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Bacteria (20%) Flashcards

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+ CLUSTERED - scalded skin syndrome, causes boils, skin inflammation, osteomyelitis, toxic shock syndrome, impetigo - cause fomite

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Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

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+ anthrax, Woolsorters Dx, aerobic

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bacillus anthracis

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+ botulism, flaccid paralysis, 12-36 hours; boil 120C 20min

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clostridium botulinum

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+ tetanus (lock jaw), spastic paralysis, rusty nail”, 8days

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clostridium tetani

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+ wound, brown bubbles under skin, 24-72 hours, gas gangrene

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clostridium perfringens

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+ tuberculosis, TINE, mantoux, acid fast stain; lowenstein-jensen medium, leprosy (hansens Dx) lesions-FALL off (india-leprosy), rods

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mycobacterium

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+ rheumatic fever Jones criteria, SPECS, Rebecca lansfield, mitis salivarius agar, strep throat, scarlet fever, DICK test, strawberry tongue

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streptococcus pyogenes (group A)

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+ subacute bacterial carditis

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streptococcus viridians

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+ dental carries

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streptococcus mutans “in our mouth”

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+ milk and cheese borne disease

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listeria monocyogene

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+ aka babes ernst bodies, SCHICK test, metachromatic granules, gray pseudomembrane, DPT DTaP/DT/Td (new)

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corynebacterium diptheria

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SPECS Rheumatic fever jones critera

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Syndenhams chorea
Polyarthritis
Erythemamarginatum
Carditis
Subcutaneous nodules
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+ neonatal meningitis

occurs at birth

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strep agalactiae (group B)

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+ 2.3 mil carriers, Dx second only to HIV, begins skin scratch, lungs look like “swiss cheese”

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CA-MRSA

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  • thayer martin chocolate agar, diploe cocci, gonorrhea, STD, infantile vagina, cervix
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neisseria gonorrhea

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  • meningitis, bacteremia
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neisseria meningitidis

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  • “hot tubs”, blue/green pus, burn infections, hospitalized
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pseudomonas aeruginosa

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  • “travelers” metallic green sheen, UTIs, infantile diarrhea, symptoms occur after 2 days, EMB agar
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E coli

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  • NO FEVER, bacillary dysentery, tenesmus, flies-vector
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shigella

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  • Bubonic plague (black death), carried on rat fleas
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yersinia pestis

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meningitis (-)

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haemophilus

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  • MC bacterial gastroenteritis, 2-5 days, contaminated beverages and food
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camphylobacter jejuni

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  • whooping cough, DPT vaccine
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bordetella pertussis

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  • brucellosis, meat, unpasteurized milk/cheese, acute/chronic phase
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brucella abortis

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- tularemia, rabbit fever, dangerous biological terrorist threat
francisella tularensis
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- legionnaires disease, pneumophilia
legionella
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- "pea soup" diarrhea, 2nd MC cause gastroenteritis, 12-72hrs, meat, poultry, eggs
salmonella
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- pneumonia, red currant jelly sputum
klebsiella
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- john snow, comma shaped, dehydration, rice water stools, death, 24-48hours
vibrio cholera
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exotic bird importer with a fever, ornithosis, parrots and other birds, symptoms are flue like --> systemic complications - pneumonia [parrot SHITICA on hair
chlamydia psittaci
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lymphogranuloma venereum (invades lympth tissue of genitalia), MC STD in US
chlamydia trachomatis
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chlamydia causes this, pelvic inflammatory disease, lymphogranuloma verereum
trachoma reiters
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acute febrile disease, severe HAs, chills, muscle pains, Rocky Mt Spotted Fever (tick fever/typhus) N&S America, Rash on palms and soles (ankles and wrists) - to neck face axilla trunk
rickettsia ricketsii
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prolonged high fever, HA, maculopapular rash, worldwide, epidemic typhus - later Brill-Zinsser Dx - yrs after initial attack, louse feces
rickettsia prowazekii
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SCRUB typhus, fever, primary lesion, macular rash, lymphadenopathy, CHIGGER
rickettsia tsutsugamushi
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trench fever, louse - africa, mexico, europe
rochalimaea quintana
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Q fever, acute sudden onset, fever, HA, malaise -milk, dried up/inhale it or you can drink infected milk, tick
coxiella burnetti
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tick typhus
R. rickettsii
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epidemic typhus
R. prowazeckii
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murine typhus
R. typhi
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scrub typhus
R. tsutsugamushi
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syphilis, VDRL, FTA-ABS, Wasserman test, green
treponema pallidum
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4-8 weeks, CHANCRE (on your wanker)
primary syphilis
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12 weeks later, rash (contagious)
secondary syphilis
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months later, gumma
tertiary syphilis
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relapsing fever, lice, infection via mucous membranes --> blood
borrelia recurrentis
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from a squirrel or chipmunk tick, can be fatal
borrelia hermsii
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lyme disease, deer ticks, bulls eye rash (erythema migrans)
borrelia burgdorferi
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primary phase - high fever, chills, HA, muscle aches, conjunctivitis and vomiting secondary - HA, kidney, hepatic, jaundice, anemia, neuro disturbances --> WEILs syndrome vector: rat urine
leptospira interrogans
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yaws (ulcerations extremities), FTA
treponema pertenue

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