Nosocomial correct answers disease originating from a hospital
Sepsis correct answers Dangerous infection of the blood
Bacteremia correct answers bacteria in the blood
Live attenuated vaccines correct answers create a strong, long-lasting immune response with 1 or 2 doses
Inactivated ag...
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Nosocomial correct answers disease originating from a hospital
Sepsis correct answers Dangerous infection of the blood
Bacteremia correct answers bacteria in the blood
Live attenuated vaccines correct answers create a strong, long-lasting immune response with 1 or
2 doses
Inactivated agents or subproducts correct answers they do not provide lifelong immunity and
boosters are needed
H1N1 correct answers virus formed from mixture of other virus (pigs, birds, and human)
Flu symptoms
Fever
cough
` sore throat
fatigue
diarrhea and vomiting
Escherichia Coli correct answers specific strain of E. Coli (Shiga-like toxin)
Food borne lines (lettuce, spinach, unpasteurized milk or fruit juices)
Blood diarrhea
Nausea and vomitting
Abdominal Cramps
Lyme Disease correct answers Different stages. constant remissions/exacerbations
Black-legged ticks. Infected saliva into host's bloodstream or deposits fecal material on skin
Stage 1 (weeks)
Erythema chronic migraines (ECM) (bullseye rash)
Fatigue
Fever and chills
Stiff neck
Stage 2 (months)
Neurological problems (CNS)
Meningitis, nerve damage, facial palsy
Stage 3 (months to years)
Chronic arthritis
More Neurological problems
SARs and MERs correct answers Coronavirus
from infectious droplets (virus survives 24hours on plastic and 4days in waste)
Symptoms
Fever
,Headache
Overall feeling of discomfort
Body aches
Dry cough
SOB
Evidence of pneumonia or respiratory distress
Anthrax correct answers Exposure to contaminated animal products with Bacillus anthracis
Domestic and wild animals become infected by inhalation of spores
Three forms: cutaneous, intestinal and respiratory (most deadly)
Cutaneous:
Blisters or bumps that itch
Ulceres with a black center
Face, neck, arms, or hands
Intestinal
Acute inflammation of the intestinal tract
Nausea,vomitting and dirhhea
Edema- excess water in body cavities
Respiratory
Sore throat
Mild fever
Muscle aches
Malaise- discomfort, uneasiness
Botulism correct answers Rare but serious illness caused by a toxin that causes paralysis. Caused
by Clostridium botulinum toxin.
Food-borne botulism (15%): contaminated food
Wound botulism: wound infected by the botulism toxin.
Infant botulism: the bacteria grows in the intestine and produces the toxin.
Botulism toxin is divided in 8 neurotoxins. Human botulism is caused mainly by types A, B, E,
and (rarely) F.
Symptoms
Blurred or double vision
Slurred speech
Dropping eyelids
difficult swallowing
muscle weakness
respitorty problmes- death
Plague correct answers communicable disease caused by the Yersinia pestis bacteria found in the
fleas of rodents. Three forms:
Bubonic (the most common): bite of an infected flew or exposure to infected material through a
break in the skin. Swollen lymph nodes.
Pneunomic (the least common): spread through air by close contact with infected individuals
Septicemic: bacteria enter the bloodstream directly and multiply there
, Symptoms
Fever
Weakness
SOB
Chest Pain
Cough
Swollen lymph nodes
Pneumonia
Bloody or watery sputum
Nausea and vomiting
Abdominal Pain
Smallpox correct answers serious, contagious and sometimes fatal disease. Systemic disease with
rash.
Variola poxvirus that spreads:
Directly: infected respiratory droplets or died scales of lesions
Indirectly: through contaminated linens or other objects
Symptoms (easily confused)
Fever
Abrupt onset of chills
VOmiting
Headache
Skin lesions
Tularemia correct answers an infectious disease associated with acute fever and pneumonia like
infection.
Can come from bite, if mucous contacts infected animal
Spreads through lymphatic system, multiplying with macrophages
Rabbit fever or deer fly fever.
Francisella tularensis (water, soil, animal hides or even frozen meat).
Symptoms
Fever •
Cough •
SOB •
Chills •
Malaise and Fatigue •
Muscle aches •
Splenomegaly and hepatomegaly •
Eye lesions
Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers correct answers Group of viral illnesses that affect multiple organ
systems. •
Highly infectious (agents are really stable via aerosol route) •
Ebola, dengue, yellow fever.
Symptoms
Dizziness
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