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CHAPTER 26
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Undergraduate 1
04/01/2013

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WHAT IS CYTOMEGALOVIRUS?
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A MEMBER OF THE HERPESVIRUS GROUP. CMV HAVE BEEN ISOLATED FROM BLOOD, URINE, SALIVA, SEMEN, BREAST MILK AND FECES.
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WHAT ARE THE FETER AND NEONATAL EFFECTS FOR CMV?
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MAY HAVE PROBLEMS SUCH AS ENLARGED SPLEEN, LIVER, IUGR, CNS ABNORMALITIES AND JAUNDICE.
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WHAT IS THE THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT FOR CMV?
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NO THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT, THE PRIMARY PREVENTION IS HANDWASHING.
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WHAT IS RUBELLA?
Definition
IT IS A VIRUS THAT SPREAD THRU DROPLETS. MAJOR SYMPTOMS ARE FEVER, MALAISE, MACULOPAPULAR RASH THAT BEGINS ON THE FACE AND SPREAD OVER THE BODY.
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WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF RUBELLA TO THE FETUS AND NEONATES?
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IT CROSSES THE FETAL BARRIER, ONE OF THE EFFECTS IS SPONTANEOUS ABORTION. HEARING LOSS, MENTAL RETARDATION, CATARACTS, CARDIAC DEFECTS, IUGR AND MICROCEPHALY ARE COMMON FETAL COMPLICATIONS.
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SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR RUBELLA?
Definition
VACCINE 28 DAYS PRIOR TO BECOMING PREGNANT.
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WHAT IS TUBERCULOSIS?
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IT IS AN INFECTION BY MYOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS. IT IS TRANSMITTED BY AEROSOLIZED DROPLETS OF LIQUID CONTAINING THE BACTERIA.
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WHAT ARE THE MANIFESTATIONS FOR TUBERCULOSIS?
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FATIGUE, FEVER, LOSS OF APPETITE AND WEIGHT LOSS. THESE SYMPTOMS OCCUR IN THE AFTER NOON AND EVENING IT IS ACCOMPANIED BY NIGHT SWEATS
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WHAT IS THE TREATMENT FOR TUBERCULOSIS?
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ISONIAZID THERAPY FOR 9 MONTHS.
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WHAT IS PARVOVIRUS B19?
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IT IS A COMMUNICABLE DISEASE THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY A DISTINCTIVE RASH. THE RASH START AT THE FACE WITH A SLAPPED-CHEEKS APPEARANCE.
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WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF PARVOVIRUS B19 TO NEONATAL AND FETAL EFFECTS?
Definition
DESTRUCTION OF RED BLOOD CELLS FOLLOWED BY SEVERE FETAL ANEMIA.
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WHAT IS HERPIS SIMPLEX VIRUS?
Definition
MOST COMMON SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE. LESIONS FORM AT THE SITE OF CONTACT BEGIN AS A GROUP OF PAINFUL PAPULES THAT PROGRESS RAPIDLY TO BECOME VESICLES, SHALLOW ULCERS, PUSTULES AND CRUSTS.
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WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF HERPES TO FETAL AND NEONATE?
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LOCAL INFECTION OF THE SKIN, MOUTH AND EYES.
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WHAT ARE THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT FOR HERPES?
Definition
ACYCLOVIR, FAMICICLOVIR OR VALCYCLOVIR.

C/S IS NECESSARY IF THERE ARE OPEN LESIONS.
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WHAT IS TOXOPLASMOSIS?
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IT IS A PROTOZOAL INFECTION CAUSED BY TOXOPLASMA GONDII. ACQUIRED BY UNDERCOOKED MEAT, CONTACT THRU INFECTED CAT FECES.
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WHAT ARE THE PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID INFECTIONS FROM TOXOPLASMOSIS?
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COOK MEAT THOROUGHLY
WASH KITCHEN SURFACES
WASH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
AVOID CONTACT WITH MATERIALS THAT ARE CONTAMINATED BY CAT FECES.
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WHAT IS VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS(CHICKENPOX)?
Definition
A HERPES VIRUS THAT IS TRANSMITTED BY DIRECT CONTACT VIA THE RESPIRATORY TRACT.
THE GREATEST RISK FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CONGENITAL VARICELLA SYNDROME OCCURS 13 TO 20 WEEKS OF PREGNANCY.
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WHAT IS GBS?
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IT IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF LIFE-THREATNING PERINATAL INFECTIONS IN THE UNITED STATE.
SYMPTOMATIC MATERNAL INFECTIONS SUCH AS URINARY TRACT INFECTION, CHORIOAMNIONITS AND ENDOMETRITIS.
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WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF GBS TO FETAL AND NEONATE?
Definition
SEPSIS, PNEUMONIA, MENINGITIS ARE THE PRIMARY INFECTIONS IN EARLY ONSET.
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WHAT IS THE THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT FOR GBS?
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PENICILLIN IS THE FIRST LINE AGENT FOR ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT.
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