Erlichiosis and Anaplasmosis Flashcards

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erlichosis is caused by what kind of pathogen

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  • bacteria
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erlichiosis/anaplasmosis is caused by what kind of vector

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  • tick
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anaplasmosis is caused by what kind of pathogen

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  • bacteria
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leishmaniasiasis is caused by what kind of pathogen

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  • protozoa
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5
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trypanosomiasis is caused by what kind of pathogen

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  • protozoa
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After a mammalian host is infected with a vector-borne parasite, what has to happen before it becomes infectious?

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  • Intrinsic incubation period
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7
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The intrinsic incubation period occurs in the _____ host

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  • mammalian (i.e. deer)
  • host becomes infectious
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The extrinsic incubation period occurs in the ____ host

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  • arthropod (i.e. tick)
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The extrinsic incubation period is the time that it takes for the ___ to become infectious

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  • vector
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10
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Ehrlichia chafeensis infects what cell type?

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  • Monocytes
  • mononuclear phagocytes
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Ehrlichia chafeensis causes

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  • HME
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Anaplasma phagocytophilum infects what cell types?

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  • Granulocytes (neutrophils)
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13
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Anaplasma phagocytophilum causes

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  • HGA
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14
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Malaria species infects

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  • red blood cells
  • liver cells
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15
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Babesia microti infects _____

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red blood cells

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16
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Trypanosoma species infects

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  • monocytes
  • macrophages
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17
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Leishmania species infects

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  • macrophages
  • reticuloendothelial cells
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18
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Ehrlichia & Anaplasma are a part of the ______ family

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Rickettsia

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19
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Ehrlichia & Anaplasma are obligate intracellular, gram ____ bacteria and are ____ borne

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negative; tick

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20
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The lone star tick is infected with _____

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  • Ehrlichia
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21
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Human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME) causes ____ and sepsis

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Fever

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22
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Where and when in the US does ehrlichiosis predominate?

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  • Southeast to south central US;
  • spring and summer
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23
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Risk factors for contracting ehrlichiosis

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  • Hiking and other outdoor sports
  • Exposure to wildlife
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24
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Vector for Ehrlichiosis

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  • Lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum)
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25
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Animal reservoirs for ehrlichiosis

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  • white tail deer
  • dogs
  • coyotes
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26
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Other routes of transmission of ehrlichiosis:

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◦Maternal-child

◦Blood transfusion

◦Direct contact with slaughtered deer

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27
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Human monocytic Ehrlichiosis (HME) blood smear finding

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  • See morulae in the monocytes
  • look like mulberries
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28
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Human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) is caused by what arthropod?

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  • Black-legged tick or deer tick
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29
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Anaplasmosis occurs in what region of the US?

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  • Upper Midwest and Northeast US
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30
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High seroprevalence of anaplasmosis means that there is likely a lot of_______ transmission

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  • asymptomatic
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31
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Deer ticks or black-legged ticks with anaplasma may be co-infected with Borrelia (cause of Lyme’s disease) or ____

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  • Babesia
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32
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Nosocomial transmission of _____ has been noted

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Anaplasma

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33
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_____ may be transmitted person-person as seen in China

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  • Anaplasma
34
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Peripheral blood smear of anaplasmosis

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  • Morulae seen in neutrphils
  • in contrast to seeing morulae in monocytes in ehrlichiosis
35
Q

GI symptoms are more frequent in ehrlichiosis/ anaplasmmosis

rash symptoms are more frequent in ehrlichiosis/ anaplasmmosis

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  • ehrlichiosis
  • ehrlichiosis
36
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In ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis, what is the incubation period?

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  • 1-2 weeks after bite with infected tick
37
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Acute febrile illness is common in infections with:

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  • Ehrlichia and anaplasma
38
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Between Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis, which condition has a higher mortality rate and is more severe and life threatening?

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  • Ehrlichiosis
39
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If you think that someone has ehrlichiosis or anaplasmosis, but you are waiting for confirmation, should you delay treatment with doxycycline?

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  • No, that can mean that the illness becomes serious and that may lead to hospitalization and manual ventilation and death
40
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What is the best antibiotic to treat ehrlichiosis or anaplasmosis?

Why is it best?

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  • doxycycline (which is a tetracycline);
  • best becasue it accumulates inside of the bacteria
41
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Trophozoites refers to what forms of protozoa?

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  • motile, feeding, reproducing forms
42
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Mastigotes refers to what kind of form of protozoa?

