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17 Cards in this Set
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Enterobius Vermicularis
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Pinworm, perianal itching, gravid females lay eggs in anus at night, treat with single dose of mebendazole
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Poliovirus (a Picornavirus)
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Oral-fecal, attacks alpha motor neurons of anterior horn- early signs are malaise, abdominal cramps, fever, h/a, soar through- causes prog muscle weakness, fasiculations, paralysis
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HLA-DR4
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associated with lyme disease that causes persistant arthritis
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Genetic Shift; 2 viruses that can do it
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reassortment of SEGMENTED RNA genome leads to pandemic; influenza A and rotavirus
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Adenoviruses
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Naked, Icosohedral DNA virus, pharyngoconjunctivitis, non-blood watery diarrhea, contaminated swimming pools
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Most common organism causing acute IE
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staph aureus
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Yersinea Pestis
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Southwest US; Septic shock or severe pulmnary disese, early tx with antibiotics. Plague- bubonic, pnuemonic, septicemic, pestis minor
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gram negative encapsulated diploccoci, petechial hemorrages with endotoxin
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neisseria meningitis
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urease positive, encapsulated yeast; miningitis in hodgkins and aids patients
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cryptococcus neoformans
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gram negative cocci, not much of a capsule, thayer Martin agar or DNA probe assay (faster) for dx
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neisseria gonnarhea
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bartonella henselae
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cat scratch (swollen painful lymph nodes) and bacillary angiomotosis (vascular proliferative dx inv bone and skin in immunocomp); gram negative rod
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Rickettsia Typhi
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endemic typhus, feces of rat flea, fever chills, rash starting in abd and spread to extremities
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urease positive organisms
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H. Pylor, Proteus, nocardia, cryptococcus, ureaplasma
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Iodine staining intraepithelial inclusion bodies
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Chlamydia Trachamatas
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Gonorrhea infection vs. Chlamydia
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expect dysuria and neutrophilic exudate with Gonorrhea; Chlamydia- motion tenderness, epithelial sloughing and inclusion bodies
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Clonorchis Senesis
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liver fluke associated with pigmented gallbladder stones
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Beta Hemolytic Streptococci example vs. non-B hemolytic
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Groups A,B,D Strep Agalactia = classic Group B example; non-B hemolytic is pneumococci and veridans primariy
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