Ricketssiaceae Flashcards
1
Q
the only rickettsia that is acquired thru inhalation
A
Coxiella burnetti
2
Q
the only ricketssia that is done in plated medium
A
Bartonella quintana
3
Q
causative agent of mulberry-morula bodies
A
Erlichia
4
Q
characteristic of Erlichia
A
ability to infect WBCs
5
Q
causative agent of human monocytic erlichiosis
A
Erlichia chaffeensis
6
Q
characterised by ingestion of parasitic host
A
Neoricketssia
7
Q
Q fever
A
Coxiella burnetti
8
Q
trench fever/louse borne disease
A
Bartonella quintana
9
Q
Cat scratch disease
A
Bartonella henselae
10
Q
Infective endocarditis
A
Bartonella elizabethiae
11
Q
oraya fever/ chronic verruga peruana
A
Bartonella baciliformis
12
Q
glod standard for ricketssia
A
Immunofluorescence assay (IFA)
13
Q
Weil-Felix reaction
A
Bartonella
14
Q
Spotted fever group
A
R. rickettsii
R. conorii
R. akari
15
Q
Typhus group
A
R. prowazekii
R. typhi
