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consumption of untreated milk, cream yogurt and curd cheese may cause
salmonella
E coli O157
Campylobacter infection
Burcellosis
Q fever
Haverhill fever
Tick-borne encephalitis's
unpasturized bone meal may cause
Q fever
Tularemia
Plague
Anthrax
Brucellosis caused by
bacteria of genus burcella
microbiology of Brucellosis
Gm-neg
aerobic cocobacillus
various Brucella species affect
sheep
goats
cattle
deer
elk
pigs
dogs and other animals
type of Brucella infecting pigs
Brucella suis
type of Brucella infecting cows
Brucella abortus
type of Brucella infecting goats
Brucella Melitensis
type of Brucella infecting dogs
Brucella canis
List most to least pathogenic and invasive Brucella types
Brucella melitensis
Brucella suis
Brucella abortus
incubation and symptoms of Brucella
1 to 2 mo
intermittent or irregular fever
sweats, malase, headache
any organ system can be involved
blood culture of Brucella
7 to 21 days
diagnosis of Brucella
Serum IgG or IgM
ELISA: for sensitivity and specificity
Treatment of Brucella
Survivess within Phagocytes, intracellular penetration antibiotics

Tetracycline+ rifampin or doxycycline + gentamicin for 6 wks

children: trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole + rifampin

relapse-free: Doxycycline + aminoglycoside
Casue of Plague
Yersinia pestis
Microbilogy of Yersinia pestis
aerobic Gm-neg
bacilli
flea born disease
transmission of Yersinia pestis
rats -> fleas -> ppl
come in contact with infected rodents
incubation of plague
1 - 7 days can be up to 12 days
clinical presentation of plague
abrupt onset,fever, tremor, chills
plague if toxemic and bacteremic as well as local disease
hemorrhage manifestation
Buboes- inguinal most often
if large number of ppl arrive in ER with hemoptysis and severe rapidly progressive pneumonia suspect what
plague
skin and mucosa membranes are often petechial and ecchymotic
bacteremic case: hemorrhage rash may appear
Diagnosis of plague
lung involvement and pulmonary failure in 24-36 hrs
sputum blood cultures(48 hrs) and ELISA
complications of plague
Hemorrhagic necrosis of parenchyma of most organs
body cavities filled with blood
treatment of plague
prophylaxis: Doxycycline

Treatment:
streptomycin + tetracycline
broad spectrum antibiotics
cause of Tularemia
Francisella tularensis