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7- Infectious diseases Flashcards

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Basic characteristics of infectious disease

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  • Genus/species – Bacteroides fragilis
  • Light microscope -1um diam./ 3-10um length
  • They are Procaryotic so have no nucleus/ membrane bound organelles only free-floating DNA strands – divides by binary fission (Asexual reproduction = identical daughter cells)
  • Doubling time – 20 min for E.coli
  • Differentiating Cell wall– Blue/purple (Gram positive), red (Gram negative)
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What are pathogens

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Organism that causes or is capable of causing disease

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What are commensals

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Organism which colonises the host but causes no disease in normal circumstances, unless they are in a place they shouldn’t be

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What is an opportunistic pathogen

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Microbe that only causes disease if host defenses are compromised (Opportunist infections)

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What is Virulence/Pathogenicity

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The degree to which a given organism is pathogenic

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What is asymptomatic carriage

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When a pathogen is carried harmlessly at a tissue site where it causes no disease

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What is the morphology of bacteria

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  • Shape, size and aggregation e.g. cocci, rods, clumps, chains, pairs
  • Cell wall structure – Gram positive (Thick peptidoglycan layer – absorbs the dye) / Gram negative (Thin peptidoglycan layer + outer membrane with lipopolysaccharides – contribute to antibiotic resistance)
  • Other structures – capsule, spore, flagella, pili
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The species name can sometimes tell us…

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the disease that it causes

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Features of bacterial growth

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  • Agar medium (media), broth
  • Aerobic (growth in oxygen), anaerobic (growth without oxygen), facultative (either)
  • Shape of colony – diameter, edge, domes or flat
  • Effect on medium – haemolysis (Breakdown of RBC) – indicated by zone clearing around colonies (Streptococcus), pigment production (Pseudomonas – Green pigment), acid from sugar – detected using a pH indicator e.g. lactose (Escherichia coli) (Catalase test – ability to produce catalase, used to separate staph a from other cocci)
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Examples of microbes

most viruses

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-Most viruses
-E.coli, S.aureus etc
-Mycobacterium
tuberculosis
-Fungi (Candida albicans)
-Mycobacterium
leprae

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What is the situation and doubling time of most viruses

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They are cells with a doubling time <1hr

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What is the situation and doubling time of E coli, S aureus etc

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They are broth or solid media and the doubling time is 20- 30 mins

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What is the situation and doubling time of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis

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They are broth or media and the doubling time is 24 hours

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What is the situation and doubling time of fungi (Candida albicans)

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They are broth or media and the doubling time is 30mins

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What is the situation and doubling time of Mycobacterium
leprae

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They are broth or media and the doubling time is 2 weeks

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What do some antibiotics do

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Many groups, split on chemical structure and mode of action such as penicillins (Gram +ve) and tetracyclines (Gram +ve and -ve)

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When antibiotic groups split what can they be
B or B

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either bactericidal (Kill bacteria) or bacteriostatic (Inhibiting bacterial synthesis)

18
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What is the activity of antibiotics determined by

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Activity determined by Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) – the lower the MIC the more active the drug
-lowest concentration of an antibiotic that can inhibit the visible growth of a particular microorganism

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When does antibiotic resistance develop

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soon after antibiotics used in treatment

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What is the most common mechanism of resistance
Via E

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Most common mechanism is via enzyme – beta-lactamase (ESBL produced by gram -ve)

21
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More on resistance

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  • Widespread and often indiscriminate use has led to multiresistant organisms (selection)
  • Several bacteria now very resistant (MRSA) and difficult to treat
22
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To combat resistance there is now

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greater reliance now on infection control and/or vaccines

23
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Bacterial genetic variation can be

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mutation or gene transfer

24
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What happens during mutation

BDI

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  • Base substitution
  • Deletion
  • Insertion
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What happens during gene transfer

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  • Transformation via plasmid (Where bacteria take up free DNA from environment and incorporate it)
  • Transduction via bacteriophage (a virus) where DNA is transferred between bacterias
  • Conjugation via sex pilus transfer of DNA via direct contact
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What is the incidence and cost of healthcare associated infections

