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| What causative organism for mononucleosis? |
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| Epstein-Barrvirus (EBV) |
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| How is Lyme disease transmitted? |
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| Ticks |
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| Name of an antibiotic that is used to treat malaria? |
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| Quinine |
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| What kind of antibody is tested for when diagnosing mononucleosis? |
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| Heterophile |
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| What is the key diagnostic physical symptom for Lyme dieases? |
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| Fever, Headache, Tick bite mark. |
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| What is the main organ in the body that is involved with the spread of malaria? |
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| RBC's with chemicals |
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| Name a system that is mainly affected in a patient with chronic Lyme disease. |
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| Chronic living in the liver for several years |
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| True/False Mononucleosis is only transmitted through saliva and blood. |
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| False... Most common transmission is saliva but can be several other ways. "organ trans-plate or sexual contact" |
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| True/False Malaria is often a fetal disease when not treated promptly? |
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| True... Because it can stay dormant in the liver. |
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| True/False Patients treated with antibiotics in the early stages of the Lyme disease usually recover completely. |
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| True |
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| True/False The gametocyte phase of malaria is when sporozites invade liver cells and develop in large numbers of merozoites. |
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| True |
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| True/False Lyme disease is quite easily diagnosed, due to the range of symptoms. |
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| False... It is difficult to diagnosed |
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| True/False A stain blood smear will diagnose malaria, due to the parasites that are apparent in the WBC's? |
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| False... RBC's |
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| True/False infection with the EBV virus is lifelong? |
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| True |
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| Warts are also know as what? |
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| Papillamas |
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| Chickenpox, shingles and smallpox can all be diagnosed through? |
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| Visual inspection |
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| Warts are mainly obtained by? |
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| Direct contact and or indirect contact. |
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| The ______ test is used to find IgM antibody's in people with measles. |
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| ELISA Test |
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| The _____ virus causes smallpox. |
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| Variola Virus |
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| ____ is an example of a portal of entry for a viral infections of the skin |
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| Respiratory Droplets and skin lesions |
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| True/False The younger you are the more susceptible you are to shingles? |
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| False... Mostly found in older people like adults |
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| True/False chickenpox and shingles are caused by the same virus? |
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| True |
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| True/False Fifth disease is known to look like a slapped cheeks? |
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| True |
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| True/False Vitamin C can help reduce symptoms of Measles/Rubella. |
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| False... Vitamin A |
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| True/False Physicians approve home remedies to remove warts. |
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| True |
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| True/False A person usually contracts shingles before chicken pox. |
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| False... Switch Chickenpox before shingles. |
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| True/False Measles and Rubella can treated with antivirals. |
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| False... No andtivirals |
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| A symptoms of measles may include? |
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| Sore throat pr dry cough |
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| What is one of the causative organisms of Impetigo? |
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| Staphylococcus aureus or streptococcus pyogenes |
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| Name a topical ointment for the treatments of Impetigo? |
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| Topical Bactroban or Alta bax |
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| Clostridium perfingens is the causative agent for what bacterial skin infection? |
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| Vechicle (soil) or GI tract. |
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| Name a treatment for Gas Gangrene? |
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| Penicillin- Inhibits cell wall synthesis Clindamycin- Inhibits protein synthesis and there is Sugical removal and oxygen therapy. |
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| Name 2 symptoms of Gas Gangrene? |
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| Pain, Edema, fever, Tachycardia, Blood exudate in lesions, Black necrotic tissue filled with bubbles of gas. |
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| Name a mode of transmission for Impetigo. |
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| Direct Contact, Via Fomites and mechanical vector transmission, or highly contagious. |
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| What is the main symptoms for Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome? |
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| Bullous lesions |
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| True/false Impetigo is spread through direct contact and indirect contact. |
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| True |
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| True/False Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome splits the skin in the epidermis rather than between layers. |
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| True |
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| True/False Cloxacillin is used to treat SSSS and it inhibits protein synthesis. |
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| False... Protein should be cell wall |
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| True/False SSSS is primarily found around the face and mouth area. |
