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Bacterial Toxins Flashcards

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TSST-1: organism

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S. aureus

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TSST-1: toxin type

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superantigen

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TSST-1: effects

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toxic shock syndrome: fever, rash, shock

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Scarlet fever-erythrogenic toxin: organism

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S. pyogenes

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Scarlet fever-erythrogenic toxin: effects

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toxic shock-like syndrome

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Scarlet fever-erythrogenic toxin: toxin type

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superantigen

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C. diptheria toxin: mechanism

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ADP ribosylating A-B toxin: inactivates EF-2

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C. diptheria toxin: effects

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pharyngitis, pseudomembrane in throat

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V. cholerae toxin: mechanism

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ADP ribosylating A-B toxin: ribosylation of G protein upregulates adenylyl cyclase

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V. cholerae toxin: effects

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H2O moves out of cell: rice-water diarrhea

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E. coli heat labile toxin: mechanism

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ADP ribosylating A-B toxin: stimulates adenylate cyclase

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E. coli heat labile toxin: effect

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rice-water diarrhea

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E. coli heat stable toxin: mechanism

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ADP ribosylating A-B toxin simlates guanylate cyclase

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E. coli heat stable toxin: effect

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Rice water diarrhea

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B. pertussis toxin: mechanism

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ADP ribosylating A-B toxin: inhibits Galpha1, increases cAMP

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B. pertussis toxin: effects

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Whooping cough

lymphocytosis

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alpha toxin: organism

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C. perfringins

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alpha toxin: effect

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gas gangrene

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C. tetani toxin: mechanism

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blocks release of GABA and glycine

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C. tetani toxin: effect

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lockjaw

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C. botulinum toxin: mechanism

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blocks release of Ach

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C. botulinum toxin: effect

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anticholinergic symptoms, flaccid paralysis

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Edema factor: organism

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B. anthracis

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Edema factor: mechanism

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adenylate cyclase

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Shiga toxin: mechanism

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cleaves host rRNA, inactivates 60S ribosome, enhances cytokine release

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Shiga toxin: effect

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HUS

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Streptolysin O: organism

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S. pyogenes

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Streptolysin O: mechanism

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hemolysin

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Streptolysin S: organism

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S. pyogenes

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Streptolysin S: mechanism

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hemolysis

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Erythrogenic/pyrogenic toxins: organism

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S. Pyogenes

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Erythrogenic/pyrogenic toxins: effect

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skin rash and fever of scarlet fever

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alpha toxin of S. aureus: effect

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hemolysis

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beta toxin of S. aureus: effect

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sphingomyelinase

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proteins A, B, and C of gamma-toxin of S. aureus: effects

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A and B: hemolysin

B and C: leukocidin

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hemolysin of S. aureus: effect

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hemolysis

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leukocidin of S. aureus: effect

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destroys leukocytes

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enterotoxins A-E of S. aureus: effect

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food poisoning, vomiting and diarrhea

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epidermolytic/exfoliative toxin of S. aureus: effect

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epithelial cell lysis, scalded skin syndrome

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