A | B |
Another name for measles | Rubeola |
Source of transmission for measles | Respiratory, blood, urine |
Transmission of measles | Airborne or direct contact |
Rash of measles | Red, blanches easily, turns brownish |
Where rash of measles starts | Behind ears |
Small red spots with a bluidh-white center and a red base located on the mucosa in patients with measles | Koplik spots |
Actue rhinitis, such as in measles | Coryza |
The agent that causes roseola | Herpes virus type 6 (HHV-6) |
Rash of roseola | Rose-pink that blanches |
Another name for rubella | German measles |
Cause of rubella | Rubella virus |
Rash of rubella | Pinkish-red that begins on face and spreads to entire body |
Seen on soft palate of those with rubella | Petechial spots |
Symptoms of mumps | Parotid glandular swelling and earache that is worse with chewing |
Rare symptom of mumps | Orchitis |
Causative agent of chickenpox | Varicella zoster virus |
Chickenpox is contangious until this happens | All vesicles have crusted |
Rash of chickenpox | Macular rash that first appears on the trunk and scalp and moves to the extremities |
Another name for pertussis | Whooping cough |
Treatment for pertussis | Antimicrobial therapy and the pertussis immune globulin |
Tonsils and pharynx have a gray membrane in this disorder | Diphtheria |
Treatment for diphtheria | Antibiotics and antitoxin |
Antitoxin for diphtheria is made of this | Horse serum |
Lymphadenitis which occurs in diphtheria means this | Neck edema |
This disorder may begin with abdominal pain followed by soreness and stiffness of the trunk, neck, and limbs that progresses to flaccid paralysis | Polio |
Disorder whose agent is group A beta-hemolytic streptocoocci | Scarlet Fever |
A sign in which the rash of Scarlet Fever blanches everywhere except areas of deep creases and folds of joints | Pastia's |
Disorder that has a white strawberry tongue and red strawberry tongue | Scarlet Fever |