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 (bacteria)
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
(bacteria)
Scabies: SARCOPTES SCABIEI (itch mite)
Bubonic plague: YERSINIA PESTIS (bacteria)
Diphtheria: KLEBS LOEFFLER (bacteria)
Pertussis: BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS (bacteria)
Tuberculosis: MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS
(bacteria)
Typhoid: SALMONELLA TYPHI
Cholera/Eltor: VIBRIO CHOLERA - most common in
rainy seasons
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
Communicable Disease 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
Diseases with their pathognomonic signs and symptoms: Amoebiasis - bloody mucoid stool. Ascariasis - vomiting, passing out of worm. Candidiasis - cheeselike discharge. Chicken pox - vesiculopopular lesions. Cholera - rice-watery stool. Dengue/Hemorrhagic Fever - Hermans sign. It appears on the upper andlower extremities, purplish or violaceous red with blanched areas about 1 cm or less in size. Diptheria - pseudomembrane, a localized inflammatory process; Grayish-white,leathery consistency. Enterobiasis - nocturnal itchiness Filariasis - Elephantiasis. German Measles/Rubella - Forscheimers spots, a mild enanthem of petechiallesions. Gonorrhea - thick purulent discharge. Herpes Zoster - lesions follow peripheral nerve pathway. Leptospirosis - orange eyes.Malaria - fever and chills. Measles/Rubeola - Kopliks spots, little spots inside the mouth. The spots look like a tiny grains of white sand, each surrounded by a red ring. They are foundespecially on the inside of the cheek (the buccal mucosa) opposite the 1st and2nd upper molars. Meningitis - nucchal rigidity. Mumps - swollen parotid glands. Pertussis - paroxysmal coughs ending with whoop. Pneumonia - rusty sputum Polio - flaccid paralysis, weakness or paralysis and reduced muscle tone without other obvious cause (e.g., trauma). Rabies - hydrophobia, a morbid fear of water. Because of this name, manyp eople think that rabies makes one afraid of water. In fact, this is not the case ( although rabies does cause mental confusion of other kinds). The name hydrophobia comes from the fact that animals and people with rabies get spasms in their throat muscles that are so painful that they cannot eat or drink,and so will refuse water in spite of being very thirsty. Scabies - weeping itch. Scarlet Fever - raspberry tongue. Syphilis - painless chancre or ulceration. Tetanus - locked jaw or trismus. Tuberculosis - initially ASYMPTOMATIC. Typhoid Fever - 3 cardinal signs: ladderlike fever, rose spots, spleenomegaly(enlargement of spleen beyond its normal size)