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Bacteria Gram Negative Flashcards

1
Q

Moraxella are ______. They colonize in the respiratory tract or ears. Cause _____ and otitis

A

rods

bronchitis

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Neisseria meningitidis is a ________ that has a capsule (antiphagocytic).

A

diplococci

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3
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Niesseria meningitides has an endotoxin lipopolysaccharide that can cause _______ and _____

A

hemorrhage and sepsis

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4
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neisseria gonorrhoeae have ____ that protect bacteria from antibodies. Have protein II allowing it to adhere to host cells.

A

pili

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5
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the enterics hang out in the ______. Enterobacteria, vibrion, pseudo, bacterio.

A

intestine. part of normal flora.

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6
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______ releases both endo and exotoxins. Known in women for _____, diarrhea, nonnative meningitis. Enterotoxigenic and enterohemorrhagic.

A

E coli

UTI

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7
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Kelbsiella causes ________ pneumonia and UTIs

A

alcoholic

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8
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shigella is most known for _______. Fecal-oral and has a shiga _____

A

dysenteriae

toxin

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9
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salmonella causes _____ fever and diarrhea, mostly in chicken and eggs

A

typhoid

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10
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Yersinia enterocolitica causes _____ and ____

A

fever and diarrhea

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11
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Vibrio cholera is ____ gram negative rod with a single _____

A

curved

flagellum

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12
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vibrio cholera is fecal-oral, but more severe than _____. Causes severe ______ (loss of Na and Cl) and rice water stool

A

e coli

dehydration

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13
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pseudomonas aeruginosa are an obligate _____ rod. _____ and blue fluorescent pigment

A

aerobic

green

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14
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bacterioides fragilis has no _______. Low virulence in the intestine, but traumatic elsewhere

A

gram negative

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15
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3 types of diarrhea:

  1. no cell invasion (caused by exotoxins)
  2. invasion of the intestinal _______ cells (toxins destroy the cells) WBC.
  3. invasion of the lymph nodes and bloodstream (fever, headache) WBC count.
A

epithelia

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16
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campylobacter is a ______ that causes diarrhea from fecal-oral (water or poultry)

A

fastidious organism

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17
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helicobacter pylori causes _______ and _______ (30-50% stomach worldwide)

A

gastritis and ulcers

18
Q

legionella are acquired via __________ tract. Haemophilus “blood loving”

A

respiratory

19
Q

haemophilus influenza can cause _________ (enlarged epiglottis)

A

epiglottitis

20
Q

haemophilus decreyi causes _____________ STI

21
Q

gardnerella vaginalis causes _______ ______

A

bacterial vaginosis

22
Q

bordetella pertussis attaches to ciliated epithelia cells of the trachea and bronchi, destroys them, and causes _________ cough. (Pertussis toxin)

23
Q

legionella pneumophilia is an _______ gram negative rod. Water environments, aerosolized contaminated water.

A

aerobic

Pontiac fever to Legionnaires disease

24
Q

Yersinia causes ________ plague. Fleas carry from rodents. Bacteria invade lymph nodes, hemorrhage cause black skin

25
Q

franciseall can resemble the ________, comes from rabbits/ticks/deerflies

A

bubonic plague

26
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brucella comes from ________ milk.

A

unpasteurized milk (goats/cows, pigs, dogs)

27
Q

pasteurella multocide is a _____ organism that colonizes in the mouths of ______ and dogs. do not suture.

A

zoonotic
cats
give Augmentin!

28
Q

chlamydia and rickettsia are gram negative ______, intracellular parasites. Rickettsia from a ____

A

obligate

vector

29
Q

chlamydia in the genitals and _____. Infant _______

A

eyes

infant pneumonia

30
Q

rickettsia rickettsii causes _______________ from ticks. Diffuse rash!

A

rocky mountain spotted fever

31
Q

________ are tiny corkscrews, move in a spinning fashion. Can’t be cultured.

A

spirochetes

32
Q

treponema palladium (spirochete) causes _________. 3 clinical stages if left untreated.

33
Q

Borellia (spirochete) causes _____ disease; tick borne. Single painless ______. ____ stages.

A

lyme
lesion
3

34
Q

leptospira interrogans (spirochete) from the ______ of dogs/rats/livestock

35
Q

acid-fast bacteria are mycobacterium _______ and ______. Only _____ are infected

A

tuberculosis and leprae

humans

36
Q

TB is an obligate aerobic with affinity for the _____. 6 weeks for growth.

37
Q

_______ on footpads of mice, armadillos and monkeys.

38
Q

mycoplasma lacks the _______ ____, not rods or cocci.

39
Q

mycoplasma pneumoniae (“walking pneumonia) attaches to ________ epithelia cells. 2-3 week incubation.

A

respiratory epithelial cells

graduate fever, sore throat, dry hacking cough)

40
Q

Prions have no host _____ ____

A

immune response

41
Q

all prions are _______ and _______

A

untreatable and fatal

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