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Rickettsia, Chlamydia, Spirochetes, Ureaplasma, Mycoplasma Flashcards

1
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Obligate intracellular organisms

A

Rickettsia
Chlamydia

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2
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Culture media for Rickettsia

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Yolk sac / embryonated eggs

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3
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This is where Rickettsia multiplies inside man

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Endothelial cells

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4
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SPOTTED GRP:

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

A

R. rickettsii

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5
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SPOTTED GRP:

Rickettsial pox (Mites)

A

R. akari

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6
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SPOTTED GRP:

Australian/Queensland tick typhus (Ticks)

A

R. australis

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7
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SPOTTED GRP:

Boutonneuse fever (Ticks)

A

R. conorii

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8
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TYPHUS GRP:

Epidemic typhus
Sporadic typhus
Brill-Zinser disease

(Lice)

A

R. prowazekii

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9
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TYPHUS GRP:

Murine typhus
Endemic typhus

(Fleas)

A

R. typhi

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10
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Scrub typhus (Mites-Chiggers)

A

Orientia tsutsugamushi

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11
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Q fever (Ticks-Aerosols)

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Coxiella burnetti

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12
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EHRLICHIOSIS

Human MONOCYTE ehrlichiosis (Ticks)

A

Ehrlichia chaffeensis

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EHRLICHIOSIS

Human GRANULOCYTE ehrlichiosis ( Ticks)

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Ehrlichia phagocytophila
Ehrlichia ewingii

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14
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EHRLICHIOSIS

Senetsu fever (Ticks)

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Neorickettsia sennetsu

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15
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2 forms of Chlamydia:

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Reticulate body (replicative)
Elementary body (infectious)

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16
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Detection of Elementary bodies in Chlamydia trachomatis

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DFA: Direct Fluorescence Antibody staining

(Fluorescein-isothiocyanate conjugated monoclonal abs) FITC

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17
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McCoy Cells for culture

A

Chlamydia

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18
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TWAR strain
Taiwan Acute Respiratory Strain

A

Chlamydia pneumoniae

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19
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Psittacosis/Ornithosis

A

Chlamydia psittaci

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20
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Causative agent of:

Chlamydia, Trachoma, Lymphagranuloma venereum, Inclusion conjunctivitis

A

Chlamydia trachomatis

21
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Pleomorphic organisms that lack cell wall

A

Ureaplasma
Mycoplasma

22
Q

Smallest free-living organisms capable of growing in artificial media

A

Ureaplasma
Mycoplasma

23
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Ureaplasma and Mycoplasma requires what growth factor to survive

A

Sterols (Cholesterol)

24
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Primary atypical pneumonia
Walking pneumonia

A

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

25
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Medium for Mycoplasma pneumoniae

A

SP4 broth (yellow)

26
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Post abortal fever
Postpartum fever

A

Mycoplasma hominis

27
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Fried egg appearance; cause of genital mycoplasma

A

Mycoplasma hominis

28
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Manganese chloride test (+)
Urease (+)

A

Ureaplasma urealyticum

29
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Cork-screw motility

A

Spirochetes

30
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Axial filaments for motility

A

Spirochetes

31
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Slender with tight coils

32
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Thick, few, looser coils

33
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Res. Borrelia but with hooked ends

A

Leptospira

34
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Comma, helical-shaped, tapered ends

Four flagella/ each end

A

Brachyspira

35
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Venereal syphilis

A

Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum

36
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Yaws

A

T. pallidum subsp. pertenue

37
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Endemic nonvenereal syphilis

A

T. pallidum subsp. endemicum

38
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Pinta

A

T. carateum

39
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Stages of syphilis: (4)

A

Primary: Chancre
Secondary: Condylomata (wart-like lesions)
Latent: absent symptoms
Tertiary: Gummas + Neurosyphilis

40
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Microscope used for Treponema

A

Dark-field

41
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Nontreponemal tests

42
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Treponemal tests

A

FTA-ABS
TP-PA

43
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Louse-borne epidemic relapsing fever

A

Borrelia recurrentis

44
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Lyme disease

A

Borrelia burgdoferi (Ixodes ticks)

45
Q

Bull’s eye lesion

A

Borrelia burgdoferi
Lyme disease

46
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Causative agent of Leptospirosis:

A

Leptospira interrogans

47
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Specimen for Early infection for leptospirosis

48
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Specimen after second week of infection of leptospirosis

49
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Media for Leptospira

A

EMJH: Ellinghausen-McCullough-Johnson-Harris
Fletcher’s medium

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