Francisella tularensis
- Contact with Infected Animals
- Dermacentor Wood Tick
- Deer Fly
- Gram-Negative
- Coccobacilli
- Facultative Intracellular
- Charcoal Yeast Agar with Cysteine and Iron
- Ulceration
- Fever
- Painful Lymphadenopathy
- Caseating Granulomas
- Streptomycin
Brucella
- Gram-Negative
- Coccobacillus
- Unpasteurized milk
- Goat cheese
- Inside macrophages
- Lymphadenopathy
- Granulomas
- Undulating fever
- Doxycycline
- Gentamicin
Coxiella burnetii
- Gram Negative Bacteria
- Intracellular
- Aerosol Transmission
- Affects Animal Handlers
- Q Fever
- Flu-like Symptoms
- Atypical Pneumonia
- Hepatitis
- Endocarditis
- Serology
- Doxycycline
Yersinia Pestis (Black Plague)
- Gram-Negative
- Bacilli
- Oxidase-Negative
- Non-lactose Fermenting
- Prairie Dogs
- Fleas
- Polysaccharide Capsule
- Vw Antigen
- F1 Antigen
- Inhibits Macrophages
- Southwest Region
- Lymphadenopathy
- Pneumonia
- Black Cutaneous Hemorrhagic Lesions
- Buboes
- Bipolar Giemsa Staining
Necrotizing Fasciitis Pathophysiology and Characteristics
- Bacterial Infection of Muscle Fascia and Subcutaneous Fat
- Polymicrobial or Monomicrobial
- Polymicrobial: Anaerobe + Gram Negative Enterobacteriaceae
- Monomicrobial: Group A Streptococcus or Staph Aureus
- Edema Extending Beyond Erythema
- Crepitus
- Pain Out of Proportion (POOP)
- Anesthesia Over Affected Area (Late Finding)
Necrotizing Fasciitis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Usually a Clinical Diagnosis
- Soft Tissue Gas On CT
- Emergent Surgical Debridement
- Vasopressors and Fluids
- IV Immune Globulin If Strep Toxic Shock Syndrome
- Carbapenem Or Piperacillin-Tazobactam
- PLUS Clindamycin
- PLUS MRSA Coverage
Listeria Monocytogenes Disease
- Soft Cheese
- Pregnant Women Have Flu-Like Symptoms
- Pregnant Women Have GI Symptoms
- Granulomatosis Infantiseptica
- Spontaneous Abortion
- Meningitis
- Monocytes in CSF
- Ampicillin
Listeria Monocytogenes Characteristics
- Gram Positive
- Bacillus
- Intracellular
- Survives in Cold Temperature
- Actin Rocket
- Tumbling Motility
- Catalase-Positive
- Beta-Hemolytic
- Only Gram-Positive with Endotoxin-Like Structure
Entamoeba histolytica
- Protozoa
- Amebiasis
- Ingestion of Cysts in Food and Water
- Bloody Diarrhea
- Flask-Shaped Ulcer
- Liver Abscess
- Anchovy Paste
- RUQ Pain
- RBCs in Cytoplasm of Trophozoite
- Cyst With Four Nuclei
- Metronidazole
- Iodoquinol
Bacillus Anthracis (Anthrax) Disease
- Cutaneous
- Painless Black Eschar (Necrotic Lesion)
- Pulmonary
- Mediastinal Widening
- Rapidly Fatal
- Woolsorter's Disease
- Gastrointestinal
- Consuming Anthrax-infected Meat
Bacillus Anthracis (Anthrax) Characteristics
- Gram-Positive
- Spore-Forming
- D-glutamate Polypeptide Capsule
- Protective Antigen
- Lethal Toxin
- Edema Factor
- Increased cAMP
Ehrlichiosis
- Intracellular Gram-Negative Rod
- Lone Star Tick
- Deer Reservoir
- Fever
- Flu-like Symptoms
- Rash is Rare
- Antibody Testing
- Pancytopenia
- Monocytes with Cytoplasmic Morulae
- Doxycycline
- Tetracycline
Anaplasmosis
- Ixodes Tick
- Deer and Mice Reservoirs
- Flu-Like Symptoms
- Fever
- Rash is Rare
- Granulocytes with Cytoplasmic Morulae
- Antibody Testing
- Pancytopenia
- Doxycycline
- Rifampin