Bacteriology 3 Flashcards
growth enhanced by sulfonamides
rickettsia
peptidoglycan: muraminic acid & diaminopimelic acid
Chlamydia: infectious form
elementary bodies
Chlamydia: non-infectious form
reticulate bodies
Rocky mountain spotted fever
rickettsia ricketsii
Tick
rash on extremities to trunk
Gram -
obligate intracellular
Epidemic typhus
rickettsia prowazekii
human louse/lice
trunk rash to extremities
gangrene, shock, kidney, heart
Gram -
obligate intracellular
murine typhus
aka endemic typhus
rickettsia typhi
rat fleas
trunk rash to extremities (less severe)
Gram -
obligate intracellular
Q Fever
coxiella burnetti
animal aerosol/ dust/ abbator’s slaughter house
pneumonia w/out rash w/hepa
Gram -
obligate intracellular
Trench-fever
aka 5 day fever
rickettsia quintana
human louse/lice
Gram -
obligate intracellular
Cat-scratch fever
bortonella henselae
cat scratch
rashes, temporary blindness
Gram -
obligate intracellular
scrub typhus
orentia tsutsugamushi
mites -> rat fleas
Gram -
obligate intracellular
Rickettsial pox
rickettsia akari
mites
rash similar to chicken pox
Gram -
obligate intracellular
lymphoganuloma venereum
chlamydia trachomatis
sti or fomites
Gram -
obligate intracellular
chronic keratoconjunctivitis
aka tracoma
chlamydia trachomatis
sti or fomites
Gram -
obligate intracellular
non-gonococcal urethritis
chlamydia trachomatis
sti or fomites
Gram -
obligate intracellular
Psittacosis
Chlamydophila psittaci (humans)
has cell wall but no peptidoglycan
EB & RB
Gram -
obligate intracellular