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Micro U2 L2. Flashcards

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Borrelia burgdorferi bacteriology

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motile spirochete, flat wave shape, NOT spiral - larger (stain with silver, IF, standard microscopy), tick borne, mammal reservoirs, transmits in summer in 24-48 hrs

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What is the pathogenesis of borrelia burgdorferi?

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Lyme disease - 1. bite site to 2. blood to 3. heart, joints, CNS. NO toxins, primarily immune evasion

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Signs/symptoms stage one of borrelia burgdorferi?

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expanding macular rash (bullseye), some flu like symptoms (high fever if there is confection with erlichia or babesioa

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Signs/symptoms stage two of borrelia burgdorferi?

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months: cardiac and neurologic involvement: myocarditis, heart block, aseptic meningitis, bell’s palsy, bilateral facial nerve palsy

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Signs/symptoms stage three of borrelia burgdorferi?

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months: arthritis in large joints (knees) -> younger, chronic progressive CNS disease -> older

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What are signs/symptoms of post treatment lyme?

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lingering fatigue, joint pain, mental status changes

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What labs can be done to confirm borrelia burgdorferi?

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serology (ELISA) or IF (usually negative less than 2 weeks post infection) - will look the same if they’ve had lyme before. confirm with western blot or PCR

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Treatment for stage 1 borrelia burgdorferi

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doxycycline or amoxicillin

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Treatment for late stage borrelia burgdorferi

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ceftrixone

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How do you know if treatment is working for borrelia burgdorferi/lyme?

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jarisch herxheimer reaction

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What is borrelia recurrentis and borrelia hermsii?

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relapsing fever

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Borrelia recurrentis and borrelia hermsii bacteriology

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microscopically visible in blood smears, grow on special media

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What is the vector/reservoir for b. recurrentis?

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vector: body louse (from too much scratching) reservoir: humans

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What is the vector/reservoir for b. hermsii?

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vector: soft ticks; reservoir: small mammals, ticks

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Which has a worse prognosis: b. recurrentis or b. hermsii?

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b. recurrentis

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What is a way to tell the difference between b. recurrentis and b. hermsii clincally?

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b. hermsii has 3 relapses while b.recurrentis typically only has one

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B. recurrentis and hermsii pathogenesis

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spirochetes invade blood from bite site, multiply in many tissues -> general malaise and organ dysfunction -> neutralizing antibodies develop -> killing by immune system creates selective pressure for antigen variation -> disease resumes -> repeat

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Diagnosis for B. recurrentis and hermsii

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history of tick bite, fever (2+ episodes 3-5 days with well week inbetween), chills, headaches, organ dysfunction Labs: blood smear, culture optional

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Treatment for B recurrentis and hermsii

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tetracycline - Jarisch Herxheimer reaction

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Rickettsia bacteriology

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very short rods, hard to gram stain, arthropod vectors, obligate intracellular parasites, human is dead end host (infected by accident)

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What are the similarities between Borrelia and Rickettsia?

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  1. arthropod vectors 2. mammalian vectors 3. tetracycline sensitivity
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What are the differences between Borrelia and Rickettsia?

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  1. very short rods, hard to gram stain (borrelia large) 2. obligate intracellular parasites (borrelia not)
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What are the three forms of Rickettsia?

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  1. rocky mountain spotted fever 2. mediterranean spotted fever 3. typhus
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Rocky mountain spotted fever

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vectored by ticks, bacteremia (easily enter blood stream), invade and multiply in vascular endothelium, blood vessels leak as infected cells die causing a rash

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What virulence factors do the spotted fevers have?

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  1. omp A&B for adhesion 2. Type 4 secretion system for entry 3. phospholipase A2 to escape endosome 4. Act A - actin based cell-cell spread
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Mediterranean spotted fever

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dog ticks - not common in US - cause eschar type thing on skin

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What is seen on exam of rocky mountain spotted fever?

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headache, fever, myalgia, vasculitis rash (begins in extremities and then to trunk), history of tick, progresses to delirium, coma, DIC

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Treatment of the spotted fevers

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doxycycline if not pregnant (even for children). alternate for pregnant: chloramphenicol

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Epidemic Typhus pathogenesis

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bacteria multiply in vascular endothelium - untreated course ~2 weeks - mortality from vascular collapse or pneumonia

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What is different about typhus compared to other vectored bacterial infections?

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humans are normal host and reservoir* - vectored by lice which die from the bacteria!!!!

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Brill-Zinsser Disease

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recrudescent typhus - less severe than initial course, risk factors include malnutrition or inadequate antibiotics during first typhus

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Murine Typhus pathogenesis

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accidental transmission to humans of cat/rat typhus - seen in S and SW US

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Scrub Typhus pathogensis

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accidental transmission to humans of O. tsutsugamushi - vectored by chigger - milder than epidemic typhus

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Diagnosis of typhus

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epidemic: abrupt onset fever, chills, unremitting headache, lymphadenopathy, rash (TRUNK TO PERIPHERY), CNS symptoms, cough, deafness, flea bite, natural disaster, war, medical ro military personnel - more common in cold weather

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How can you tell the difference between typhus and rocky mountain spotted fever by rash?

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typhus: trunk to periphery while RMSF is peripher to trunk rash

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Murine and Scrub difference from Epidemic clinically

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more common in warm weather - cough and lymph node involvement more common - milder

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Lab for ricketssia

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IF assay, immunoassay, PCR

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Treatment for ricketssia

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antibiotics before labs come back - doxycycline or chloramphenicol (preg)

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Ehrlichia bacteriology

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tiny gram -; obligate intracellular; replicate in cytoplasm of WBC; form clusters called morulae(look like blackberries); accidental transmission to humans

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Ehrlichia pathogenesis

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asymptomatic - can have flulike symptoms, GI symptoms, meningitis, and/or DIC

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Diagnosis for ehrlichia

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severe headache, myalgias, fever, shaking chills, history of travel. LAB: CBC

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Treatment for ehrlichia

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doxycycline, alternate fluoroquinolones

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Anaplasma bacteriology

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small gram -; obligate intracellular; survive and multiply in early endosome of WBC (esp neutrophils); grow in morulae, vectored by ticks

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Difference between anaplasma and ehrlichia

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anaplasma: endosome of WBC instead of cytoplasm - more serious - can put healthy people in intensive care

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Similarities of rickettsia, ehrlichia, anaplasma

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small cocci-to-short rods transferred by arthropod vectors

ABBEY MSII Unit 2 (19 decks)

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