Infection – Match the illness with it’s signs and symptoms. All the choices are used but some choices may be used more than once.Check your answers by looking back in the notes.
1. MRSA
____ Protozoa infects RBCs causing RBC hemolysis and the release of acute phase reactants.
2. Resistant Strep Pneumoniae
____vector- borne virus which causes dyspahgia and brain inflammation when in CNS.
3. VRE
____virus causes mild fever and rash but has a teratogenic effect on a fetus.
4. Cellulitis
___ normal skin bacteria that is now resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics.
5. Botulism
___mild vomitting and watery diarrhea.
6. Tetanus
___Non-bloody diarrhea caused by E Coli contaminated beef.
7. Rabies
___upper respiratory infection that can be prevented with a yearly vaccine.
8. Malaria
___Normal bowel flora that has become resistant to vancomycin.
9.Ebola
___S&S include painful skin lesions that follow the path of the dermatome.
10. Strep Throat
___Virus which causes fever and painful pustles in the mouth & esophagus that may hemorrhage.
11. Diphtheria
___dense red maculopapular rash results from a virus that is transmitted by droplets from coughs and sneezes.
12. Pertusis
___ a bacteria, which causes middle ear infections, that is now resistant to penicillin antibiotics.
13. Mumps
___Non-bloody diarrhea caused from Salmonella contaminated fruit.
14. Rubeola
___protozoa that causes greasy, frothy, foul-smelling diarrhea.
15. Rubella
___S&S include fluid filled blisters that start out on the trunk and move outward. The blisters will appear and crust at different times.
16. Varicella
___Bacillus found in the soil that can release an endotoxin called tetanospasm. The illness is AKA “lockjaw”.
17. Variola
___Infection caused by a breach in the dermis.
18. Herpes Zoster
___Yellowish diarrhea caused from Clostridium difficile.
19. Influenza
___Virus that invades the parotid glands.
20. Viral Diarrhea
___Invades the respiratory tract causing a violent cough.
21. Bacterial Diarrhea
___Bloody diarrhea caused by a protozoa.
22. Bacillary (shigella) Dysentery
___Bloody diarrhea caused by a bacillus.
23. Amoebic Dysentery
___S&S include descending, symmetric muscle paralysis.
24. Giardiasis
___Bacteria that causes the formation of apseudomembrane across tonsils & throat.
25. Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea
___Resp- borne infection that may cause scarlett fever.
___Immediate isolation of the patient should occur if found with purpura, fever and recent travel to Liberia .