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Gram Negative and Other Bacteria Flashcards

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What are the gram negative cocci

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N. meningitidis
N. Gonorrhoae
Moraxella catarrhalis
All are oxidase +

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How to differentiate b/w the two neisserias

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Meningitidis: Fermenter
Gonorrhea: Non fermenter

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What are the coccoid rods

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H Influenza
B pertussis
Pasteurella
Brucella

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How are the gram negative rods differentiated?

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Lactose fermenter - pink

Lactose non fermenter

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What are the lactose fermenting GNR’s?

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Klebsiella
Ecoli
Enterobacter
Citrobater
Serratia
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What are the slow lactose fermenters

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citrobacter

serratia

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What are the lactose nonfermenters?

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White colonies:
Shigella
Salmonella
Proteus
Pseudomonas (oxidase +)
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What are the fast lactose fermenters

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Klebsiella
E coli
Enterobacter

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How are the lactose nonfermenters differentiated?

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If they have oxidase

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Oxidase positive gram negative rod

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Pseudomonas

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What gram negative bacteria are curved or comma shaped?

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Campylobacter jejuni
Vibrio cholera
H Pylori

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Neisseria

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Gram negative diplococci

Both ferment glucose and make IgA proteases

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N. Gonorrhea clinically

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Urethritis, PID, STI

Can travel in blood and cause septic arthritis, conjunctivitis

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N. gonoccoi structure

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Maltose non fermenter
Gram neg diplococci
No polysaccharide capsule

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1st line tx for N gonorrhea

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Ceftriaxone

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N. Meningococci transmission

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Respiratory and oral secretions

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N. meningococci structure

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Maltose fermenter

Polysaccharide capsule

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What bug can cause Waterhouse-Friedrichsen syndrome

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N. meningitidis

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Prophylaxis for meningococci

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Rifampin, ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone

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Treatment for meningococci

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Ceftriaxone or PCN G (only after culture)

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Haemophilus influenza structure

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Gram neg coccoid rod

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What does H Flu cause

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Epiglottitis
Meningitis
Otitis media
Pneumonia
Sinusitis
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Thumb sign on XR

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Thickening of epiglottis = H Flu epiglottitis

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Treatment of H Flu

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Treat mucosal infxn w/amoxicillin+/- clavulanate

Treat meningitis with ceftriaxone

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What’s most invasive form of H flu

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Capsular type B (there’s a vaccine now)

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What does H flu produce

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IgA protease

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How to culture H Flu

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Chocolate agar w/factors V and X

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Hemophilus ducreyi

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Causes chancroid - painful solitary genital ulcer

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29
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Legionella pneumophila

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Gram negative rod but stains poorly so use silver stain

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30
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What do you have to grow legionella on

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Charcoal yeast extract culture with iron and cysteine

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How is legionella diagonsed

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Antigen in urine

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Transmission of legionella

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NO person to person

Aerosol transmission from environmental water source habitate

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Tx of legionella

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Macrolide (erythromycin) or quinolone

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34
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Pseudomonas aeurginosa

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Gram negative rod
Oxidase positive
Lactose non fermenter
Moist environments
Blue-green pigment
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35
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Infxns from pseudomonas

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PNA - cystic fibrosis
Otitis externa
UTI
Osteomyelitis - diabetics
Sepsis
Contaminates medical equipment and catheters
Associated with burn and wound infections
Hot tub folliculitis
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Pseudomonas toxin

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Exotoxin A - inactivates EF-2 - cell necrosis

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Tx of pseudomonas

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Piperacillin, Ticarcillin
Cefepime, ceftazidime
Imipenem, meropenem

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H Pylori triple therapy

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PPI + Clarithromycin + either amoxicillin or metronidazole

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Gram negative, oxidase positive, diplococci

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N gonorrhea or N meningitidis

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Sepsis, DIC, adrenal hemorrhage

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N. meningitidis

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41
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5 year old w/pharyngitis, drooling, and x ray reveals thumb sign

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H flu type B (epiglottitis)

42
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What are the virulence factors of E Coli

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Fimbriae
K Capsule
LPS endotoxin

43
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What does K capsule of E coli cause

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PNA, neonatal meningitis

44
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What does fimbriae of E coli cause

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Cystitis, pyelonephritis

45
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What does LPS endotoxin of E coli cause

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Septic shock

46
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What does EIEC strain of E coli do

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Invades intestinal mucosa and causes necrosis and inflammation
Similar to shigella

47
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Presentation and treatment of EIEC

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Fever + bloody diarrhea

Tx: Fluoroquinolones

48
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Toxin and mechanism of ETEC

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Produces heat labile and heat stable enterotoxins

No inflammation or invasion

49
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Presentation of ETEC

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Travelers diarrhea - watery, similar to cholera

50
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Toxin and mechanism of EPEC

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No toxin produced

Adheres to apical surface and flattens villi which prevents absorption

51
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Presentation of EPEC

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Diarrhea, usually in kids

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EHEC presentation and treatment

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Dysentery, HUS (Anemia, thrombocytopenia, ARF)

Tx = supportive

53
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How to differentiate EHEC from other E Coli strains

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It does not ferment sorbitol

54
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What is klebsiella

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Gram negative rod, fast fermenter of lactose

55
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Red currant jelly sputum

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Klebsiella

56
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What does Klebsiella cause

