Borrelia species — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: What stain is used to visualize Rickettsia?_____

Answer: Giemsa

Flashcard 2: Which bacteria often causes subacute Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) and hence often goes undiagnosed?_____

Answer: Chlamydia trachomatis serotypes D-K

Flashcard 3: The natural life cycle of Rickettsia prowazekii generally involves a vertebrate (usually squirrel) and an invertebrate host _____

Answer: human body louse

Flashcard 4: Exposure to _____ will always* result in a positive PPD test

Answer: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (bug name)

Flashcard 5: 2nd stage of Chlamydia spp. life cycle: _____

Answer: reticular

Flashcard 6: Which Rickettsia spp. commonly affects military camp recruits and POWs?_____

Answer: Rickettsia prowazekii

Flashcard 7: Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Answer:

Extra: Eaton's agaratypical "walking" pneumoniamacrolide or flouroquinolone

Flashcard 8: What are the key associations to remember for cold agglutinin?

Answer: IgM, Mycoplasma, Mononucleosis (EBV)

Flashcard 9: Mycoplasmal pneumonia

Answer: Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Extra: pneumonia with insidious onset, headache, nonproductive cough, diffuse interstitial infiltratelung X-ray: diffuse interstitial inflitratemacrolide or flouroquinolone<30 y/o, military recruits and prisoners

Flashcard 10: What factor explains Mycoplasma's inability to Gram stain?

Answer: no cell wall!