Ehrlichia and Anaplasma US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Ehrlichia and Anaplasma Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: Rickettsia spp. is _____ and thus cannot make its own ATP
Answer: obligate intracellular
Flashcard 2: What is the etiology of Endemic Typhus?_____
Answer: Rickettsia typhi
Flashcard 3: Mycoplasma pneumonia requires _____ to grow, which is present in Eaton's Agar
Answer: cholesterol
Flashcard 4: Why doesn't Rickettsia gram stain well?_____
Answer: Intracellular parasite
Flashcard 5: Which Rickettsia spp. can result in pneumonia?_____
Answer: Rickettsia prowazekii
Flashcard 6: What is the vector for Epidemic Typhus (Rickettsia prowazeki)?_____
Answer: Human Body Louse
Flashcard 7: Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Answer:
Extra: Eaton's agar atypical "walking" pneumonia macrolide 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 infiltrate lung X-ray: diffuse interstitial inflitrate macrolide or flouroquinolone <30 y/o, military recruits and prisoners
Flashcard 10: What factor explains Mycoplasma's inability to Gram stain?
Answer: no cell wall!
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