Leptospira species — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: _____ infection is a cause of atypical pneumonia with high fever (Q fever)

Answer: Coxiella burnetii

Flashcard 2: _____ is a Rickettsial disease that can be obtained via aerosolized spores released from tick feces or cattle placenta.

Answer: Q Fever

Flashcard 3: What is the etiology of Epidemic Typhus?_____

Answer: Rickettsia prowazekii

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

Answer: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (bug name)

Flashcard 5: Which cause of sterile urethritis does not gram stain well?_____

Answer: Chlamydia trachomatis

Flashcard 6: What is the vector for Epidemic Typhus (Rickettsia prowazeki)?_____

Answer: Human Body Louse

Flashcard 7: Which form of Chlamydia spp. is infectious?_____

Answer: Elementary body

Flashcard 8: Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Answer:

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

Flashcard 9: What are the key associations to remember for cold agglutinin?

Answer: IgM, Mycoplasma, Mononucleosis (EBV)

Flashcard 10: 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