Ch.12 Flashcards
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A complication of leptospirosis where kidneys might damage and jaundice is common
Weil disease
A form of anthrax acquired by workers who tan hides, shear sheep, or process wool and who inhale the spores
Inhalation anthrax
A living organism that transmits disease agents is called a
Vector
A papule containing pus
Pustule
A pustule of black, necrotic tissue that eventually crusts over
Anthrax lesion
A raised itchy bump that resembles an insect bite
Papule
A tissue with this condition is often debrided or the body part amputated
Gangrene
After the germination of spores and the multiplication of vegetative cells, those bacteria ferment muscle carbohydrates and decompose muscle proteins
Clostridium perfringens
Agent of this disease spreads to the skin, heart, nervous system, and joints; multiple smaller EM s form in the early disseminated stage
Lyme disease
Also called typhus fever
Epidemic typhus
Also known as rabbit fever since it is particularly prevalent in rabbits
Tularemia
An extremely virulent bacterium that can cause disease with as few as 10 to 50 CFUs
Francisella tularensis
An inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye
Conjunctivitis
Arthropodborne diseases occur primarily in the
Bloodstream
As the disease progresses, the rash appears on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet and progressively spreads to the body trunk in
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF)
Booster injections of tetanus toxoid in this vaccine is recommended every 10 years
Td vaccine (tetanus shots)
Causative agent of anthrax
Bacillus anthracis
Causative agent of epidemic typhus
Rickettsia prowazekii
Causative agent of leptospirosis
Leptospira interrogans
Causative agent of Lyme disease
Borrelia burgdorferi
Causative agent of plague
Yersinia pestis
Causative agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF)
Rickettsia rickettsii
Causative agent of tetanus
Clostridium tetani
Causative agent of tularemia
Francisella tularensis