All of the following are symptoms of endocarditis except:
a. Fever and chills
b. Weight loss
c. Leg swelling
d. Muscle aches
c. Leg swelling
The toxic condition caused by the multiplication of bacteria in the blood is referred to as:
a. Bacteremia
b. Septicemia
c. Shock
d. Blood-borne infection
b. Septicemia
3. When microorganisms enter the circulatory system through lymphatic drainage and cause an infection the condition is called:
a. Bacteremia
b. Septicemia
c. Microbemia
d. Viremia
c. Microbemia
Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease and rare com-plication due to:
a. Strep throat
b. Gangrene
c. Brucellosis
d. Tularemia
a. Strep throat
All of the following are considered to be zoonotic diseases except:
a. Brucellosis
b. Undulant fever
c. Plague
d. Tularemia
c. Plague
Rabbit fever" is a zoonotic disease is caused by:
a. Bartonella henselae
b. Spirillum minus
c. Francisella tularensis
d. Yersinia pestis
c. Francisella tularensis
Rocky Mountain spotted fever is caused by:
a. Borrelia burgdorferi
b. Rickettsia rickettsii
c. Rickettsia prowazekii
d. Ehrilchia chaffeensis
b. Rickettsia rickettsii
Cytomegalovirus infections are caused by the human herpesvirus:
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
d. 5
Malaria is caused by a:
a. Virus
b. Bacterium
c. Helminth
d. Protozoan
d. Protozoan
Which of the following is a disease caused by a protozoan?
a. Cat scratch disease
b. Toxoplasmosis
c. Relapsing fever
d. Plague
b. Toxoplasmosis
A common complication of necrosis, often related to wounds, is referred to as _____________.
gangrene
Any infectious disease or infection that can transmitted from vertebrate animals to humans in classified as ______________.
zoonotic
When bacteria are found in the blood the condition is referred to as ___________.
bacteremia
The toxic conditions caused by the spread of bacteria or bacterial toxins from the site of infection is called _______________.
sepsis
Chagas' disease is caused by _______.
Trypanosoma cruzi