Communicable Diseases

• Drug of Choice: Tetanus

  Pen G Na
• Drug of Choice: Meningitis - Osmotic Diuretic

  Mannitol
• Drug of Choice: Meningitis - Anti-inflammatory

  Dexamethasone
• Drug of Choice: Meningitis - Anticonvulsant

  Phenytoin
• Drug of Choice: Meningitis - CNS Stimulant


  Pyretinol
• Rabies Vaccines

  Lyssavac and Verorab
• Rabies Immunoglobins

  Equine RIG and Human RIG
• Dx: Tetanus

  Wound Culture
• Dx: Meningitis

  Lumbar Puncture
• Dx: Encephalitis

  EEG
• Dx: Polio

  EMG
• Dx: Rabies

  Fluorescent Antibody Test
• Dx: Dengue

  Tourniquet Test (Rumpel-Leede)
• Dx: Malaria

  Malarial Smear; Quantitative Buffy Coat
• Dx: Scarlet Fever

  Dick's Test; Schultz-Charlton Test
• Dx: Diptheria

  Schick's Test; Moloney Test
• Dx: Tuberculosis

  Mantoux Test; Sputum Smear
• Dx: Leprosy

  Slit Skin Smear
• Dx: Pinworm

  Scotch Tape Swab
• Dx: Thypoid

  Widal Test
• Dx: HIV

  ELISA; Confirmatory: Western Blot
• Causative Agent: Tetanus

  Clostridium Tetani
• Causative Agent: Meningococcemia

  Neisseria Meningitidis
• Causative Agent: Rabies

  Rhabdovirus
• Causative Agent: Poliomyelitis

  Poliovirus (Legio Debilitans)
• Causative Agent: Dengue virus

  Arboviruses
• Causative Agent: Malaria

  Plasmodium P. Falciparum (most fatal)
• Causative Agent: Filariasis

  Wuchereria Bancrofti
• Causative Agent: Leprosy

  Mycobacterium Leprae
• Causative Agent: Measles

  Paramyxo Virus
• Causative Agent: German Measles

  Toga Virus
• Causative Agent: Chicken Pox

  Varicella Zoster Virus
• Causative Agent: Herpes

  Herpes Zoster Virus
• Causative Agent: Scarlet Fever

  Group A Hemolytic Streptococcus
• Causative Agent: Scabies

  Sarcoptes Scabiei
• Causative Agent: Bubonic Plague

  Yersinia Pestis
• Causative Agent: Diphtheria

  Klebs Loeffler
• Causative Agent: Pertussis

  Bordetella Pertussis
• Causative Agent: Tuberculosis

  Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
• Causative Agent: Thyphoid

  Salmonella Typhi