Rickettsia & Obligate Intracellular Bacteria
HardMicrobiology · Bacteriology
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A high-yield cluster of zoonotic and arthropod-borne organisms that share two binding themes: they cannot make their own ATP (or are energy parasites) and grow only inside host cells, and almost all of them respond to doxycycline. NEET PG repeatedly tests Weil-Felix reaction, scrub typhus eschar, Chlamydia serovars and Q fever. These bacteria cannot be grown on cell-free (artificial) media. They require living hos…
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