BABESIA Flashcards

1
Q

HOW DO BABESIA MICROTI REPRODUCE

A

BINARY FISSION INSIDE RBC (AFTER TRANSMISSION WITH TICK SALIVA)

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2
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HEMOLYTIC DISEASE THAT IS SIMILAR TO MALARIA

A

BABESIOSIS

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3
Q

DIFFERENCE OF BABESIOSIS WITH MALARIA

A

BABESIOSIS DONT HAVE EXOERYTHROCYTIC CYCLE

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4
Q

BABESIOSIS AKA

A

PIROPLASMOSIS

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5
Q

CA OF BABESIOSIS THAT IS SEVERE AND FATAL IN SPLENECTOMIZED & DEBILITIZED PX

A

BABESIA DIVERGENS

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6
Q

IT CAUSES SELF-LIMITING FEBRILE DISEASE: FATIGUE & ANOREXIA

A

BABESIA MICROTI

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7
Q

DEFINITIVE HOST OF BABESIA

A

HUMANS

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8
Q

VECTOR OF BABESIA

A

IXODES SCAPULARIS (DEER TICK)

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9
Q

INTERMEDIATE HOST OF BABESIA

A

WHITE-FOOTED MOUSE & OTHER RODENTS & DEER

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10
Q

TRANSMISSION OF BABESIA

A

TICK BITE
TRANPLACENTAL
BLOOD TRANSFUSION

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11
Q

DX. CHARACTERISTIC OF BABESIA

A

3 CHROMATIN DOTS (UNIQUE TO BABESIA)

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12
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DX. CHARACTERISTIC OF BABESIA

A

3 CHROMATIN DOTS (UNIQUE TO BABESIA)

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13
Q

ANTIPARASITIC TX OF BABESIOSIS

A

QUININE OR ATOVAQUONE

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14
Q

ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT W/ LITTLE OR NO SIDE EFFECTS

A

CLINDAMYCIN

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15
Q

TOC FOR BABESIOSIS

A

CLINDAMYCIN + QUININE

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16
Q

ANTIBIOTIC TX. FOR BABESIOSIS WITH SIDE EFFECTS

A

AZITHROMYCIN