Zoonotic bacteria and pleomorphic Flashcards
Zoonosis?
infectious disease transmitted between animals and humans
Anaplasma - disease / transmission and source
- Anaplasmosis
- ixode ticks (live on deer and mice)
ixode tick is the vector of
- Borrelia burdorferi
- Anaplasma
- protozoa Babesia
Borrelia burdorferi - disease / transmission and source
Lyme disease ixode ticks (live on deer and mice)
Bartonella - disease
- cat scratch disease
2. bacillary angiomatosis
bacillary angiomatosis?
Benign capillary skin papules found in AIDS patients caused by Bartonella henselae infections
bacillary angiomatosis vs kaposi sarcoma according to histology
Bacillary angiomatosis –> neutrophilic infiltrate
Kaposi sarcoma –> lymphocytic infiltrate
Bartonella diseases are caused by
cat scratch
cat scratch disease?
cutaneous lesion at the site of cat scratch/bute with regional lymphadenopathy with fever and malaise
cat scratch disease - biopsy
granoulomas
Campylobacter jejuni - disease
- Major cause of bloody diarrhea (esp in children)
- Guillain - Barre
- Reactive arthritis `
Campylobacter jejuni - transmission
- Fecal-oral transmission through person-person
- ingestion of poultry, meat (undercooked), unpasteurized milk
- contact with infected animals (dogs, cats, pigs)
Clamydophila psittaci - disease / transmission and source
Psittacosis
aerosol (Parrots and other birds)
Coxiella burnetti - disease / transmission and source
Q fever
aerosol of cattle/sheep amniotic fluid
Ehrlichia caffeensis - disease / transmission and source
Ehrlichiosis
Ambylomma (Lone star tick) - white tailed deer
Franciella tularencis - disease / transmission and source
Tularemia
ticks
rabbits, deer fly (handling of infected animals, aerosolization)
Tularemia - forms (and proportions)
- Ulcerroglandular form (80%)
2. typhoidal form (10-15%) (pneumonia and bacteremia)
Leptospira - transmission and source
Animal urine
Mycobacterium leprae - disease / transmission and source
Leprosy (Hansen disease)
Humans with lepromatous leprosy
armadillo (rare)
Pasteruella multocida - disease / transmission and source
- Cellulitis
- Osteomyelitis
animal bite, cat, dog
Yesrinia pestis - disease / source and transmission (and resevoirs)
PLAQUE
- fleas (rats and prairie are dogs reservoirs)
- contact with infected animals
- aerosol
Yesrinia pestis reservoirs
rats and prairie are dogs
Rickettsia prowazeki - disease / transmission
Epidemic typhus
hyman to human via human body louse
Rickettsia rickettsi - disease / transmission and source
Rocky mountain spotted fever
Dermacentor (dog tick)
Rickettsia typhi - disease / transmission
Endemic typhus
rodent fleas
pleomorphic bacteria
- Gardnerella vaginalis
- Ricketsia
- Chlamydiae
Gardnerella vaginalis - disease
bacterial vaginosis
Gardnerella vaginalis - characteristics / gram
pleomorphic, gram variable rob
Gardnerella vaginalis - presents as
- a gray vaginal discharge with a fishi smell
- non painful
Gardnerella vaginalis - sex
is associated with sexual activity but it is not an STD
Gardnerella vaginalis - smell
fishy
Gardnerella vaginalis - treatment
metronidazole or clindamycin
Gardnerella vaginalis is also characterized by … (in vagina)
overgrowth of certain anaerobic bacteria in vagina
Gardnerella vaginalis - diagnosis
- Amine whiff test
2. Clue cell on saline smear (under the microscope)
Amine whiff test?
mixing discharge with 10% kOH enhances fishy odor (bacterial vaginosis - Gardnerella vaginalis)
Clue cell?
vaginal epithelial cells covered with Gardonella bacteria (stippled appearance along outer margins) - visible under the microscope
Clue cell are visible under the
microscope
Gardnerella vaginalis - treatment
metronidazole or clindamycin
Gardnerella vaginalis - type of inflammation
no inflammation
vector-borne illness - rash common and rash rare diseases
Rash rare: 1. Ehrlichiosis 2. Anaplasmosis 3. Q fever
Rash common: 1. Rocky Mountain spotted fever 2. Typhus
vector-borne illness - rash common diseases
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever
2. Typhus
causes of Rocky Mountain spotted fever / transmission and source
Rickettssia rickettsii
Dermacentor (dog tick)
Rickettssia rickettsii - area (map)
despite its name –> occurs primarily in:
SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES (NORTH CAROLINA)