BABESIA Flashcards
HOW DO BABESIA MICROTI REPRODUCE
BINARY FISSION INSIDE RBC (AFTER TRANSMISSION WITH TICK SALIVA)
HEMOLYTIC DISEASE THAT IS SIMILAR TO MALARIA
BABESIOSIS
DIFFERENCE OF BABESIOSIS WITH MALARIA
BABESIOSIS DONT HAVE EXOERYTHROCYTIC CYCLE
BABESIOSIS AKA
PIROPLASMOSIS
CA OF BABESIOSIS THAT IS SEVERE AND FATAL IN SPLENECTOMIZED & DEBILITIZED PX
BABESIA DIVERGENS
IT CAUSES SELF-LIMITING FEBRILE DISEASE: FATIGUE & ANOREXIA
BABESIA MICROTI
DEFINITIVE HOST OF BABESIA
HUMANS
VECTOR OF BABESIA
IXODES SCAPULARIS (DEER TICK)
INTERMEDIATE HOST OF BABESIA
WHITE-FOOTED MOUSE & OTHER RODENTS & DEER
TRANSMISSION OF BABESIA
TICK BITE
TRANPLACENTAL
BLOOD TRANSFUSION
DX. CHARACTERISTIC OF BABESIA
3 CHROMATIN DOTS (UNIQUE TO BABESIA)
DX. CHARACTERISTIC OF BABESIA
3 CHROMATIN DOTS (UNIQUE TO BABESIA)
ANTIPARASITIC TX OF BABESIOSIS
QUININE OR ATOVAQUONE
ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT W/ LITTLE OR NO SIDE EFFECTS
CLINDAMYCIN
TOC FOR BABESIOSIS
CLINDAMYCIN + QUININE