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Bacteria Part 3 ( Gram - Rods ) Flashcards

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1
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What are the gram negative rods in bacteria ? (17)

A

Rickettsia
Wolbachia
Burkhokderia
Bordetella
Pseudomonas
Escherichia
Salmonella
Shigella
Klebsiella
Serratia
Proteus
Yersinia
Haemophilus
Bdellovibrio
Chlamydias
Bacteroides
Fusobacteria

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What’s a slong to help me remember the 17 gram negative rods?

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Richard
Wore
Bubble
Boobs,
People
Eagerly
Sat
Sharp
Knitting
Sensing
Pricy
Young
Hot
Bodies
Chatting
Backstage
Fabric

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What is rickettsia? How is it transmitted and caused what?

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An obligate intercellular parasite
Transmitted by insect
Spotted fevers

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What’s the rickettsia pathogen?

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Rickettsia rickettsii

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What does rickettsia rickettsii cause?

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Spotted fever

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What is wolbachia? Where does it live? And what does it cause ?

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The most common bacterial genus in the world

Live inside insects & invertebrates

Turns male insects into females

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7
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What is burkholderia pathogen?

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Burkholderia Cepacia

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What does b. Cepacia cause? And how do we get it?

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Contaminated hospital equipment
Causes cystic fibrosis

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What is the bordetella pathogen?

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B. Pertussis

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What is b.pertussis?

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Whooping cough (pertussis)

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Is bordetella perussis contagious?

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VERY! 2,000 cases year in USA

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12
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Is b. Pertussis a virulence factor and how?

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Yes
Cause if exotoxin, pertussis toxin & tracheal cytotoxin

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13
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What is the 2 exotoxin in b. Pertussis?

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Pertussis toxin
Tracheal cytotoxin

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Does b. Pertussis have a pili?

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Yes

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15
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Does b.pertussis have a endotoxin?

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Yes

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16
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How does pertussis toxin work in b. Pertussis?

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Inhibits monocyte migration to infection

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17
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How does tracheal cytotoxin work in b. Pertussis ?

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Inhibits action of cell cilia

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How does the pili work for b. Pertussis?

A

Adherence to respiratory tract

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How do you get b. Pertussis?

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Respiratory route

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What are the 3 stages of b. Pertussis?

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Catarrhal stage
Paraoxysmal stage
Convalescence stage

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21
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How does the catarrhal stage work for b. Pertussis?

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Initial state
- sneezing & coughing

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How does the paroxysmal stage work for b. Pertussis?

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Second stage
- Severe coughing ending in whopping
- most contagious stage

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What is the convalescence stage for the b.pertussis?

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Third stage
- less server coughing

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What’s the most contagious stage out of the 3 for b. Pertussis?

A

Paroxysmal stage

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25
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Can b. Pertussis be prevented and how?

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DTaP

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26
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What is recommend boosters for adolescents and adults because of waning immunity for b. Pertussis?

A

Tdap

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27
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What is pseudomonas?

A

Most medically important pathogen

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28
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What is the pathogen for pseudomonas?

A

P. Aeruginosa

29
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What are the characteristics for p. Aeruginosa? (4) ( resistant? Outer membrane? Grows? Colors? )

A

Resistant to many antibiotics & disinfectants

Outer membrane contains porins that pump these cells

Grows inside disinfects

Blue- green pigment

30
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What does pseudomonas cause?

A

Pneumonia
Urinary Tract infections
Infections in burns

31
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Is pseudomonas a nosocomial infection?

A

Yes

32
Q

What are the 7 enterobacteriales ? Gram - rods?

A

Escherichia
Salmonella
Shigella
Klebsiella
Serratia
Proteus
Yersinia

33
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What’s a slongan to help remember the 7 enterobacteriales?

A

Eagerly
Sat
Sharp
Knitting
Sensing
Pricy
Young

34
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What is Escherichia?

A

Facultative anaerobe
Fecal contamination

35
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What is the pathogen for Escherichia?

A

E, coli

36
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What does e. Coli do?

A

Travelers diarrhea
Urinary tract infections

37
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What is salmonella?

A

Cattle and poultry cause infection

38
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What’s the pathogen for salmonella?

A

S. Enterica
S. Typhi

39
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What is S.Enterica?

A

Flagellar antigen
Uncooked poultry

40
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What is s. Typhi?

A

Serious infection of the intestine
Which leads to
Intestinal mucosal wall

41
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What is the pathogen for shigella?

A

S. Dysenteriae

42
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What does s. Dysenteriae cause?

A

Bacillary dysentery
( gasterointestonal disease )

43
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What is Klebsiella?

A

Found in soil and water
Common in hospitals

44
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What is the pathogen for klebsiella?

A

K. Pneumoniae

45
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What does k. Pneumoniae cause?

A

Serious antibiotic resisitance
Immune compromised individuals

46
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What is Serratia pathogen?

A

S. Marcesens

47
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What is s. Marcescens? (4)

A

Nosocomial infection
Urinary respiratory tract infection
Septicemias
Produces red pigment

48
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What is proteus ?

A

Very active motile
Urinary Tracy infection leading to kidney

49
Q

What is Yersinia pathogen?

A

Y. Pesits

50
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What is y.Pestis?

A

Bubonic plague

51
Q

What is y.pestis mainly found in?

A

Rats & squirrels
Direct contact with animals or their fleas

52
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What is haemophiles?

A

Mucous membranes of nasopharynx

53
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What is haemophils pathogens?

A

H. Influenzae
H. Ducreii

54
Q

What does h. Influenzae do?

A

Pneumonia
Ear aches
Epiglottitis

55
Q

Does h. Influenzae cause the flu?

A

No

56
Q

What are the cultural requirements for h. Influenzae?

A

Blood to grow
X factor = heme
V factor = NAD+

57
Q

What is h. Ducreii?

A

STD
Called chancre

58
Q

What is bdellovibrio? And causes?

A

Not a human pathogen
Attack other gram neg
Causes cell lysis for others

59
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What is chlamydias?

A

Obligate intracellular parasites

60
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What are the 2 steps for chlamydias transport?

A
  1. Elementary body
    Infective form enters the cell
  2. Reticulate body
    Larger intracellular form
61
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How is chlamydia transferred?

A

Personal contact

62
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What are the 3 pathogen for chlamydia?

A

C. Trachomatis
C. Psittaci
C. Pneumoniae

63
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What does c. Trachomatis do?

A

STD
Blindness

64
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What does c. Psittaci do?

A

Pneumonia from birds

65
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What does p. Pneumoniae do?

A

Mild form of pneumonia

66
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What is bacteroides?

A

Strict anaerobic
Non motile non spore forming

67
Q

What does bacterocides cause?

A

Infections in the peritoneum after surgery gunshot or knife

68
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What is fusobacterium ? Found where

A

Long slender strict anaerobe
Mainly found in oral cavity

69
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What does fusobacterium cause?

A

Gum disease

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