Ehrlichia - Bartonellosis

Question 1

Ehrlichia description

Answer 1

Gram (-) coccobacilli, intracellular

Question 2

Ehrlichia Stages

Answer 2

○ Elementary body
○ Initial body
○ Morulae - inclusion body;
○ early stage of embryo - blasphemy; produced during cell division

Question 3

E. chaffeensis disease and vector

Answer 3

● Human monocytic Ehrlichiosis
● Vectors: Ticks

Question 4

E. equi disease and vector

Answer 4

● Human granulocytic Ehrlichiosis
● Vectors: Ticks

Question 5

Anaplasma phagocytophilum disease

Answer 5

Human granulocytic anaplasmosis

Question 6

Neorickettsia sennetsu disease and vector

Answer 6

● Sennetsu fever
● Vector: Ticks

Question 7

Neorickettsia sennetsu
● ________- spread thru lymphatic vessel and blood
● mimics __________
● sometimes called __________

Answer 7

Sennetsu fever
infectious mononucleosis
Japanese infectious mononucleosis

Question 8

B. quimtana disease (2) and vector

Answer 8

● Trench fever
● Volhynia - shin bone fever
● Vector: Louse or Lice

Question 9

B. henselae disease

Answer 9

Cat scratch disease (CSD)

Question 10

B. elizabethae disease and vector

Answer 10

● Endocarditis, bacteremia
● Vector: Rat fleas