Leptospira, Babesia, zoonooses

Question 1

Rats and prarie dogs are reservoirs

Answer 1

Plague (Yersinis pestis)

Question 1

Only rickettsial organism that doesn’t cause rash

Answer 1

Coxiella burnetti

Question 1

Chubby safety pins

Answer 1

Yersinia pestis (plague)

Question 2

Q fever

Answer 2

Coxiella burnetti

Question 3

Spreads rapidly in skin and subQ tissue

Answer 3

Pasturella (cellulitis, osteomyelitis)

Question 4

Swollen, inflammed lymph node

Answer 4

Bubo (Yersinia pestis)

Question 5

How is the agent of relapsing fever transmitted?

Answer 5

Via body lice

(Borrelia recurrentis)

Question 5

Morulae

Answer 5

Erlichiosis, Anaplasmosis

(Berry-like intracytoplasmic inclusions)

Question 5

Asplenia increases risk of infection

Answer 5

Babesiosis

Question 6

Forms spores

Answer 6

Coxiella burnetti

Question 8

Fever, azotemia, hemorrhage, anemia, jaundice

Answer 8

Weil disease

(icterohemorrhagic leptospirosis)

Question 8

Localize in reticuloendothelial cells

Answer 8

Brucella (undulant fever)

Francisella (tularemia)

Question 9

Plague

Answer 9

Yersinia pestis

Question 10

What are the symptoms of leptospirosis?

Answer 10

Flu-like sx, conjuncivitis without exudate, jaundice, photophobia

Question 10

Epidemic vs endemic typhus

Answer 10

Epidemic = Rickettsia prowasekii, lice

Endemic = Rickettsia typhus, fleas

Question 11

What are some vectors of Campylobacter jejuni besides humans?

Answer 11

Puppies, livestock (undercooked meat)

Question 12

Rash that starts at wrist and ankles and spreads to palms and soles

Answer 12

RMSF (Rickettsia rickettsii)

Question 12

Granulocytes with morula

Answer 12

Anaplasma

Question 12

Symptoms of babesiosis?

Answer 12

Fever, hemolytic anemia

Question 13

Rash that starta on trunk and spreads to limbs but spares palms and soles

Answer 13

Typhus

Question 14

Mandatory 72 hour quarantine

Answer 14

Yersinia pestis (plague)

Question 15

Only rickettsial organism with no arthropod vector

Answer 15

Coxiella burnetti

(Aerosols!!)

Question 17

How are Leptospira transmitted?

Answer 17

Water contaminated with animal urine

Question 17

Maltese cross

Answer 17

Babesiosis

Question 18

Cellulitis, osteomyelitis

Answer 18

Pasturella (G- coccobacillus) Spread via cat and dog bites

Question 19

Photosensitivity, jaundice, flu-like sx, conjunctival suffusion

Answer 19

Leptospirosis

Question 19

Monocytes with morula

Answer 19

Ehrlichiosis

Question 21

How is the agent of Q fever transmitted?

Answer 21

Aerosols of livestock placenta

Question 23

In what demographic is leptosprosis prevalent?

Answer 23

Surfers, Hawaiins (transmitted in water)

Question 24

Answer 24

Babesiosis (notice the maltese crosses)

Question 25

Rickettsia prowazekii

Answer 25

Epidemic typhus (lice)

Question 26

Undulent fever

Answer 26

Brucellosis

Question 27

Under what classification of bugs do Leptospira fall?

Answer 27

Spriochetes

Question 28

Ticks, rabbits, deer fly

Answer 28

Tularemia

Question 29

Where is babesiosis prevalent?

Answer 29

Northeastern US

Question 31

Parrots

Answer 31

C. psittaci

Question 32

Cat and dog bites

Answer 32

Pasturella (cellulitis, osteomyelitis) Bartonella henslae (Cat scratch fever)

Question 33

Killed vaccine for high-risk population

Answer 33

Yersinia pestis (plague)

Question 35

How is the agent of unduldent fever transmitted?

Answer 35

Unpasteurized dairy (Brucella)

Question 37

Fleas

Answer 37

Rickettsia typhus (endemic typhus) Yersinia pestis (plague)

Question 39

Dermacentor ticks

Answer 39

Rickettsia rickettsii (RMSF)

Question 40

Lice

Answer 40

Relapsing fever (Borrelia recurrentis) Epidemic typhus (Rickettsia recurrentis)

Question 42

Ioxedes tick

Answer 42

Anaplasma Bartonella Babesia

Question 44

Lone star ticks

Answer 44

Erlichiosis

Question 45

Armadillo

Answer 45

Leprosy

Question 46

Relapsing fever

Answer 46

Borrelia recurrentis

Question 47

Very low ID50/one of the most virulent organisms

Answer 47

Yersinia pestis (plague)

Question 48

Treatment for all rickettsial diseases

Answer 48

Doxy

Question 49

What is Weil disease?

Answer 49

Icterohemorrhagic leptospirosis - fever, hemorrhage, azotemia and jaundice from renal and hepatic damage, anemia

Question 50

Rickettsia rickettsii

Answer 50

RMSF

Question 51

Animal urine

Answer 51

Leptospirosis

Question 52

Rickettsia typhi

Answer 52

Endemic typhus

Question 53

Factors needed for rickettsial growth

Answer 53

CoA and NAD+ becauses they can't synthesize ATP