Ricketssiaceae Flashcards
the only rickettsia that is acquired thru inhalation
Coxiella burnetti
the only ricketssia that is done in plated medium
Bartonella quintana
causative agent of mulberry-morula bodies
Erlichia
characteristic of Erlichia
ability to infect WBCs
causative agent of human monocytic erlichiosis
Erlichia chaffeensis
characterised by ingestion of parasitic host
Neoricketssia
Q fever
Coxiella burnetti
trench fever/louse borne disease
Bartonella quintana
Cat scratch disease
Bartonella henselae
Infective endocarditis
Bartonella elizabethiae
oraya fever/ chronic verruga peruana
Bartonella baciliformis
glod standard for ricketssia
Immunofluorescence assay (IFA)
Weil-Felix reaction
Bartonella
Spotted fever group
R. rickettsii
R. conorii
R. akari
Typhus group
R. prowazekii
R. typhi