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TC2 - Micro
Babesia
- Characteristics
- Protozoa
- Ixodes Tick
- Same vector as Borrelia
- Northeastern US
- Asplenia
- Signs and Symptoms
- Fever
- Hemolytic Anemia
- Diagnosis
- Blood Smear
- Maltese Cross
- Treatments
- Atovaquone
- Azithromycin
3 mins
Bartonella henselae
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Pleomorphic
- Bacillus
- Signs and Symptoms
- Cat Scratch Fever
- Lymphadenopathy
- Bacillary Angiomatosis
- Patients with AIDS
- Mimics Kaposi Sarcoma
- Benign
- Reactive Arthritis
- Non-Caseating Granuloma
2 mins
Borrelia burgdorferi
- Characteristics
- Lyme Disease
- Spirochete
- Dark-field Microscopy
- Giemsa Stain
- Silver Stain
- White-footed Mouse
- Ixodes Tick
- Babesia
- Anaplasmosis
- Signs & Symptoms
- Flu-like Symptoms
- Erythema Migrans
- Bulls Eye Rash
- Bilateral Bell's Palsy
- Conduction Defects
- Arthropathy
- Treatments
- Doxycycline
- Ceftriaxone
3 mins
Campylobacter jejuni
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Bacillus
- Flagella
- Curved
- Corkscrew Appearance
- Oxidase-Positive
- Grows Well at 42 Degrees
- Undercooked Meat
- Unpasteurized Milk
- Animals with Diarrhea
- Signs and Symptoms
- Bloody Diarrhea
- Guillain-Barre syndrome
- Reactive Arthritis
3 mins
Clostridium botulinum
- Characteristics
- Bacillus
- Gram-positive
- Anaerobe
- Spore-forming
- Heat Labile Toxin
- Inhibits Acetylcholine (Ach) Release at Neuromuscular Junction (NMJ)
- Canned Food in Adults
- Spores in Honey
- Signs and Symptoms
- Descending Flaccid Paralysis
- Diplopia
- Ptosis
- Floppy Baby
- Constipation
2 mins
Diphyllobothrium Latum
- Pathophysiology
- Cestode (Tapeworm)
- Ingestion of Larvae from Raw Fish
- Competes for Vitamin B12
- Megaloblastic Anemia
- Treatment
- Praziquantel
1 min
Ebola Virus
- RNA Virus
- Filovirus
- Marburg Virus
- Linear
- Helical
- Enveloped
- Negative Sense
- Bat Reservoir
1 min
Guillain-Barre Syndrome Assessment
- Assessment
- Ascending Paralysis
- Muscle Weakness
- Paresthesias (Pins and Needles)
- Diplopia
- Difficulty Speaking
- Dysphagia
- Labile Blood Pressure
- Loss of Bowel and Bladder Control
- Considerations
- Aggressive Airway Management
2 mins
Leishmania donovani
- Pathophysiology
- Protozoan
- Visceral Leishmaniasis
- Hepatosplenomegaly
- Spiking Fevers
- Skin Pigmentation
- Sandfly
- Diagnosis
- Macrophages with Amastigotes
- Treatment
- Amphotericin B
- Oral Miltefosine
2 mins
Lyme Disease
- Mechanism
- Transmitted by Ticks (Vector-borne)
- Signs and Symptoms
- Flu-like Symptoms
- Bulls Eye Rash (Erythema Migrans)
- Joint Pain and Stiffness
- Facial Paralysis
- Considerations
- Antibiotics
- Prevention
2 mins
Mycobacterium leprae
- Characteristics
- Acid-Fast
- Aerobic
- Likes Cool Temperature
- Diagnosis by Skin Biopsy or PCR
- Lepromatous Leprosy
- Th2 Response
- Leonine Facies
- Tuberculoid Leprosy
- TH1 Response
- Hypoesthetic Skin Plaques
- Granulomatous Response
- Treatment
- Dapsone
- Rifampin
- Clofazimine
2 mins
Parvovirus B19
- Characteristics
- DNA
- Single Stranded
- Linear
- Smallest DNA virus
- Non-enveloped
- Signs and Symptoms
- 5th Disease
- Slapped Cheek Rash in Children
- Erythema Infectiosum
- Hydrops Fetalis
- RBC aplasia
- Arthritis in Adults
- Aplastic Crisis in Sickle Cell
- Myocarditis
2 mins
Plasmodium General
- Characteristics
- Protozoa
- Malaria
- Anopheles Mosquito
- Signs and Symptoms
- Cyclic Fever
- Headache
- Anemia
- Splenomegaly
- Diagnosis
- Blood Smear
- Treatment
- Chloroquine
- Mefloquine for Resistant Types
3 mins
Plasmodium Specific
- Malariae
- Fever Every Three Days
- Vivax/Ovale
- Fever Every Two Days
- Duffy Antigen Binding Site
- Duffy often absent in Black Population
- Primaquine treats dormant form in liver
- Falciparum
- Most severe
- Irregular Cycles
- Occludes capillaries in the brain, kidneys, and lungs
4 mins
Rickettsia
- Need CoA and NAD
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- Typhus
- Ehrlichiosis
- Q fever
- Arthropod vector
- Fever
- Headache
- Rash
- Weil-Felix reaction
- Treatment doxycycline
1 min
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Rickettsia rickettsii
- Dermacentor Wood Tick
- Endemic to East Coast
- Fever
- Headache
- Rash Starts on Wrist and Ankle
- Rash migrates towards the trunk
- Thrombocytopenia
- Hyponatremia
- Elevated liver enzymes
59 secs
Schistosoma
- Pathophysiology
- Trematode (Fluke)
- Snail-infested Water
- Intense Immune Response
- Intestinal Disease
- Hepatosplenic Granuloma
- Squamous Cell Cancer of the Bladder
- Diagnosis
- Parasitic Antigens via ELISA
- Treatment
- Praziquantel
2 mins
Trypanosoma Brucei
- Characteristics
- Protozoa
- Trypanosoma Gambiense
- Trypanosoma Rhodesiense
- Tsetse Fly
- Disease
- Painful Bite
- African Sleeping Sickness
- Recurring Fever
- Capacity for Antigenic Variation
- Enlarged Lymph Nodes
- Encephalitis
- Treatment
- Suramin for Blood-Borne Disease
- Melarsoprol for CNS Penetration
2 mins
Trypanosoma cruzi
- Pathophysiology
- Protozoa
- Triatomine Bug
- Kissing bug
- Painless bite
- Predominantly in South America
- Symptoms
- Chagas disease
- Romana's sign
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Megacolon
- Megaesophagus
- Diagnosis
- Blood smear
- Treatment
- Nifurtimox
- Benznidazole
2 mins
Yellow Fever Virus
- Characteristics
- Flavivirus
- RNA Virus
- Enveloped
- Icosahedral
- SS Positive Linear
- Transmitted By Aedes Mosquitos
- Monkey or Human Reservoir
- Signs and Symptoms
- High fever
- Jaundice
- Black vomitus
2 mins
