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(18) Symptoms of endocarditis - Answers -Fever and chills, weight loss, muscle ache
(18) Septicemia - Answers -The toxic condition caused by the multiplication of bacteria
in the blood.
(18) Microbemia - Answers -In infection caused by a microorganism entering the
circulatory system through lymphatic drainage.
(18) Strep throat - Answers -Causes a rare, inflammatory disease called rheumatic fever
(18) Examples of zoonotic diseases - Answers -Brucellosis, undulant fever, tularemia,
rabbit fever
(18) Rabbit fever caused by which bacteria? - Answers -Francisella tularensis
(18) Rocky Mountain spotted fever is caused by bacterium: - Answers -Rickettsia
rickettsia
(18) Principles of Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) - Answers -group of febrile illnesses
ranging in severity from relatively mild to life-threatening. Caused by four distinct viral
families: Arenaviridae, Filoviridae, Bunyaviridae, and Flaviviridae. All VHFs
characterized by fever, overall vascular system damage, and bleeding disorders that
can lead to high fever, shock, and death. Although distributed over much of the world,
many VHFs are present in geographically limited areas and risk of infection is restricted
to those areas.
, (18) Systemic Mycosis - Answers -fungal infections capable of affecting all internal
organs. Persons with a competent immune system may be asymptomatic or show only
minor symptoms. Immune-compromised patients (including persons with HIV, cancer,
or neutropenia, organ transplant recipients, patients recovering from pancreatitis or
splenectomy, those with diabetes, the very old, and the very young) are at high risk for
infection. Treatment may include adjusting immune-suppressing medications or
administering antifungal medications.
(18) Visceral leishmaniasis - Answers -serious form; fatal if untreated.
(18) Cutaneous leishmaniasis - Answers -common form; sore forms at fly-bite site; long
healing period (few months to a year).
(18) Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis - Answers -widespread skin lesions; difficult to
treat.
(18) Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis - Answers -skin ulcers that spread and can cause
tissue damage to the nose and mouth.
(16) Who first observed microbes on the teeth? - Answers -Van Leeuwenhoek
(16) What causes peptic ulcers? - Answers -Helicobacter pylori
(16) What is another word for Bacillary dysentery? - Answers -Shingellosis, transmitted
by fecal-oral route
(16) How many known forms of gastroenteritis is caused by E.Coli? - Answers -Five
(16) What causes Bacillus intoxication ? - Answers -Bacillus cereus (food poisoning )
caused by prepared foods held without adequate refrigeration for several hours before
serving.
(16) What is the most common cause of infectious diarrhea in infants and children? -
Answers -Rotavirus
(16) Calciviruses - Answers -A group of (+)ssRNA viruses that have been isolated from
birds, cats, dogs, sheep, cows, humans, and are a major cause of grastroenteritis
(16) Which organism produces afloxoxin, a major carcinogenic substance, causes a
fungus ball? - Answers -Aspirgillus flavus
(16) Where does the human pinworm, Enerterobius vermicularis live in humans? -
Answers -Rectum
(16) Gingivitis - Answers -A peridontal disease that causes inflammation of the gums.
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