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1
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Which pathogens are transmitted directly?

A

N. gonorrhea, cold

2
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Which pathogen is transmitted via droplets?

A

Influenza

3
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Which pathogen is transmitted through water?

A

Schistosoma

4
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Which pathogen is transmitted in food?

A

Listeria monocytogenes

5
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Which pathogen is transmitted through fomites?

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Hep B virus

6
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Which pathogen is transmitted transplacentally?

A

Cytomegalovirus

7
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Which pathogen is transmitted perinatally?

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Herpes Simplex Virus

8
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Which pathogen is transmitted through an animal reservoir?

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Rabies Virus

9
Q

Which pathogen has an arthropod vector?

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Plasmodium

10
Q

What type of infection would you be likely to see from Klebsiella pneumoniae?

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Abscess formation

11
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What type of infection would there be if there was pleural effusion due to Strep pneumo?

A

Lobar pneumonia

12
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What are the 4 stages of lobar pneumonia?

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Edema
Hemorrhage
Cell infiltration (lymphocytes)
Recovery

13
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Which mechanism can develop cardiac disease due to pharyngitis with fibrinopurulent exudate?

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Elaboration of exotoxin

14
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Which infectious agent is most likely to cause fever, malagia, headaches and hepatosplenomegaly?

A

Borrelia burgdorfi

15
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Which organism would you find in a pt with HIV with cell enlargement and cytoplasmic and DNA inclusions with interstitial pneumonia?

A

Cytomegalovirus

16
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Which mechanism explains how an infection which causes fever and crhonic cough, a peripheral lung mass with inflammation with mononuclear cells with macrophages?

A

Birds resting on an air conditioner

17
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Brown reddish blotchy rash on face, truck and proximal extremities developing over 3 days with ulcerated lesion in oral cavity is which virus?

A

Rubeola - Measles

18
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Which diagnosis would watery diarrhea, poor skin turgor and stool with mucous and WBCs?

A

Cholera

19
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Hematuriam diffuse lower ab tenderness w/o masses with bladder calcification that is erythematous and granular would be which organism?

A

Schistosoma haematobium

20
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Vesicular lesion on labia majora and perineum for year, with erythema what would be visualized?

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Multinucleated cells that contain pink to purple intranuclear inclusions

21
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Prodrome

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Early symptom (or set of symptoms) that might indicate the start of a disease before specific symptoms occur

22
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Lobar pneumonia

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Form of pneumonia that affects a large and continuous area of the lobe of a lung

23
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Interstitial pneumonia

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Form of lung disease characterized by progressive scarring of both lungs

24
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Cellulitis

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Ccommon skin infection caused by bacteria

25
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Paresthesia

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A sensation of tingling, tickling, pricking, or burning of a person’s skin with no apparent long-term physical effect