DISEASE ETIOLOGY VECTOR IP DIAGNOTIC TEST PATHOGNOMONIC S/SX MEDICATION / TREATMENT

AMOEBIASIS ENTAMOEBA HYSTOLYTICA 3-5 D FECALYSIS (+) TROPHOZOITES BLOODY STREAKED MUCOID STOOLS METRONIDAZOLE / FRT
ANTHRAX BACILLUS ANTHRACIS 2-7 D GS/CS ESCHARS ANTHRAX VACCINE / PENICCILLIN G
AIDS / HIV HUMAN T CELL LYMPHOTROPHIC VIRUS 3 1-3 M ELISA + WESTERN BLOT CD4 CELLS BELOW 200 ZIDOVUDINE + RITONAVIR
ASCARIASIS ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES 1-2 M FECALYSIS (+) OVA / CBC ANOREXIA + PERI UMBILICAL PAIN MEBENDAZOLE + PYRANTEL PAMOATE
AVIAN INFLUENZA H5N1 VIRUS BIRDS 2-5 D GS/CS FEVER OSELTAMIVIR / ZANAMIVIR
BACILLARY DYSENTERY SHIGA DYSENTERIAE 4-7 D FECALYSIS FEVER / DIARRHEA + TENESMUS TETRACYCLINE / CHLORAMPHENICOL / FRT
CAPILLARIASIS (WHIP WORM) TRICHURIS TRICURIA KATO KATZ TEST BLOODY DIARRHEA MEBENDAZOLE + PYRANTEL PAMOATE
CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS 2-3 W ELISA BURNING VAGINA + FISHY VAGINAL DISCHARGE AZYTHROMYCIN
CHOLERA VIBRIO EL TOR / COMA 3-5 D FECALYSIS RICE WATERY STOOLS CHLORAMPHENICOL / FRT
DENGUE FEVER CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS AEDES EGYPTI 7-10 D TORNIQUET TEST / CBC INTERMINTENT FEVER / PETECHIAL RASH PARACETAMOL / FRT
DIPHTHERIA CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE 2-5 D SCHICK TEST PSEUDOMEMBRANE / BULL NECK DPT / DIG
EBOLA EBOLA VIRUS 2-21 D ELISA FEVER / GENERAL BODY MALAISE FRT
EPIDEMIC PAROTITIS PARAMYXO VIRUS 12-21 D POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION TEST INFLAMMED PAROTID GLAND MMR
FILIARIASIS WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI AEDES POECILIOUS 8-16 M NOCTURNAL BLOOD EXAM ELEPHANTIASIS DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE CITRATE / HETRAZAN
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE COXSACKIE VIRUS CLOVEN HOOFED ANIMALS 3-7 D ELISA + VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION TEST FEVER / GENERAL BODY MALAISE ACETAMINOPHEN
GARDIANELLA VAGINITIS GARDIANELLA VAGINALIS 1-12 W WHIFF TEST GRAYISH FISHY VAGINAL DISCHARGE METRONIDAZOLE
GERMAN MEASLES RUBELLA VIRUS / TOGA VIRUS 14-21 D ELISA + TORCH TEST FORSCHIEMER'S SPOT MMR
GONORRHEA NEISSERIA GONORRHEA 3-21 D GS/CS + PAP SMEAR MUCOPURULENT DISCHARGE DOXYCYCLINE + CEFTRIAXONE
HOOKWORM NECATOR AMERICANUS ACYLOSTOTA DUODENALE 1-2 M FECALYSIS (+) OVA / CBC ANOREXIA + PERI UMBILICAL PAIN MEBENDAZOLE + PYRANTEL PAMOATE
INFLUENZA INFLUENZA VIRUS A B C 2-3 D ENZYME IMMUNO ASSAY TEST FEVER / GENERAL BODY MALAISE ZANAMIVIR
LEPROSY MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE YEARS SLIT SKIN SMEAR LEIONING FACE + MULTIPLE SKIN LESION DAPSONE + RIFAMPIN + CLOFAZIMINE
LEPTOSPIROSIS LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS 7-19 D LEPTOSPIRA AGGLUTINATION TEST JAUNDICE TETRACYCLINE
LYME DISEASE BORELLA BURGDORFERI TICK 7-14 D LYME ANTIBODY BLOOD TEST RASHES DEET + DOXYCYCLINE
