2021 Abac Biol 3500 Infectious Disease- Signs And Symptoms (Branch)

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Meningococcal Meningitis

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Decreased nervous system function, fever, chills, headaches, stiff neck, purple-spotted rash, nausea, vomiting, convulsions and possibly coma and death.

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Pneumococcal Meningitis

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Decreased nervous system function, fever, chills, headaches, stiff neck, nausea, vomiting, convulsions and possibly coma and death.

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Botulism

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Blurred or double vision, drooping eyelids, slurred speech, weakness, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Impairment of nerve impulse transmission leads to generalized flaccid paralysis and respiratory failure.

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Tetanus

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Spastic paralysis, affects muscles of the jaw causing trismus and death from respiratory or cardiac failure.

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Hanson's Disease (Tuberculoid form )

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regions of the skin lose sensation and are surrounded by a border of nodules.

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Hanson's Disease (Lepromatous form)

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Skin cells are infected and disfiguring nodules form all over the body. Nasal infection leads to a lion-faced appearance. Deformation of the hands and loss of fingers and toes.

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Rabies

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Muscle spasms of the mouth and pharynx during swallowing and hydrophobia, weakness, disconfort, headache, itching, cerebral disfunction, anxiety, confusion and agitation. The victim may be restless and excitable (furious) or quiet and unaware of it's environment (dumb). Death is from damage to the nerves of the brain and spinal cord.

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Subacute bacterial endocarditis
Acute bacterial endocarditis
Rheumatic fever

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Fever anemia, weakness (malaise) and heart murmur

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Glomerulonephritis

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Fever, increased blood pressure and blood and protein in the urine.

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Cutaneous Anthrax

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Begins as a small papule that develops into a vesicle filled with bluish-black fluid. The vesicle ruptures revealing an inflammatory ring with black escar in the center (malignant pustule).

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Pulmonary Anthrax

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Fever, malaise, myalgia and an unproductive cough. Within days symptoms progress to include rapid breathing and heartbeat, decreased blood pressure, mental confusion, cyanosis, coma and death

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Gastrointestinal Anthrax

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Nausea, fever, loss of apatite, vomiting and diarrhea. May lose blood resulting in shock and death.

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Plague (Bubonic and Pneumonic)

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Swelling of lymph nodes (Buboes), fever, subcutaneous bleeding causes black spots on the skin, and death within a week. May spread to lungs and become pneumonic plague.

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Epidemic typhus
Endemic Murine Typhus

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High fever, stupor, and rash of red spots

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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

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Muscle and joint pain, high fever, and headache. Measle-like rash on the palms of hands and soles of feet. Rash spreads up the arms and legs to the rest of the body and become raised and hemorrhagic. Death is from kidney and heart failure.

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Lyme disease

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Fatigue, chills, fever, headache, stiff neck, muscle aches and joint pain. In 2/3 of cases a circular rash develops at the site of infection, dizzy spells, fainting, heart damage, arthritis, facial paralysis, meningitis, and encephalitis

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Streptococcus pharyngitis

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Inflammation, fever and swollen lymph nodes.

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Scarlet fever

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Sore throat, enlarged lymph nodes, headache, vomiting, sandpaper textured pinkish-red skin rash, high fever, strawberry-red, enlarged tongue and affected skin peels.

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Diphtheria

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Sore throat, fever, malaise, swollen neck and a grayish membrane forms on the throat.

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Acute coryza (cold)

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Increased nasal secretions, sneezing, mucosal and nasal swelling, malaise, headache and cough.

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Pneumococcal pneumonia

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Fever, cough, chest pain, shortness of breath and rust colored sputum

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Whooping cough

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Runny nose, low-grade fever, mild, occasional cough. Progresses to fits of numerous rapid coughs that can break ribs and leave a victim gasping for air, vomiting and exhaustion after coughing fits..

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Tuberculosis (TB)

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Slight fever, weight loss, night sweats, chills, chronic cough and bloody sputum.

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Legionellosis

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Shortness of breath, weakness, fatigue, headache, malaise, high fever, chills and dry cough which later becomes productive and may be bloody. Some cases have diarrhea, abdominal pain and vomiting.

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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome

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Flu-like symptoms (fever,chills, headache, muscle aches, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain) progressing to productive cough, shortness of breath, fluid in the lungs, low blood pressure, reduced heart efficiency, severe respiratory failure and death.

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Influenza (Flu)

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Headaches, fever, muscle aches and a non-productive cough. Acute symptoms subside within a week. Cough, fatigue and weakness can linger for days or weeks.

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Gastritis

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May be asymptomatic or cause belching, mild indigestion and abdominal pain.

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Cholera

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abrupt onset of massive, painless diarrhea (Rice water stool), with associated vomiting (lack of nausea), muscle cramps, dehydration and finally shock.

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Bacillary Dysentery

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Fever, bloody diarrhea, vomiting, pus & blood in feces, ccasionally headache, stiff neck, convulsions, joint pain

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hemolytic uremic syndrome (E. coli)

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STEC causes ___________ which results in kidney failure, hemolysis and shock

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Diarrhea (Campylobacter)

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fever, abdominal cramps, and diarrhea containing blood & pus

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Typhoid Fever

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Fever, severe headache, abdominal pain, malaise, diarrhea or constipation, and vomiting. May develop a rash called rose spots on the abdomen and chest.

