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Zoonotic Infections Flashcards

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zoonosis

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  • infectious disease transmitted between animals and humans
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Anaplasma spp.–disease

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  • anaplasmosis
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Anaplasma spp.–transmission and source

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  • Ixodes ticks
    • live on deer and mice
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Bartonella spp.–disease

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  • cat scratch disease
  • bacillary angiomatosis
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Bartonella spp.–transmission and source

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  • cat scratch
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Borrelia burgdorferi–disease

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  • Lyme disease
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Borrelia burgdorferi–transmission and source

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  • Ixodes tixks
    • live on deer and mice
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Borrelia recurrent**is–disease

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  • relapsing fever
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Borrelia recurrentis–transmission and source

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  • louse
    • recurrent due to variable surface antigens
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Brucella spp.–disease

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  • Brucellosis/undulant fever
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Brucella spp.–transmission and source

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  • unpasteurized dairy
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Campylobacter–disease

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  • bloody diarrhea
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Campylobacter–transmission and source

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  • feces from infected pets/animals
  • contaminated meats/foods/hands
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Chlamydophila psittaci–disease

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  • Psittacosis
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Chlamydophila psittaci–transmission and source

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  • parrots
  • other birds
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Coxiella burnetii–disease

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  • Q fever
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Coxiella burnetii–transmission and source

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  • aerosols of cattle/sheep amniotic fluid
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Ehrlichia chaffeensis–disease

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  • Ehrlichiosis
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Ehrlichia chaffeensis–transmission and source

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  • Amblyomma (Lone Star tick)
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Francisella tularensis–disease

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  • Tularemia
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Francisella tularensis–transmission and source

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  • ticks
  • rabbits
  • deer flies
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Leptospira spp.–disease

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  • Leptospirosis
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Leptospira spp.–transmission and source

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  • animal urine in water
  • recreational water use
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Mycobacterium leprae–disease

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  • Leprosy
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Mycobacterium leprae–transmission and source

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  • humans with lepromatous leprosy
  • armadillo (rare)
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Pasteurella multocida–disease

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  • cellulitis
  • osteomyelitis
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Pasteurella multocida–transmission and source

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  • animal bite
  • cats
  • dogs
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Rickettsia prowazekii–disease

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  • epidemic typhus
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Rickettsia prowazekii–transmission and source

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  • human to human via human body louse
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Rickettsia rickettsii–disease

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  • Rocky Mountain spotted fever
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Rickettsia rickettsii–transmission and source

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  • Dermacentor (dog tick)
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Rickettsia typhi–disease

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  • Endemic typhus
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Rickettsia typhi–transmission and source

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  • fleas
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Salmonella spp. (except S. typhi)–disease

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  • diarrhea (which may be bloody)
  • vomiting
  • fever
  • abdominal cramps
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Salmonella spp. (except S. typhi)–transmission and source

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  • reptiles
  • poultry
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Yersinia pestis–disease

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  • plague
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Yersinia pestis–transmission and source

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  • fleas
    • rats and prairie dogs are reservoirs
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properties of Gardnerella vaginalis

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  • a pleomorphic, gram variable rod
  • involved in bacterial vaginosis
  • associated with sexual activity, but NOT sexually transmitted
  • Clue cells (vaginal epithelial cells covered with Gardnerella) have stippled appearance along with other margin (see pic)
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Gardnerella vaginalis–presentation

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  • presents as a gray vaginal discharge with a fishy smell
  • non painful (vs. vaginitis)
  • Clue cells have stippled apparance along outer margin
    • “I don’t have a clue why I smell fish in the vagina garden”
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Gardnerella vaginalis–treatment

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  • metronidazole
  • clindamycin
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Amine Whiff Test

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  • used for Gardnerella vaginalis
  • mixing discharge with 10% KOH enhances fishy odor
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Rickettsial diseases and vector borne illnesses–treatment

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  • treatment for all–doxycyline
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Rickettsial diseases and vector borne illnesses–which rashes are common?

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  • Rocky Mountain spotted fever
  • Typhus
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Rickettsial diseases and vector borne illnesses–which rashes are rare?

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  • Ehrlichiosis
  • Anaplasmosis
  • Q fever
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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  • Rickettsia rickettsii
  • vector is tick
  • occurs primarily in South Atlantic states, especiallly North Carolina
  • rash typically starts at wrists and ankles and then spreads to the trunk, palms, and soles
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classic triad of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

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  • headache
  • fever
  • rash (vasculitis)
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in which diseases/infections do you see a palms/soles rash?