MALARIA PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM / VIVAX ANOPHELES MOSQUITO 12-30 D GS/CS CHILLS + STEP LADDER LIKE FEVER CHLOROQUINE / MEFLOQUINE
MEASLES RUBEOLA VIRUS 10-12 D HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST KOPLIK SPOT AMV + MMR
MENINGITIS / MENINGOCOCCEMIA NEISSERIA MENINGITIDES 2-10 D CSF ANALYSIS BRUDZINKI + KERNIG'S SIGN ZOVIRAX + RIBAVIRIN
MONILIASIS CANDIDA ALBICANS 2-5 D GS/CS WHITE CHEESELIKE VAGINAL DISCHARGE NYSTATIN + MICONAZOLE
PARAGONOMIASIS PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI ANTEMELANIA ASPERATA 3-6 M SPUTUM EXAM HEMOPTYSIS PRAZIQUANTEL + BILTRICIDE
PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISOINING DINOFLAGELLATES SHELLFISH 15 MINS - 12 H HISTORY CIRCUM ORAL NUMBNESS ACTIVATED CHARCOAL + IPECAC SYRUP
PERTUSSIS BORDET GENGOU 1-2 W DIRECT FLUORESCENT ANTOBODY TEST PAROXYSMAL COUGHING + WHOOP DPT / ERYTHROMYCIN
PINWORMS ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS 1-2 W ITCHY ANUS PIPARAZINE HEXAHYDRATE
PNEUMONIA STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE 1-3 D SPUTUM EXAM RUSTY SPUTUM PENICILLIN G
POLIOMYELITIS LEGIO DEBILITANS / LANSING 7-14 D PANDY'S TEST POKER'S SIGN / LANDRY'S / HAYNE'S SIGN OPV / IPV
RABIES RHABDOVIRUS DOGS (+) NEGRI BODIES 2-8 W FLOURESCENT ANTIBODY TEST HYDROPHOBIA HRIG + TT
RUBEOLA MORBILIVIRUS 10-12 D HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST KOPLIK SPOT / CORYZA / COUGH / CONJUNCTIVITIS ISOPRENOZID
SARS CORONA VIRUS 2- 10 D CXR + GS/CS + PCR FEVER + RESPIRATORY DISTRESS PREVENT BY HAND WASHING
SCABIES SARCOPTES SCABEII 1D SKIN SCRAPPING SKIN LESIONS BENZYL BENZOATE + CROTAMITON CREAM / KWELL LOTION
SCHISTOSOMIASIS SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM / MANSONI ONCOMELANIA QUADRASI 1-2 M CIRCUM OVA PRECIPITINE TEST JAUNDICE / HEPATOMEGALY PRAZIQUANTEL + BILTRICIDE
SYPHILLIS TREPONEMA PALLIDUM 10-90 D KALM TEST / DFI TEST / REITER TEST CHANCRE SORES AZITHROMYCIN
TETANUS CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI 3-21 D GS/CS + TETANUS ANTIBODY TEST TRISMUS / RISUS SARDONICUS / POKER SIGN TAT / TIG + TT
TOXOPLASMOSIS TOXOPLASMA GONDII CATS 10-23 D IMMUNOSTAINING FEVER / HEADACHE PYRIMETHAMINE
TRICHOMONIASIS TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS 4-20 D GS/CS FROTTY VAGINAL DISCHARGE METRONIDAZOLE
TUBERCULOSIS MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS 2-10 W SPUTUM EXAM / MANTOUX TEST / CXR LOW GRADE AFTERNOON FEVER / NIGHT SWEETNG RIPES
TYPHOID FEVER SALMONELLA TYPHOSA 4-40 D WIDAL TEST / TYPHI DOT TEST ROSE SPOTS CHLORAMPHENICOL + CEFTRIAXONE
VARICELLA HERPES VIRUS VARICELLAE 10-21 D TSANCK SMEAR MACULOPAPULAR RASH ZOVIRAX + CALAMINE LOTION
VARIOLA SMALL POX VIRUS 7-17 D PRC + PAUL'S TEST MACULOPAPULO-PUSTULAR RASH CIDOFOVIR
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