Term
Mycoplasma
Rickettsia & Coxiella
Chlamydia |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
- smaller than bacteria - 0.3 μm
- no PG in walls
- no rigid shape (pleomorphic)
- smallest known microorganism to grow on agar plates and form colonies
|
|
Definition
| Characteristics of Mycoplasma |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Leading cause of pneumonia in hospital patients which can also cause endocarditis and blood vessel damage. |
|
|
Term
| Tetracycline and doxycycline |
|
Definition
| What is used to treat Mycoplasma? |
|
|
Term
- smaller than most bacteria (0.5 μm)
- very little PG in wall
- coccobacillary shape (oval)
- obligate intracellular parasite
|
|
Definition
| Characteristics of Rickettsia bacteria |
|
|
Term
| Inside cells lining blood vessels of humans/animals (endophilial cells). |
|
Definition
| Where Rickettsia prefers to grow. |
|
|
Term
| By ticks or lice (blood feeders) |
|
Definition
| How Rickettsia is transmitted to humans. |
|
|
Term
| High fever, rash, delirium, kidney damage, heart damage and brain damage. |
|
Definition
| Symptoms and damage caused by Rickettsia. |
|
|
Term
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (spread by ticks)
Typhus (spread by body lice) |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Tetracycline or docycycline |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
- smaller than most bacteria
- very little PG in walls
- can appear coccus like or rod like
- Elementary body
- Reticulate body
- obligate intracellular parasite
|
|
Definition
| 6 Characteristics of Chlamydia |
|
|
Term
Psittacosis (parrot fever)
Trachoma
Lymphogranulomavenerium
Non specific Chlamydia genitourinary infection |
|
Definition
| Four infections caused by Chlamydia |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| type of ornithosis called parrot fever that causes respiratory infection of parrots, parakeets, etc... |
|
|
Term
| Chlamydia infected fecal matter is inhaled and causes flu-like illness with chronic cough, fever and pneumonia. |
|
Definition
| How Psittacosis is contracted and its symptoms. |
|
|
Term
| Tetracycline and doxycycline |
|
Definition
| Treatment for Psittacosis |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| World's leading cause of blindness which causes conjunctivitis. |
|
|
Term
| By contaminated animal urine or feces making contact with the eyes. |
|
Definition
| How Chlamydia is transmitted in Trachoma. |
|
|
Term
| Tetracycline and doxycycline |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
LGV
Lymphogranulomavenerium |
|
Definition
| Causes syphilis-like sores on genitals, followed by infection of lymph nodes in genital area. |
|
|
Term
| Lymphnodes swell and hemorrhage, creating black swollen sores. |
|
Definition
| How LGV looks after infection. |
|
|
Term
| Tetracycline and doxycycline |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Nonspecific Chlamydia genitourinary infection |
|
Definition
| Most common STD in the U.S. |
|
|
Term
Males - urethritis, prostatitis, poss. sterility
Females - cervicitis, PID, poss. sterility |
|
Definition
| What Nonspecific Chlamydia infection causes in men and women. |
|
|
Term
| Tetracycline or doxycycline |
|
Definition
| Treatment for nonspecific Chlamydia |
|
|
Term
| Because they cannot grow in labs and the diseases are hard to diagnose. |
|
Definition
| Why broad spectrum antibiotics are used to treat atypical bacterial infections. |
|
|
