#11-51 Cards

Question 1

11 Gonococcal Gonorrhea& Opthalmia Neonatorum

Answer 1

Gram (-) cocci
Scientific Pathogen: Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Common Disease name: gonorrhea
Systems: reproductive&urinary tract

Question 2

12 Meningococc Meningitis

Answer 2

gram (-) cocci
S: neisseria meningitis
C:meningococcal
S: nervous system, respiratory

Question 3

13 Anthrax:Cutaneous and Pulmonary

Answer 3

Gram (+) rods: endospore
S:bacillus anthracis
C: wool sorters disease
S: skin and respiratory

Question 4

14 Gas Gangrene (Myonecrosis)

Answer 4

Gram (+) rods: endospore
S: Clostridium perfringens(C. Novo, C. Septicum)
C: clostridial myonecrosis
S: cardiovascular, renal, circulatory

Question 5

15 Tetanus(lockjaw)

Answer 5

Gram (+) rods: endospore
S: clostridium tetani
C: lockjaw
S: nervous system

Question 6

16 C. diff Colitis

Answer 6

Gram (+) rods: endospore
S: clostridioides difficle
C: C. diff
S: digestive system

Question 7

17 Botulism

Answer 7

Gram (+) rods: endospore
S: clostridium botulinum
C: food poisoning
S: nervous system

Question 8

18 Listeriosis(food)

Answer 8

Gram (+) rods: endospore
S: listeria monocytogenes
C: none
S: nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, and urinary

Question 9

19 Diptheria

Answer 9

Gram (+) rods: no endospore
S: corynebacterium diptherlae
C: throat distemper
S: respiratory , integumentary, etc

Question 10

20 Tuberculosis

Answer 10

Gram (+) rods: no endospore
S: mycobacterium tuberculosis
C: tuberculosis
S: respiratory

Question 11

29 Syphilis

Answer 11

Spirochetes
S: treponemia palliduni
C: great imitator
S: nervous, cardiovascular, ocular, skeletal

Question 12

30 Leptospirosis

Answer 12

Spirochetes
S: Leptospira interrogans
C: Weils disease, rat fever
S: kidney, liver, nervous

Question 13

31 Lyme disease

Answer 13

Spirochetes
S: borrelia burgdorferi
C: erythema migrans
S: skin, nervous

Question 14

32 Chlamydial

Answer 14

Obligate parasitic bacteria
S: Chlamydia trachomatis
C: the clap
S: reproductive, urinary

Question 15

33 Walking (Atypical) Pneumonia

Answer 15

Wall-less bacteria
S: mycoplasma pneumoniae
C: atypical pneumonia
S: respiratory

Question 16

34 Tinea (ringworm) Dermatophytes

Answer 16

Cutaneous infection
S: dermatophytosis
C: ringworm, athletes foot
S: integumentary (skin, hair, nails)

Question 17

35 Histoplasmosis (Ohio valley fever)

Answer 17

True fungal pathogens
S: histoplasma capsulatum
C: Ohio valley fever
S: respiratory, lymphatic, sometimes skin and CNS

Question 18

36 Coccidioidomycosis (San Joaquin Valley fever)

Answer 18

True fungal infections
S: Coccidiodes immitis/posadasil
C: San Joaquin Valley fever
S: respiratory

Question 19

37 Candidiasis(thrush)

Answer 19

Opportunist
S: Candida albicans
C: thrush
S: mucocutaneous, digestive, circulatory

Question 20

38 Pneumocystis pneumonia

Answer 20

Opportunists
S: Pneumocytsis jirovecii
C: PJP
S: respiratory, circulatory

Question 21

41 Amoebiasis

Answer 21

Parasite
S: Entamoeba histolytica
C: Amoebic Dysentary
S: digestive system

Question 22

42 Giardiasis

Answer 22

Parasite Protozoan Pear shape trophiozoite
S: Giardia lamblia
C: Beaver fever
S: digestive

Question 23

43 Trichomoniasis

Answer 23

Protozoan
S: Trichomonas vaginalis
C: trich or vaginitis
S: reproductive, urinary

Question 24

44 African Sleeping Sickness( African Trypanosomiasis)

Answer 24

Protozoan parasite
S: Trypanosoma Bruce ambience/rhodesiense
C: African Sleeping Sickness
S: neurological, CNS

Question 25

#45 Chagas disease (American Trypanosomiasis)

Answer 25

Parasite Protozoan S: Trypanosoma cruzi C: Chagas’ disease S: cardiovascualr, digestive

Question 26

#46 Malaria

Answer 26

Protozoan S: plasmodium falciparum C: malaria S: cardiovascular, hepatic

Question 27

#47 Toxiplasmosis

Answer 27

Protozoan S: toxoplasma gondii C: Toxoplasmosis S: CNS

Question 28

#48 Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia)

Answer 28

Parasitic S: Schistosoma mansoni C: Bilharzia, snail fever S: urinary, digestive, hepatic, cardiovascular

Question 29

#49 Ascariasis

Answer 29

Parasitic S: Ascaris lumbricoides C: roundworm infection S: digestive, respiratory

Question 30

#50 Enterobiasis (pinworms)

Answer 30

Parasitic S: Enterobius vermicularis C: pinworm S: digestive

Question 31

#51 Tapeworm Pork and Beef

Answer 31

Parasitic S: Pork- Taenia solium, Beef- Taenia saginta C: tapeworm S: digestive, brain, eyes