Final Flashcards
Salmonella: Signs
Bloody v/d
Campylobacter: Signs
mucousy diarrhea, inc. frequency
Helicobacter: Signs
v/d, wt loss
Helicobacter: Tx
triple therapy
Brucellosis: Common Transmission
aborted material
Brucellosis: Signs
M - enlarged scrotum, infertility, testicular atrophy
F - infertility, abortion
Actinomyces: Origin
Oral cavity
Actinomyces: Tx
penicillin
Nocardia: Commonly causes
pyothorax
Nocardia: Tx
TMS
Borrelia burgdorferi: Osp in tick salivary gland?
OspC
When to sign from Lyme dz develop?
2-5 mo post infection
Borrelia burgdorferi: Tx
Doxycycline
Leptopirosis: Signs
Liver and kidney failure
Lepto: Tx
doxycycline
What is the pathophysiology for most rickettsial organisms?
rickettsia replicate in endothelial cells => inc. permiability => leakage + vasculitis => dec. plateletes
What WBC does Ehrlichia infect?
mononuclear
What WBC does Anaplasma infect?
neutrophils
Neosporosis: Signs
pelvic extensor rigidity
Neosporosis: Tx
clindamycin
What cell do Mycoplasma infect?
RBC
Mycoplasma: Tx
doxycycline
What cell do Cytauxzoon infect?
RBC
Cytauxzoon: Signs
dyspnea, icterus, pale mm, splenomgaly
Sporotrichosis: Forms
cutaneous, cutaneolymphatic, disseminated
Sporotrichosis: Tx
itraconazole