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    Communicable Disease Nursing Study Bullets

    Communicable Disease Nursing

    DRUG OF CHOICE

    Tetanus: PEN G Na; DIAZEPAM (Valium)


    Meningitis: MANNITOL (osmotic diuretic); DEXAMETHASONE (anti-inflammatory);
    DILANTIN/PHENYTOIN (anti-convulsive); PYRETINOL/ENCEPHABO L (CNS
    stimulant)
    Rabies Vaccines: LYSSAVAC, VERORAB
    Immunoglobulins: ERIG or HRIg

    DIAGNOSTIC TESTS

    Tetanus: WOUND CULTURE


    Meningitis: LUMBAR PUNCTURE
    Encephalitis: EEG
    Polio: EMG; Muscle testing
    Rabies: Brain biopsy (Negri bodies) Fluorescent rabies antibody test
    Dengue: TOURNIQUET test (Rumpel lead)
    Malaria: Malarial smear; QBC (Quantitative Buffy Coat)
    Scarlet: DICK'S TEST; SCHULTZ-CHARLTON TEST
    Diphtheria: SCHICK'S TEST; Moloney's Test
    Pertussis: Nasal swab; agar plate
    Tuberculosis: MANTOUX test
    Leprosy: SLIT SKIN SMEAR
    Pinworm: SCOTCH TAPE SWAB
    Typhoid: WIDAL'S test
    HIV/AIDS: ELISA; WESTERN BLOT; PCT: Polymerase Chain Reaction Test

    CAUSATIVE AGENTS

    Tetanus: CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI


    Meningococcemia: NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS
    Rabies: RHABDOVIRUS
    Poliomyelitis: LEGIO DEBILITANS (Type I Brunhilde); (Type II Lansing); (Type III
    Leon)
    Dengue Fever: ARBOVIRUSES (Chikunggunya); (Onyong-nyong); (West Nile);
    (Flaviviruses) (Common in the Phil.)
    Malaria: PLASMODIUM (protozoa) P. Falciparum (most fatal); P. Vivax P. Malariae;
    P. Ovale
    Filariasis: WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; BRUGIA MALAYI
    Leprosy: MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE
    Measles: PARAMYXO VIRUS
    German measles: TOGA VIRUS
    Chicken pox: VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS
    Herpes zoster: HERPES ZOSTER VIRUS
    Scarlet fever: Group A HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS
    Scabies: SARCOPTES SCABIEI (itch mite)
    Bubonic plague: YERSINIA PESTIS
    Diphtheria: KLEBS LOEFFLER
    Pertussis: BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS
    Tuberculosis: MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS
    Typhoid: SALMONELLA TYPHI
    Cholera: VIBRIO CHOLERA
    Amoebiasis: ENTAMOEBA HYSTOLITICA
    Leptospirosis: LEPTOSPIRA Spirochete
    Schistosomiasis: Schistosoma japonicum
    Gonorrhea: N. GONORRHEAE
    Syphilis: TREPONEMA PALLIDUM
    Chlamydia: C. trachomatis, T. vaginalis
    Genital herpes: HERPES SIMPLEX 2

    CD PHARMACOLOGY

    Malaria: CHLOROQUINE
    Schistosomiasis: PRAZIQUANTEL
    Scabies: EURAX/ CROTAMITON
    Chicken pox: ACYCLOVIR/ZOVIRAX
    Tuberculosis: R.I.P.E.S.
    Pneumonia: COTRIMOXAZOLE; Procaine Penicillin
    Helminths: MEBENDAZOLE; PYRANTEL PAMOATE

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