocida (Bacteria) |
| Lyme disease | Borrelia burgdorferi (Bacteria) |
| Rocky Mountain spotted fever | Rickettsia rickettsi (Bacteria) |
| Epidemic typhus fever | Rickettsia prowazeki (Bacteria) |
| Endemic or murine typhus fever | Rickettsia typhi (Bacteria) |
| Anaplasmosis | Anaplasma phagocytophilum (Bacteria) |
| Ehrlichiosis | Ehrlichia chaffeensis (Bacteria) |
| Babesiosis | Babesia microti (Parasite) |
| Measles (rubeola) | Measles virus |
| Chicken pox & shingles | Varcella-zoster virus |
| Rubella | Rubella Virus |
| Erythema infectiosum | Parovirus B19 |
| Oral candidiasis | Candida albicans (Yeast or Fungus) |
| Ulcers | Helicobacter pyloris (Bacteria) |
| Intoxications | Staph aureus, Bacillus cereus, Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium botulinum (Bacteria) |
| Viral gastroenteritis | Rotavirus, Norovirus |
| Noninflammatory gastroenteritis is caused by what? | Bacteria and Parasites |
| Bacterial gastroenteritis | ETEC, EPEC, Vibrio cholerae (Cholera), Clostridium botulinum (Infant botulism) |
| Parasitic gastroenteritis | Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium parvum |
| Antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis | Clostridium difficile (Bacteria) |
| Invasive gastroenteritis is also called what? | Dysentery |
| Bacterial Invasive Gasteroenteritis | Campylobacter jejuni, Salmonella, Shigella, EHEC, EIEC |
| Parasitic Invasive Gasteroenteritis | Entamoeba histolytica |
| Typhoid fever | Salmonella tphyi |
| Nematode infections in SI | Ascaris lumbricoides, Necator americanus, Ancylostoma duodenale, Strongyloides stercoralis |
| Nematode infections in LI | Trichuris trichiura, Enterobius vermicularis |
| Tapeworm infections | Taenia saginata, Taenia solium, Diphyllobothrium latum |
| Trematode infections | Fasciolopsis buski |
| Fecal-borne hepatitis | Hep A, E |
| Blood-borne hepatitis | Hep B, C, D |
| Yellow fever | Yellow fever virus |
| Schistosomiasis | Schistosoma mansoni, japanicum & haematobium |
| Liver fluke infections | Clonorchis sinensis, Fasciola hepatica |
| Bacterial meningitis | E. coli, Group B Strep, Listeria monocytogenes, Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria meningitidis, Strep pneumoniae |
| Viral meningitis | Enteroviruses, Arboviruses, Herpes simplex virus |
| Amoebic meningoencephalitis | Naegleria fowleri |
| Fungal meningitis | Cryptococcus neoformans |
| Encephalitis | Arboviruses: West Nile, La Cross, St. Louis, Eastern equine, Western equine |
| Rabes | Rabies virus |
| Polio | Polio virus |
| Tetanus | Clostridium tetani |
| Botulism | Clostridium botulinum |
| African sleeping sickness | Trypanosoma brucei |
| CJD | Prions |
| Vector for Leishmaniasis | Sand Fly |
| Vector for Guinea worm disease gracunculiasis | |
| Vector for River blindness or onchocerciasis | Blackfly |
| Vector for Rocky Mountain spotted fever | Ticks |
| Vector for Endemic or murine typhus fever | Rat flea |
| Vector for Ehrlichiosis | Lone star tick |
| Vector for Encephalitis caused by arboviruses | Mosquito |
| Vector for Elephantiasis | Anopheles and Culex mosquitos |
| Vector for Loiasis | Deer Fly |
| Vector for Lyme disease | Deer tick |
| Vector for Epidemic typhus fevor | body louse |
| Vector for Anaplasmosis | Deer Tick |
| Vector for Babesiosis | Deer Tick |
| Vector for African sleeping sickness | Tsetse fly |