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Intestinal flora that causes lobar pneumonia in alcoholics and diabetics when aspirated
Mucoid colonies caused by abundant polysaccharide capsules
Nosocomial UTI

57
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What are the 4 A’s of klebsiella

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Aspiration pneumonia
Abscess in lungs and liver
Alcoholics
diAbetics

58
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How are salmonella and shigella similar

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Both cause bloody diarrhea and fever, both do not ferment lactose and both are oxidase negative

59
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Salmonella typhi clinical presentation

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Typhoid fever
Rose spots on abdomen, fever, HA, diarrhea
Can stay in gallbladder and cause carrier state

60
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Treatment of shigella

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Fluoroquinolones

61
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How is shigella spread in body

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Cell-cell - no hematogenous spread

62
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How is shigella spread in environment

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Humans and primates

63
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Cellular response of salmonella vs shigella

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Salmonella: Monocyte response
Shigella: PMN infiltration

64
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What is campylobacter jejuni

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Gram negative oxidase + comma shaped, grows in hot temperature.

65
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What does campylobacter cause

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Guillain-Barre, reactive arthritis, bloody diarrhea in kids

66
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What is vibrio cholera

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Gram negative oxidase + comma shaped. Grows in alkaline media

67
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How does vibrio cholera produce rice water diarrhea

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Heat labile endotoxin permanently activates Gs, increasing cAMP.

68
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What does Yersinia enterocolitis cause

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Mesenteric adenitis that can look like appendicitis or crohn’s disease

69
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How is yersinia transmitted

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Pet feces (puppies), contaminated milk, or pork

70
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What is yersinia

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Similar to shigella and salmonella, it’s a gram negative rod, non lactose fermenting and oxidase negative.

71
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What is borrelia

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Spirochete - spiral shaped bacteria w/axial filaments, only spirochete that can be visualized on LM

72
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What is Leptospira interrogans

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Spirochete that causes leptospirosis

73
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What is leptospirosis

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Flu like symptoms, jaundice, photophobia with erythema

74
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Who is leptospirosis found in

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Surfers, in the tropics

It’s found in water contaminated with animal urine

75
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What is Weil disease

A

Icterohemorrhagic leptospirosis

Severe form of leptospirosis with jaundice and azotemia (kidney and liver dysfunction), fever, hemorrhage, and anemia

76
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What is the natural vector for Borrelia burgodrferi

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Mouse

The tick can transmit it

77
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Treatment of Lyme disease

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Doxycycline, Ceftriaxone

78
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What characterizes the Bell’s palsy of Lyme disease

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Bilateral and affects forehead

79
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What is an Argyll Robertson pupil

A

Constricts with accomodation but is not reactive to light

Associated with tertiary syphilis

80
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What are some causes of VDRL false positives

A 
VDRL detects nonspecific antibody that reacts w/beef cardiolipin
Viruses - mono, hepatitis
Drugs
Rheumatic fever
Lupus, leprosy
81
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What is the treatment for all rickettsial diseases

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Doxycycline

82
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What is the rickettsial triad

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Headache, fever, rash (vasculitis)

83
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What causes rocky mountain spotted fever

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Rickettsia rickettsii - obligate intracellular

84
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Clinical pres of RMSF

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Rash that starts at wrists and ankles, then spreads to trunk, palms, and soles

85
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What causes Typhus

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R. typhi - endemic

R. prowazekii - epidemic

86
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What is the rash like in typhus

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Rash starts centrally, then spreads, spares palms and soles

87
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Ehrlichiosis

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Ehrlichia - vector is tick

Monocytes with morula in cytoplasm

88
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Anaplasmosis

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Anaplasma - vector is tick

Granulocytes with morulae in cytoplasm

89
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Q fever agent

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Coxiella burnetii - tick feces and cattle placenta release spores that are inhaled.

90
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Q fever presentation

A

Atypical Pneumonia

91
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How is Q fever unique from other Rickettsia species

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No Weil-Felix reaction

Spores that can survive in endospore form

92
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What are the two forms of chlamydia

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  1. elementary body - infectious, enters cell via endocytosis, transforms into reticulate body
  2. Reticulate body- replicates in cell by fission and reorganizes into elementary bodies
93
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What species of chlamydia cause atypical PNA

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C. pneumoniae, C. psittaci

94
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What species of chlamydia can cause reactive arthritis, follicular conjunctivitis, urethritis, and PID

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Chlamydia trachomatis

95
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Tx of chlamydia

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Azithromycin

96
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Dx of chlamydiae

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Giemsa or fluorescent aby-stained smear shows cytoplasmic inclusions

97
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Lymphogranuloma venerum

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Types L1-L3 of chlamydia trachomatis cause small painless ulcers on genitals that cause swollen and painful inguinal lymph nodes which ulcerate.
Tx = doxycycline

98
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What is the classic cause of atypical walking pneumonia

A

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

99
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Lab findings in mycoplasma pna

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High titer of cold agglutinins (IgM) that can agglutinate or lyse RBCs

100
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How is mycoplasma pneumo grown

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Eaton agar

101
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Tx of mycoplasma pneumo

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Macrolide, doxycycline, or fluoroquinolone

NO pcn - no cell wall

102
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What is contained in mycoplasma pneumo bacterial membrane

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No cell wall

Membrane contains sterols for stability

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