Rapid Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine

List of Abbreviations.

Rapid Series Mnemonic.

Part 1: Signs & Symptoms.

Fever.

Sepsis.

Cardiovascular.

Upper Respiratory Tract / ENT.

Lower Respiratory Tract.

Gastrointestinal.

Hepatitis.

Urinary Tract infection.

Genitourinary.

Central Nervous System.

Eyes.

Skin and soft tissue infection.

Bone and joint infetcion.

Immunocompromised host.

Part 2: Aetiological Agents.

Viruses.

Bacteria.

Mycobacteria.

Fungi.

Protozoa.

Helminths.

Spirochetes.

Other organisms.

Higher organisms.

Ectoparasites.

Part 3: Diseases (A-Z).

Notifiable diseases.

Actinomycosis.

Adenovirus.

Alphaviruses.

Amoebiasis.

Anaerobes.

Anthrax.

Aspergillosis.

Atypical mycobacteria.

Babesiosis.

Bacillus cereus.

Bacterial vaginosis.

Bartonellosis.

Blastomycosis.

Botulism.

Brucellosis.

Campylobacter jejuni.

Candidiasis.

Capnocytophaga.

Chlamydiae.

Chickenpox, shingles.

Cholera.

Coccidiomycosis.

Common cold.

Coxsackie & Echoviruses.

Cryptococcosis.

Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, Isospora, Microspora.

Dengue.

Dermatophytes.

Diphtheria.

Ectoparasites.

Ehrlichosis.

Filiariasis, Dracunculiasis, Trichinosis.

Gangrene.

Giardia.

Glandular fever.

Gonorrhoea.

Gram negative bacteria.

Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (E. coli O157).

Haemophilus spp.

Hantaviruses.

Helicobacter pylori.

Hepatitis A.

Hepatitis B & D.

Hepatitis C.

Hepatitis E.

Herpes viruses.

Histoplasmosis.

HIV 1 & 2.

HTLV1 & 2.

Influenza & Parainfluenza viruses.

Japanese B encephalitis.

Legionellosis.

Leishmaniasis.

Leprosy.

Leptospirosis.

Listeriosis.

Lyme disease.

Malaria.

Measles.

Meningococcus.

Molluscum contagiosum.

Mucormycosis.

Mumps.

Mycoplasma spp.

Nocardia.

Papillomavirus.

Parvovirus B19.

Pasteurella.

Plague.

Pneumocystis carinii.

Polio.

Polyoma viruses.

Prions.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Q fever.

Rabies.

Rat bite fevers.

Respiratory syncitial virus.

Roundworms.

Rubella.

Salmonellosis.

Schistosomiasis.

Scrub typhus.

Shigellosis.

Smallpox.

Sporothrix.

Spotted fevers.

Staphylococcus spp.

Streptococcus spp.

Syphilis.

Tapeworms.

Tetanus.

Tick borne encephalitis.

Toxoplasmosis.

Treponema.

Trichomoniasis.

Trypanosomiasis.

Tuberculosis.

Tuleraemia.

Viral gastroenteritis.

Viral haemorrhagic fevers.

Visceral larva migrans.

Whooping cough.

Yellow fever.

Yersiniosis.

Appendix I: Immunisations and Malaria prophylaxis.

Appendix II: Antibiotics (therapy and prophylaxis) and needlestick prophylaxis.

Sources and Further Reading