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29 Cards in this Set
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If untreated can cause facial nerve palsy, autoimmune arthritis, and heart block (Lyme disease)
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Borrelia burgdorferi
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deer tick (Ixodes) bite, bull's eye lesion
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Borrelia burgdorferi
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relapsing fever
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Borrelia recurrentis
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exists as either elementary or intracellular reticular bodies causes sore throats and interststial pnuemonia
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Chlamydia pnuemoniae
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exposure to parrots and other birds that are infected, causes interstitial type pnuemonia
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Chlamydia psittaci
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most common cause of blindness worldwide
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Chlamydia trachomatis
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moast common bacterial STD, causes urethritis, cervicitis, salpingitis, can lead to sterility
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Chlamydia trachomatis
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Q fever (interstitial pnuemonia)
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Coxiella burnetii
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Pontiac fever
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Legionella pneumophila
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visualized with Dieterle silver stain, causes severe pnuemonia in people with lung disease, many times found in conataminated air conditioner systems
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Legionella pneumophila
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AIDS patients are at high risk, presents like TB, found in soil, birds, and other animals
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Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare
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Hanson disease (destruction of skin,cartilage,and peripheral nerves)results in autoamputation
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Mycobacterium leprae
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acid-fast bacilli stuffed in macrophages, leonine facies and limb deformities
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Mycobacterium leprae
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acid-fast bacilli found in sputum, fever, night sweats, fatigue, and weight loss, immunization is live attenuated
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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1' infection: Ghon complex
reactivation: cavitary lesions in upper lung lobes |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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can result in Pott Disease (vertebral in volvement) and spread to form a psoas abscess
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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community acquired, atypical (hacking non-productive cough)pnuemonia, no cell wall, causes an interstitial inflammation
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae
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small and free living, "walking pnuemonia", if untreated can develop into hemolytic anemia
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae
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Epidemic typhus, transmitted from human body louse, extreme fever, myalgias, and a rash
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Rickettsia prowazekii
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Rocky mountain spotted fever, transmitted by ticks
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Rickettsia rickettsii
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obligate intracellular, petechial rash on palms and soles
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Rickettsia rickettsii
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Infection of fetus results in interstitial keratitis, Hutchinson teeth,8th cranial nerve deafness, and saddle nose deformity
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Treponema pallidum
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Initial infection leads to a painless ulcer of the genitals
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Treponema pallidum
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leading cause of ascending aortic aneurysm, "tree -barking appearance"
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Treponema pallidum
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maculopapular rash on the palms and soles, and condyloma lata
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Treponema pallidum
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Patients with SLE can test false positive
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Treponema pallidum
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most specific test is FTA-Abs (fluorescent treponemal antibody)
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Treponema pallidum
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treatment with penicillin can cause Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction)
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Treponema pallidum
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lacks cell wall, recurrent urinary tract infections, urinary calculi
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Ureaplasma urealyticum
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