Biology 225

Exam 4 Objectives

 

Objectives for Lectures 21-26

 

For each microbial disease listed give the following if applicable:

 

  1. Name of the disease
  2. Etiological agent
  3. Transmission of the etiological agent
  4. Signs and symptoms
  5. Clinical diagnosis - How you diagnose the disease.
  6. Laboratory diagnosis - Special laboratory tests used if any.
  7. Pathology - How the organism causes the disease.
  8. Prevention
  9. Treatment

 

Diseases of the Skin

  1. Folliculitis
  2. Sites
  3. Furuncle (boil)
  4. Carbuncles
  5. Impetigo of the new born
  6. Scalded skin syndrome
  7. Toxic shock syndrome
  8. Cellulitis
  9. Myositis
  10. Necrotizing fascititis
  11. Erysipelas
  12. Impetigo
  13. Otitis externa
  14. Dermatitis
  15. Burn infections
  16. Wound infections
  17. Acne
  18. Warts
  19. Smallpox
  20. Chickenpox
  21. Shingles
  22. Cold sores
  23. Genital herpes
  24. Measles
  25. Rubella
  26. Congenital rubella syndrome
  27. Fifth disease
  28. Contagious conjunctivitis
  29. Ringworm
  30. Sporotrichosis
  31. Thrush
  32. Vaginitis (candidiasis)
  33. Scabies

 

Diseases of the Eyes

  1. Contagious conjunctivitis
  2. Inclusion Conjunctivitis
  3. Neonatal gonorrheal ophthalmia
  4. Trachoma
  5. Herpetic keratitis

 

Diseases of the Nervous System

  1. Bacterial meningitis
  2. Tetanus
  3. Botulism
  4. Leprosy
  5. Poliomyelitis
  6. Rabies
  7. Arboviral encephalitis
  8. Cryptococcosis
  9. African trypanosomiasis
  10. Naegleria microencephalitis
  11. Spongiform encephalopathy

 

Diseases of the Cardiovascular System

  1. Puerperal sepsis
  2. Subacute bacterial endocarditis
  3. Acute bacterial endocarditis
  4. Pericarditis
  5. Rheumatic fever
  6. Tularemia
  7. Brucellosis (undulant fever)
  8. Anthrax
  9. Gangrene
  10. Gas gangrene
  11. Septicemia (from animal bites)
  12. Cat scratch fever
  13. Rat bite fever
  14. Plague
  15. Relapsing fever
  16. Lyme disease
  17. Ehrlichosis
  18. Epidemic typhus
  19. Endemic typhus
  20. Spotted fever
  21. Myocarditis
  22. Infectious mononucleosis
  23. Yellow fever
  24. Dengue
  25. Hemorrhagic fevers
  26. Chagası disease
  27. Toxoplasmosis
  28. Malaria
  29. Leishmaniasis
  30. Babesiosis
  31. Schistosomiasis

 

Diseases of the Respiratory System

  1. Pharygitis
  2. Scarlet fever
  3. Diphtheria
  4. Otitis media
  5. Common cold
  6. Whooping cough
  7. Tuberculosis
  8. Bacterial pneumonia
  9. Atypical pneumonia
  10. Legionellosis
  11. Psittacosis
  12. Q fever
  13. Viral pneumonia
  14. Influenza
  15. Histoplasmosis
  16. Coccidioidomycosis
  17. Blastomycosis
  18. Opportunistic fungal infections
  19. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

 

Diseases of the Digestive System

  1. Dental caries
  2. Staphylococcal food poisoning
  3. Salmonellosis
  4. Typhoid fever
  5. Bacillary dysentery
  6. Cholera
  7. Gastroenteritis
  8. Peptic disease syndrome
  9. Travelerıs diarrhea
  10. Mumps

11.  Hepatitis (A, B, C, D, E)

12.  Viral gastroenteritis

13.  Ergot poisoning

14.  Aflatoxin poisoning

15.  Giardiasis

16.  Balantidial dysentery

17.  Amoebic dysentery

18.  Cryptosporidiosis

19.  Tapeworm infection

20.  Hydatid disease

21.  Pinworm disease

22.  Hookworm disease

23.  Ascariasis

24.  Trichinosis

 

Diseases of the Urinary Tract

  1. Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
  2. Cystitis
  3. Pyelonephritis
  4. Leptospirosis
  5. Nosocomial urinary tract infections

 

Diseases of the Reproductive System

  1. Gonorrhea
  2. Ophthalmia neonatorum
  3. Nongonococcal urethritis
  4. Syphilis

5.     Vaginitis

6.     Lymphogranuloma venereum

7.     Chancroid

8.     Granuloma inguinale

9.     Genital herpes

10.  Genital warts

11.  Candidiasis

12.  Trichomoniasis

 

Additional Objectives

 

  1. List the:

§       Normal flora of the skin

§       Diseases for which arthropods are reservoirs

§       Zoonotic (transmitted to humans from animals) diseases studied

§       Diseases studied that may have a carrier state

§       STDs that can cause congenital infections

  1. Describe:

§       How microorganisms get into the central nervous system

§       The best method of control for vector-borne diseases

§       The normal flora of the respiratory system

§       The reasons for the occurrence of epidemics of influenza

§       Occurrence of nosocomial diseases. Explain why they often involve the urinary tract

§       Prevention of nosocomial diseases