Zoonotic Bacteria Flashcards
Bartonella
Cat scratch disease
Cat scratch
Anaplasma
Anaplasmosis Ixodes ticks (deer and mice)
Borrelia borgdorferi
Lyme disease Ixodes ticks (deer and mice)
Borrelia recurrentis
Relapsing fever
Louse (recurrent due to variable surface antigens)
Brucella
Undulent fever
Unpasteurized dairy
Campylobacter jejuni
Bloody diarrhea
Puppie, livestock (fecal-oral, ingestion of undercooked meet)
Chlamydophila psittaci
Psittacosis - pneumonia with dry hacking cough, sore throat, fever and headaches
Giemsa stain
Parrots
Coxiella burnetti
Q fever - flu like symptoms, abrupt
Aerosols of cattle/sheep amniotic fluid
Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Ehrlichosis - headaches, malaise, fatigue, decreased tnf-alpha, followed by opportunistic infections, purpura, toxic shock
Lone star tick - ambylomma
Francisella tularensis
Tularemia - flu symptoms, lesions, face and eyes redden, sepsis, lymphadenopathy
Ticks, rabbits, deer fly