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Ehrlichia Chaffeensis
disease transmission diagnosis treatment |
disease: ehrlichiosis - similar to RMSF but w/o the rash
transmission: tick to human diagnosis: serology and DNA probes treatment: doxycycline |
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Coxiella burnetii causes:
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disease: Q fever - fever, headache, viral-like pneumonia, but NO RASH
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Coxiella burnetii
-transmission |
arthropods to sheep, cattle, and gooats; infected animals shed organisms in milk, urine, feces
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Coxiella burnetii
-complications |
Chronic infection can lead to endocarditis
Mother can infect fetus |
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Q fever diagnosis
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History of exposure to relevant animal hosts
Serology |
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Q Fever treatment
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tetracycline
chloramphenicol chronic infxn may require prolonged therapy |
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Q Fever prevention
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-vaccine available but not used
-pasteurization |
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Bartonella quintana is ricksettial-like, but has a different genus name because:
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it is not an obligate intracellular organism.
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Bartonella quintana is the cause of:
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Trench fever
FCHM with severe pain in the tibia. Possible rash. Low mortality. |
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Bartonella quintana
-gram neg or pos? -transmission? |
-gram negative
-louse |
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Bartonella cause disease similar to _____ but is not related
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typhus
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Bartonella henselae causes:
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Catscratch disease.
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Catscratch disease
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self-limiting infectious disease
two weeks after contact: edema and pain in the lymph nodes. Symptoms can vary from mild to severe and may include malaise, anorexia, or both. |
