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What do you do if you suspect infection w/ any of these organisms?
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Report to health authorities immediately!
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What are the top 4 Category A bioterrorism agents?
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anthrax, plague, tularemia, small pox
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T or F. Inhalation anthrax (aka woolsorter's disease) can be transmitted person to person.
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false
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Anthrax. What is general...
a. incubation time, b. initial symptoms, c. appearance on CXR? |
a. incubation: 1-43 days
b. initial symptoms (2-5d): fever, cough, myalgia, malaise c. CXR: widened mediastinum |
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Gram +, aerobic, spore-forming, catalase + rod. Presumptive identification?
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bacillus anthracis
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A rabbit-tamer presents to you w/ abrupt onset of fever, chills, HA, myalgia and non-productive cough. Respiratory specimen Gram stain reveals tiny, poorly staining negative coccobacilli that grows best on cysteine heart agar. Diagnosis?
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Francisella tularensis
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What are the three clinical types of the plague?
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– bubonic (infected lymph nodes)
– septicemic (blood-borne organisms) – pneumonic (transmissible by aerosol; deadliest) |
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T or F. plague can be transmitted person to person.
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TRUE. pneumonic (aerosol) form
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Pt. presents w/ severe dyspnea, cyanosis, and other symptoms suggestive of pneumonia. Respiratory specimen reveals a small gram negative coccobacillus, Wayson stain shows safety-pin cells, specimen hangs on the walls of BHI broth. Diagnosis?
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Yersinia pestis (the plague)
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What is the most potent lethal substance known to man?
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botulinum toxin
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An unprofessional veggie-canner presents w/ blurry/double vision, difficulty swallowing/talking, decreased salivation, flaccid paralysis in limbs bilaterally. Based on clinical presentation, what's your diagnosis?
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botulism
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What is the most common mode of transmission for brucellosis?
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ingestion
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Pt. presents w/ undulating fever, profuse sweating, malaise, headache and muscle/back pain. Blood specimen gram stain reveals a faintly gram-neg. coccobacilli that is urease and catalase positive. Growth on SBA media reveals fastidious organism. Diagnosis?
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Brucellosis (any of the brucella species... this is category B bioterrorism agent)
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