Zoonotic Diseases Flashcards
What is the causative agent of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?
Rickettsia Rickettsii
What is the MC location of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?
Palms and soles of feet
- Centripetal rash
What is the tx for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?
Doxycycline
Chloramphenicol
What is the causative agent of Lyme Disease?
Borrelia Burgdorferi (spirochete)
What does Lyme disease affect?
Skin
Joints
Nervous system
Heart
Lyme disease vectors
Deer tick
Sheep tick
Taiga tick
Black-legged tick
What is the treatment for early-stage Lyme disease?
Doxycycline
Amoxicillin
Cefuroxime
What is the causative organism of Tularemia?
Francisella Tularensis
What is the MC form of Tularemia?
Ulceroglandular/Glandular Tularemia
- glandular: no ulceration
S/sx of Oculoglandular Tularemia?
Ulceration of the conjunctiva
Painful preauricular LAD (hallmark)
Chemosis
S/Sx of Orophayngeal Tularemia?
Cervical LAD
Exudative tonsillitis or pharyngitis
S/sx of Tularemia Pneumonia?
D/t inhalation
- hilar adenopathy
What is the 1st line tx of Tularemia?
Steptomucom
Gentamicin
- if meningitis use FQ or Chloramphenicol
What is the causative agent of Relapsing fever?
Borrelia Hermsii
B. parkeri
B. duttoni
B. miyamotoi
What is a clinical manifestation of relapsing fever?
Rash (macular, papular, petechial) that terminates after 3-10 days, then reoccurs after 1-2 wks
- Chill and flush phase
- CNS complications
What is the treatment for relapsing fever?
Doxycycline
Tetracycline
Erythromycin
Penicillin G
What is the causative agent of Dengue fever?
Dengue fever virus
What is the principal vector of Dengue fever?
Aedes spp. mosquitoes
What clinical manifestation is seen in a pt with Dengue fever?
Saddleback pattern —> initial infxn/ fever is mild or asymptomatic, then sxs become more and more severe
What test is performed in a pt with Dengue fever?
Tourniquet test (will be positive)
What are s/sx of critical phases of Dengue fever?
GI hemorrhage
Plasma leakage into the chest and peritoneal cavities
How is the rash of Dengue fever described?
White islands in a sea of red
What is the causative organism of Zika?
Zika Virus
What is the clinical manifestation in Zika infx in pregnancy?
Microcephaly and fetal brain defects
When can Zika be detected in semen?
Up to 3-6 mos after initial infections
What is the vector of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?
Dog tick and rocky mountain wood tick
What is the vector of Tularemia?
Dog tick
Rocky Mountain wood tick
Long start tick
What is the vector of Relapsing fever?
Soft body ticks
What is a pregnancy complication from Relapsing fever?
Spontaneous abortion
Premature birth
Neonatal death
What is the causative agent of Ebola Hemorrhagic fever?
Ebola virus (from Africa)
What is the reservoir of Ebola Hemorrhagic fever?
Fruit bats
How is Ebola Hemorrhagic fever transmitted?
Consumption of bushmeat
Bats, Gorilla, Chimpanzees, Shrews, and Duikers