MISC Organisms

Question 1

Borrelia burgdorferi

Answer 1

Lyme Disease
Transmitted by ticks
ID: GN spirochete

Disease: Red papule “bulls eye”, flu like symptoms, lyphadanopathy, arthritis

Erythems Chronicum Migrans (ECM): migrating red area
TX: Pen

Question 2

Capnocytophaga canimorsus

Answer 2

cats/dogs

ID: GNB, slow growing, OX+, non-motile

Question 3

Leptospirosis

Answer 3

ID: GN spirochete (helical), motile
Contracted through RAT urine in water, enters through membrane/abrasion

Disease: Icteric Leptospirosis - “Weil’s Syndrome”, hemolysis, jaundice, renal failure
(organism multiples in liver/kidney

Question 4

Streptobacillus moniliformis

Answer 4

“Rat Bite Fever”
ID: GNB fusiform
Disease: “Haverhill Fever” (milk/water borne), rat urine, or rat bite (petichiae on palm/sole

Question 5

Brucellosis

Answer 5

“Mediterranean Fever”, “Malta Fever”, “Undulant Fever”

Transmitted though animal products
Endotoxin
Last months to years (undulant)

Types:
B. meliensis (Goat)
B. suis (pig)
B. abortus (cattle)
B. canis (dog)

Question 6

Bartonella henselae

Answer 6

Cat Scratch Fever
ID: curved GNB
transmitted throgh cat scratch/bite
regional lymphandenopathy, self-limiting