Microbiology Exam 4

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Bacillus anthracite

Back 1

Anthrax

Ciprofloxacin or doxycycline

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Bordetella pertussis

Back 2

Whooping cough

Erythromycin or clarithromycin

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Borrelia burgdorferi

Back 3

Lyme disease

Tetracycline or semisynthetic penicillin

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Campylobacter jejuni

Back 4

Dysentery

Oral rehydration

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Chlamydophila pneumoniae

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Pneumonia (chlamydial)

Cephalosporin or fluroquinolone + tetracycline

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Chlamydia trachomatis

Back 6

Urethritis, pelican inflammation disease (PID)

Cephalosporin or fluroquinolone + tetracycline

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Clostridium botulinum

Back 7

Botulism, wound botulism

Antitoxin

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Clostridium difficile

Back 8

Diarrhea, nosocomial

Metronidazole

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Clostridium perfringens

Back 9

Gas gangrene, gastroenteritis

Penicillin with antitoxin

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Clostridium tetani

Back 10

Tetanus

Antitoxin, penicillin

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Corynebacterium diptheriae

Back 11

Diptheria

Pencillin and erythromycin

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Coxiella burnetti

Back 12

Q Fever

Tetracycline

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Ehrlichia spp.

Back 13

Ehrlichiosis

Doxycycline

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Enterobacter spp.

Back 14

Nosocomial pneumonia

Multi-drug combinations

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Enterococcus spp.

Back 15

Nosocomial sepsis, surgical wound infections

Nafcillin + gentamicin or nafcillin + ciprofloxacin

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Escherichia coli

Back 16

Gastroenteritis, Traveler's diarrhea/Montezuma's revenge, nosocomial pneumonia and wound infections

oral rehydration

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Haemophilus influenzae

Back 17

meningitis, pneumonia

Hib vaccine available; Rifampin; chloramphenicol or ampicillin

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Helicobacter pylori

Back 18

Ulcer; stomach cancer

Penicillin, broad spectrum antibiotics

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Pneumonia

Multi-drug combinations

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Legionella pneumophila

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Legionellosis (pneumonia)

Erythromycin

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Mycobacterium laprae

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Leprosy

Dapsone, rifampin, and clofazimine in combination

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Tuberculosis

Isoniazid, rifampin, ethambutol

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Mycoplasma pneumonia

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Pneumonia (Mycoplasmal)

Cephalosporin + macrolide or fluroquinolone + tetracycline

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Neisseriae gonorrhoea

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Gonorrhea

Ceftriaxone

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Neisseriae meningitidis

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Meningitis

Penicillin or semisynthetic penicillin, cephalosporin

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Nosocomial pneumonia and wound infections, otitis externa, urinary tract infections

Multi-drug combinations

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Rickettsia rickettsii

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Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Tetracycline, chloramphenicol

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Salmonella enterica

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Food poisoning (Salmonellosis)

oral rehydration

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Salmonella typhi

Back 29

Typhoid fever

Ceftriaxone or 3rd generation cephalosporins

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Shigella sonnei

Back 30

Dysentery (Shigellosis)

self-limiting usually

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Staphylococcus aureus

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Nosocomial pneumonia, MRSA

Penicillin or semisynthetic penicillin, cephalosporins, etc.

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Staphylococcus epidermidis

Back 32

nosocomial sepsis

Penicillin or semisynthetic penicillin, cephalosporins, etc.

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

Back 33

Pneumonia, meningitis, otitis media

Penicillin or semisynthetic penicillin, cephalosporins, etc.

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Streptococcus pyogenes

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Strep throat, impetigo, otitis media and erysipelas

Penicillin or semisynthetic penicillin, cephalosporins, etc.

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Treponema pallidum

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Syphilis

Penicillin or semisynthetic penicillin, cephalosporins, etc.

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Vibrio cholerae

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Gastroenteritis, Vibrio Non-O:1

Tetracycline, oral rehydration more important

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Yersinia Pestis

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Bubonic Plague

Streptomycin

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Aspergillus flavus

Back 38

Aflatoxin poisoning

Diflucan

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Blastomyces dermatidis

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Blastomycosis

Amphotericin B

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Candida albicans

Back 40

Opportunistic such as thrush or vaginitis

Miconazole, clotrimazole and nystatin; ketoconazole or fluconazole orally

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Coccidiodies immitis

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Coccidioidomycosis

Amphotericin B

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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Cryptococcosis - severe meningitis

Amphotericin B and flucytosine

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Histoplasma capsulatum

Back 43

Histoplasmosis - respiratory, usually subclinical, resembles TB if progressive

Amphotericin B

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Ascaris lumbriscoides

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Ascariasis

Mebendazole

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Echinonococcus granulosus

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Hydatid disease

Surgical removal; albendazole to kill cysts

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Necator americanus

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Hookworms

Mebendazole

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Schistosoma sp.

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Schistomiasis

Praziquantel and oxamniquine

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Taenia saginata (beef)

Back 48

Tapeworm infection

Praziquantel and albendazole

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Prion

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Spongiform encephalitis

None

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Cryptosporidium parvum

Back 50

Dysentery; cryptosporidiosis

Oral rehydration

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Entamoeba histoltica

Back 51

Dysentery; amoebiasis

Metronidazole plus iodoquinol

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Giardia intestinals

Back 52

Dysentery; giardiasis

Metronidazole or quinacrine hydrochloride

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Leshmania sp.

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Leishmaniasis

Amphotericin B, recently miltefosine

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Naegleria fowleri

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Meningoencephalitis

None

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Plasmodium sp.

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Malaria

Quinine and derivatives chloroquine, primaquine and mefloquine

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Toxoplasma gondii

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Toxoplasmosis

Pyrimethamine with sulfadimiazine

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Trichomonas vaginalis

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Trichomoniasis (vaginitis)

Tinidazole or metronidazole

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Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

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African trypanosomiasis

Eflornithine

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Trypanosoma cruzi

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Chagas' disease, American trypanosomiasis

Difficult to treat

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Ebola virus

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Hemorrhagic fever, viral

None

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Epstein-Barr virus (HHV-4)

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Infectious mononucleosis, burkitt's lymphoma

None

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Hepatitis A virus

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Hepatitis, infectious

Vaccine available

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Hepatitis C virus

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Hepatitis, serum

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Herpes simplex 1

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Cold sores, genitzl herpes

Acyclovir

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Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

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AIDs

Anti-retrovirals and protease inhibitors

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Influenza virus

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Influenza types A, B, and C

Tamiflu

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Lassa fever virus

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Heomorrhagic fever, lass a fever

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Marburg virus

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Hemorrhagic fever, viral

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Measles virus

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Red measles (rubeola), subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Vaccination

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Papillomavirus spp.

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Warts, including genital warts

Liquid nitrogen, cryotherapy, acids or lasers

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Poliovirus

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Poliomyelitis

Vaccination

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Rabies virus (lyssavirus)

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Rabies

Vaccine, treatment includes immune globulin & vaccine

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Rhinovirus

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Common cold

None

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Rotavirus

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Gastroenteritis

None

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Rubivirus

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Rubella ( German measles)

None,vaccine available

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Varicella zoster (HHV-3)

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Chicken pox

Acyclovir for immunocompromised patients, vaccine available

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Variola major

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Smallpox

None

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Yellow fever virus

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Hemorrhagic fever, viral, yellow fever

Vaccine available