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IOS 11 Exam 1
Tick borne illiness
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Spirochete tick diseases | Ixodes, Borreloa truicate, Borrelia lonestari, borrelia burgdorferi (lyme disease) |
| Protoza tick diseases | Babesiosis microti |
| Bacteria that require eukaryotic cells for growth | Erlichioses and Rickettsioses |
| Ixodes spp or Dermacentor (dog tick) | Causes paralysis of lower limbs just remove tick |
| Borelia truicate characteristics | Found mostly in midwest and mountaeous regions presents with Flu-like but Resolves and reoccurs in 1 week! Treat with doxycycline |
| Borrelia Lonestari characteristics | Vector is the ambylomma americanum foound in the southern states- Presents with flu the dissemenated secondary lesions will fades in 3-4 weeks and later present with joint swelling, neuropathy, CNS- Treat with Doxyxline 14-21 days |
| Babesiosis micrioti characteristics | Parasites of RBC, reservoirs are wild and domestic animals 9cattle) symptoms appeat in 1-4 weeks flu and hemolytic anemia -Treat immunocompromised patients with clindamycin +quine 7-10 days |
| Ehrlichiosis chaddeensis characteristics | Resevoirs are Dos, deer with human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME) |
| Anaplasma Phagocytophilum | Resevoirs are (Dogs, Deer)-HUman granulocytic ehrilichosis Treatment is Doxycycline or Rifampin in pregnancy |
| Rocky Mountain spotted fever Characteristics | First describes in Idaho most prevelant in southeast. Pathogen-Rickettsia ricketsii vector is dernacentor variabilis (american dog tick) and Dermacentor andersoni (Rocky mountain wood tick) Presentation "RASH" Treatment is Doxycycline 100mg BID x 7 days |