Term
Bartonella genus general characteristics
-treatment |
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Definition
Gram (-)
spread by direct contact or by insect vector
B. bacilliformis: chloramphenicol
B spp: Azithromycin, erythromycin |
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Term
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Definition
-causes Carrion, Oroya, Verruya
-sand fly (Phlebotomus)
-myalgia, athralgia, headache |
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Term
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Definition
five day fever
-headache, fever, pain in long bones, weakness
-exposure to contaminated feces of human body louse
-bacillary andiomatosis (restricted to homeless) |
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Definition
-cats and their fleas
-affects skin, lymph, liver, spleen
-cat scratch disease, bacillary angiomatosis, SA endocarditis |
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Term
Rickettsia genus general characteristics
-tx |
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Definition
-gram (-) rods
-transovarian transmission
-doxycycline |
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Term
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Definition
-RMSF
-US and Canada
-Ixodes
-malaise, myalgia, nausea, vomitting, ab pain, diarrhea
-palmar rash
-petechial rash: spreads from palms to trunk
-highest mortality |
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Term
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Definition
-rickettsial pox
-worldwide distribution
-rodent reservoir
-mite vector
-biphasic infection:
-eschar formation
-fever, chills, myalgia |
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Term
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Definition
-louse borne/epidemic typhus
-central/south America, Africa
-infects endothelial cells, causes vasculitis
-fever, headache, myalgia
-rash starts on trunk, out
-assoc with war/famine/natural disaster |
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Term
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Definition
-endemic/murine typhus
-US: texas and california, gulf states
in summer
-rodent resevoir
-rat flea, cat flea vector
-fever, headhache, chills, myalgia
-rash on trunk only |
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Term
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Definition
-gram (-)
-lacks LPS and peptidoglycan
-scrub typhus
-rodent reservoir
-mite vector
-Asia, Australia, Japan
-headache, fever, malaise, lymphad
-rash: trunk to out |
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Term
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Definition
-tick borne bacteria
-interrupts phagosome/lysosome fusion
-cytokine release
-Lone star tick vector
-White tailed deer reservoir |
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Term
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Definition
-Query (Q) fever
-human infection via inhalation of airborne particles from placenta of livestock or unpasturized dairy
-survive in soil months-yrs
-flu-like symptoms |
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