Bacteria Pathogenesis

Question 1

inject their own receptor (TIM-intimin) into host cell

Answer 1

E. coli

Question 2

2 pathogens that hijack host actin polymerizing mechanisms

Answer 2

E. coli and Listeria

Question 3

gram - rod that causes whooping cough through toxin-child becomes cyanotic

Answer 3

Bordetella pertussis

Question 4

to treat pertussis

Answer 4

Azithromycin

Question 5

secretes alpha toxin that causes alpha hemolysis of RBC’s

Answer 5

S. aureus

Question 6

gram + bacterium that is stained by metachromatic granules

Answer 6

C. diphtheriae

Question 7

secretes toxin that disrupts protein synthesis (introduced only by transduction w/ a phage)

Answer 7

diphtheria

Question 8

toxin that binds adenylyl cyclase and causes watery diarrhea; endemic in India

Answer 8

cholera toxin (Vibrio cholerae)

Question 9

toxin that disrupts desmoglein-1

Answer 9

Exfoliative toxin (S. aureus)

Question 10

toxin that causes convulsive contractions; inhibition of GABA

Answer 10

Tetanus toxin (Clostridium tetani)

Question 11

toxin that prevents Ach release and causes Flaccid Paralysis

Answer 11

Botulinum toxin (Clostridium botulinum)