Kevin Shared "Path Bugs" - 37 Picmonics
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Path Bugs
Lyme Disease
- Mechanism
- Transmitted by Ticks (Vector-borne)
- Signs and Symptoms
- Flu-like Symptoms
- Bulls Eye Rash (Erythema Migrans)
- Joint Pain and Stiffness
- Facial Paralysis
- Considerations
- Antibiotics
- Prevention
2 mins
Borrelia burgdorferi
- Characteristics
- Lyme Disease
- Spirochete
- Dark-field Microscopy
- Giemsa Stain
- Silver Stain
- White-footed Mouse
- Ixodes Tick
- Babesia
- Anaplasmosis
- Signs & Symptoms
- Flu-like Symptoms
- Erythema Migrans
- Bulls Eye Rash
- Bilateral Bell's Palsy
- Conduction Defects
- Arthropathy
- Treatments
- Doxycycline
- Ceftriaxone
3 mins
Rickettsia
- Need CoA and NAD
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- Typhus
- Ehrlichiosis
- Q fever
- Arthropod vector
- Fever
- Headache
- Rash
- Weil-Felix reaction
- Treatment doxycycline
1 min
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Rickettsia rickettsii
- Dermacentor Wood Tick
- Endemic to East Coast
- Fever
- Headache
- Rash Starts on Wrist and Ankle
- Rash migrates towards the trunk
- Thrombocytopenia
- Hyponatremia
- Elevated liver enzymes
59 secs
Coxiella burnetii
- Characteristics
- Gram Negative Bacteria
- Intracellular
- Aerosol Transmission
- Affects Animal Handlers
- Presentation
- Q Fever
- Flu-like Symptoms
- Atypical Pneumonia
- Hepatitis
- Endocarditis
- Diagnosis
- Serology
- Treatment
- Doxycycline
2 mins
Yersinia Pestis (Black Plague)
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Bacilli
- Oxidase-Negative
- Non-lactose Fermenting
- Prairie Dogs
- Fleas
- Polysaccharide Capsule
- Vw Antigen
- F1 Antigen
- Inhibits Macrophages
- Southwest Region
- Signs and Symptoms
- Lymphadenopathy
- Pneumonia
- Black Cutaneous Hemorrhagic Lesions
- Buboes
- Diagnosis
- Bipolar Giemsa Staining
3 mins
Vibrio Cholera Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Bacilli
- Glucose Fermenting
- Non-lactose Fermenting
- Oxidase Positive
- Comma Shaped
- Thrives in Alkaline Environment
- Crustaceans
1 min
Vibrio Cholera Disease
- ADP Ribosylating AB Toxin
- Turn Gs on Causing Increase in cAMP
- Secretion of Cl
- Blocks Reabsorption of Na
- Rice Water Diarrhea
1 min
Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)
- Characteristics
- Enveloped
- Double Stranded DNA
- Linear
- Signs and Symptoms
- Type 1 HSV
- Gingivostomatitis
- Keratoconjunctivitis
- Encephalitis of Temporal Lobes
- Latent in Trigeminal Ganglia
- Type 2 HSV
- Genital Vesicles
- Neonatal Herpes
- TORCHES
- Latent in Sacral Ganglia
- Diagnosis
- Tzanck Test
- Multinucleated Giant Cells
- Cowdry A Inclusions
- Treatment
- Acyclovir
2 mins
Chlamydia Characteristics
- Characteristics
- Cannot Make ATP
- Elementary body infects
- Intraepithelial
- Reticulate Body Replicates
- Diagnosis
- Cell Wall Lacks Muramic Acid
- Giemsa Stain
- Inclusion Bodies
- Treatment
- Azithromycin (Preferred)
- Doxycycline
2 mins
Chlamydia trachomatis
- Characteristics
- A to C
- Trachoma
- Follicular Conjunctivitis
- Blindness
- Africa
- L1 to 3
- Lymphogranuloma venereum
- Buboes
- Genital Ulcer
- D to K
- Urethritis and PID
- Neonatal Pneumonia
- Staccato Cough
- Neonatal Conjunctivitis
2 mins
Neisseria gonorrhoeae Disease
- Signs & Symptoms
- Dysuria
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
- Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome
- Neonatal Conjunctivitis
- Pharyngitis
- Septic Arthritis
- Tenosynovitis
- Pustules On Hands And Feet
- Treatment
- Ceftriaxone
- Azithromycin
- Doxycycline
- Considerations
- C5-9 Complement Deficiency (Recurrent Infections)
2 mins
Neisseria gonorrhoeae Characteristics
- Characteristics
- Gram Negative
- Diplococci
- Chocolate Agar
- Thayer-Martin Media
- VPN
- Oxidase Positive
- Glucose Fermenting
- Pilus
- Opa Surface Protein
- Rapid Antigenic Variation
- IgA Protease
2 mins
Chlamydia
- Mechanism
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Assessment
- May Be Asymptomatic
- Dysuria
- Epididymitis
- Discharge
- Dyspareunia
- Interventions
- Doxycycline
- Azithromycin
- No Intercourse for 1 Week
- Treat Partners
2 mins
Trichomonas vaginalis
- Characteristics
- Protozoa
- Signs and Symptoms
- Vaginitis
- Pruritus
- Foul-smelling Greenish Frothy Discharge
- Strawberry Cervix
- Diagnosis
- Corkscrew Motility on Wet Prep
- Treatment
- Metronidazole
2 mins
Gardnerella vaginalis
- Signs and Symptoms
- Bacterial Vaginosis
- Not an STD
- Fishy Smell
- Whiff Test
- Grey Vaginal Discharge
- Increase pH
- Clue Cells
- Squamous Epithelial Cells Covered with Bacteria
- Mobiluncus Coinfection
- Treatment
- Metronidazole
2 mins
Haemophilus ducreyi
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Coccobacillus
- Pleomorphic
- Parallel Short Chains
- School of Fish Appearance on Gram Stain
- Signs and Symptoms
- Chancroid
- Painful Genital Ulcer
- Buboes
- Treatment
- Azithromycin
- Ceftriaxone
2 mins
Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
- Characteristics
- Non-enveloped
- Circular
- Double Stranded DNA
- Disease
- Warts 1, 2, 6, 11
- Condyloma acuminata
- Type 16, 18
- Cervical Carcinoma
- Penile Carcinoma
- AIDS/Immunocompromised
- Worsened by Smoking
- Diagnosis
- Koilocytic change in squamous epithelium
- Pyknotic Nuclei Surrounded by Clear Halo
- Treatment
- Vaccine Available
4 mins
Syphilis
- Characteristics
- Treponema pallidum
- Spirochete with characteristic motility
- Signs and Symptoms
- Painless chancre
- Condylomata lata
- Generalized lymphadenopathy
- Rash on palms and soles
- Aortitis
- Gummas
- Neurosyphilis
- Argyll Robertson pupils
- Vasa vasorum
- Tabes dorsalis
- Treatment
- Penicillin
- Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction
2 mins
Syphilis
- Mechanism
- Treponema pallidum
- Assessment
- Primary Stage
- Painless Chancre
- Secondary Stage
- Rash on Palms and Soles
- (Generalized) Lymphadenopathy
- Condylomata Lata
- Latent Stage
- Asymptomatic
- Tertiary (Late) Stage
- Aortitis
- Neurosyphilis
- Gummas
- Interventions
- Penicillin
- Jarisch-Herxheimer Rash
3 mins
