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Mono is characterized histologically by _
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an increase in mononuclear leukocytes
--> an increase in lymphocytes (not monocytes) Lots of cytoplasm, "hugs" surrounding RBCs |
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Active EBV leads to what disease? The first detectable lab result for this is _
The B cells are actively producing what antidoy? What if the EBV goes latent, what can it lead to ? |
Infectious mononucleosis
EBV-VCA IgM (up to 7 days). Heterophile Antibody Burkitt's lymphoma |
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Yellow jack and Black Vomit refer to what dz?
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Yellow fever - flavivirus
Jaundice and hemorrhaging of intestines |
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Breakbone fever refers to what dz?
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Dengue Fever - flavivirus
phase 1 is characterized by fever and severe pain. |
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You are doing a rotation in Texas working in the ER. You see a patient for fever, headache and muscle pain. You take a sample for influenza and send it off to the lab. Mean while, she is sent home and told to rest. Two days later she comes in again, this time saying that yesterday all her original symptoms went away and she felt fine until this morning when she woke up with a high fever and a bright red rash. What do you suspect?
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Dengue Fever- flavivirus
occurs in 2 phases separated by a 24 hour remission peroid |
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Fungemia is usually a result from _
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complications d/t venous or arterial catheterization.
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What fungemia are IVDA prone to?
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Candida albicans....causes endocartidits
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Anopheles transmits what ?
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Malaria!
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Plasmodium falciparum invades all erythrocytes and causes them to change in what way?
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RBC membranes become rigid,
Stick to each other and to capillary walls |
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Ring shaped structures within a RBC stain is indicative of _
What is the other histological feature of this parasite? |
Malaria (plasmodium)
- Schuffner's dots |
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Babeiosis invades the _ and results in _.
The hosts that are typically involved are _ |
RBCs and Hemolytic anemia, hemoglobinuria
White-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus Deer tick, Ixodes dammini |
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Humans are dead end hosts for _, unless it is transmitted _
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Babesia
Blood transfusion |
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Tetrads inside RBCs are essentially pathogneumonic for _
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Babesiosis
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