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Megalopyge opercularis

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puss caterpillar of the most widespread causes of caterpillar dermatitis. Contact with this creature often causes immediate pain, urticaria, and erythematous papules or purpura in a tram-track pattern

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Chilopoda

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centipede

nocturnal carnivores that produce painful wounds by discharging venom

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Scolopendra

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centipede in Hawaii

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Cheyletiella

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harbored by dogs and cats and cause walking dandruff

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Acarus

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grain mite–bakers itch

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Allodermanyssus sanguineus

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house mouse mite, and the vector of rickettsial pox

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Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis

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ovoid flat body with 8 legs

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Burkholderia mallei

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gram-negative rod
Farcy or glanders
Treatment is with surgical excision of the lesion followed by streptomycin combined with tetracycline

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Glyciphagus

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Cheese mite–Grocers itch

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Pyemotes

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Straw itch mite

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Dermanyssus

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fowl mites which most often affect office workers, homemakers, and bird fanciers–
Equine enchephalitis

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Ornithonyssus

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Can give Western equine encephalomyelitis virus

fowl mites which most often affect office workers, homemakers, and bird fanciers

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Tabanid family

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Horsefly and Deerfly

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genus Chrysops

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vector for loiasis

calabar swellings near eye

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Orf

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Parapoxvirus

Macular–Target-Acute-Regenerate-Papillomatos-Regress

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oculoglandular syndrome of Parinaud

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the combination of granulomatous conjunctivitis and preauricular lymphadenopathy seen in cat-scratch disease

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Peucetia viridans

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Green lynx spider
southern United States. It is bright green with red spots; the legs have black spines. The bite is painful, with tenderness and pruritus.

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Phidippus formosus

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jumping spider –Hyaluronidase
is an aggressive spider with dark body hairs and various white patterns. They are the most common biting spiders in the United States

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Loxosceles reclusa

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Brown recluse
Sphingomyelinase-D
bite may be painless, however the patient may develop erythema, a vesicle, and eventual necrosis
Red, white and blue sign–hemolytic anemia, shock, gangrene, hematuria
Give ICE not heat, no surgery

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Latrodectus mactans

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Black widow–
Bites are acutely painful, and may swell but do not cause necrosis; the venom contains alpha lactrotoxin–chills, vomit, cramps, paralysis. Can give antivenum up to 90hrs after

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Centruroides sculpturatus

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and Centruroides gertschi
primary scorpion species in the U.S
pain at site with swelling, convulsions, cardiopulm sequelae

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Dermacentor variabilis

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RMSF

Tularemia

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Ixodes

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Babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, and tick paralysis (more dermacentors)
I. pacificus in California, I. ricinus in Europe, and I. scapularis in the eastern US

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Tegenaria agrestis

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Hobo spider
leading cause of necrotic arachnidism in the Pacific Northwest
Herringbone pattern
Severe headache, visual disturbance

