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Characteristics of Mycoplasma

A

Extremely small
Smallest known free-living organism
Atypical cell wall (None)
Highly pleomorphic
Sterols as Plasma Membrane
Resistant to PCN
Fried Egg appearance

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Treatment for Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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Tetracycline
Macrolides
Fluoroquinolones

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3
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Walking pneumonia

A

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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4
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Diagnosis for Mycoplasma pneumonie

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Cold agglutin Test

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Diagnosis for Mycoplasma pneumonie

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Cold agglutin Test

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Cause non-gonococcal and non-chlamydial urethritis in men

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Ureaplasma urealyticum

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Cause lung disease in premature infants

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Ureaplasma urealyticum

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Characteristics of Chlamydia spp.

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Obligate intracellular parasite
Exhibit similar morphological feature (Gram negative coccobacilli)
Multiply in cytoplasm

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Staining method for Chlamydia spp

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Giemsa Stain

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Chlamydia trachomatis is susceptible or inhibited by what drugs?

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Sulfonamides

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Serotype or serovars of C. trachomatis

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15

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Diseases caused by C. trachomatis

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Trachoma
Nongonococcal urethritis
Lymphogranuloma venereum

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Treatment of Trachoma

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Azithromycin

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Treatment of Lymphogranuloma venereum

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Doxycycline

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Disease caused by Chlamydia psittaci

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Psittacosis

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Psittacosis is also known as

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Parrot fever
Ornithosis - pneumonia

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TF: Chlamydia pneumoniae and psittaci is susceptible to Sulfonamides

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False.

C. pneumoniae and C. psitacci is resistant to sulfonamide

17
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Characteristics of Rickettsia spp.

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Pleomorphic coccobacilli
Gram negative
Obligate intracellular parasite

18
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Transmission of Ricketssia

A

Arthropods bite

19
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Treatment of Rickettsias

A

Doxycycline

20
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Disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsii

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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

21
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Disease caused by Rickettsia prowazeckii

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Epidemic typhus

Aka
Louse born Typhus
Brill-Zinsser Disease

22
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Disease caused by Rickettsia typhii

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Endemic typhus
aka Murine Typhus

23
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Vectors of Rickettsia rickettsii

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Hard ticks (Dermacentor andersoni)

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Vectors of R. prowazeckii

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Pediculus Humanus (Human body louse)

25
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Vector of R typhi

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Xenopsylla cheopsis (Flea)

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