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14 Cards in this Set
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Klebsiella pneumonia
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Causes Klebsiella PNA and UTT's
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Bacillus cercus
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Foodborne illness cuase N/V and diarrhea
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Mycobatcerium Tuberculosis
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- lower respiratory tract infections
- Contagious - airborne transmission - Only 5-10% of infected people develop active disease - Elderly, malnourished, poor and immunocompromised at increased risk - Abnormal CXR, acid fast bacilli in sputum |
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Histoplasmosis
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Histoplasma capsulatum (fungus) causes lung infections in AIDS patients
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Coccidioisomycosis
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- caused by coccidioides immitis
- aka "San Joaquin Valley fever" - causes PNA when spores of C. immitis are inhaled |
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Blastomycosis
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- caused by Blastomyces dermatitiditis
- fungal disease that can cause PNA that can disseminate to other organs |
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Cryptococcosis
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- causes a plumonary flu-like disease
- can disseminate and cause meningitis and skin lesions |
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Syphilis
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- treponema pallidum, a sirochete
- transmission - tenital contact, in utero - primary - chance a ahrd painlesss ulceration - secondary - systemic spread, flu like symptoms, disseminate lesions - tertiary - cardiovascular and neurologic problems, gumma |
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Entamodeba histolytica
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- anerobic parasitic protozoan
- presents as acute to chronic diarrheaa that may progres to dysentery - can also preset as liver, brain or lung abscess - transmitted fecal to oral |
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Giardia lamblia
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- parasite with flagella
- causes chronic diarrhea, steatorrhea, cramps, bloating, fatigue, weight loss - fecal oral transission |
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Plasmodium species
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- cause malaria
- transmitted via mosquito - causes fever, flu-like illness, N/V, diarrhea, anemia |
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Babebiosis
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- parasite attackes the RBC
- causes severe hermolytic anemia, flue-lie symptoms - transmitted bia tick |
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Trypanosoma cruzi
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-Chagas disease
- transmitted via triatomine bugs - early stage you see swelling where the parasite entry (usuall eyelid) - chronic infection can cause infammation of the heart and bowel obstructions |
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Leishmania
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- spread by the bite of sand flies
- causes cutaneous and visceral disease (spleen, liver, bone marrow) |
