Rickettsial Diseases

Rickettsia

Species that are gram negative, strictly intracellular bacilli, and pleomorphic

Rickettsia Akari

E. Agent of Rickettsialpox

MOT of Rickettsialpox

Bite of Mites (surot)

Eschar

Blackened Scab

Doxycycline and Tetracycline

Treatment for Rickettsialpox

Spotted Fever Group

Other term for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Rickettsi Rickettsi

E. Agent of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

MOT of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Bite of Ticks (Garapata)

Summer or Spring

When is Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever most common?

American Dog Tick

Ticks that can transmit tularemia and Rocky Mountain Spotted fever

Untreated Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Results in systemic manifestations, including death

Camp, Jail, and War fever

Other terms for Epidemic Typhus or Louse-borne typhus

Ricketttsia Prowazekii

E. Agent of Epidemic Typhus

MOT of Epidemic Typhus

Bite of Louse, and is transmitted in feces of Lice

Flying Squirrel

Main reservoir of Epidemic Typhus in North America

Murine Typhus

Other term for Endemic Typhus

Rickettsia Typhi & Felis

E. Agent of Endemic Typhus

Rat Flea

Rickettsia Typhi

Cat Flea

Rickettsia Felis

MOT of Endemic Typhus

Bite of Flea

Orientia Tsutsugamushi

E. Agent of Scrub Typhus

MOT of Scrub Typhus

Bite of Mites

Coxiella Burnetti

E. Agent of Q Fever or Query Group

MOT of Q fever

Inhalation of dust with organism or aerosols

Symptoms of Q fever

Like influenza & non-bacterial pneumonia, hepatitis

Rickettsia Quintana

E. Agent of Trench Fever

MOT of Trench Fever

Bite of Lice

Ehrilichia Sennetsu

E. Agent for Sennetsu Fever

Ehrilichia Chaffeensis

E. Agent for Ehrilichiosis

MOT of Ehrilichiosis

Bite of Ticks

Symptoms of Ehrilichiosis

Paralyzes lymphocytes, neutrophils and monocytes

Ameede Borrel

Relapsing Fever is named after this French Biologist

Borrelia Recurrentis

E. Agent of Relapsing Fever

MOT of Relapsing Fever

Bite of Ticks and lice, and injured Louse

Rodents

Reservoir of Relapsing Fever

Borrelia Burgdorferi

E. Agent of Lyme Disease

Break Bone Fever

Other name for Dengue Fever

Peak Biting

2 to 3 days after daylight

Aedes Aegypti

Vector in Urban

Aedes Albopictus

Vector in Rural

Clinical Findings in Classical Dengue Fever

Saddle-back or Camel-back pattern

Clinical Findings in Herman’s Sign

Transient punctuate rash over elbow and knees