diseases in cardio, lymphatic and respi

• Streptococcus septicemia

  Infection of the bloodstream
• Streptococcus septicemia

  • Causative agent: streptococcus species (streptococcus pygenes and streptococcus pneumonae)
  • Treatment: penicillin, ceftriaxone and vancomycin
• Tularemia (rabbit fever or deer fly fever)


  Swelling of the lymph nodes
• Tularemia

  • Causative agent: Fransicella tularensis
  • Treatment: streptomycin and gentamycin
• Anthrax

  • Causative agent: Bacillus anthracis
  • Types: Cutaneous anthrax, Inhalation anthrax, Gastrointestinal anthrax
  • Treatment: ciprofloxacin, penicillin and doxycycline
• Brucellosis

  • Causative agent: Brucella species (brucella melitensis, brucella abortus and brucella suis)
  • Discovered by: David Bruce
  • Treatment: Doxycycline and rifampin
• Plague (black death)

  • Causative agent: Yirginia pestis
  • Types: Septiceunic plague, Pneumonic plague, Bubonic plague
  • Treatment: streptomycin and gentamycin
• Burkitt's lymphoma

  Causative agent: Ernstein Bar-virus
• American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease)

  • Causative agent: Trypanosoma cruzi
  • Transmitted by: rediviid or triotomine bug
  • Treatment: benznidazole and nifurtimox
• Toxoplasmosis

  • Causative agent: Toxoplasma gondii
  • Treatment: pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine plus
• Malaria

  • Causative agent: plasmodium species
  • Treatment: chloroquine, artemesin and primaquine
• Leishmaniasis

  • Causative agent: L. tropical, L. Braziliensis and L. dohovani
  • Treatment: amphotericin and sodium stibogluconate
• Babesiosis

  • Causative agent: babesia microtis
  • Treatment: atovaquone plus and azithromycin
• Aspergillosis

  • Causative agent: spores of aspergillus
  • Effects: myocarditis, endocarditis, lymphadenitis
  • Treatment: antifungal medication
• Histoplasmosis

  • Causative agent: spores of histoplasma capsulatum
  • Effects: myocarditis, endocarditis, lymphadenopathy
  • Treatment: antifungal medication
• Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)

  • Causative agent: wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi and Brugia temori
  • Effects: edema, lymphatic dysfunction
  • Treatment: mass drug administration or surgery
• Schistosomiasis

  • Causative agent: Schistosoma
  • Effects: portal hypertension, hydrocele inflammation
  • Treatment: metrifonate, oxamniquine and Paraziquantel
• Toxoriasis

  • Causative agent: Toxocara canis or toxocana cati
  • Effects: myocarditis, lymphadenitis
  • Treatment: antiparasitic medication