Chlamydia & Rickettsia

Question 1

also known as Bedsonia

Answer 1

Chlamydia

Question 2

Chlamydia’s development cycle

reticulate body: ____
elementary body: ____

Answer 2

reticulate body: replicative form
elementary body: infectious form

Question 3

causative agent for ocular trachoma
(#1 cause of preventable blindness in the world)

Answer 3

Chlamydia trachomatis

Question 4

most common cause of sexually transmitted bacterial pathogen in the US

Answer 4

Chlamydia trachomatis

Question 5

gold standard for Chlamydia before PCR

Answer 5

Cell culture

Question 6

inhibits cytoplasm of the host and reproduces via binary fission

Answer 6

Rickettsia

Question 7

possesses DNA and RNA

Answer 7

Rickettsia

Question 8

Rocky mountain spotted fever

Answer 8

R. rickettsii

Question 9

Boutonneuse fever
(bite of infected ticks)

Answer 9

R. conorii

Question 10

Murine Typhus
(bite of rat fleas)

Answer 10

R. typhi

Question 11

Epidemic Typhus
Sporadic Typhus
Flying squirrel Typhus
(lice)

Answer 11

R. prowazekii

Question 12

Brill-Zinsser Disease

Answer 12

R. prowazekii

Question 13

Rickettsialpox

Answer 13

R. akari

Question 14

Scrub Typhus/Japanese River Disease
(bite of infected chigger)

Answer 14

O. tsutsugamushi

Question 15

rash on the face

Answer 15

R. prowazekii

Question 16

Recrudescent Typhus

Answer 16

R. prowazekii

Question 17

Black spots similar to Boutonneuse fever

Answer 17

O. tsutsugamushi