Virus
Most common cause of croup
Parainfluenza virus
The first line treatment for Tularemia
Streptomycin
First line pressor in sepsis
Norepinephrine/Levophed
Most common outside infection with HIV
Pneumocystis jeroveci
Commonly found in areas with poor sanitation or brackish water
Cholera
Virus concern for a patient who has found a bat in his bedroom
Rabies
An unvaccinated patient has a severe sore throat and fever, and a grey pseudomembrane on the posterior pharynx is concerning for what bacteria
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Neurogenic, cardiogenic, and anaphylactic are all forms of this type of shock
Distributive Shock
A HIV patient is now classified as AIDs when these 3 (of 4) conditions are found
Cd4<200, Outside infections, Sqecific neoplasms, HIV wasting syndrome
Disease spread by rodent urine, endemic in the SW US
Hantavirus
Concerning findings for a patient with croup
Difficulty coughing, stridor, raspy voice
Most likely bacteria that would cause both pharyngitis AND non-purulent skin infections
Group A Beta-hemolytic Streptococcus Pyogenes
Symptoms include shivering fever, pale skin, sleepy/confused/AMS, shortness of breath and feeling of impending doom
Symptoms of sepsis/septic shock
4 risk factors that increase the risk for HIV transmission
Presence of another STI, elevated viral load, sexual behavior, uncircumcised partner, and genetics
The vector for African Sleeping Sickness
Tsetse Fly
16 y/o female with history of general malaise, followed by a 101 fever and sore throat and treatment failure with amoxicillin.
Mononucleosis/EBV
Method of asexual reproduction of bacteria
Binary fission
Hypovolemic, cardiogenic, distributive, and obstructive are types of...
Shock
Most common worldwide pathway for HIV transmission
Heterosexual sexual transmission
The name of the parasite responsible for Cysticercosis
Taenia solium
Concern in a 26 y/o Female with pruritic erythematous-based vesicular lesions in various stages of healing.
Varicella Zoster
Targeted by β-lactam and cephalosporin antibiotics
Peptidoglycan cell wall of bacteria
Hypoperfusion secondary to illness
Sepsis
The outside infection bacteria group requiring prophylaxix at cd4 count of 50 or lower
Mycobacterae var.
Vaccination is recommended prior to traveling to Central Africa
Yellow fever