Gram - Zoonotic bacteria Flashcards
Bartonella spp
Cat scratch –> Cat scratch ds (low fever, lymphadenopathy)
-Bacillary Angiomatosis (prolif of blood vessels, tumor like masses) and culture-neg endocarditis in HIV+
Borrelia Burgdorferi
-Ixodes ticks (deer and mice) –> Lyme ds
Borrelia recurrentis
on Louse –> Recurrent fever
(recurrent bc of variable surface antignes)
Brucella spp.
Unpasteurized dairy or infected animals–> Brucellosis/undulant fever = muscle pain, sweating, arthritis..
Brucella is a facultative intracellular bug
gram - coccobacillus
Campylobacter
- Puppies/livestock (fecal/oral, uncooked meat)
- -> Bloody diarrhea
Chlamydophila psittaci
-Parrots/birds –> Psittacosis/atypical pneumonia
Coxiella burnetii
Aerosols of cattle/sheep amniotic fluid –> Q fever
Honora BURNETT wants to be an OB/Gyn for Sheep/cattle. Her middle initial is “Q”
Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Lone Star tick –> Ehrlichiosis
the lone star sheriff has to work all night and needs to CHAFFEEN-ate so he can ER-LICH-your butt
Francisella tularensis
-Ticks, rabbits, deer, fly –> Tularemia/”Deer fly fever”
Leptospira spp
Animal urine –> Leptospirosis
spirochete
The surfer in the rat infested sewers
Mycobacterium Leprae
Armadillos and humas w lepromatous leprosy –> Leprosy
(armadillos have scaly skin ~ leprosy)
acid fast/gram + rod
Pasteurella multocida
Animal bite, cats, dogs –> Cellulitis, Osteomyelitis
gram - diplococci
ELLA only drank PASTEURIZED milk to prevent OSTEOMYELITIS, and was annoyed that all of her pet ANIMALS (cats/dogs) kept biting her and giving her CELLULITIS
Rickettsia prowazekii
Louse – Epidemic typhus
gram - cocci
The LOUSE was on the PROWLazekki to find RICKettsia and give him EPIDEMIC typhus
Rickettsia rickettsi
Dermacentor tick bite –> Rocky Mountain spotted fiver
gram - cocci
(ppl in the rocky mtns are dumb and you have to repeat things twice (Rickettsi Rickettsi)
Rickettsia typhi
Fleas –> ENDEMIC typhus
gram - cocci
Yersinia Pestis
Fleas (rats, prairie dogs) –> Plague
gram - rod, lactose -, oxidase -
