04-Gram Negative Bacterial Infections Flashcards
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- What produces the blue pigment in pseudomonas? Yellow/green pigment? Black pigment?
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- blue pigment (pyocyanin); yellow-green pigment (fluorescein); black (Pyomelinin)
2
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- What causes Ecthyma gangrenosum?
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- pseudomonas
3
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- What causes Ecthyma?
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- Ulcerative staph or strep pyoderma
4
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- What causes Ecthyma dipthericum?
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- Corynebacterium diphtheria
5
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- What causes Ecthyma contagiosum?
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- Orf
6
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- How do you treat Hot tub folliculitis with systemic symptoms, and what is the cause?
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- Cipro; pseudomonas
7
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- What cells do you see in Malakoplakia and what is the cause?
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- foamy eosinophilic von Hansemann cells (macrophages) containing calcified, concentrically laminated, intracytoplasmic bodies called Michaelis–Gutmann bodies a. Sheets of histiocytes (von Hansemann cells) with foamy eosinophilic granular cytoplasm and small, usually eccentric nuclei b. Michaelis-Gutmann bodies: Calcified, concentrically laminated intracytoplasmic basophilic bodies
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- Other name for granuloma inguinale, and cause? a. Clinically? b. 3 types? c. Histo cells? d. Treatment?
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- Donovanosis; Klebsiella granulomatis a. painless BEEFY RED ULCERATIVE LESION b. Ulcerovegetative type, cicatricial, nodular c. Donovan bodies- Intracytoplasmic bipolar staining, safety pin-shaped, inclusion bodies seen in pale histiocytes d. Doxycycline x 3 wks or until healed
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- Parastized macrophage DDX?
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- HIS Pen GiRL: Histoplasmosis, Penicillium marfenii. Granuloma Inguinale, Rhinoscleroma, Leishmaniasis … Blasto, Paracoccidio, trypanosomiasis, toxoplasma
10
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- What causes a Chancroid? a. Clinically? b. TX? c. Gram stain?
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- Haemophilus ducreyi a. Unilateral PAINFUL adenitis; May suppurate➠ bubo b. Azithro 1gm x 1 c. SCHOOL OF FISH PATTERN” gram negative rods
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- What does Chlamydia trachomatis cause? a. Which serotypes? b. What are the 3 stages? c. TX?
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- Lymphogranuloma Venereum a. L1, L2, L3 b. Painless ulcer; bubo (+ groove sign); ano-genital-rectal syndrome c. Doxycycline 100mg BID x 3 wks
12
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- What is the m/c cause of purulent urethritis in men?
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- Neisseria gonorrhoeae a. MYCOPLASMA & CHLAMYDIA both cause URETHRITIS, but usually NOT purulent
13
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- What is Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome?
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- Acute perihepatitis with hepatic capsular adhesions (untreated PID)
14
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- What is a risk factor for Gonococcemia? a. m/c site for septic arthritis? b. Culture medium?
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- C5-C9 deficiency a. knee b. Thayer martin agar (gold standard)
15
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- TX for uncomplicated gonorrhea?
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- Ceftriaxone 125mg IM x 1 a. Disseminated : Ceftriaxone1g IM or IV q 24hrs, then PO Cephalosporins x 1 wk b. Cover chlamydia: Azithro 1gm PO x 1, or Doxy 100mg PO BID x 7 days
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- How does meningococcemia appear clinically? a. TX?
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- Angular infarcts with erythematous rim and gun-metal gray interior a. Pen G 300,000 U/kg/day IV x 10-14days i. Px all contacts: Rifampin 600mg PO BID x 2 days
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- What is “Waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome”
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- “Waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome” (adrenal hemorrhage/ infarct) may occur 2* hypotension
18
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- How does one get vibrio vulnificus?
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- Raw/Undercooked Fish, shellfish, Raw oyster ingestion (V. cholera = watery diarrhea)
19
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- What are rose spots, and what causes them?
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- Rose spots in 50-60% after 7-10 days of fever/diarrhea➠ 2-5mm rose-colored macules or papules on the ant trunk between the nipples and umbilicus. Caused by Salmonella typhi