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1. Anatomy

2. Microbiology

2.1 General bacteriology

2.2 Introduction to systemic bacteriology

2.3 Gram positive cocci

2.4 Gram negative cocci

2.5 Gram positive bacilli

2.6 Gram negative bacilli

2.7 Other important bacteria

2.7.2 Helicobacter pylori

2.7.3 Campylobacter jejuni

2.7.4 Haemophilus influenzae

2.7.5 Bordetella pertussis

2.7.6 Legionella pneumophila

2.7.8 Mycobacteria

2.7.9 Actinomycetes

2.7.10 Nocardia

2.7.11 Mycoplasma pneumoniae

2.7.12 Treponema pallidum

2.7.13 Borrelia burgdorferi

2.7.14 Chlamydia / Chlamydophila

2.7.15 Rickettsia

2.7.16 Coxiella burnetii

2.7.17 Additional information

2.8 Virology

2.9 Parasitology

2.10 Mycology

3. Physiology

4. Pathology

5. Pharmacology

6. Immunology

7. Biochemistry

8. Cell and molecular biology

9. Biostatistics and epidemiology

10. Genetics

11. Behavioral science

2.7.16 Coxiella burnetii

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2.7. Other important bacteria

Coxiella burnetii

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It causes Q fever. Infection is acquired by inhalation of aerosols from infected animals such as cattle, sheep and goats. It presents as an influenza like illness and dry cough with pneumonia. There is no rash. It can cause hepatitis and endocarditis in chronic infections. Laboratory diagnosis is by antibody detection by complement fixation test or indirect immunofluorescence and by PCR.

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