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| What are the three classifications of diseases? |
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| How are infectious diseases categorized? |
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| What are the layers of the skin? |
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| epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous, adipose |
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| What are the two types of skin infections? |
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| What skin thing is infected with a stye? |
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| What skin thing is infected with a furuncle |
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| hair follicle and sebacious gland |
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| larger clump of furuncles |
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| Etiologic agent of Chickenpox/Shingles |
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| Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) |
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| How is chicken pox transmitted? |
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infected humans: person to person
direct contact, airborne droplets of secretions |
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| What is the diagnosis of chickenpox? |
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clinical presentation
immunological methods, microscopy, cell culture |
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| How does chickenpox start? |
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| acute, generalized infection (mild and self-limiting). then you get a fever and mild systemic symptoms then the vesicles |
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| What are the complications of chickenpox? |
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| pneumonia, secondary bacterial infections, hemorrhagic complications, encephalitis |
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| Reyes syndrome is associated with... |
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| recently having chicken pox and then taking aspirin |
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| What are the symptoms of Reye's disease |
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| persistent vomiting, severe encephalomyelitis with liver damage, lethargy/sleepiness, [infants] diarrhea and rapid breathing |
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| What is the the etiological agent of shingles? |
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| herpes zoster (primary virus is dormant in nerves) |
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| Shingles is the reactivation of what virus? |
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| varicella virus (immunosuppression) |
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| What happens when shingles pop back up? |
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| inflammation of sensory ganglia of cutaneous sensory nerves |
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| What kind of rash are shingles? |
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| fluid filled blisters, pain, parasthesia |
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| what age are shingles common? |
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| Etiologic agent of rubella? |
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| rubella virus (an RNA virus): it is a mild, febrile illness |
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| What are the reservoirs and modes of transmission for rubella |
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| infected humans, droplet spread, direct contact with nasopharyngeal secretions |
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| What is the diagnosis of rubella? |
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| clinical presentation, immunological methods, microscopy, cell culture |
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| What kind of rash is rubella? When and where does it appear? |
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| fine, pink, flat. it comes 1-2 days post onset and is on the face/neck first then trunk, arms legs |
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| What is the deadly form of rubella? |
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| congenital rubella syndrome |
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| What happens to the baby if the mother gets congenital rubella syndrome? |
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| it comes in the first trimester, intrauterine death, spontaneous abortion, congenital malformations |
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| What is rubeola caused by? |
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| (hard measles) Rubeola virus, RNA virus |
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| What are the reservoirs and mode of transmission for rubeola |
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| infected humans, droplet spread, direct contact with nasopharyngeal secretions, Fomites! |
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| TF rubeola is only mildly contagious |
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| clinical presentation. Immunological, molecular methods |
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| What skin infection is acute and highly communicable? |
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