Multi-Systems II: Bites and Stings

Question 1

Bacteriology of Dog Bites

(4) Aerobic?

Answer 1

1. Pasteurella
2. Streptococcus
3. Staph
4. Neisseria

Question 2

Bacteriology of Dog Bites

(5) Anaerobic?

Answer 2

1. Fusobacterium
2. Bacteroides
3. Porphyromonas
4. Prevotella
5. Capnocytophaga

Question 3

Bacteriology of Cat Bites

(4) Aerobic?

Answer 3

1. Pasteurella
2. Streptococcus
3. Staph
4. Moraxella

Question 4

Bacteriology of Cat Bites

(4) Anaerobic?

Answer 4

1. Fusobacterium
2. Bacteroides
3. Porphyromonas
4. Capnocytophagia

Question 5

Infections a/w Human Bites?

Answer 5

1. Staphylococcus
2. Streptococcus
3. Eikenella (Anaerobic)
4. Fusobacterium (Anaerobic)
5. Peptostreptococcus (Anaerobic)
6. Prevotella (Anaerobic)
7. Porphyromonas (Anaerobic)

Question 6

(3) Types of Mosquitos?

Answer 6

1. Culex
2. Aedes
3. Anopheles

Question 7

(6) Culex mosquito is a vector for?

Answer 7

1. West Nile Virus
2. WEE
3. VEE
4. Japanese Encephalitis
5. Boss River Virus
6. Filariasis

Question 8

(2) Aedes mosquitos i vector for?

Answer 8

1. Arbovirus (Dengue, Yellow Fever)
2. Filariasis

Question 9

(3) Anopheles mosquitos is a vector for?

Answer 9

1. Arbovirus (Dengue, Yellow Fever)
2. Filariasis
3. Malaria

Question 10

Trumbiculid Mite is a vector for?

Answer 10

Orientia tsutusgamushi -> Scrub Typhus

Question 11

Ticks are vectors for?

Black Legged Tick (Ixodes)?

American Dog Tick (Dermacentor)?

Lone Star Tick?

Answer 11

Black Legged Tick (Ixodes)?

American Dog Tick (Dermacentor)?

Lone Star Tick?

Question 12

Cockroaches are a vector for?

(1) Virus
(5) Protozoans
(5) Bacteria

Nematodes

Moniliformis

Answer 12

• Virus:
  
  • Poliomyelitis
• Protozoans:
  
  • Entamoeba, Trichomonas, Giardia, Toxoplasma, Balontidium
• Bacteria:
  
  • E. coli, Staphylococcus, Klebsiella, Shigella, Salmonella
• Nematodes
• Moniliformis moniliformis

Question 13

(1) Reduviidae “Kissing Bugs” are vectors for?

Answer 13

• Chagas disease (American Trypanosomiasis)
  
  • passed in Feces (stercorarian transmission)

Question 14

(2) TseTse Fly are vectors for?

Answer 14

• Trypanosomiasis
  
  • T. brucei gambiense - West Africa (Chronic)
  • T. brucei rhodesiense - East Africa (Acute)

Question 15

(1) Black flies are a vector for?

Answer 15

• Filarial worms
  
  • Ochocerciasis - River Blindness

Question 16

(3) Sand flies are a vector for?

Answer 16

1. Sand Fly Fever
2. Bartonellosis
3. Leishmaniasis (Cutaneous, Mucocutaneous, Visceral - most fatal)

Question 17

Filth Flies are a vector for?

(2) Viruses
(1) Protozoa
(4) Bacteria

Helminths

Fungal

Answer 17

1. Viruses
   
   • Polio
   • Hepatitis
2. Protozoa
   
   • Giardia
3. Bacteria
   
   • Salmonella
   • Entamoeba
   • E. coli
   • Spirochetes (yaws)
4. Helminths
5. Fungal

Question 18

(3) Lice are vectors for?

Answer 18

1. Epidemic typhus (Rickettsia prowazekii)
2. Relapsing fever (Borrelia recurrentis)
3. Trench fever (Bartonella quintana)

• All Transmissions are via stercorarian (via feces)

Question 19

(3) Fleas are a vector for?

Answer 19

• Plague
• Rickettsia typhi (murine endemic typhus)
• Cestodes (Dipylidium caninum, Hymenolepsis diminuts)