A1 Rickettsial/Typhus/Spirochete Flashcards
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Etiology: Rickettsia reickettsi MOA: ticks Sx: Fever>headache>rash Tx: doxycyclin *weill felix agglutination test*
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Rickettsial-Rocky Mounted Spotted Fever
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Etiology: Rickettsia africae
MOA: ticks
Sx: inoculation eschars (looks like cigarette burns)
Tx: doxycyclin
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Rickettsial-African tick bite fever
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Etiology: Rickettsia prowazekii MOA: louse Sx: fever headache rash Tx: doxycycline *man is reservoir therefore it can occur years later-reoccurance is more mild* *use promethrin*
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Typhus-Epidemic Typhus
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Eiotlogy: Rickettsia typhi MOA: flea Sx: fever headache rash Tx: doxycycline *rodent reservoir*
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Typhus-Murine (endemic) typhus
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Etiology: Orientia tsustsugamushi MOA: chigger mite Sx: *hearing loss* Tx: doxycycline *rat reservoir, asiatic pacific and australia*
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Typhus-Scrub Typhus
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Etiology: coxiella burnetii MOA: inhalation of infected aerosols Sx: *no rash* Tx: doxycycline *domestic wild animals rodents birds are reservoir*
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Typhus- Q Fever
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Etiology: borreia burgdorferi MOA: tick, mammals are reservoir Sx: erythema migrans (bulls eye rash) Tx: doxycycline *can cause myocardial/neurological abnormalities*
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Spirochetal- Lymes
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Etiology: leptospira
MOA: urine of infected animal (promethrin won’t help)
Sx: weills disease (second time is much worse)
Tx: doxycycline
leukocytosis
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Spirochetal-Leptospirosis
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Etiology: borella recurrentis
MOA: lice/ticks
Sx: relapsing fever
Tx: doxycycline
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Spirochetal- Relapsing fever
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Etiology: spirillum minus
MOA: rat bite/contaminated water/milk
Sx: rash on trunk
Tx: augmentin
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Spirochetal- rat bite fever
