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30 Cards in this Set
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Gonorrhea |
Neisseria gonorrhoeae Gram negative bacteria (std) r: infected humans dx: urethral discharge or blood |
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Lyme Disease |
Borrelia burgdorferi Gram negative bacteria (cardio) r: ticks, rodents, and mammals (esp. deer) dx: observe skin lesions and blood |
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Pertussis |
Bordetella pertussis Gram negative bacteria (lower resp. tract) r: infected human dx: nasopharyngeal aspirate and blood whooping cough |
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Salmonella |
Salmonella enterica Gram negative bacteria (GI tract) r: wild and domestic animals and infected humans dx: stool sample |
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Shigellosis |
Shigella dysenteriae Gram negative bacteria (GI tract) r: infected humans dx: stool sample |
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Gas Gangrene |
Clostridium perfringens Gram positive bacteria (skin) r: soil containing spores dx: wound specimen |
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Necrotizing Fasciitis |
Streptococcus pyogenes Gram positive bacteria (skin) r: infected humans dx: rapid strep test and blood |
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Tuberculosis |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (M. tuberculosis) Gram negative bacteria (lower resp. tract) r: infected humans dx: sputum |
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Syphilis |
Treponema pallidum Gram variable bacteria (tightly coiled spirochete) (std) r: infected humans dx: scraping of chancres or blood |
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Histoplasmosis |
Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum Fungi (lower resp. tract) r: soil containing bird or bat droppings dx: blood, urine, skin test, bone marrow, or sputum |
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Pneumocystis Pneumonia |
Pneumocystis jiroveci Fungi (lower resp. tract) r: infected humans dx: bronchial brushings, open lung biopsy, lung aspirates, and smears of tracheobronchial mucus Common cause of death in AIDS patients |
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Yeast vaginitis |
Candida albicans Fungi (GU system) r: infected humans dx: vaginal discharge Yeast overgrowth |
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African Trypanosomiasis |
Trypanosoma brucei Protozoa (circulatory system) r: infected humans dx: lymphnode aspirate Sleeping sickness Tsetse flies |
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American Trypanosomiasis |
Trypanosoma cruzi Protozoa (circulatory system) r: mammals (wild and domestic, including humans) dx: blood Chagas disease Triatomine bug |
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Amoebic Dysentery |
Entamoeba histolytica Protozoa (intestinal and circulatory) r: humans and fecally contaminated water dx: stool sample |
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Balantidiasis |
Balantidium coli Protozoa (GI tract) r: pigs and anything contaminated w/pig feces dx: stool sample |
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Giardiasis |
Giardia lamblia Protozoa (Duodenum) r: humans, wild and domestic animals that have consumed water containing cysts, fecally contaminated drinking or recreational water dx: stool sample and/or duodenal aspirate |
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Malaria |
Plasmodium Protozoa (circulatory) r: infected humans and infected mosquitoes dx: blood Tropical countries RBC's are prime target |
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Toxoplasmosis |
Toxoplasma gondii Protozoa (systemic) r: cats and other felines dx: blood, body tissue or fluid Especially dangerous to pregnant women and immunocompromised individuals
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Trichomoniasis |
Trichomonas vaginalis Protozoa (GU tract) r: humans, typically females dx: vaginal discharge Trick |
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AIDS |
Human immunodeficiency virus Virus (circulatory) r: infected humans dx: blood Targets CD4 T cells |
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Chicken Pox |
Varicella-zoster virus Virus (skin) r: infected humans dx: clinical observation and blood |
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Ebola |
Ebola virus (family: Filoviridae) Virus (circulatory) r: infected humans dx: blood All cases can be traced back to Africa |
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German Measles |
Rubella virus Virus (skin) r: infected humans dx: blood Rubella |
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Infectious Mononucleosis |
Epstein-Barr virus Virus (circulatory system) r: infected humans dx: blood Mono or Kissing disease |
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Measles |
Measles virus (rubeola virus) (family: Paramyxoviridae) Virus (skin) r: infected humans dx: clinical observation and blood Rubeola (hard measles) |
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Mumps |
Mumps virus (genus: Rubulavirus, family: Paramyxoviridae) Virus (circulatory) r: infected humans dx: blood Swelling of salivary glands, esp. parotid) |
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
SARS-associated coronavirus Virus (lower resp. tract) r: infected humans dx: blood First reported in Asia / no new cases since 2004 |
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Smallpox |
Variola minor and Variola major Virus (skin) r: infected humans dx: blood No known treatment, highly contagious, likely candidate for bio-terrorism Rash is similar to chickenpox accept all blisters erupt at the same time |
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West Nile Virus |
West nile virus (RNA virus in family: Flaviviridae) Virus (encephalitide) r: Birds and perhaps horses (vector: culex mosquitoes) dx: blood or CSF, clinical observation Can cause encephalitis or meningitis |
