Gram (-) parasites
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- Virulence of Chlamydia trachomatis:
- lysosome resistance, prevents lysosome-phagosome fusion
- Treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis:
- doxycycline, erythromycin, and azithromycin
- Diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis:
- won't grow on artificial media--no Gram (-) diplococci, anti-chlamydia antibodies
- Virulence for Rickettsia:
- Grows in cytoplasm, endothelial blood vessel lining
- Treatment for Rickettsia:
- Doxycycline, Chloramphenicol
- Diagnosis for Rickettsia rickettsi:
- Chick yolk sac media, Weil-Felix Reaction, Anti-Rickettsia antibodies
- Patient presents with rash on wrists, ankles, soles & palms, severe headache, and conjunctivitis. Reports recent hiking trip. suspect?
- Rickettsia rickettsi--Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Causes Epidemic Louse-borne Typhus & Brill Zinsser Disease:
- Rickettsia prowazekii
- Treatment of Rickettsia prowazekii
- Doxycycline, Chloramphenicol, eradicate lice
- Causes Scrub Typhus:
- Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
- Causes Cat-scratch fever & Bacillary anglomatosis:
- Bartonella henselae
- Causes Trench Fever:
- Bartonella quintana
- Causes Q Fever (no rash)
- Coxiella burnetii
- Patient presents with a painless wart on scrotum & arthritis-like symptoms. suspect?
- Treponema pallidum (Syphilis)
- Diagnosis of Treponema pallidum:
- ELISA, VDRL, FTA-ABS, MHA-TP
- Causes Yaws:
- Treponema pertenue
- Causes Lyme disease:
- Borrelia burgdorferi
- Diagnosis of Borrelia burgdorferi:
- ELISA, Western immunoblotting
- Causes Weil's Disease:
- Leptospira interrogans