Chagas Disease

Malaria

SARS

WNV

West Nile Virus

Smallpox

Vancomycin

(vanc)

........ is an antibiotic. It is used to fight susceptible bacteria in the body that cause serious infections.

Vancomycin is used to treat infections of the intestines that cause colitis (inflammation of the large intestine).

Penicillin

(pcn)

......... works by interfering with the formation of the bacteria's cell wall while it is growing, weakening the wall and killing the bacteria.

...........is used to treat many different types of infections caused by bacteria, such as ear infections.

Methicillin

is a narrow-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic of the penicillin class.

It was previously used to treat infections caused by susceptible Gram-positive bacteria

Ampicillin

(ap)

is a beta-lactam antibiotic that has been used extensively to treat bacterial infections.

It was previously used to treat infections caused by susceptible Gram-positive bacteria

Cephalosporin

.............. is an antibiotic that fights bacteria in the body.

............ is used to treat many different bacterial infections, such as urinary tract infections, acne, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and others.

............. is in a group of drugs called macrolide antibiotics. Macrolide antibiotics slow the growth of, or sometimes kill, sensitive bacteria by reducing the production of important proteins needed by the bacteria to survive

............. is used to treat many different types of infections caused by bacteria. It is also used to prevent bacterial endocarditis and attacks of rheumatic fever.

 is an antibiotic drug, the first of a class of drugs called aminoglycosides to be discovered, and was the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis.

This drug cannot be given orally, and must be given via intramuscular injections.

............ is mainly used to treat bacterial infections of the skin. It can also be used to treat moderately severe bacterial infections involving the lung, bone, joint, stomach, blood, heart valve, and urinary tract. It is clinically effective against infections caused by staphylococci and streptococci of Gram-positive bacteria.

The drug is usually administrated by either intramuscular injection (injection into a large muscle) or intravenous infusion (intravenous fluid into a vein).

Levofloxacin

(levaquin)

is an oral antiprotozoal and antibacterial antibiotic. It fights infections caused by bacteria or amoeba in your body.

....... is used to treat bacterial or amoebic infections of the vagina, stomach, skin, joints, and respiratory tract. It will not treat a vaginal yeast infection.

................. is not absorbed orally, and must therefore be given by intravenous or intramuscular injection;

Its main uses are in intensive care medicine (pneumonia, peritonitis), some diabetes-related foot infections and empirical therapy in febrile neutropenia (e.g. after chemotherapy).

contains a combination of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim and is supplied in tablets and a liquid suspension. Sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim are both antibiotics that treat different types of infection caused by bacteria.

....... is used to treat ear infections, urinary tract infections, bronchitis, traveler's diarrhea, and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

A carbapenem - It is used to treat certain kinds of bacterial infections

It will not work for colds, flu, or other viral infections.

Salmeterol

(serevent)

methylprednisolone

(Solumedrol)

Like most adrenocortical steroids, ............... is typically used for its anti-inflammatory effects

 Common uses include arthritis therapy and short-term treatment of bronchial inflammation or acute bronchitis due to various respiratory diseases. It is used both in the treatment of acute periods and long-term management of autoimmune diseases, most notably Systemic lupus erythematosus.

............. is a bronchodilator that relaxes muscles in the airways and increases air flow to the lungs.

............. is used to treat or prevent bronchospasm in people with reversible obstructive airway disease.

 ........... is also used to prevent exercise-induced bronchospasm.

............ contains fluticasone and salmeterol. Fluticasone is a steroid. 

It prevents the release of substances in the body that cause inflammation. Salmeterol is a bronchodilator. It works by relaxing muscles in the airways to improve breathing.

......... is used to prevent asthma attacks. It is also used to prevent flare-ups or worsening of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) associated with chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema.

Fluticasone

(flonase)

is a steroid. It prevents the release of substances in the body that cause inflammation.

............ inhalation is used to prevent asthma attacks. It will not treat an asthma attack that has already begun.

contains a combination of albuterol and ipratropium. Albuterol and ipratropium are bronchodilators that relax muscles in the airways and increase air flow to the lungs.

