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All of the folowing are symptoms of endocarditis except: Fever&chills, Leg swelling, weight loss, muscle aches |
Leg swelling |
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The toxic condition caused by the multipication of bacteria in the blood is reffered to as: |
Septicemia |
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When Microorganisms enter the circulatory system through lymphatic drainage & cause an infection, the condition is called: |
Microbemia |
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Pheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease & rare complication due to: |
Strep throat |
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All of the following are considered to be zoonotic disease except: Brucellosis, Undulant fever, Tularemia or Plague |
Plague |
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"Rabbit fever" is a zoonotic disease caused by: |
Francisella Tularensis |
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Rocky mountain spotted fever is caused by: |
Rickettesia Rickettsia |
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Cytomegalovirus infections are caused by the human herpesvirus: |
5 |
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Malaria is caused by: |
Protozoan |
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Which of the following is a disease caused by a protozoan? Cat-scratch disease, Relapsing fever, Plague or Toxoplasmosis |
Toxoplasmosis |
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A common complication of necrosis, often related to wounds, is referred to as________ |
Gangrene |
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Any infectious disease or infection that can be transmitted from vertebrate anaimal to humans is classified as ________ |
Zoonotic |
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When bacteria are found in the blood the condition is referred to as _______ |
Bacteremia |
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The toxic condition caused by the spread of bacterial toxins from the site of infection is called ______ |
Sepsis |
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Chagas' disease is caused by ______ |
Trypanosoma Cruzi |
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"Raabbit Fever" |
Tularemia |
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Aninals, usually arthropods, that carry pathogens from one host to another |
Vectors |
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An infectious disease caused by yersinia pestis, a gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium |
Plague |
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Inflammation and Infection of the pericardium |
Pericarditis |
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Inflammatory disease that can develop as a rare complication after a groupA streptococcal infection such as strep throat or scarlet fever |
Rheumatic Fever |
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A widespread complex disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus leishmania |
Leishmaniasis |
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Fungal infections capable of affecting all internal organs & are becoming more & move common in hospital environment |
Systemic Mycoses |
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Human body louse (lice) |
Typhus |
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Lyme Disease |
Bull's eyes rash |
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Toxoplasmosis is caused by |
Toxoplasma Gondii |
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How is Leishmaniasis transmitted by: |
Femal of sand flies |
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Inflammation of the endocardium: |
Endocarditis |
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Loss of blood supply to tissue |
Ischemia |
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Death of tissue |
Necrosis |
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Death of soft tissue |
Gangrene |
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A bite from an infected blacklegged tick |
Lyme Disease |
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Lone star tick |
Ehrlichiosis |
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Human Herpes Virus 4 |
Epstein-Barr virus (HHV-4) |