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Mycoplasma pneumonia
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cause: mild bronchitis and pneumonia
Symptoms: gradual onset of fever, sore throat, malaise, and persistent dry hacking cough rferred to as salking pneumonia Medications: erythromycin and tetracycline |
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Secondary Syphilis
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cause:wide spread rash
symptoms:painless, wart-like lesions found in warm, moist sites medication:penicillin |
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Borrrelia burgdorferi
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cause:Lyme disease
symptoms:skin lesion at site of tick bite, flu like medication:doxycycline or penicillin |
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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cause: Tuberculosis -affects lungs through inhalation
symptoms:slow weight loss,low grade fever medication:rifampin, ethambutol,streptpmycin |
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Mycobacterium leprae
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cause:Leprosy
symptoms:skin lesions cover the body, facial skin resembles lion medication:rifamin, dapsone |
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Treponema pallidum
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causes:syphilis, condyloma latum
symptoms:widespread rash and generalized lymphadenopathy medication:penicilin G,VDRL and RPR |
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Chlamydia trachomatis
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causes:urethritis
symptoms:painful urination, mucoid discharge medicatiion:IM cefriaxone in 7 days oral doxycycline |
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Brucella
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causes:Brucellosis
symptoms:fever,chills,sweats,loss of appetite,backache, and lymphadenopathy medication:amnoglycoside or doxycycline |
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Bordetella pertussis
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causes:whooping cough
symptoms:3 stages to disease,Catarrhal,Paroxysmal, Convelescent.low fever,runny nose,mild cough medication:vaccinate to DPT platform |
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Haemophilus influena type B
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causes:Meningitis,acute epiglottitis
symptoms:stiff neck,fever,vomiting,altered states medication:3rd generation cephalosporin, cefotaxime or ceftriaxone |
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Gardnerella vaginalis
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causes:bacterial vaginitis
symptoms:burning of the labia, bad-smelling vagina, fishy odor medications:metronidazole |
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Salmonella
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causes:Salmonellosis infection
symptoms:diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps 12 to 72 hours afer infection medication:administer fluids and electrolytes lasts about 1 week |
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Shigella
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causes:dysentery that strikes preschool age children
symptoms:fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea medication: |
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Salmonella
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causes:4 disease states:typhoid fever, carrier state, sepsis, gastroenteritis
symptoms:enlaged spleen, dairrhea, rose spots on abdomen medication:Ciprofloxacin or ceftriaxone |
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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causes:gonococcal disease in women
symptoms:1st to 2nd day of life,damage to baby cornea,possible blindness medications:erythromycin eye drops |
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Listeria monocytogenes
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causes:meningitis in neonates
symptoms:lumbar puncture to confirm bacterial meningitis medications:amplicillin with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole |
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Bacillus cereus
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causes: Food poisoning
symptoms:nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea medications:resistant to penicillin and antibiotics |
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Staphylococcus aureus
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causes:Cellulitis
symptoms:tissue becomes hot, red, shiny, and swollen medications:dicloxacillin |
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Mycoplasma pneumonia
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Causes: mild, self-limited bronchitis ans pneumonia
Most common cause of bacterial bronchitis and pneumonia in teenagers and young adults. Symptoms:gradual onset of fever, sore throat, malaise, and persintent dry hacking coug referred to as walking pneumonia Medicatins:erythromycin and tetracycline |
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Rickettsia
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Causes : Rasches
Symptoms: rasches, high fevers, and bad headaches Medications: doxycycline and chloramphenicol |
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Chlamydia trachomatis
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Cause: PID Cervicitis and Pelvic inflammatory diases
Symptoms:abnormal vaginal discharge or uterine bleeding, pain iwth sexul intercourse (dyspareunia), nausea, vomiting and fever Medications:single shot of ceftriaxone and 14 days of oral doxycycline. |
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Chlamydia trachomatis
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Cause: Trachoma -leading cause of preventable blindness
Symptoms:Affects conjuntival covering of the eye, the cornea and eyelids. discomfort in the eye Medications:topical tetracycline |
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Pasteurella multocida
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Cause: Pasteurella multocida infection aasociada with animal bite specially cat and dogs
Symptoms:24 hr after bite wound can exhibit a raidly progressive soft-tissue inflammation Medications: penicillin or doxycycline |
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Francisella tuleransis
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Causes: Tularemia - resembles the bubonic plague acquired from rabbits, and bites of tichs and deer flies
Symtoms:skin ulcer at site or bite, accompanied by swelling of regional lymph and fever Medictions:Streptomycin, gentamicin, doxycycline, and ciprofloxacin |
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Legionella pneumophila
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Caause: Pontiac fever
Symptoms: headeache, muscle aches, and fatigue followed by fever and chills Medications: Erytrhromycin |
