Bacteria of the Respiratory Tract - Extra Review Cards

Question 1

G+ or G- ?

Bordetella pertussis

Answer 1

G-

Question 2

G+ or G- ?

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Answer 2

G+

Question 3

G+ or G- ?

Neisseria meningitidis

Answer 3

G-

Question 4

G+ or G- ?

Streptococcus pyogenes

Answer 4

G+

Question 5

G+ or G- ?

Staphylococcus aureus

Answer 5

G+

Question 6

G+ or G- ?

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Answer 6

G+

Question 7

G+ or G- ?

Haemophilus influenzae

Answer 7

G-

Question 8

G+ or G- ?

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Answer 8

neither

Question 9

G+ or G- ?

Pseudomonas aeruguinosa

Answer 9

G-

Question 10

G+ or G- ?

Legionella pneumoniae

Answer 10

G-

Question 11

G+ or G- ?

Mycoplasma tuberculosis

Answer 11

G+ (technically correct… the best kind of correct)

Question 12

Vaccine against A, C, Y, W135 serovars

Answer 12

Neisseria meningitidis

Question 13

Three phases of whooping cough?

What is the pathogen?

Answer 13

catarrhal -> paroxysmal -> convalescence

Bordetella pertussis

Question 14

PTx blocks Gi_alpha, FHA and pertactin

Answer 14

Bordetella pertussis

Question 15

Does bordetella pertussis have a vaccine?

Against what?

Answer 15

Yes

PTx (pertussis toxin) and pertactin

Question 16

G+coccobacillus in ‘Chinese character’ arrangement

Answer 16

Corynebacterium diphtheria

Question 17

G+, “positive everything”

Answer 17

Staphylococcus aureus

Question 18

pseudomembranes

Answer 18

Corynebacterium diphtheria

Question 19

Beta-hemolytic, catalase(-), M-proteins, ASO

Answer 19

Streptococcus pyogenes

Question 20

What does diphtheria toxin (DTx) do?

Answer 20

Blocks EF2

Question 21

Name (2) virulence factors of S. pyogenes

Answer 21

M-protein, ASO

Question 22

A-protein

Answer 22

Staphylococcus aureus

Question 23

(2) Diseases causes by S. pyogenes

Answer 23

strep throat, scarlet fever

Question 24

(2) virulence factors of S. pneumoniae

Answer 24

pneumolysin, IgA protease

Question 25

23-valent and 13-valent vaccines available Which one is for children?

Answer 25

S. pneumoniae 13-valent for children, 23-valent for adults

Question 26

Does H. influenzae have a vaccine?

Answer 26

Yes. But Hib only.

Question 27

Major diseases caused by S. pneumoniae

Answer 27

Lobar pneumonia, sinusitis, otitis media

Question 28

Target of the diphtheria vaccine?

Answer 28

DTx (toxin)

Question 29

What grows primarily on chocalte agar? What is chocolate agar?

Answer 29

Haemophilus influenzae chocolate agar = Heme/NAD

Question 30

ox+, forms biolfilms

Answer 30

Pseudomonas aeruguinosa

Question 31

(2) major virulence factors of H. influenzae

Answer 31

OMPs and LOS

Question 32

Morphological characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae What causes disease with this bug?

Answer 32

Very small, pseudomorphic, 'fried egg' Attaches between cilia in respiratory epithelium (via P1 adhesin) -\> metabolites trigger an inflammatory reaction -\> inflammatory cytokines damage respiratory epithelia

Question 33

What is P1 adhesin? What uses it?

Answer 33

Virulence factor used by Mycoplasma pneumoniae to attach to the respiratory epithelium.

Question 34

Which (2) pathogens have possess a single cilia?

Answer 34

Pseudomonas, Legionella

Question 35

Legionella - where is it found? What diseases does it cause? Which one is worse?

Answer 35

Water supplies Legionnaire's disease \>\> Pontiac fever

Question 36

What generally only grows on buffered charcoal?

Answer 36

Pseudomonas aeruguinosa

Question 37

alpha-hemolysis?

Answer 37

S. pneumoniae

Question 38

What is cord factor? What uses it?

Answer 38

Virulence factor used by Mycoplasma tuberculosis to block PMNs.

Question 39

Acid fast? Why?

Answer 39

Mycoplasma tuberculosis, due to mycolic acids in its cell wal

Question 40

Intracellular opportunist that causes Pontiac Fever?

Answer 40

Legionella pneumoniae

Question 41

Name (2) general virulence strategies employed by Pseudomonas

Answer 41

Forms biofilms Toxins

Question 42

Commonly found with cystic fibrosis

Answer 42

Pseudomonas aeruguinosa

Question 43

Diseases caused by H. influenzae

Answer 43

pneumonia, sinusitis, otitis media, epiglottitis

Question 44

(2) bugs that cause atypical pneumonia

Answer 44

Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pseudomonas aeruguinosa

Question 45

G-, ox+, cat+ G+, ox+, cat+

Answer 45

Neisseria meningitidis Staphylococcus aureus

Question 46

"Positive Everything"

Answer 46

S. aureus