EMP 198
Chapter 11
Infectious Disease Test Information
1.) Clostridium tetani
a. How do you get it?
b. What are the signs and symptoms?
2.) Mumps
a. How do you get it?
b. What are the signs and symptoms
c. Is there a vaccine?
3.) Varicella
a. How do you get it?
b. What are the signs and symptoms?
c. What makes the differential diagnosis of varicella verses brucellosis, herpes simplex, and rubella?
4.) Know the difference between the following:
a. pathological, antiseptic, aseptic, and bacteriostatic
b. decontamination, disinfection, cleaning, and sterilization.
5.) What is Hepatitis E often associated with?
6.) What is a helminth and give examples?
7.) What should you do immediately after sticking yourself with a dirty IV needle?
8.) What are the risk factors of liver fibrosis progressing to cirrhosis?
9.) Identify: Anthrax, Hantavirus, and Legionnaire’s Disease.
a.) How and where are you most likely to become infected?
b.) What are there signs and symptoms?
10.) What are common conditions associated with IV drug users and what is there classic presentation?