Tick Bite Flashcards
0
Q
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
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Caused by Rickettsia rickettsi
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Q
RMSF
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
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Wood tick or dog tick
3-14 day incubation period
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Q
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
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Rash begins on wrists - pink, blanchable macules - generalized in 6-18 hours Fever HA Myalgia
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Q
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Tx
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Doxycycline
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Q
Lyme Disease
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Caused by Borrelia burgdorferi
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Q
Lyme Disease
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Ixodes sp. tick
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Q
Lyme Disease
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Erythema (chronicum) migrans - "Bull's eye" Weeks to months - cardiac - neurological - rheumatologic
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Lyme Disease Tx
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Serology not helpful
Doxycycline 100mg po bid for 21 days