RICKETTSIA Flashcards
Simplest bacterial form and considered as transitional organism between bacteria and virus.
RICKETTSIA
Fastidious bacteria and obligate, intracellular parasites.
RICKETTSIA
Rocky mountain spotted fever (RMSF) most
serious rickettsial infection
SPOTTED FEVER GROUP:
Gram-negative cell wall, motile, will not grow in
cell-free media
RICKETTSIA
Multiply
Binary fission
Survive briefly outside of their host
RICKETTSIA
Small, pleomorphic, gram-negative
bacilli. They do not undergo any intracellular
developmental cycle
Microscopy of RICKETTSIA
R. prowazekii and R.
rickettsii.
Agents of bioterrorism
humans are the accidental hosts and
ticks are the main vector and reservoir.
Rocky mountain spotted fever
Rashes developed on the palms of the hands
and soles of the feet
SPOTTED FEVER GROUP
Rashes that are similar to
RMSF but on face.
Boutonneuse fever
(black spot): present in BF
Tache noires
rashes face and extremities
Rickettsialpox
characterized by rashes on
the face, palms, and soles of feet of the sick.
Endemic typhus
- Rashes are not commonly observed
- Inhalation of aerosol from dried infected flea
feces is also a mode of transmission of
Rickettsia typhi infection.
TYPHUS GROUP
Boutonneuse fever
or
Mediterranean
spotted fever
Rickettsia
conorii
Ticks
(Rhipicephalu
s sanguineus)
Rickettsia
conorii
Rocky Mountain
Spotted Fever
Rickettsia
rickettsii
Wood ticks
(Dermacentor andersoni)
Dog ticks
(Dermacentor
variabilis)
Brown Dog
ticks
(Rhipicephalu
s sanguineus
and Amblyomma
cajennense
Rickettsia
rickettsii
Rickettsial pox
Rickettsia akari
Mouse mite
(Liponyssoide
s sanguineus)
Rickettsia akari
Flea-borne spotted
fever
Rickettsia felis
Flea bite or
feces
Rickettsia felis
Epidemic
typhus/BrillZinsserdisease
Rickettsia
prowazekii
Body louse
(Pediculus
humanus
corporis)
Squirrel flea
(Orchopeas
howardi)
Squirrel louse
(Neohematopi
nus
sciuriopteri)
Rickettsia
prowazekii
Scrub typhus
Orientia
tsutsugamuchi
Chigger
(Leptotrombid
ium deliense)
bite
Orientia
tsutsugamuchi
Human Monocytic
ehrlichiosis
Ehrlichia
chaffeensis
Lone star tick
(Amblyomma
americanum)
Ehrlichia
chaffeensis
Human
granulocytoropic
anaplasmosis
Anaplasma
phagocytophila
Deer tick
(Ixodes
scapularis
and Ixodes
pacificus)
Anaplasma
phagocytophila
Q fever
Coxiella
burnetti
Inhalation of
aerosol and
infected
animals
Coxiella
burnetti
Trench fever
Bartonella
quintana