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Definition
| Fluid leaving the capillaries |
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Definition
| A few bacteria in blood is OK |
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Definition
| presence of viruses in blood |
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Definition
| growth of bacteria in the blood |
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Term
| What is the etiology for septicemia? |
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Definition
| Often nosocomial, arises from another infection often a gram negative problem. |
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Term
| What will septicemia lead to if untreated? |
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Definition
| Leads to shock( collapse of BP, multiorgan failure, lung fill with fluid) and death |
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Term
| What is treatment for septicemia? |
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Definition
| long term low dose antibiotics, support care;high doses may kill the patient due to endotoxin release. |
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Term
| What is the etiology of Tularemia, 'rabbit fever'? |
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Definition
| Francisella tularensis, an aerobic gram ne. rod |
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Term
| What is the transmission for Tularemia? |
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Definition
| direct contact with animals; vecotr by ticks, airborne alse (BW agent) |
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Term
| How does tularemia proceed? |
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Definition
| Skin infection->lymphatic system->lymph nodes->further spread. grows in macrophages. |
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Term
| What is the treatment for Tularemia and what will happen if left untreated? |
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Definition
| tetracycline, 10% mortality if untreated |
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Term
| What is the etiology for Anthrax? |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| a fatal gram pos. septicemia in grazing animals nd humans. YOU will die if it enters bloodstreem. |
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Term
| Modes of transmiss of anthrax |
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Definition
-Airborne-inhalation of spores (woolsorter's disease)
-Common vehicle-GI anthrax consuming meat from infected animals |
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Term
| What is the treatment for anthrax? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the etiology of Lyme disease? |
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Definition
| Borrelia burgdorferi, a spirochete |
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Term
| How is lyme disease transmitted? |
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Definition
| Vecotr transmission, spread by deer ticks |
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Term
| Wahat type of occurance does lyme disease posses? |
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Definition
| seasonal, summer. No person to person transmission |
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Term
| What does the progression of lyme disease mirror? |
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Definition
| Syphilis, another spirochete disease |
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Term
| Primary stage of lyme disease? |
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Definition
| bull's eye rash at site of tick bite, only in 75% of cases. |
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Term
| Seconndary Stage of lyme diseae? |
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Definition
| systematic aches, fever irregular heartbeat, neurological symptoms. |
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Term
| Tertiary stage of lyme diseae? |
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Definition
| months, years later; CMI response yielding crippling arthritis |
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Term
| What is the treatment for lyme diseae? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the etiology of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and where is it endemic to? |
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Definition
| Rickettsi ricketsii, North America |
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Term
| How is rocky mountain spotted fever spread? |
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Definition
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Term
| How does rocky mountain spotted fever effect humans? |
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Definition
| grow in blood veddels yields systemic damge, rash's and in 1% mortality due to heart and kidney damage, if left untrreated |
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Term
| What is the treatment for rockey mountain spotted fever? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the etiology for mononucleosis? |
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Definition
| Epstein Barr Virus, a herpes virus infecting B-celss. shed in saliva |
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Term
| How does mononucleosis effect humans? |
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Definition
| month long incubation, sore throat, fever, spread to lymph, rest of disease takes months, altered B cells produce random Ig |
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Term
| What is the etiology of yellow fever? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the treatment for yellow fever? |
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Definition
| No treatment, only vaccine. |
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Term
| Historic impact of Yellow fever |
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Definition
| helped build panama canal, Walter Reed and colleagues determined relationship with mosquitos |
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Term
| What is the etiology of malaria? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the life cycle of Malaria-Plasmodium? |
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Definition
-Sporozoites-live in mosquito, enter blood and germinate in liver cells.
-Merozoites-grow in human host, gro in RBCs, when a RBC bursts fever is triggered.
-Ringed trophozoites- merozoite orecursers in RBCs |
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Term
| What is treatmet for malaria? |
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Definition
| quuinine/chloroquine (block DNA rep.) |
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