Micro Ch 23

Question 1

Septicemia

1. Infectious Agent
2. Signs&Symptoms
3. Risks

Answer 1

1. • bacteria (Strep A)
   • toxins
   • nosocomial- pseudomonas
2. • fever
   • chills
   • anxiety
   • breathing issues
3. • Lymphangitis- inflamed lymph vessels

Question 2

Child Birth Fever

1. Disease
2. Manifestation
3. Risks

Answer 2

1. • Systemic Inflammation Respons Syndrome
2. • severe abdominal infection
3. • penicillin can help

Question 3

Describe the progression of septicemia

Answer 3

1. Septicemia
2. Child Birth Fever
3. Rheumatic Fever
4. Heart Valve Fail
5. Shock

Question 4

Anthrax

1. Prognosis
2. Transmission
3. Mechanism of Action
4. Treatment
5. Prevention

Answer 4

1. • treatable if caught early
2. • endospore
3. • Protective Endotoxin- binds and enters cells
   • Lethal Endotoxin- kills phagocytes
   • Edema- local swelling
4. • cipro if caught early
5. • vaccine
   • 6 doses in 18 months
   • has to be administered yearly
   • only front line workers get it

Question 5

Anthrax: GI

1. Signs&Symptoms
2. Risk

Answer 5

1. • intestinal hemorrhage
2. • 50% fatality rate

Question 6

Cutaneous Anthrax

1. Manifestation

Answer 6

1. • skin
   • charcoal lesion
   • eschar

Question 7

Pulmonary Anthrax

1. Risks

Answer 7

1.

- 100% fatal

Question 8

Gangrenes

1. Shape
2. Transmission
3. Mechanism of Action
4. Signs&Symptoms
5. Risk Factors

Answer 8

1. • lolly pop rod
2. • endospores
3. • alpha toxin
   • hylorinidase
   • callagenase
   • cuts blood supply
4. • necrotic tissue
   • blackening of infection area
   • abrupt pain
   • swelling
   • cut blood supply
   • foul odor
   • snap, crackle, pop
5. • bad abortion
   • gun-shot wounds
   • diabetes
   • fractures

Question 9

HHSV- 4: Burkitts Lymphoma

1. Productive
2. Non-Productive

Answer 9

1. • virus cleared out
   • infected cell dies
2. • latent
   • infected cell survives assault
   • abnormal enlarged B-cells

Question 10

HHSV-4: Nasopharyngeal Cancer

1. Transmission
2. Location

Answer 10

1. • does not spread from person to person
2. SE Asia
   - latent

Question 11

HHSV-4: Mononucleosis

1. Other Names
2. Transmission
3. Vulnerable Populations
4. Incubation Period
5. Signs&Symptoms
6. Diagnostics

Answer 11

1. • Kissing Disease
   • Mono
2. • saliva
3. • college students
     4.
   • 30-60 days
4. • pussy soar throat
   • lymph node enlargement
   • spleen enlargement
   • fatigue (especially muscles)
   • increased Ig titer for EBV (tests for antibodies in blood)

Question 12

Why does mono cause spleen enlargement?

Answer 12

over production of B-Cells

Question 13

Malaria
1. Infectious Particle 
2. Treatment 
3 Transmission 
4. Signs&Symptoms

Answer 13

1. • plasmodium vivax
     protozoan
   • requires host
2. • Quinine
   • adverse effects
3. • Mosquitos
4. • fever–> paroxyms–> cold, hot, wet and repeat
   • aches
   • vomiting
   • anemia
   • enlarged spleen and liver
   • kidney

Question 14

Describe plasmodium vivax reproduction in various hosts

Answer 14

• Humans- asexual

- Mosquitos- sexual

Question 15

Describe lifecycle of plasmodium vivax

Answer 15

1. mosquito drops off sporozoite
2. blood
3. liver
4. rupture cells
5. merozites
6. infect RBC
7. new mosquito moves merozite
8. continues or reproduction occurs