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export_zoonotic bacteria ii Flashcards

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Borrelia features

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Neither Gram-positive nor negative
Long spirochetes

Fastidious, microaerophilic

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Borrelia disease

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Lyme disease
Relapsing fever (endemic or epidemic)
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Species causing lyme disease

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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Lyme disease reservoirs

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Mice

Deer

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Lyme disease vector

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Ixodes (hard tick)

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Disease stages of lyme disease

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Early stage 1
Early stage 2

Late, stage 3

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Early stage 1 lyme disease

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Localized infection
Bull’s-eye rash

Malaise, fever, headache, fatigue

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Early stage 2

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Disseminated infection
3-5 weeks after bite

Bacteremia, myalgia, cardiac dysfunction, signs consistent with meningitis/encephalitis

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Late, stage 3 lyme disease

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Persistent infection
Arthritis

One or more joints affected, skin discoloration, neuro complaints

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Treat lyme disease

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Doxycycline or amoxicillin

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Types of relapsing fever

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Epidemic

Endemic

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Epidemic relapsing fever cause

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Borrelia recurrentis

Louse-borne

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Endemic relapsing fever cause

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Borrelia hermsii

Tick-borne

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Relapsing fever pathogenesis

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Dissemination
Ag variation

Febrile and afebrile cycles

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Difference between endemic and epidemic relapsing fever

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Epidemic form is NOT a zoonotic disease

Transmission from human to human via louse

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Relapsing fever symptoms

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Chills, fever, headache
Hepatosplenomegaly

Several relapses may occur

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Diagnose relapsing fever

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Giemsa stained blood smear

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Treatment for relapsing fever

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Tetracycline or erythromycin

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Rickettsia features

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Very small Gram-negative coccobacilli

Obligate intracellular pathogen, facilitate uptake into host cells

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Disease caused by Rickettsia that we need to know, and vector

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Rocky mountain spotted fever

Dog tick

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RMSF symptoms

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Rash and fever

Pink, non-itchy lesions that become raised and spread to torso

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RMSF untreated

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DIC, pulmonary edema, renal failure, GI hemorrhage

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RMSF treatment

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Tetracycline (doxycycline)

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Ehrlichiosis causative agents

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Ehrlichia and Anaplasma

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Ehrlichia features

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Gram-negative, intracellular pathogens

Parasitize monocytes and granulocytes

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Two types of Ehrlichia

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Ehrlichia chaffeensis

Anaplasma phagocytophilium

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Disease caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis

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Human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME)

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Disease caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilium

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Human gradulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE)

“Anaplasmosis”

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HME vector

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Lone Star Tick

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HME reservoir

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White tailed deer

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HGE vector

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HGE reservoir

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Variety of small mammals

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Ehrlichiosis disease

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Most are asymptomatic or present as a non-specific viral illness

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Severe ehrlichiosis disease

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Multisystem zoonosis
Malaise, fever, headache

Sometimes petechial rash

Respiratory distress, CNS dysfunction

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Diagnose ehrlichiosis

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Treat ehrlichiosis

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Tetracycline (doxycycline)

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Query (Q) fever causative agent

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Coxiella burnetii

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Coxiella burnetii features

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Gram-negative, pleomorphic bacteria
Obligate intracellular

Small-cell and large-cell variants

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Small-cell variants of Coxiella features

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Resistant to high temperature, osmotic pressure, and UV light
Can survive in environment for months

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Q fever reservoirs

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Farm animals, dogs, cats

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Forms of Q fever

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Acute

Chronic

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Acute Q fever

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1/2 asymptomatic
General “flu-like” disease

Fever, chills, malaise, headache

Pneumonia

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Chronic Q fever

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Mainly as endocarditis or hepatitis

Acute signs general absent

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Treatment of Q fever

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Tetracycline (doxycycline)

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Prevent Q fever

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Inactivated, whole cell vaccine

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Bartonella features

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Small, slightly curved, Gram-negative rods

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Diseases caused by Bartonella spp.

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Trench fever (Bartonella quintana)
Cat scratch fever (Bartonella henselae)
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Trench fever vector

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Lice (feces)

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Trench fever disease

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Relapsing fever, headache, dizziness

Not considered fatal

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Treat trench fever

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Aminoglycoside (gentamycin) or macrolide (erythromycin)

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Cat scratch fever vector

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Cat

Flea (feces)

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Cat scratch fever disease

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Fever
Lymphadenopathy

Papule at site of inoculation

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Treat cat scratch fever

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Generally not needed

If needed, azithromycin is recommended

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RMSF rash

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Centripetal spread

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Trench fever rash

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Q fever rash

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Cat scratch fever rash

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Papule at site of inoculation

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Ehrlichiosis rash

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Malaria fever

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Every 2-3 days

Lasts 24 hours

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Brucellosis fever

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Daily

Fever recurrence in the evening

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Relapsing fever fever

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Every 7-10 days

Lasts 7-10 days

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