zoonotics Flashcards
examples of BACTERIAL zoonotic dz
yersinia pestis - plague
francisella tularensis - tularemia
borrelia burg - lymes
types of plague
bubonic
septicemic
pneumoic
**usu progress in that order
bubonic plague
lymph gland swelling
- 2-5 day post flea bite
- 60-90% mortality if untreated
septicemic plague
invasion of organs with no evidence of prior dz
- death in 12-24 hours
- NO buboes
pneumonic plague
primary or secondary lung infx
100% fatal if untreated
-can now spread via aerosol or hematog
characterisic stain of yersinia pestis
- geisma stain
- SAFETY PIN
- g (-)
- non motile
PLASMA encoded macrophage destruction products of Yersinia pestis
VW surface ag
type III secretion system
flea associated virulence factors
coagulase fibrinolysin
CHROMOSOMALLY encoded mac destruction of Yersinia pestis
iron aq system
attachment and invasion factors
endotoxin
types of tularemia (5)
1) glandular- tick bite, no primary lesion
2) ULCEROGLANDULAR- breach skin, DIRECT contact with infected animal (80%)*****
3) oculoglandular (1%)
4) typhoidal- ingestion of meat, H2O >10^7 orgs
5) pulmonary
morphology of tularemia. how does it evade the immune system?
g(-) coccobacillus
- pleiomorphic
- faculative intracellular
- cystein for growth
- PHASE VARIATION –> varies pilli
Tularemia infx are mostly associated with _____? Vector is ____?
rabbits, cats
ticks
tularemia drugs
streptomycin/genamicin
levo
doxy
t/f: plague and tularemia are potential bioterrorism weapons?
true.
tularemia and the plague both spread by what modes?
aerosol
insect vectors
Can the plague be transmitted person to person?
YES. tularemia cannot.
Pneumonic plague
what stage (and percentage) of ixodes tick development is associated with lyme?
nypmh stage. 98%. Little. Size of the D on dime.
lymes disease bug? percentage of ticks that carry it?
borrelia burgdorferi
10-36%
-rate of transmission related to hours attached to skin
morphology of borrelia?
spirochetes
hard to culture
most common clinical presentation of Lyme? other maifestations?
-erythema migrans –> ONLY 30% of patients
-arthritis
-bells palsy
-radiculopathy
meningities
cardiac
general course of lyme disease? (3 stages)
- incubation: 3-30 days, multiply in skin, move into blood
- Stage 1: localized, ERYTHEMA MIGRANS, 1-4 wek
- Stage 2: disseminated infx, 1week- 6 months, sx are intermittent
- Stage 3: persistent infx, acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans, 6 months - 30 years
explain borrellia borgdorferi’s love for collagen
- spirochetal decorin binding proteins A and B bind decorin GAGs on collagen fibrils
- see it in EXM in heart, NS, joints
treatment of Lyme?
primary/secondary infx (skin, joints, heart block) –> oral doxy
tertiary infx (add nervrous system findings) –> ceftriaxone, cefotaxime IV 14-28 days