Definitions
temperatures greater than 40.6° C (105.1° F), altered sensorium or coma, and cessation of sweating.
What is heat stroke
which test can identify Legionella, streptococcus pneumonia, cryptococcal antigen
what is latex agglutination
what is reye's syndrome
heart murmur with fever
endocarditis
Name at least 3 infections that cause fever and MACULOPAPULAR, ERYTHEMATOUS LESIONS
Enterovirus EBV, CMV, Toxoplasma gondii Acute HIV infection Colorado tick fever virus Salmonella typhi Leptospira interrogans Measles virus Rubella virus Hepatitis B virus Treponema pallidum
media are used to isolate a particular strain of microorganisms
selective media
what infection can be identified with india ink?
Cryptococcus neoformans
name at least 2 of the CDC criteria for diagnosing Reye's
Acute noninflammatory encephalopathy with an altered level of consciousness
Hepatic dysfunction with a liver biopsy showing fatty metamorphosis without inflammation or necrosis or a greater than 3-fold increase in alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), or ammonia levels
No other explanation for cerebral edema or hepatic abnormality
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) with a white blood cell (WBC) count of 8 cells/µL or fewer (usually lymphocytes); note that lumbar puncture should not be performed in patients who are hemodynamically unstable and/or those in whom increased intracranial pressure (ICP) is a concer
Brain biopsy with findings of cerebral edema without inflammation or necrosis
Headache, myalgias, diarrhea, or constipation, transient rose spots. what animals carry this?
Salmonella
HEDGEHOG!
name 2 infections that cause rash and vesicular lesions with fever?
Varicella-zoster virus, herpes simplex virus, coxsackievirus A, vibrio vulnificus
term for extraordinarily high fever (>41.5° C or 106.7° F), which can occur in patients with severe infections but is most commonly observed in persons with CNS hemorrhages.
what is hyperpyrexia?
best test for legionella
what is urinary antigen testing?
What is an inherited reason why someone may have fever?
malignant hyperthermia
Headache, occasionally pneumonitis, hepatitis, culture-negative endocarditis
What is coxiella?
name 1 infection that causes rash and DIFFUSE ERYTHRODERMA
Group A streptococci (scarlet fever, toxic shock syndrome) Staphylococcus aureus (toxic shock syndrome)
a molecular cytogenetic technique that uses fluorescent probes that bind to only those parts of a nucleic acid sequence with a high degree of sequence complementarity.
what is Fluorescence in situ hybridization
what organisms can be grown on chocolate agar
Hib
Neisseria
fever, hyperreflexia, AMS,mydriasis
what is serotonin syndrome
Maculopapular rash beginning on face and moving down; petechiae on soft palate
rubella
what infection causes Ecthyma gangrenosum
pseudomonas aeruginosa
an analytical technique that ionizes chemical species and sorts the ions based on their mass-to-charge ratio
mass spectometry
what organisms grow on MacConkey agar?
gram negative and enteric bacilli
relapsing fever accompanied by episodes of shaking chills and high fever separated by 1 to 3 days of normal body temperature and relative well-being.
Conjunctival suffusion in a patient with a nonspecific febrile illness accompanied by lymphadenopathy, hepatomegaly, and splenomegaly
what is leptospirosis?
what infection causes erythema migrans
Lyme disease