Mycoplasma, Rockettsia, Chlamydia, Spirochetes, Curbed Rods

Question 1

Rickettsia

Answer 1

Wood tick bite causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever -> typhus

Question 2

Chlamydia

Answer 2

No classic cell wall. STD, trachomatis, an ocular disease.

Question 3

Treponema

Answer 3

Spirochete. Syphilis.

Question 4

Borrelia

Answer 4

Spirochete. Lyme disease, bullseye at deer tick bite, relapsing fever.

Question 5

Leptospiro

Answer 5

Spirochete. Infected by urine in fresh water, , cause bacteremia which resolves and bacteria remain in kidneys where excreted to further infest water

Question 6

Mycoplasma

Answer 6

Lack cytochromes, enzymes of Krebs cycle, and cell walls. Require cholesterol growth factors, can colonize mucous membrane, respiratory and urinary tract.
Cause walking pneumonia, unique less severe pneumonia with atypical sore throat, fever, headache.

Question 7

Vibrio cholera

Answer 7

Cholera (firehouse diarrhea, rice water stool)

Question 8

Campylobacter

Answer 8

Most common bacterial gastroenteritis, bloody frequent diarrhea

Question 9

Helicobacter pylori

Answer 9

Gastritis, ulcers, stomach cancer