Typhoid Basics
This bacterium causes typhoid fever.
What is Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi?
The best test to confirm typhoid fever.
What is a blood culture?
A third-generation cephalosporin commonly used to treat typhoid fever.
What is ceftriaxone?
Schistosomiasis is acquired after exposure to this environment.
What is freshwater?
Neurocysticercosis most commonly presents with this neurologic symptom.
What are seizures?
Dengue is transmitted by this mosquito species.
What is Aedes aegypti?
Typhoid is transmitted through this route.
What is the fecal-oral route?
This CBC abnormality is common in typhoid fever and may involve neutropenia.
What is leukopenia?
This antibiotic class now has widespread resistance in typhoid worldwide.
What are fluoroquinolones?
The systemic hypersensitivity syndrome occurring 3–8 weeks after infection is called this.
What is Katayama fever?
Cysticercosis is acquired by ingesting these through the fecal-oral route.
What are Taenia solium eggs?
These characteristic symptoms give dengue the nickname “breakbone fever.”
What are severe myalgias and arthralgias?
The classic but uncommon heart rate finding seen in typhoid fever.
What is relative bradycardia?
A patient with typhoid develops leukocytosis and worsening abdominal pain. This complication should be suspected.
What is intestinal perforation?
Severe typhoid with shock or encephalopathy may benefit from this adjunctive medication.
What is dexamethasone?
This laboratory abnormality is commonly seen in acute schistosomiasis.
What is eosinophilia?
Eating undercooked pork containing cysticerci causes this condition rather than cysticercosis.
What is intestinal tapeworm infection (taeniasis)?
Severe dengue commonly begins around this phase of illness.
What is defervescence?
Humans are the only _____ for typhoid fever.
What are hosts?
This serologic test for typhoid has poor sensitivity and specificity and is not recommended in endemic areas.
What is the Widal test?
This intestinal structure undergoes necrosis leading to perforation in typhoid fever.
What are Peyer’s patches?
Schistosoma haematobium is strongly associated with this malignancy.
What is bladder cancer?
Humans acquire echinococcus infection from ingesting eggs found in this animal’s feces.
What are dog feces?
These medications should be avoided in dengue because of bleeding risk.
What are NSAIDs and aspirin?
Patients who excrete Salmonella in stool or urine for more than 12 months are called this.
What are chronic carriers?
This culture method remains highly sensitive even after antibiotics have started but is impractical.
What is bone marrow culture?
This extensively drug-resistant typhoid strain emerged in this country.
What is Pakistan?
This medication is recommended treatment for all forms of schistosomiasis.
What is praziquantel?
Rupture of a hydatid cyst can cause this life-threatening reaction.
What is anaphylaxis?
This public health framework recognizes the interconnectedness of humans, animals, and the environment.
What is One Health?