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35 Cards in this Set
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Where does Naeglaria Fowleri affect?
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the brain
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What is Naeglaria Fowleri associated with?
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swimming through a swamp and penetrates through the cribiform plate
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Where does toxoplasmosis affect?
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the brain
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What is toxoplasmosis associated with?
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cat litter
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What does toxoplasmosis cause?
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multiple ring lesions in the brain
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How do you treat toxoplasmosis?
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pyremethamine and sulfadiazine
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Where does trypanosoma rhodienses affect?
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the brain
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What is trypanosoma rhodienses carried by?
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Tsetse fly
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What does trypanosoma rhodienses cause?
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african sleeping disease
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What two protozoa affect the cornea?
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acanthomeba and erlichiosis
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What is acanthomeba from?
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dirty contact lenses
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What is erlichiosis from?
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dog licking your face
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What protozoa affects the heart?
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trypanasoma cruzi
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What does trypanasoma cruzi cause?
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eats ganglia of the heart and causes heart block
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What carries trypanasoma cruzi?
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reduuvid bug from South America
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What protozoa affects the lungs?
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pneumocystic corinii
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WHere does giardia affect?
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the GI
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What is giardia associated with?
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fresh and well water
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What does giardia cause?
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gastroenteritis
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What is the treatment for giardia?
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IV metronidazole
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What protozoa causes gastroenteritis and liver abscesses?
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entomoeba hystolitica
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What is the most common protozoa causing diarrhea in AIDS pts?
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microsporidium
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What protozoa causes watery diarrhea in AIDS patients and is partially acid fast?
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cryptosporidium
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What is the treatment for cryptosporidium?
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ciprofloxacin
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What protozoa causes a skin rash know as gulf war syndrome?
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leschmanisis
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What carries leschmanisis?
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sand fly
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What leschmanisis eats away the face and part of the nose?
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leschmanisis donivani
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What leschmanisis attacks the organs?
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leschmanisis rhodiensis
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What protozoa effects the lymphatics and causes elephantitis?
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wucheria bancrofti
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What area of the body does the protozoa babeiosis affect?
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the blood
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What does babeiosis cause?
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hemolytic anemia
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What is babeiosis carried by?
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isiodes tick (with lyme disease)
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Where does plasmodium malaria affect?
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blood
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When do you get a fever with malaria?
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every 3 days
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What is the treatment for malaria?
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quinine, chloraquine, mefloquine, primaquine (best liver penetration)
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