front 1 Which of the following statements about sepsis is FALSE? | back 1 it usually is caused by gram-positive bacteria |
front 2 Which of the following pairs is mismatched | back 2 puerperal sepsis - staphylococcus aureus |
front 3 which of the following is not a recognized form of anthrax | back 3 septic |
front 4 which of the following is not a characteristic of Bacillus anthracis | back 4 produces endotoxins |
front 5 the symptoms of gas gangrene are due to all of the following except | back 5 endocarditis |
front 6 which of the following statements about toxoplasmosis is false | back 6 it is a severe illness in adults |
front 7 which of the following pairs does not apply to chagas' disease | back 7 diagnosis of acute phase - serological tests for antibodies |
front 8 which of the followign is not caused by a bacterium | back 8 malaria |
front 9 which of the following statements about puerperal sepsis false | back 9 it is transmitted from mother to fetus |
front 10 which of the following statement about schistosomiasis is false | back 10 it is caused by roundworm |
front 11 which of the following statements about rheumatic fever is false | back 11 it is rarely fatal even when untreated |
front 12 which of the followig can be transmitted from an infected mother to her fetus across the placenta | back 12 cytomegalovirus |
front 13 Humann to human transmission of plague is usually by | back 13 the respiratory route |
front 14 a characteristic symptome of plague is | back 14 swollen lymph nodes |
front 15 which of the following pairs regarding the epidermiology of malaria is mismatched | back 15 vector-Ixodes |
front 16 a predisposing factor for infection by clostridium perfringens is | back 16 gangrene |
front 17 arthropods can serve as a reservoir for all of the following diseases except | back 17 brucellosis |
front 18 which of the following pairs is mismatched | back 18 cat-scratch disease-malignant pustule developing into septicimia |
front 19 which of the following cannot be transmitted to humans from domestic cats | back 19 chagas' disease |
front 20 which of the following produces a permanent carrier state following infection | back 20 cytomegalovirus |
front 21 Epstein-Barr virus has been implicated in all of the following except | back 21 endocarditis |
front 22 scrapings from a patient's rash reveal cercariae. the disease is most likely | back 22 swimmer's itch |
front 23 you advise your pregnant friend to not adopt a new kitten from her neighbor because she could contract | back 23 toxoplasmosis |
front 24 which of the following is not controlled by a mosquito eradication program | back 24 schitosomiasis |
front 25 which of the following statements about group B streptococci is false | back 25 they cause strep throat |
front 26 all lymph that returns to the heart must pass through at least one lymph node | back 26 true |
front 27 Neonatal sepsis is most commonly caused by group A streptococci | back 27 false |
front 28 subacute bacterial endocarditis is commonly the result of infections initially focused on the oral cavity | back 28 true |
front 29 all viral hemorrhagic fever outbreaks have been confined to the eastern hemisphere | back 29 false |
front 30 netting modified for sandflies should also be useful in preventing malaria | back 30 true |
front 31 all forms of typhus are associated with arthropod vectors | back 31 true |
front 32 the most likely primary site of replication during mononucleosis is the B lymphocyte | back 32 true |
front 33 septicimia | back 33 presence of pathogenic microorganism in blood |
front 34 sepsis | back 34 infection release mediators of inflammation into bloodstream |
front 35 lymphangitis | back 35 inflamed lymph vessels |
front 36 severe sepsis | back 36 low BP, at least one organ dysfunction |
front 37 septic shock | back 37 BP cannot be controlled |
front 38 enterococcus faecalis/faecium | back 38 leading cause of HAI |
front 39 group B streptococci | back 39 S galactiae is only GBS. most common cause of neonatal sepsis |
front 40 puerperal sepsis | back 40 HAI begins as infection of uterus due to childbirth or abortion caused by S pyogenes |
front 41 subacute bacterial endocarditis | back 41 fever, general weakness, and heart murmur caused by alpha-hemolytic streptococci arises from infection elsewhere in the body |
front 42 acute bacterial endocarditis | back 42 caused by S aureus |
front 43 rheumatic fever | back 43 caused by S. pyogenes autoimmune complication treated by penicillin G benzathine sydenham's chorea - involuntary, purposeless movement |
front 44 Tularemia | back 44 caused by Francissella tularensis, gram negative treated by tetracycline |
front 45 Burkitt's lymphoma | back 45 caused by EB virus common childhood cancer in africa tumor on side of neck |
front 46 anthrax | back 46 caused by bacillus anthracis cutaneous anthrax - contact with material containing anthrax endospore gastrointestinal anthrax - ingestion of undercooked food containing anthrax endospore inhalational anthrax - endospores inhaled into the lungs (raxicumab) treated by ciprofloxacin or doxycycline |
front 47 gangrene | back 47 ischemia - wound causes blood supply to be interrupted necrosis - tissue death caused by C perfringens |
front 48 plague | back 48 caused by yersenia pestis treated by streptomycin or tetracycline |
front 49 ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis | back 49 caused by Ehrlicia chafeensis and anasplasma phagocytophilum treated with doxcycline or tetracycline i |
front 50 infectious mononucleosis | back 50 caused by EB virus fever, general weakness no treatement |
front 51 cytomegalovirus infection | back 51 caused by cytomegalovirus transferred through body fluids treated with ganciclovir and formivirsen infection during pregnancy can be damaging to fetus |
front 52 chagas' disease | back 52 caused by trypanosoma cruzi treated with nifurtimox and benznidazole |
front 53 toxoplasmosis | back 53 disease of blood and lymphatic vessels caused by toxoplasma gondii treated with pyrimethamine, sulfadiazine and folinic acid |
front 54 malaria | back 54 plasmodium vivax plasmodium ovale (48hr fever) malariae ( 72hr pattern) falciparum - most dangeous. infects and destroys RBCs |
front 55 malaria stages | back 55 infected mosquito bites human. sporozoite enter blood sporozooite undergo schizogony, merozoites is produced merozoite into blood; liver is infected morozoite into ring stage in RBC more morozoites are produced ad release when RBCs ruptures |
front 56 schistosomiasis | back 56 caused by small fluke male and female are together and produce egg as they go along schistosoma haematobium - urinary bladder wall schistosoma japonicum/mansoni - intestinal inflammation treated with praziquantel and oxamniquine for mansoni |