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  • seen in:
    • Coxsackievirus
    • A infection (hand, foot, mouth disease)
    • Rocky Mountain Spotted fever
    • 2ndary Syphilis
      • “you drive CARS using your palms and soles”
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Typhus

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  • endemic (fleas)–R. typhi
  • epidemic (human body louse)–R. prowzekii
  • rash starts centrally and spreads out
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how to distinguish Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Typhus?

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  • “R**ickettsia on the wR**ists. Typhus on the Trunk”
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Ehrlichiosis

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  • Ehrlichia
  • vector is a tick
  • Monocytes with morulae (mulberry like inclusions) in cytoplasm
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Anaplasmosis

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  • Anaplasma
  • vector is tick
  • Granulocytes with morulae in cytoplasm
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how to distinguish Ehrlichiosis from Anaplasmosis?

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  • MEGA berry
    • Monocytes = Ehrlichiosis
    • Granulocytes = Anaplasmosis
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Q fever

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  • Coxiella burnetii
  • no arthropod vector
  • spores inhaled as aerosols from cattle/sheep amniotic fluid
  • presents as pneumonia
  • most common cause of culture - endocarditis
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Q fever mnemonic

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  • “Q fever is Queer because it has no rash or vector and its causative organism can survive outside in its endospore form.” Not in the Rickettsia genus, but closely related”
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properties of Chlamydiae

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  • cannot make own ATP
  • obligate intracellular organisms
    • “Chlamys” = cloak (intracellular)
  • chlamydial cell wall lacks classic peptidoglycan (due to reduced muramic acid) which renders beta lactam antibiotics less effective
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what do Chlamydiae cause?

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  • mucosal infections
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name the 2 forms of chlamydiae

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  • elementary body
  • reticulate body
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elementary body chlamydiae

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  • Elementary body (small, dense) is “Enfectious” and Enters cell via Endocytosis
  • transforms into reticulate body
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reticulate body chlamydiae

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  • Reticulate body Replicates in cell by fission
  • Reorganizes into elementary bodies
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Chlamydia trachomatis

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  • causes:
    • reactive arthritis (Reiter syndrome)
    • follicular conjunctivitis (see pic)
    • nongonococcal urethritis
    • PID
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what 2 types of Chlamydia cause atypical pneumonia? How is it transmitted?

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  • Chlamydophila pneumoniae
  • Chlamydophila psittaci
    • ​transmitted by aerosol
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Chlamydiae–treatment

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  • azithromycin (favored b/c one time treatment)
  • doxycycline
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C. psittaci

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  • has an avian reservoir (parrots)
  • causes atypical pneumonia
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Chlamydiae–lab diagnosis

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  • cytoplasmic inclusions seen on Giemsa or fluorescent antibody stained smear
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3 categories of Chlamydia trachomatis serotypes

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  • Types A, B, and C
  • Types D-K
  • Types L1, L2, L3
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Types A, B, C Chlamydia trachomatis

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  • chronic infection
  • cause blindness due to follicular conjunctivitis in Africa
  • “ABC = Africa, Blindness, Chronic infection”
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Types D-K Chlamydia trachomatis

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  • urethritis/PID
  • ectopic pregnancy
  • neonatal pneumonia (staccato cough) with eosinophilia
  • neonatal conjunctivitis
    • neonatal disease can be acquired during passage thru infected birth canal
  • “D-K = everything else”
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Types L1, L2, L3 Chlamydia trachomatis

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  • Lymphogranuloma venereum
    • small, painless ulcers on genitals –> swollen, painful inguinal lymph nodes that ulcerate (buboes)
    • treat with doxycycline
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what is the classic cause of atypical “walking” pneumonia, and what are the symptoms?

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  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae
    • insidious onset
    • headache
    • nonproductive cough
    • patchy or diffuse insterstitial infiltrate
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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  • xray looks worse than the patient
  • high titer of cold agglutinins (IgM) which can agglutinate or lyse RBCs
    • grown on Eaton agar
    • “Mycoplasma gets cold without a coat (cell wall”
  • no cell wall
  • not seen on gram stain
  • pleomorphic (see pic)
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae–treatment

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  • macrolides
  • doxycyline
  • fluoroquinolone
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae–why is penicillin ineffective

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  • b/c no cell wall
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae–what is in the bacterial membrane and why?

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  • sterols for stability
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in which population is Mycoplasmal pneumonia most common?

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  • patients < 30 years old
  • frequent outbreaks in military recruits and prisons

USMLE Step I Microbiology (44 decks)

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