.................. is used to prevent bronchospasm in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

 ......... is a common and often deadly infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis in humans.

........... usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body. It is spread through the air when people who have the disease cough, sneeze, or spit.

Chronic Obstructive

Pulmonary Disease

(COPD)

 is a progressive disease that makes it hard to breathe. "Progressive" means the disease gets worse over time.

can cause coughing that produces large amounts of mucus (a slimy substance), wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and other symptoms

Rubeola

(measles)

Systemic Lupus Erythmatosus

(lupus)

.......... is a systemic autoimmune disease (or autoimmune connective tissue disease) that can affect any part of the body. As occurs in other autoimmune diseases, the immune system attacks the body's cells and tissue, resulting in inflammation and tissue damage.

It most often harms the heart, joints, skin, lungs, blood vessels, liver, kidneys, and nervous system.

, is a disease in which abnormal collections of chronic inflammatory cells (granulomas) form as nodules in multiple organs.

Granulomas most often appear in the lungs or the lymph nodes, but virtually any organ can be affected.

 is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis (or hardening), vascular alterations, and autoantibodies. There are two major forms:

Diffused and limited

Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease

(CJD)

Multiple Sclerosis

(ms)

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

(ALS or Lou Gehrig Disease)

Intracranial Hemorrhage

(ICH/ ICB)

Seizure Disorder

(epilepsy)

................ is inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.

The inflammation may be caused by infection with viruses, bacteria, or other microorganisms, and less commonly by certain drugs. It can be life-threatening because of the inflammation's proximity to the brain and spinal cord

Osteoarthritis

(DJD)

(degenerative joint disease)

 refers to a group of hereditary muscle diseases that weaken the muscles that move the human body.

It is characterized by progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and tissue

is a genetic disorder of the connective tissue.

It is sometimes inherited as a dominant trait. It is carried by a gene called FBN1, which encodes a connective protein called fibrillin-1. People have a pair of FBN1 genes. Because it is dominant, people who have inherited one affected FBN1 gene from either parent will have this syndrome. This syndrome can run from mild to severe.

Gastroesophageal reflux disease

(GERD)

is a common sexually transmitted infection.

 The usual symptoms in men are burning with urination and penile discharge. Women, on the other hand, are asymptomatic half the time or have vaginal discharge and pelvic pain. In both men and women if it is left untreated, it may spread locally causing epididymitis or pelvic inflammatory disease or throughout the body, affecting joints and heart valves. 

Venereal Warts

(HPV)

Congestive Heart Failure

(CHF)

Coronary Artery Disease

(CAD)

 is a condition in which plaque (plak) builds up inside the coronary arteries. These arteries supply your heart muscle with oxygen-rich blood.

Plaque is made up of fat, cholesterol (ko-LES-ter-ol), calcium, and other substances found in the blood. When plaque builds up in the arteries, the condition is called atherosclerosis

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

(AAA)

Myocardial Infarction

(MI)

Hypertension

(HTN)

Pulmonary Embolism

(PE)

End Stage Renal Disease

(ESRD)

Liver Disease

(hepatitis, cirrhosis)

Mononucleosis

(kissing disease)

 refers to a group of fatal inherited metabolic disorders that are included in the larger family of lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs)

 Enlargement of the liver and spleen (hepatosplenomegaly) may cause reduced appetite, abdominal distension and pain as well as thrombocytopenia secondary to splenomegaly.

is a medical condition characterized by a prolonged contraction of skeletal muscle fibers.

 Infection generally occurs through wound contamination and often involves a cut or deep puncture wound. can travel to jaw leading to lockjaw (trismus)

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

(MRSA)

Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus

(VRE)

Vancomycin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

(VRSA)

 is a strain of Staphylococcus aureus that has become resistant to the glycopeptide antibiotic vancomycin. With the increase of staphylococcal resistance to methicillin, vancomycin (or another antibiotic teicoplanin) is often a treatment of choice in infections with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Epidermidis

(MRSE)