Nursing Bullets: Communicable

Disease
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
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

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