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  • 300,000 HAIs per year in UK
  • Costs NHS £1 billion
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What is the affect of healthcare associated infections

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  • Increasing problem in community settings such as nursing and residential homes
  • Major impact on mortality and morbidity increasing length of stay and cost
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What hygiene measures can be employed to reduce MRSA spreading

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  • Clean hands before and after touching patients
  • Hands cleaned with soap and water, or alcohol gel or hand rub
  • Wear gloves and aprons when caring for a patient with MRSA
  • A patient with MRSA may be moved to a room on their own or into a separate area for people who have MRSA or other infections
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Infections and spread of MRSA (Staph A that’s resistant to antibiotics)

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Infections- wounds/ bacteraemia (bacteria in blood)
Spread- hands/ formatted (surfaces)

30
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Figures and treatment of MRSA (Staph A that’s resistant to antibiotics)

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Figures- 6000 cases of
bacteraemia/ yr
Treatment- Vancomycin
plus topicals if necessary

31
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Infections and spread of C.Diffile

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Infections- Hospital-acquired
diarrhoea
(80% in >65 yr age group)
Spread- Hands and/or
environmental surfaces

31
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Figures and treatment of C diffile

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Figures- 50,000
cases/yr
Treatment- Broad-spectrum antibiotics are cause – metronidazole or vancomycin plus fluids

32
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How to avoid contracting C diff

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  • Wash hands thoroughly with soap and water before preparing/eating food, after handling raw food, after going to the toilet, after visiting hospitals and care homes
  • Take antibiotics only when necessary
  • Wash all dirty clothes, bedding, towels of infected patients in washing machine on hottest cycle. Clean toilet seats, flush handles, taps, after use with detergent and hot water
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What is chlamidiya trachomatis

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  • Related to Chlamydophila pneumoniae and C.psittaci – Cause pneumonia
  • Obligate intracellular bacterium – Requires a host cell to replicate. BUT ARE NOT VIRUSES (Has cell wall and susceptible to antibiotics that target cell wall synthesis)
  • Produces Elementary (Infectious form) and Reticulate bodies (Replicative form) (EBs/RBs) can be seen by light microscope
  • Unique developmental cycle – EB taken up by host, transforms to RB to replicate  differentiate back to EB
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Chlamidiya trachomatis growth

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Grown in tissue culture – as host cell needed. Divided into 3 groups:
* Serovars A-C = Trachoma
* Serovars D-K = NGU/ Conjunctivitis
* Serovars L1-L3 = Lymphogranuloma venereum

34
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What is chalmidiya trachomatis treated with

T A

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Tetracycline, azithromycin

35
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What are the basic characteristic of viruses

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  • DNA (Herpes) or RNA (HIV)
  • Require electron microscope to be seen (25 – 150nm)
  • Several morphological forms
  • No metabolic systems – requires tissue culture
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How do viruses grow

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  • Many different types of cells used for culture – growth determined by cytopathic effect (Damage or changes occur in host cells) (CPE)
  • Growth recognised by unique appearance e.g. adenonvirus –grape-like clusters
  • Also by antibody neutralisation and erythrocyte agglutination
37
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What is the structure of viruses

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  • Virion: the intact virus particle
  • Capsid: the protein coat
  • Capsomeres: the protein structural units which make up the capsid
  • Nucleic acid genome: either DNA or RNA
38
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What is protozoa

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  • Eukaryote (3-2000um)
  • Contains nucleus, no cell wall
  • Unicellular, often in soil and water
  • Life cycle, trophozoite and cyst stages
38
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What lab tests are needed to diagnose a virus

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  • CPE
  • Electron microscopy - morphology
  • Serology – antibody tests e.g. ELISA looking for >4 fold rise in titre
  • Molecular tests such as PCR and commercial DNA/RNA detection systems
39
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Bacteria and viruses

both detected using NAATs

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Although both detected by NAATs (Nucleic acid amplification tests), otherwise different diagnostic approaches for bacteria and viruses

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