Infectious Diseases — Flashcards

Babesiosis can cause _____, which results in hemoglobinuria and jaundice

Mycobacterium _____ is a non-TB disease that causes disseminated infection in the late stages of AIDS

Because of splenomegaly, patients with _____ are advisedto avoid contact sports (ie: football) for danger of splenic rupture

Nocardia can present with _____-like symptoms and cavitary lesions in the lungs

_____ and Colitis are GI complications that are often seen alongside CMV Retinitis in immunosuppressed patients.

Individuals who are _____ will have a herpes zoster (shingles) rash that crosses midline and should be tested for HIV

In _____, Leptospira interrogans travels through the blood, causing dysfunction in the kidneys and liver

Stage _____ HIV is characterized by recurrent bacterial infections. CD4+ count drops to < 350

Klebsiella can be remembered by its "three A's"; _____, aspiration and abscesses

_____ due to Legionella pneumophila is characterized by a lobar* pneumonia