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  • Flagellated
43
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Merozoites, schizonts, gametes, oocysts all refer to what stage of protozoan development?

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  • Sexual stages
44
Q

Peripheral blood smear of someone with babesiosis

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  • The Maltese cross is characteristic of babesiosis
45
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Babesiosis is reported in what regions of the US?

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  • Northeast and upper midwest
46
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What is the vector for babesia?

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  • Nymphal stage of the black-legged tick or deer tick
47
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What is the animal reservoir for babesia?

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  • White-footed mouse
48
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What may the clinical maifestations for Babesia be?

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  • Asymptomatic or can present with flu-like symptoms
  • Hemolytic anemia with dark urine
49
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  • What populations of people are at a high risk of severe, life-threatening disease when infected with babesia?
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  • Those without a spleen
  • Immunocompromised
  • Advanced age
50
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It can be difficult to distinguish a babesia blood smear from a ______ smear due to the similarites in the trophozoite (ring stage)

A

plasmodium (malaria)

51
Q

What are the 2 types of leishmaniasis?

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  • Visceral
  • Cutaneous and mucocutaneous
52
Q

Leishmaniases infect what cell type?

A
  • Macrophages
53
Q

What is the vector for leishmaniases?

A
  • sand fly
54
Q

Kala-azar (Hindi for black fever) refers to what diseases?

where is this condition also found?

A
  • visceral leishmaniases
  • Brazil
55
Q

In some regions, humans may be a reservoir for this parasitic infection along with small rodents

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  • leishmaniases
56
Q

Other routes of transmission of visceral leishmaniasis

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◦Blood transfusion

◦IV Drug use, needle sharing

◦Congenital

57
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Clinical manifestations of visceral leishmaniasis

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* Irregular bouts of fever

* Substantial weight loss

* Swelling of spleen and liver

* Serious anemia

* Untreated, fatality rate in developing countries 100% within 2 years Post-kala-azar dermal manifestations

58
Q

Peripheral blood smear of someone with lieshmaniasis

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  • Infected macrophage with amastigote and kinetoblast
59
Q

Visualization of the kinetoplast is important for diagnostic purposes, to be confident the patient has _________

A

leishmaniasis

60
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In a bone marrow or spleen aspirate, what cells will you be looking for to have within them amastigotes for the diagnosis of leishmaniasis?

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  • macrophages
61
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African trypanosomiasis is known as

A
  • Sleeping sickness
62
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American trypanosomiasis is known as

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  • Chagas disease
63
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T. brucei causes

A

sleeping sickness

64
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T. cruzi causes

A
  • Chagas disease
65
Q

vector for sleeping sickness

A
  • tsetse fly
66
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vector for chagas disease

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  • reduviid kissing bug
67
Q

Sleeping sickness is seen in _____

Chagas disease is seen in _____

A
  • Africa
  • Latin and South America
68
Q

Animal reservoir of Chaga’s disease

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◦armadillos

raccoons

◦also dogs

guinea pigs

rats

69
Q

How does the reduviid bug transmit T. cruzi?

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  • It bites and then poops in the place where it bit on the person’s face normally
  • the parasites are in the big’s GI tract
70
Q

Death due to Chagas is usaully due to _____ problems

A
  • Cardiac
71
Q

Romana’s sign is seen in what disease?

What does Romana’s sign look like

A

Chaga’s

  • swelling of eyelids near the bite or where feces was rubbed into the eye
72
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In acute infection of trypanosomiasis, what will be seen on a blood smear?

A

* extracellular trypomastigotes

73
Q

In chronic infection of trypanosomiasis, what will be seen in the bone marrow aspirate or muscle biopsy?

A

* Intracellular amastigotes

74
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1.

2.

diagosis

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  1. PMN
  2. infected monocyte with morula

Ehrlichiosis

75
Q

what is seen in this slide?

diagnosis

A
  • morulae in neutrophils

Anaplasmosis

76
Q

What is the diagnosis?

How do you know?

A
  • babesia
  • maltese cross
77
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What is the diagnosis?

What stage

1.

2.

3.

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Babesia

  1. merozoites
  2. trophozoites (ring stage)
  3. merozoite tetrad
78
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What is the diagnosis?

How do you know?

A
  • leischmaniasis

amastigote in macrophage

79
Q

what is seen here?

diagnosis

A
  • extracellular trypomastigotes in blood smear
  • acute trypanosmiasis
80
Q

what is seen here?

diagnosis

A
  • intracellular amastigotes in bone marrow biopsy
  • chronic trypanomiasis