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7.4 HOST-MICROORGANISM INTERACTIONS - TRANSMISSION Flashcards

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✓Most pathogen are acquired from

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external sources

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Pathogens usually exit the infected patient most frequently from the

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respiratory tract and gastrointestinal
tract

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transmission to the new host usually occurs via

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airborne respiratory droplets or fecal contamination of food and water

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Four (4) important portals of entry for pathogenic organisms

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GIT, GUT, respiratory tract, integumentary system

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Mucous membranes of the GIT, GUT, repiratory tract and conjunctiva

DISEASES

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conjunctivitis, trachoma, ophthalmia
neonatorum

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punctures, injections, bites, cuts, wounds, surgery, and splitting of the skin or mucus membrane due to swelling or drying

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✓Parenteral route

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some organisms have many portals of entry

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(Yersinia and B. anthracis)

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ROUTES OF TRANSMISSION

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  1. Airborne Transmission
  2. Transmission by Food and Water
  3. Close Contact
  4. Cuts and Bites
  5. Arthropods
  6. Zoonoses
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Respiratory Spread
→ common
→aerosolized by coughing, sneezing, and talking

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Airborne Transmission

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—inhalation of infectious particles in liquid droplet dxs

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TB,
Brucellosis,
Tularemia,
Legionellosis and
Plague

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→residue from the evaporation of fluid from larger droplets and are light enough to remain airborne for long periods

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Droplet Nuclei

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→infection occurs via the fecal-oral route

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Transmission by Food and Water

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Transmission by Food and Water spp

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Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC)
Vibrio cholera

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Enterotoxigenic E. coli is the common cause of

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TRAVELER’S DIARRHEA

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→enterotoxin that causes the outpouring of fluid from the cells into the lumen of the intestine

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Vibrio cholera

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Preformed toxins [spp] [fecal oral route]

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Clostridium botulinum,
Bacillus cereus, and
S. aureus

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→passage of organisms by salivary, skin, and genital contact

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Close Contact

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→infection by the mouth flora

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Cuts and Bites

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→dog-bite and cat-bite infections

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Pasteurella multocida

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→tick, flea, or mite bite

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Arthropods

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Arthropods dxs

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→relapsing fever,
plague,
Rocky Mountain spotted fever,
Lyme disease,
typhus

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→depends on contact with animals or animal products
→arthropod vectors (plague), contact with secretions (brucellosis), and contact with animal carcasses and products (tularemia, listeriosis)

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Zoonoses

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Respiratory Tract pathogens

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Streptococcus pneumoniae
Neisseria meningitides
Haemophilus influenzae
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Bordetella pertussis
Salmonella typhi
Salmonella enteric
Vibrio cholera
Brucella spp

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Streptococcus pneumoniae disease

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Pneumonia

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Neisseria meningitides disease

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Meningitis
(meningococcemia)

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Haemophilus influenzae disease

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Meningitis

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis disease

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Tuberculosis

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Bordetella pertussis disease

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Pertussis (Whooping cough)

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Salmonella typhi disease

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Typhoid fever

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Salmonella enteric disease

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Salmonellosis

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Vibrio cholera disease

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cholera

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Brucella spp. disease

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Brucellosis (Undulant
fever)

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Skin (Integumentary System), Parenteral pathogens

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Clostridium perfringens
Rickettsia rickettsii

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Clostridium perfringens disease

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Gas gangrene

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Rickettsia rickettsii disease

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Rocky Mountain Spotted
Fever

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Numbers of Invading Microbes

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✓ID50
✓LD50

37
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→compare relative virulence under experimental conditions; it is not an absolute value

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✓ID50 (Infectious Dose for 50% of a sample population)

38
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→potency of a toxin

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✓LD50 (Lethal Dose for 50% of a sample population)

39
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✓ID50 B. anthracis Cutaneous

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10-50 endospores

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✓ID50 B. anthracis Inhalation

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10k-20k endospores

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✓ID50 B. anthracis Gastrointestinal

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250k-1M endospores

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✓ID50 V. cholerae

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108 cells (decreased upon neutralization of stomach acidity or administration of bicarbonates)

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LD50 Botulinum toxin

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0.03 ng/kg

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LD50 Shiga toxin

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250 ng/kg

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LD50 Staphylococcal enterotoxin

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1350 ng/kg

46
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Host-microorganism interactions path

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Encounter and entry
Colonization and entry
Invasion and dissemination
Outcome

47
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Corresponding infection-disease stages

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Incubation stage
Prodromal stage
Clinical stage
Stage of decline
Convalescent stage

48
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Pathogen encounters and colonizes host surface

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Encounter and entry

49
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Pathogen multiplies and breaches host surface defenses

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Colonization and entry

50
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Pathogen invades deeper tissues and disseminates, encounters inflammatory and immune responses

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Invasion and dissemination

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Pathogen completes cycle by [outcomes]

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Leaves host
Destroys host
Remains in latent state
Is destroyed by host

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[stage] No signs or symptoms

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Incubation stage

53
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[stage] First signs and symptoms, pathogen may be highly communicable

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Prodromal stage

54
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[stage] Peak of characteristic signs and symptoms of infection or disease

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Clinical stage

55
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[stage] Condition of host deteriorates possibly to death or signs and symptoms begin to subside as host condition improves

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Stage of decline

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[stage] Full recovery of surviving host or chronic infection develops, or death

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Convalescent stage

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