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Infectious Disease
infectious disease
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03/09/2011

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Term
Spelnomegaly
Definition
P.Vivax Malaria
Term
Jaundice - hepatitis
Definition
P. Vivax Malaria
Term
Macroscopic Brain Petechiae hemorrhages
Definition
P. Falciparum Malaria - cerebral malaria
Term
3 serious water=bornes
Definition
Giardia,
Amoebiasis
Cholera
Term
Watery diarrhea with abdominal pain
Definition
giardia
Term
Man is the only host for this organism
Definition
Entamoeba
Term
How's Amoeba spread
Definition
cysts are passed in the faeces -->contaminate food or fingers -->germination in the SI -->bloody diarrhea
Term
bloody diarrhea
Definition
Ameoba
Term
endoscopic finding: Mucosal Ulcers surrounded by normal mucosa
Definition
Ameoba
Term
histological finding: mucosa looks normal but ______ can be seen in the pus on the mucosal surface
Definition
amoeba
Term
1.Describe Amoebic Liver Abscess (how many lobules?)
2. If you were to do FNA on this pus- would it be helpful to do a microscopic examination?
Definition
Can be unilocular or multi locular
2. No. because viable organisms are present only in the advancing EDGE of the abscess.
Term
Pus aspiration from liver loculars.
Definition
Amoebic abscess.
Term
Rarely seen inreturning travellers but when it does present - Rice watery diarrhea
Definition
Cholera
Term
Sandflies
Definition
Leishmaniasis
Term
Skin ulcers can develop from these
Definition
Leishmaniasis
Term
1. Adult worms of these live in blood vessels around the bladder and rectum /
2. how are the eggs passed ?
Definition
Schistosomiasis
2. passed in urine
Term
how would you check for schistomiasis
Definition
check the urine for the eggs.
Term
bloody urine
Definition
Schistosomiasis
Term
freshwater snail is used to grow in - then enters human via skin in fresh water
Definition
Schistosomiasis
Term
Which organ does Schistosomiasis negatively affect the most?
Definition
Liver cirrhosis.
Term
Some of the common Intestinal worms
Definition
Ascaris, Hookworm, Tape worms
Term
Four Malaria things
Definition
FVOM
Term
Def'n of "Helminths"
Definition
worms that live in the intestine
Term
Def'n of "Helminths"
Definition
worms that live in the intestine
Term
Two types of tape worms
Definition
one from beef- Echinococcus (Hydatid disease)
one from portk- Cysticercosis (seizure)
Term
Someone with Jaundice - what are the two possible causes in terms of infection
Definition
Hemolytic
or Liver damage
Term
Direct invasion of mycocardial cells
Definition
Acute phase of Chagas disease
Term
Arrhythmia- heart filuare due to dilated ardiomyopathy - megaesophagus, megacolon (due to damage to myenteric plexus
Definition
Chronic phase of Chagas (american trypanosomiasis)
Term
Katayama fever =
Definition
Schistosomiasis ("histo moving so slowly like snail")
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