Bacterial
What bacterial disease can be caused due to the ingestion of honey?
botulism
Candidiasis is caused by what organism?
Candida albicans
What parasite is transmitted by cat feces?
Toxoplasmosis
Epstein-Barr virus
Rice water stools are due to
Vibrio cholera
Campylobacter jejuni is also known as what disease?
Traveler's disease
Pigeon/bird droppings can transmit what fungal infection?
Cryptococcosis
Vector bug
HIV and immunocompromised patients are more likely to be susceptible to what specific viral infection?
Cytomegalovirus infections
Undercooked ground beef and bloody, mucus diarrhea is associated with what infection?
E. coli 0157:H7
What is a risk factor for a cholera infection?
Crowded areas
An infection most likely found from soil containing bird/bat droppings in the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys is what?
Histoplasmosis
What prescription medications would help with pinworms?
- Mebendazole
- Albendazole
What congenital sxs can appear with CMV?
- SN hearing loss
- Blueberry muffin rash
- Petechiae
Mucus + bloody diarrhea and high fever is associated with what infection?
Salmonella
A patient presenting with friable gray membrane on the pharynx may have...
Diphtheria
What prescription is recommended for AIDS patients for histoplasmosis?
Lifelong Itraconazole
What symptoms can be associated with malaria from P. falciparum?
- cerebral malaria
- blackwater fever
What diagnostic test is used to confirm HIV if ELISA is positive?
Western blot
T/F: Food exposed to heat can cause diarrhea
True - sometimes
A patient presents with petechiae, fever/chills, lethargy, and blanching, erythematous macular rash on their wrists and ankles. What bacterial disease does the patient have?
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
What fungal infection may mimic bacterial cellulitis when skin is affected?
Cryptococcosis
What diagnostic test of choice is used for malaria?
What risk factor is associated with measles?
- international travel
- vitamin A deficiency
Shigella infection leads to what type of stool?
Explosive, watery diarrhea --> mucus, bloody