Other Bacteria Flashcards
Vector in tularemia
Dermacentor
Undulating fever
Brucella abortus
Doxycyline plus rifampin
Treatment of tularensis
Streptomycin or gentamicin
Most virulent bacteria
Yersinia pestis
Treatment: Pasteurella multocida
Penicillin G
Assay for tuberculosis drug resistance
Luciferase
TB: prevents phagosome-lysosomal fusion
Sulfatides
TB: prevents leukocyte migration
Cord factor
Treatment: MAC
Azithromycin
Treatment: lepromatous leprosy
Dapsone
Rifampin
Clofazimine
Treatment: tuberculoid leprosy
Dapsone
Rifampin
Hard nontender swellng with sinus tracts draining sulfur granules
Actinomycosis
Penicillin G
Gram positive rods
Aerial hyphae
Mycetomas
Nocardiosis
TMP-SMX
Most common type of atypical pneumonia
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Most common infectious source of SJS
Mycoplasma pneumoniae