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Lycosidea
3 genera: Lycosa, Pardosa, Arctosa Wolf spider Histamine painful bites that may lead to lymphangitis or an eschar
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Flying squirrels
carriers of many infections including Toxoplasma gondii, Staphylococcus, and Rickettsia prowazekki, the latter of which causes epidemic typhys
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African hedgehog
Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Salmonella
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European hedgehog
M. marinum or MAI
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Iguana
Serratia marcescens, herpes, salmonella
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Chinchilla
T. mentagrophytes, and M. gypseum Kleb pna, and pseudomonas
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Tyrophagus
grocery mite
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Cockatoos and pigeons
Cryptococcus neoformans
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Leishmania donovani
Phlebotomid sandfly Visceral leish Most in India
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Callitroga americana
``` #1 myiasis in US Dermatobia hominis--pyogenic furuncle not better with abc ```
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Glossinia
tse-tse fly sleeping sickness West Africa
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Attagenus megatoma
Carpet beetle--ACD
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Anopheles
malaria
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Babesiosis
Babesia microti. It is transmitted by the larvae of Ixodes dammini. This disease is endemic in eastern Long Island, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket, and carries an increased risk in those with T-cell depression or after splenectomy. The condition is associated with fever, drenching sweats, myalgias, and hemolytic anemia.
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Peliosis hepatitis
``` Bacillary angiomatosis Bartonella henselae (grm neg rod) ```
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Brucelliosis
Malta fever--flu like illness. skin violaceous papulonodule raw goat milk Grm neg rod Doxy or rifampin
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Burkholderia pseudomallei
Whitmore disease | melliodosis--pulm dz and septicemia
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Cutaneous larva migrans
Ancylostoma braziliensis or A. canium from walking on beach, Ivermectin or thiobendazole
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Aedes
Yellow fever and Dengue fever
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blackfly genus: Simulium
Onchocerca volvulus and can give tularemia | reiver blindness, which is the world’s second leading cause of blindness
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Solenopsin D
From Solenopsis, fire ant | a hemolytic factor, a piperidine derative and leads to histamine release
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phospholipase A
honeybee | Hymnoptera
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Crotalidae
rattlesnake and copperhead
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Elapidae
coral snake (has laps/bands)
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Hidippus
Jumping spider (Phidippus formosus) Most common biting spider Hyaluronidase
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Chiracanthium
Sac Spider | Lipase
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Theraphosidae
Terantula--urticating hairs, ophthalmia nodosa
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Megalopyge opercularis
puss caterpillar-immediate pain
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Blackfly
Vector for tularemia and onchocerciasis
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Diplopoda
Millipedes Harmless vegetarians Toxic substance can cause burn or itch when scared though
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Argasidae
Soft tick
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Ixodidae
Hard tick
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Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness
Amblyomma americanum, lone star tick | Borrelia lonestari
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Monocytic ehrlichiosis
E. chaffeensis--monomuclear | Rhipicephalus sanguineus
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Granulocytic ehrlichiosis
I. scapularisE. phagocytophila, E. equi--periph PMNs
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Relapsing fever
Ornithodoros moubata tick | Borrelia duttonii, B. hermsii, B. turicatae
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Tularemia
D. andersoni and variablis | Francisella tularensis
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Trombicula
chigger; scrub typhus
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O. bacoti
vector for murine typhus
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Sea Cucumber
holothurin--conjunctivitis
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Seabathers eruption
``` Linuche unguiculata (thimble jelly fish) Edwardsiella lineate (sea anemone) Caribbean to Bermuda ```
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Anthraline
Goa powder--Vouacopoua araroba tree
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Antimalarial
from Cinchona officinalis in Lojan rainforest
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Cantharidin
Lytta vesicatoria (Spanish fly)--blister beetle
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Pyrethin
from Chrysanthemum flower of Compositae family
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Eutrombicula alfreddugesi
Chigger | Vector of scrub typhus (R. tsutsugamushi)
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Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
scrub typhus
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Milker's Nodule
Paravaccinia virus--Parapox
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Butchers Wart
HPV 2 and 7
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Erysipeloid
Gram + rod, treat with PCN or erythromycin | Bluish erythema usually on fish handler hands
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Anthrax
Gram + rod, Rx: Cipro, doxy, or penicillin culture with dacron or rayon swab, not cotton Painless vesicle to eschar
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Cat-Scratch Disease
Bartonella hensalae | Gram neg rod, some from Afipia felis
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Glanders/Farcy
Pseudomonas mallei (grm neg rod) Glanders can cause nasal ulceration/perfor. Excise, give streptomycin + TCN
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Cat Bite
Pasturella multocida--Augmentin
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Human bite
Eikenella corrodens--Augmentin
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Dog bite
Pasturella canis--Augmentin
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Lepidoptera
Caterpillar
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Hymenoptera
Honeybee, wasp, hornet, ants
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tabandae family
horsefly, deerfly, cleg, breezefly, mango fly | Transmit loiasis and tularemia
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Attagenus megatoma
Carpet beetle--ACD
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Anthrenus scrophulariae
Carpet beetle--ACD
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Pediculus capitis
Head lice Malathion 0.5%. 6 legs and long body
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STARI
Amblyomma americanum - Borrelia lonestari
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Babesiosis
B. microti--NE | Ixodes scapularis. Decreased T cells if no spleen
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Dermatophagoides
Dust mite--allergic reactions
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Cnidarians
Jellyfish, manowar, coral, hydroids
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Scyphozoan
Jellyfish
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Chironex fleckeri
box jellyfish--lead to shock
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Hydrozoa
Man O war, south atlantic, can get hemorrhagic lesions
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Laelaps, Androlaelaps, Eulaelaps
Rodent mites
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Pyemotes ventricosus
Straw itch mite

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