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18 Cards in this Set
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Someone with meningitis will experience________.
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*stiff neck, high fever, severe headache, and photophobia
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What is Rheumatic Fever?
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*An autoimmune delayed sequalae to a Streptococcus pyogenes pharyngitis
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Which of the following clinical syndromes would you expect to find in someone infected with
Epstein-Barr Virus? |
*Increase in number of B lymphocytes in peripheral blood, abnormal appearance of these
B lymphocytes, mild fever, sore throat, fatigue and swollen cervical lymph nodes. |
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A common cause of pneumonia in infants is _____.
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*Respiratory Syncytial Virus
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The appropriate treatment for someone who was bitten by a potentially rabid animal would be _.
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*RIG at one site and 4-6 injections of HDCV at another site, IM
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_______ is usually used to identify meningitis.
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*CSF
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Trypanosoma brucei causes ______ and is transmitted by the _____.
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*African Sleeping Sickness
*tsetse fly |
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_______is used to diagnose septicemia.
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*blood
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Borrelia burgdorferi is transmitted _____.
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*when an infected deer tick takes a blood meal from a human.
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Someone with Chagas Disease is infected with ____.
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*Trypanosoma cruzi
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Malaria, Rocky Mt. Spotted Fever, Lyme Disease, Yellow Fever is transmitted by ________.
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*Arthropod vectors
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Pneumonia is a _____ respiratory tract infection.
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*Lower
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Someone infected with Toxoplasma gondii probably became infected when he/she had contact
with the infectious feces of _____. |
*a cat
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A person with poliomyelitis became infected when he/she _____.
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*ingested the Polio Virus in fecally-contaminated food/water
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Septic shock caused by Escherichia coli will produce ______ in a patient.
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*a rapid drop in blood pressure and a high fever
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What are the syndromes associated with infection with Borrelia burgdorferi?
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*Bull’s-eye rash early, development of arthritis, facial paralysis and heart problems later.
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A rash that is found on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet is an important clinical finding associated with infection with________.
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*Rickettsia rickettsii
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What clinical finding(s) would you expect to see in a child with otitis media?
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*A bulging eardrum
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