zoonotic bacteria (name disease and transmission/source) FA 139

Question 1

Bartonella spp.

Answer 1

cat scratch disease

cat scratch, bite, saliva

Question 2

Borrelia burgdorferi

Answer 2

lyme disease

ixodes ticks (live on deer and mice)

Question 3

Borrelia recurrentis

Answer 3

recurrent fever (due to variable surface antigens)

louse

Question 4

Brucella spp.

Answer 4

brucellosis/undulant fever

unpasteurized dairy

Question 5

Campylobacter

Answer 5

bloody diarrhea

puppies, livestock (fecal-oral, ingestion of undercooked meat)

Question 6

Chlamydophila psittaci

Answer 6

psittacosis

parrots, other birds

Question 7

Coxiella burnetii

Answer 7

Q fever

aerosols of cattle/sheep amniotic fluid

Question 8

Ehrlichia chaffeensis

Answer 8

ehrlichiosis

lone star tick

Question 9

Francisella tularensis

Answer 9

tularemia

ticks, rabbits, deer fly

Question 10

Leptospira spp.

Answer 10

leptospirosis

animal urine

Question 11

Mycobacterium leprae

Answer 11

leprosy

armadillos and humans with lepromatous leprosy

Question 12

Pasteurella multocida

Answer 12

cellulitis, osteomyelitis

animal bite (cats, dogs)

Question 13

Rickettsia prowazekii

Answer 13

epidemic typhus

louse

Question 14

Rickettsia rickettsii

Answer 14

rocky mountain spotted fever

Dermacentor tick bite

Question 15

Rickettsia typhi

Answer 15

endemic typhus

fleas

Question 16

Yersinia pestis

Answer 16

plague

fleas (rats and prairie dogs are reservoirs)