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10 Cards in this Set
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Acute Otitis Media
Red bulging tympanic membrane fever 102-103 pain goes away if tymp memb ruptures or if ear tubes are patent 5 Causative Agents |
Streptococcus pneumoniae
H. influenzae (non typeable, recurs) Moraxella catarrhalis RSV Rhinovirus |
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Otitis Externa
Ear pain--list of organisms |
Normal flora often involved; often mixed w/ infection.
Staph aureus (NF) Candida albicans (NF) Proteus (water) Pseudomonas (water) |
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Malignant Otitis Externa
Sever pain in diabetic, life threatening |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Oral cavitary disease
Painful mouth, overgrowth of spirochetes and fusiform bacteria |
Fusobacterium and treponemes (normal oral spirochetes)
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Oral cavitary disease
Sore mouth with thick white coating (painful red base under) increased risk: preemies AIDS immunocompromised pt's pt's on ABs vitamin C deficiency |
Candida
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Sore throat
Inflamed tonsils/pharynx, which maybe purulent, may develop abscess, cervical lymphadenopathy, fever, stomach upset sandpaper rash |
Streptococcus pyogenes (group A strept)
Rash indicates presence of erythrogenic exotoxin A |
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Sore throat
White papules with red base on posterior palate and pharynx, fever |
Coxsackie A
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Sore throat
Throat looking like Strep with severe fatigue, lymphadenopathy, fever, rash; heterophile (+); Downey type II cells |
Epstein-Barr virus
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Sore throat
Low grade fever with a 1-2 day gradual onset of membranous nasopharyngitis and/or obstructive laryngotracheitis; bullneck, elevated BUN, abnormal ECG, little change in WBCs (toxin) |
Corynebacterium diphtheriae (diphteria)
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Common cold
Rhinitis, sneezing, coughing (list the causative agent w/ the season) |
Rhinovirus (summer-fall)
Coronaviruses (winter-spring) |
