lymphatic systems Flashcards

1
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CAusative agent of rocky mountain spotted fever?

A

RIckettsia rickettsii

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2
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Lyme disease causative agent?

A

Borrelia burgdorfer

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3
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Ehrlichia chaffeerisis disease name?

A

HUman monocyte echilia

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4
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Human granulocytic anaplasmosis

A

Anaplasma phagocyticphilium

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5
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Brucellosis Causative agent?

A

Brucella spp.

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6
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Tularemia causative agent?

A

Francisella tulorensis

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7
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How is brucellosis transmitted?

A

Milk from animals

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8
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HOw is tularemia transmitted?

A

deer ticks/flies

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9
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Where is tularemia found?

A

In rabbits and muskrats

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10
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how does brucellosis differ from tularemia?

A

ulcerating papules in tularemia and enlarged lymph nodes in tularemia

Brucellosis can produce chronic feelings and fever spikes to 40degrees
And they have granulyctic lymph nodes

streptomycin treats tularemia though tetracycline treats both

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11
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3 phases of lyme disease?

A
  1. 7 days after = bulls eye rash
  2. months after = irregular heartbeat, inflammation of brain, pain
  3. chornic arthritis, neurological problems in 5%
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12
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one pathogeneic factor of lyme?

A

glycosaminoglycans binds in ECM
Travels through ECM rapidly

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13
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Ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis pathogeneic factors?

A

Bind to scaffolding proteins of WBC, inhibits respirtory burst

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