COMMUNICABLE DISEASES BULLETS  Poliomyelitis: LEGIO DEBILITANS (Type I Brunhilde); (Type

II Lansing); (Type III Leon)

 Dengue Fever: ARBOVIRUSES (Chikunggunya); (Onyong-
DRUG OF CHOICE nyong); (West Nile); (Flaviviruses) (Common in the Phil.)
 Tetanus: PEN G Na; DIAZEPAM (Valium)  Malaria: PLASMODIUM (protozoa) P. Falciparum (most
 Meningitis: MANNITOL (osmotic diuretic); fatal); P. Vivax P. Malariae; P. Ovale
DEXAMETHASONE (anti-inflammatory);  Filariasis: WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; BRUGIA MALAYI
DILANTIN/PHENYTOIN (anti-convulsive);  Leprosy: MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE
PYRETINOL/ENCEPHABO L (CNS stimulant)  Measles: PARAMYXO VIRUS
 Rabies Vaccines: LYSSAVAC, VERORAB  German measles: TOGA VIRUS
 Immunoglobulins: ERIG or HRIg  Chicken pox: VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS
 Herpes zoster: HERPES ZOSTER VIRUS
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS  Scarlet fever: Group A HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS
 Tetanus: WOUND CULTURE  Scabies: SARCOPTES SCABIEI (itch mite)
 Meningitis: LUMBAR PUNCTURE  Bubonic plague: YERSINIA PESTIS
 Encephalitis: EEG  Diphtheria: KLEBS LOEFFLER
 Polio: EMG; Muscle testing  Pertussis: BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS
 Rabies: Brain biopsy (Negri bodies) Fluorescent rabies  Tuberculosis: MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS
antibody test  Typhoid: SALMONELLA TYPHI
 Dengue: TOURNIQUET test (Rumpel lead)  Cholera: VIBRIO CHOLERA
 Malaria: Malarial smear; QBC (Quantitative Buffy Coat)  Amoebiasis: ENTAMOEBA HYSTOLITICA
 Scarlet: DICK’S TEST; SCHULTZ-CHARLTON TEST  Leptospirosis: LEPTOSPIRA Spirochete
 Diphtheria: SCHICK’S TEST; Moloney’s Test  Schistosomiasis: Schistosoma japonicum
 Pertussis: Nasal swab; agar plate  Gonorrhea: N. GONORRHEAE
 Tuberculosis: MANTOUX test  Syphilis: TREPONEMA PALLIDUM
 Leprosy: SLIT SKIN SMEAR  Chlamydia: C. trachomatis, T. vaginalis
 Pinworm: SCOTCH TAPE SWAB  Genital herpes: HERPES SIMPLEX 2
 Typhoid: WIDAL’S test
 HIV/AIDS: ELISA; WESTERN BLOT; PCT: Polymerase Chain Communicable Disease PHARMACOLOGY
Reaction Test  Malaria: CHLOROQUINE
 Schistosomiasis: PRAZIQUANTEL
CAUSATIVE AGENTS  Scabies: EURAX/ CROTAMITON
 Tetanus: CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI  Chicken pox: ACYCLOVIR/ZOVIRAX
 Meningococcemia: NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS  Tuberculosis: R.I.P.E.S.
 Rabies: RHABDOVIRUS  Pneumonia: COTRIMOXAZOLE; Procaine Penicillin
 Helminths: MEBENDAZOLE; PYRANTEL PAMOATE