MICROBIOLOGY Flashcards
Lyme disease
Transmission & source: Ixodes ticks (live on deer and mice)
BORRELIA BURGDORFERI
Cat scratch disease
Transmission & source: cat scratch
BARTONELLA SPP
Recurrent fever
Transmission & source: Louse (recurrent because of variable surface antigens)
BORRELIA RECURRENTIS
Brucellosis/undulant fever
Transmission & source: unpasteurized dairy
BRUCELLA SPP
Bloody diarrhea
Transmission & source: puppies, livestock (fecal-oral, ingestion of undercooked meat)
CAMPYLOBACTER
Psittacosis
Transmission & source: parrots, other birds
CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI
Q fever
Transmission & source: aerosols of cattle/sheep amniotic fluid
COXIELLA BURNETII
Ehrlichiosis
Transmission & source: Lone star tick
EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS
Tularemia
Transmission & source: ticks, rabbits, deer fly
FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS
Leptospirosis
Transmission & source: animal urine
LEPTOSPIRA SPP
Leprosy
Transmission & source: Armadillos and humans with lepromatous leprosy
MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE
Cellulitis, osteomyelitis
Transmission & source: animal bite, cats, dogs
PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA
Epidemic typhus
Transmission & source: louse
RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Transmission & source: Dermacentor tick bite
RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII
Endemic typhus
Transmission & source: fleas
RICKETTSIA TYPHI
Plague
Transmission & source: fleas (rats and prairie dogs are reservoirs)
YERSINIA PESTIS
A pleomorphic, gram-variable rod that causes vaginosis presenting as a gray vaginal discharge with a fishy smell
Nonpainful
Associated with sexual activity, but not an STD
Bacterial vaginosis is characterized by overgrowth of certain bacteria in vagina
Clue cells, or vaginal epithelial cells covered with bacteria, are visible under the microscope (arrow)
TREATMENT: Metronidazole
GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS
