Zoonotic bacteria Flashcards
Bartonella spp.
Cat scratch disease
Transmission: cat scratch
Borrellia burgdorferi
Lyme disease
Transmission: ixodes ticks (liver on deer and mice)
Borrelia recurrentis
Recurrent fever
Transmission: louse (recurrent because of variable surface antigens)
Brucella spp.
Brucellosis/undulant fever
Transmission: unpasteurized diary
Campylobacter
Bloody diarrhea
Transmission: puppies, livestock (also fecal-oral, ingestion, sexual transmission)
Chlamydophila psittaci
Psittacosis
Transmission: parrots, birds
Coxiella burnetii
Q fever
Transmission: spores from tick feces and cattle placenta
Erlichiosis chaffeensis
Erlichiosis (headache, muscle aches, fatigue, causes immune dysregulation by infecting and killing white blood cells)
Transmission: Lone star tick
Francisella tularensis
Tularemia (a.k.a. Rabbit fever, Ohara’s fever, Pahvant valley fever) - fever, lethargy, anorexia, signs of septicemia, possibly death.
6 characteristic clinical symptoms: Ulceroglandular (most common) Glandular Oropharyngeal Pneumonic Oculoglandular Typhoidal
Transmission: ticks, rabbits, deer fly
Leptospira spp.
Leptospirosis
At risk occupations: veterinarians, sewer maintenance work, waste disposal facility
Sx: biphasic disease begins with flu-like symptoms (fever, chills, headache). Resolves. 2nd phase meningitis, liver damage, renal failure
Transmission: animal urine
Mycobacterium leprae
Leprosy
Transmission: armadillos
Pasteurella multocida
Cellulitis, osteomyelitis
Transmission: animal bites, cats, dogs
Rickettsia prowazekii
Epidemic typhus
Transmission: louse
Rickettsia rickettsii
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Transmission: dermacentor tick bite
Rickettsia typhus
Endemic typhus
Transmission: fleas
