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borrelia burgdorferi
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3 stages:
1. fever, fatigue, arthralgia 2. spread to CNS/joint 3. chronic; autoimmune (may/may not have bacteria) |
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borrelia recurrentis
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"relapsing fever"
louse-born bacteria remain in bloodstream spirochete Jarsch-Herxheimer |
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Letrospira spp.
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dogs--- urine contaminated water
conjunctival hemorrhages |
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Pasturella
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animal bites
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rickettsia ricketssii
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Ticks are source
obligate intracellular centripital rash |
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bartonella henselae
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cat scratch
self-limiting, except with AIDS/immunocompromised skin lesions resemble Kaposi's sarcoma |
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Ehrilichia chaeffeenisis
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ticks and small mammals are vectors/reservoirs
symp. similar to RMSF |
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Bacillus anthracis
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3 factors:
1. Edema factor: adenylate cyclase-- increase in cAMP 2. Protective antigen: vaccine 3. Lethal factor: metalloprotease |
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B. anthracis under mircoscope
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Large gram positive rods
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Yersinia pestis
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Type III secretion: Yop = yersinia outer membrane protein forms a channel between bacteria & cell
Bubonic plague safety pin appearance |
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Francisella tularensis
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HIGHLY INFECTIOUS (10-50 bacteria)
causes cutaneous ulcers & lymphadenopathy |
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Brucella abortus
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gram neg coccobacilli
Causes relapsing fever ULPASTURIZED MILK |
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Rickettsia prowazekii
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epidemic typhus
similar to RMSF with HIGH mortality rate |
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Coxiella burnetti
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Q fever Q fever
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