Rocky Mountain Spotted and Friends Flashcards
Rocky mountain spotted fever Causative agent
Ticks infected with Ricketssia Ricketssi
Rocky mountain rash
Rash that involves the soles of palm and feet centripetal rash
Lyme and Rocky mountain Tx
Doxycycline 100 mg 7-10 days
Rocky Mountain Spotted fever sever DZ risk
Patients with G6PD deficiency, elderly, alcoholics
Lyme DZ rash
Erythema Migrans
Borrelia Burgdorferi
Lyme DZ
Reservoirs of lyme Dz
white footed mouse
Vector of lyme DZ
Tick bites, spirochete zoonosis
Stage 1 of Lyme
Rash bulls eye lesion tx w/ Doxycycline x21 days, amoxocillion for children under 8 years old
Stage 2 of Lyme
meningitis, bilateral bells palsy
Stage 3 of Lyme
neurologic, cardiac issues, chronic fatigue and arthritis
Tularemia causative agent
Francisella Tularensis
Tularemia vector
tick
Resevoir Tularemia
rabbits, prairie dogs
Ulcerglandular Tularemia
most common forms of tularemia. Ulceration at the site of the bite with lymphadenopathy.
Oculoglandular Tularemia
ulceration to the conjunctiva, preauricular node enlargement
Tularemia Pneumonia
higher mortality, hilar adenopathy, CP
Oropharyngeal Tularemis
ingesting contaminated food and water
Tx of Tularemia
Streptomyocin or gentomyocin
Hallmark of Oculoglandular Tularemia
painful preauricular LAD
Relapsing fever
soft body ticks, borrelia family
Relapsing fever manifestations
Chills fever comes on then goes away chill phase/ flush phase drenching diaphoresis
Dengue Fever caused by
dengue fever virus
Clinical manifestations of Dengue fever
Saddleback pattern in infections tend to be worse and worse