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| False... Found around the umbilical cord and diaper, and axilla area. |
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| True/False Impetigo, SSSS, and Gas Gangrene can be diagnosed through gram staining. |
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| True |
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| True/False S. aureus is the most commonly the cause of impetigo in adults, while S. pyogenes is most commonly the cause in children. |
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| True |
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| True/ False S. aureus can be a cause for Gas Gangrene. |
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| False... Clostrodrium not S. aureus |
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| Name two of the "classic triad" symptoms? |
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| 1) Fever 2) Headache |
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| Which assessment sign is performed sign is performed by flexion of the neck and examining for flexion of the knee and hip? |
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| Abnormal Brudzinski sign |
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| Name one microorganism that can be responsible for meningitis? |
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| Gram-positive bacilli or coccobacilli organism such as 1) Neisseria Meningitis 2) Streptococcus pneumonia 3) Haemophilus influenzae |
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| Neisseria menigitidis attach to the host via_____. |
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| pili |
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| Purpura and ______ are very noticeable key signs of bacterial meningitis. |
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| Petechiae |
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| True/False Photalgia is the term used for increased sensitivity to sound. |
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| False... light not sound |
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| True/False Meningitis is characterized by inflammation of the dura mater and subarachnoid space. |
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| False... Inflammation of the Meninges |
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| True/False In case of bacterial meningitis, Streptococcus pneumoniaeis the causative organism most likely to cause a large epidemic of meningitis. |
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| False... Pneumonia in the lungs |
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| True/False No bacteria or fungi will be present in a CSF culture of a person with viral meningitis |
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| False... Yes then no |
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| True/False The most common form of transmission is airborne transmission. |
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| True |
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| True/False Viral meningitis usually resolves itself in a period of time, and does not require rapid medical treatment. |
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| False...resolves by antibiotic by like in one to two week |
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| True/False In bacterial meningitis, exotoxin is released into general circulation and stimulates a response by red blood cells. |
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| True |
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| What specific cell type does TB affect? |
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| Macrophages |
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| Name a mode of transmission for pneumonia. |
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| Bacterial, viral, Funal |
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| To what disease is TB considered an opportunistic infection? |
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| In the Lungs |
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| Give two ways to diagnose TB? |
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| Tuberculin testing x-Rays |
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| What would you look for when checking a TB skin test to see if it is positive or negative? |
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| The skin reaction is rated by the size of the raised area. |
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| What is major problem with patoents taking medication for TB, this often results in resistance. |
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| That it can go into the latent period. |
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| What is the most common causative organism for TB? |
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| Mycobacterium Tuberculosis |
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| True/False Once a person if infected with TB, skin tests will always test positive |
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| True |
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| True/False There are no vaccines for pneumonia, but there is a vaccine for TB. |
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| False... There is no vaccine for both |
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| True/False Pneumonia only has two causative organism: Fungi and bacteria |
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| False... Three not two and virus |
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| True/False Pneumonia can be transmitted through mice feces. |
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| True |
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| True/Fasle TB skin tests can be read as positive or negative the same day as administered. |
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| False... not the same day. It takes 2 to 3 days or 48 to 72 hours. |
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| True/False people infected woth TB always have symptoms. |
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| False... Not always it can be dormant |
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| True/False there is no treatment for pneumonia caused by hantavirus? |
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| False... There is treatment. Like Claritromycin and Azithromycin |
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| Name one virulence factor for Rabies. |
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| G protein; glycoprotein |
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| Name one mode of transmission for Rabies |
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| From wild mamals or sometimes domestic mamals. Like cats or dogs |
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| What is a risk factor for Acute Encephalitis? |
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| Getting Herpes Simplex 1 and 2 |
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| Name the action tatanus inhibits |
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| Muscle Contraction |
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| What is one symptom of tetanus? |
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| Spastic paralysis |
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| How are infant and wound botulism different from food born botulism? |
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| One enters through the skin and the other enters through food of GI tract |
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| The toxin, botulinum, acts by preventing the release of? |
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| Neurotransmitter substance by acetylcholine |
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| True/False Cycle for rabies is completed when virus replicates in salivary glands |
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| True |
