Exotics Flashcards
MO, Taxidermist, dead in a week
tularemia
tx for tularemia
streptomycin
prophylaxis with tularemiss
highly infecitous, ID5o is 1-10 particles–> all get prophylactic tx
AZ/ SE asia–> dead carcass, prarie dog, rat, mountina lion–> fleas
yersinia (plague)
tx for plague
usually wont help
tetracycline and streptomycin
dead rabbits and ticks
tularemia
safety pins on chest x ray
yersinia (plague)
fargo, ND, chills cough, elevated liver function tests, liver failure, endocarditis–> vector is a tick occasionally
Q fever
coxiella
tx for Q fever
doxycyline
animal viscers or contaminated dairy
Q fever and Brucellosis
ASIA/turkey, mediastinal wideinng, bilat. lower pulm infiltrates, raw meat balls
Anthrax
gram positive boxcars
anthrax
abdominal pain/skin lesions
anthrax
tx for anthrax
cipro for 6 mos or cipro IV and high penicillins
drowing in myanmar
burkholderia