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Staphylococcal Food Poisoning
E. coli gastroenteritis
Salmonellosis
Clostridium perfringens gastroenteritis
Viral Gastroenteritis

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Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain are symptoms common to which GI illnesses?

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Mumps

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Fever, loss of apatite, stiff neck and headache. Painful swelling of the parotid glands may develop. Muscle spasms make chewing and talking difficult.

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Hepatitis

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Loss of apatite and vigor, fever, jaundice

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Gonorrhea

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Men - inflammation of urethra pain on urination and discharge. Can lead to urinary tract infection, sterility, and arthritis. Women - may be asymptomatic (carriers) in early stages. In latter stages, infects uterine tubes may cause sterility, ectopic pregnancy, and arthritis. If symptoms occur in women they are usually associated with painful urination and vaginal discharge.

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Primary Syphilis

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painless chancre, red ulcer that appears at the infection site, Chancre is loaded with spirochetes.

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Secondary Syphilis

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Runny nose, watery eyes, aches and pains, sore throat, rash on palms and soles (immune complexes). Spirochetes have spread throughout the body. Infectious lesions occur in various locations especially the mouth

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Tertiary syphilis

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hypersensitivity reaction that can damage any part of the body and depending on location can be life threatening. Damage to large blood vessels, eyes (blindness), nervous system, insanity.

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AIDS

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Initial symptoms may include fatigue, excessive weight loss, fever, night sweats and swollen lymph nodes. Gradual loss of immune system function with increasing infections of all types weeks or years after infection.

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Listeriosis

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Meningitis, septicemia, monocytosis, abscesses, uterine and fetal involvement.

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Folliculitis

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Small red bump at the site of the infected hair follicle.

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Sty

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An infected hair follicle of the eye.

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Furuncles (Boil)

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Folliculitis that has spread to adjacent tissues causing localized redness, swelling, severe tenderness and pain. Pus may drain from the boil.

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Carbuncles

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Large areas of redness, swelling and pain with several sites of draining pus. Fever often present.

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Scalded skin syndrome

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Begins with reddened areas around the mouth. Nose mouth and genitalia may be painful before typical features appear. Sandpaper textured lesions spread to form large, soft, easily ruptured vesicles over the entire body. The skin peels away leaving large, wet, scalded-looking areas. Other symptoms include malaise, irritability and high fever.

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Toxic shock syndrome

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Fever, diarrhea, muscle aches, low blood pressure, rash.

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Impetigo (pyoderma)

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Blisters that break, crust over and weep plasma and pus. Lesions evolve into thick, raised, crusted areas. Lymph nodes enlarge around the affected area.

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Erysipelas

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Early symptoms include edema, fever, chills and small, bright, raised, rubbery lesions at the site of entry. Lesions spread outward producing a slightly elevated edge that is red and hot.

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Chickenpox

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Initially virus multiplication causes fever and malaise. Small, irregular rose-colored lesions appear. Lesions usually start on the scalp and trunk and soon spread to the limbs and face. Lesions sometimes spread to the mouth, throat ,vagina and occasionally the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts. The initial macules (spots) progress to papules (bumps) then to vesicles (blisters) and finally pustules (pus-filled blisters). Pustules dry and crust over in a few days.

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Shingles

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Begins with pain in the area of the nerve involved. Headache, fever, malaise, severe pain, burning, prickling of skin and pox lesions. Eruptions generally unilateral occurring usually on the trunk.

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Rubeola

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Initial symptoms are sore throat, fever, runny nose, headache, conjunctivitis and cough. A macular rash develops beginning on the face and spreading to the trunk and extremities and Koplic spots develop in the mouth.

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German measles

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Malaise, headache, mild conjunctivitis, low grade fever and a rash of red spots

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Dengue Fever (breakbone fever)

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During febrile stage have fever and at least two of the following: ache behind the eyes, rash, joint pain, muscle or bone pain and mild bleeding. Initial symptoms decline and critical stage begins. Capillaries become leaky, severe abdominal pain, difficulty breathing, vomiting blood, red patches and abdominal bleeding. Blood pressure drops and the blood thickens. During recovery, fluid reabsorbs, rash dissipates and skin peels.

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West Nile

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Usually asymptomatic. In mild cases: fever, headache, rash on back, chest and arms, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, swollen lymph nodes. In severe cases: headache, high fever, stiff neck or paralysis, confusion, tremors, convulsions, muscle. May result in coma and death.

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Yellow fever

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In mild cases: fever and slight headache. In severe cases: high fever, nausea, bleeding of the nose, bleeding into the skin, black vomit from gastrointestinal bleeding and jaundice.

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Poliomyelitis

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Most cases are asymptomatic or mild causing headaches, sore throat, fever and nausea. If the immune system is not able to halt the progress of the virus, the motor nerve cells may be damaged leading to muscle spasms, loose/floppy limbs) and varying degrees of paralysis. Post-polio: progressive muscle weakness, breathing/swallowing problems, sleep disorders. May die from respiratory failure