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Streptococcal sore throat followed by centripetal rash for a few days
which heals by desquamation.
Transmitted by cats and leads to a generalized lymphadenopathy
Presents with hydrophobia, aerophobia + convulsions / paralysis
Self limited dysentery with lesions similar to ulcerative colitis.
Viral infection. Umbulication of vesicles is almost pathognomonic.
Diagnosed by Widal test.
Viral infection. Rash is composed of similar lesions, centrifugal
& do not coalesce.
Viral infection. Koplik?s spots in buccal mucosa (almost pathognomonic).
Human immunodeficiency virus
Virus which causes two diseases 2 diseases: chicken pox and herpes
Caused by Leptospira icterohemorrhagica and is water borne. Presents
with jaundice and haemorrhage and renal failure.
Viral infection transmitted by mosquitoes and leading to jaundice,
haemorrhage, renal failure.
It's a wound infection accompanied by local inflammation followed
by neurotoxin which could lead to ophisthotonus
2 stages 1. preerythrocytic (liver) and 2. erythrocytic. Sporozoites,
merozoites, trophozoites (ring form).
Post infectious Arthritis, urethritis, conjunctivitis.
Caused by rickettsial infection. Diagnosed by Weil-Felix test.
Causes 4 types of infection 1. Bubonic, 2. Pneumonic, 3. Stepticemic,
4. Cutaneous. Transmitted by rats.
A bacterial disease that can present in 4 different sites: Nasal,
pharyngeal, laryngeal, cutaneous and causes a characteristic pseudomembrane.
Caused by borellia species (spirochetes).
Bacterial infection that causes 3 diseases: bacillary dysentery, traveler's
diarrhoea, reiter?s syndrome
Cysts & trophozoites, leads to steatorrhoea, traveller?s diarrhoea
Streptococcal subcutaneous infection which is more superficial than
cellulites and hence well demarcated may present with bullae.