Unusual pathogens Flashcards
- Borrelia burgdorferi, SS
Lyme, Ixodes (joint, lesion, cardiac, CNS)
- Borrelia recurrentis, SSSSS
relapsing fever, change sIg
- Leptospira interrogans, SSSSS
vet, cow, slaughter, sewer, Leptospirosis (red eyes, dogs), semisolid media 4-6 wk (wright stain hook on ends)
- Bacillus anthracis
cutaneous/black eschar, inject/necrotizing, gastro/raw, edema/lethal factor, large GPR/waxy glass colony/no hemo/nonmotile
- Bacillus cereus
Emetic/diarrheal, eye trauma (yellow/green)
- Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Erysipeloid, pig, bird, fish, nonmotile/H2S
- Corynebacterium jeikeium
prosthetic/NF
- Corynebacterium ulcerans
exudative pharyngitis, skin ulcer, diphtheria like illness
- C. urealyticum
UTI, rapid urease, GP dots barely see on plate
- Rothia mucilaginosa
GPC/R, blood after mouth
- Chromobacterium violaceum
violent pigment, ox+, water, skin GN
A. Rickettsia rickettsii
rock mountain spotted fever, endothelial cell damage not face, IFA no culture highly infectious
B. Rickettsia prowazekii
epidemic typhus, lice, face rash, Brill-Zinsser disease/Recrudescent typhus
C. Rickettsia typhi
endemic/murine typhus, flea
D. Orientia tsutsugamushi
scrub typhus, black inoculation spot