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Vector for leishmaniasis?
3 major forms and geographic locations: Clinical manifestations of cutaneous leishmaniasis: |
sandfly
Visceral (kala azar) - L. donovani Cutaneous (Oriental sore) - Mediterranean, Africa, Asia - L. tropica, mexicana Mucocutaneous - Americas - L. braziliensis, pervuviana firm painless papule --> large ulcer (>2 cm) --> large scar develops |
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DOC for leishmaniasis:
Serpiginous eruptions usually on skin of feet, butt, abdomen: Caused by what organisms? Why do the larva stay in the epidermis? DOC? |
Pentavalent antimony compounds - sodium stibogluconate, meglumine antimoniate, Ampho B and allopurinol
Cutaneous larval migrans Hookworms from dogs, cats lack the enzymes needed to penetrate basement membrane albendazole, thiabendazole |
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Organism for head, body, and pubic lice:
Treatment? Vagabond's disease: |
Head lice - pediculus capitis
Body lice - pediculus humanus Pubic lice - pthirus pubis shampoo w/ 1% permethrin, lindane, G-benzene hexachloride, repeat in a week generalized hyperpigmentation/skin thickening with long-standing lice infection |
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Relapsing fever:
Trench fever: Treatment for scabies? What are chiggers? Organism for RMSF: |
common in refugee camps, caused by B. recurrentis
B. quintana, transmitted by body lice Elimite (5% permethrin) cream larvae of Harvest (Red) mite - causes intense itching R. rickettsii |
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Lyme disease:
Organism, characteristic rash: Colorado tick fever: 4 classes of diseases caused by mosquitoes: Some viruses transmitted by mosquitoes? |
B. burgdorferi - erythema migrans rash
Transmitted by Dermacentor andersoni tick, biphasic fever (2-3 days, afebrile, then 2-3 days) malaria, filariasis, viral encephalitis, yellow fever WNV, SLEV, LCV, EEEV, WEEV |
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Major disease transmitted by fleas:
What organism? Scorpion venom usually acts where? Spider with violin mark near eyes, have six eyes, bite can cause tissue necrosis, "volcano lesions": |
Bubonic plague
Y. pestis CNS brown recluse (Loxosceles reclusa) |
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Latrodectus mactans, shiny black spider, females have a red hourglass shaped mark on abdomen:
Clinical presentation of a bite? |
black widow
local swelling, immediate pain (max in 1-3 hrs), fever, HTN, sweating, diarrhea |
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Human cutaneoes myiasis is caused by what?
Treatment? What is maggot therapy? |
maggots (larva from dipterous flies)
simple extraction of larvae under pressure, local anesthesia use of disinfected maggots in non-healing wounds to clean out necrotic tissue, promote wound healing |
