Ticks You Off | Parasites | Enterics | Animal Nation | For the Kids |
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What is Rickettsia rickettsii?
This bacterium causes the disease Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
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What is Paragonimiasis?
Several cases of this parasitic infection have been reported in Missouri. Infection is linked to eating raw crawfish.
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What is O157:H7?
This is the most common serotype for enterohemorrhagic E. coli.
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What is Coxiella burnetii?
This organism can be shed in high numbers in animal birth products.
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What is Norovirus?
This is the most common cause of gastroenteritis in the US.
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What is Lyme's Disease?
Patients suffering from this tick-borne illness often present with a classic bulls-eye rash.
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What is cryptosporidium?
This infection is spread via fecally contaminated water and caused a large outbreak in Milwaukee in the early 90’s.
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What is dysentery or inflammatory diarrhea?
This type of diarrhea is associated with colitis, low-volume stools with blood, mucus, and leukocytes.
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What is leptospirosis?
This infection caused an outbreak in Springfield, IL in 1998 following exposure of swimmers in Lake Springfield.
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What is the Parainfluenza Virus (aka: Croup)?
This virus causes a severe "barking" cough in young children?
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What is Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?
Hyponatremia is a common laboratory finding with this tick-borne illness
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What is Anopheles?
This genus of mosquitos that spreads malaria.
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What is reduced osmolarity ORS?
Studies show that this type of Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) has been shown to result in lower need for IV rehydration, lower stool volume, and less vomiting.
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What is azithromycin?
This antiinfective is the preferred therapy for infection with Bartnella henselae.
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What is Palivizumab?
This therapy is used to prophylax high-risk children against RSV.
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What is Rifampin
This medication can be used for pregnant patients thought to have Ehrlichiosis.
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What is Amphotericin B?
This drug must be initiated in a patient suffering from Primary Amoebic Encephalitis for the best chance of survival.
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What is Typhoid Fever?
The most likely condition in a patient that presents with the following symptoms: high fever (103oF), diarrhea, rose spots (2-4 mm pink spots on chest), and hepato-splenomegaly. The stool studies show (+) fecal leukocytes and (+) lactoferrin.
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What is regional LAD?
This is the hallmark sign of cat scratch disease.
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What is the Rotavirus Vaccine?
This vaccine has been >85% effective in decreasing severe diarrhea in US children since its development.
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What is IgG Western Blot?
This confirmatory test is used in patients with Lyme Disease, having symptoms longer than 30 days.
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What is Quinine?
This antimalarial is produced from the bark of the cinchona tree.
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What is CFTR?
The end product of cholera toxin binding to the lumen of the intestine is the transport of Cl- ions into the lumen, leading to an influx of both Na+ ions and water. This transmembrane protein is responsible for the transport of chloride ions into the lum
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What is human rabies immune globulin?
Following rabies exposure, this should be administered at the wound site.
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What is the parvovirus B19 infection?
This laboratory test can confirm the diagnosis of Fifth's Disease.
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