Public Health 123 Chapter 14 Pathogenic Organisms
Fatal
CJD is always?
Prion
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is caused by a?
Protozoa
Entamoeba histolytica is a?
Protozoa
Giardiasis is caused by a?
blood-borne
How is Hepatitis B transmitted?
biological vector
How is rabies transmitted?
Protozoa
Malaria is caused by a?
Lungs
Tuberculosis is a chronic infection of the?
Pseudomonas and Proteus
What 2 causative organisms cause secondary infections in burn patients?
Varicella zoster
What dermatropic virus causes chicken pox and shingles?
Variola
What dermatropic virus causes smallpox?
Rubella
What dermatropic virus causes the German measles?
Rubeola
What dermatropic virus causes the measles?
pelvic inflammatory disease
What is a serious complication of gonorrhea?
Mycosis
What is an infection caused by a fungus called?
Hepatitis A
What is another name for infectious hepatitis?
Lockjaw
What is another name for tetanus?
Borrelia burgdorferi
What is the causative organism for Lyme disease?
Chlamydia trachomatis
What is the causative organism for Trachoma, Lymphogranuloma venereum, and NGU?
Clostridium perfringens
What is the causative organism for food intoxication, gas gangrene, and tissue gas?
Klebsiella
What is the causative organism for lobar pneumonia?
Chlamydia psittaci
What is the causative organism for parrot fever?
Treponema pallidum
What is the causative organism for syphilis?
Clostridium
What is the causative organism for tetanus?
Chlamydia trachomatis
What is the causative organism for the most common sexually transmitted disease?
Mycobacterium avium
What is the causative organism for the opportunistic form of tuberculosis in AIDS patients?
Mycobacterium
What is the causative organism for tuberculosis?
Francisella
What is the causative organism for tularemia?
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
What is the causative organism for walking pneumonia ?
Vibrio
What is the causative organism of Asiatic Cholera?
Coxiella burnetii
What is the causative organism of Q fever?
Rickettsia rickettsia
What is the causative organism of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?
Bacillus
What is the causative organism of anthrax?
Shigella
What is the causative organism of bacillar dysentery?
Clostridium
What is the causative organism of botulism?
Corynebacterium
What is the causative organism of diphtheria?
Neisseria meningitides
What is the causative organism of epidemic (meningococcal) meningitis?
Rickettsia prowazekii
What is the causative organism of epidemic typhus transmitted by the body louse?
Streptococcus pneumoniae
What is the causative organism of lobar pneumonia, otitis media, and pneumococcal meningitis?
Helicobacter pylori
What is the causative organism of peptic ulcers?
Staphylococcus aureus
What is the causative organism of skin abscesses, food poisoning, nosocomial infections, and Toxic Shock Syndrome?
Streptococcus pyogenes
What is the causative organism of strep sore throat, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, puerperal sepsis, and glomerulonephritis?
Yersinia pestis
What is the causative organism of the bubonic plague?
Rickettsia typhi
What is the causative organism of the endemic (murine) typhus transmitted by the rat flea?
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
What is the causative organism of the infection in the eyes of newborns of mothers infected with gonococcus?
Salmonella
What is the causative organism of typhoid fever?
dermatrophic virus
What is the cause of Herpes Simplex I and II?
Candida albicans
What is the dematomycosis that AIDS patients are susceptible to?
grayish pseudo-membrane in the throat
What is the major characteristic of diphtheria?
deer tick
What is the mode of transmission for Lyme disease?
Puncture wound
What is the mode of transmission for tetanus?
Fecal-Oral Route
What is the mode of transmission for typhoid fever?
ophthalmia neonatorum
What is the name of the infection that may be passed to newborns of mothers infected with gonococcus?
Respiratory tract
What is the portal of entry and exit for epidemic meningitis?
Digestive tract
What is the portal of entry and exit for typhoid fever?
bird feces
What is the reservoir and mode of transmission for psittacosis?
Wild rabbits
What is the reservoir for tularemia?
dog tick
What is the vector for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?
rat flea
What is the vector for the bubonic plague?
fimbrae / pili
What is the virulence factor for gonorrhea?
Rhabdovirus
What neurotropic virus causes rabies?
HBV
What vaccination must be offered to employees that are exposed to blood?
Intestines
The opportunistic form of tuberculosis in AIDS patients infects the?
cat feces
Toxoplasmosis is a protozoa that can cause birth defects and is transmitted through?
