Bacterial Toxins

Question 1

what are the strict aerobes

Answer 1

Nagging Pests Must Breath

1. Norcadia
2. Pseudomonas
3. Mycobacteria
4. Bacillus

Question 2

what are the strict anaerobes

Answer 2

Freaks Cant Breath Air

1. Fusobacterium
2. clostridium
3. bacteroids
4. actinomyces

Question 3

what are the spore formers

Answer 3

ABC

1. actinomyces
2. bacillus
3. clostridium

Question 4

what bacteria lack a cell wall

Answer 4

CUM

1. coxiella
2. mycoplasma
3. ureaplasma

Question 5

what are the iron binding virulence factors

Answer 5

siderophores

Question 6

what is the mneumonic for capsulated bacteria

Answer 6

YES, SAdly Some Bad Killers Have Pretty Nice Capsules

Question 7

what is the names of the bacteria that have capsules

Answer 7

1. yersinia
2. E. Coli
3. Streptococcus agalactiae
4. Salmonella
5. Streptococcus pneumoniae
6. Bacillus anthracis
7. Klebsiella
8. Haemophilus influenzae
9. pseudomonas aeruginosa
10. neisseria meningitidis
11. cryptococcus neoformans

Question 8

what bacterua cleaves IgA (also has capsule)

Answer 8

SHiN

1. str. pneumoniae
2. H. influenza
3. Neisseria

Question 9

your _____ protects your SHiN

Answer 9

spleen

Question 10

what is the major virulence factor for STr. Pyogenes

Answer 10

M Protein

Question 11

M Protein mimmicks

Answer 11

myosin, leads to rheumatic heart disease and glomerulonephritis

Question 12

the bkey virulence factor of staphylococcus aureus is

Answer 12

Protein A

Question 13

what does protein A do

Answer 13

binds Fc portion of IgG (inhibits phagocytosis)

Question 14

which is more toxic endo or exotoxins

Answer 14

exotoxins

Question 15

which produces fever endo or exotoxins

Answer 15

endotoxins

Question 16

when is LPS released

Answer 16

when bacteria die

Question 17

which kind of bacteria have porins

Answer 17

gram negative

Question 18

what are the two classic endotoxin reactions

Answer 18

gram negative sepsis

meningococcemia

Question 19

what does the A component of an exotoxin do

Answer 19

active/toxic

Question 20

diptheria has the same mechanism as

Answer 20

pseudomonas aeroginosa (inactivates EF-2 by adding ADP-ribose)

Question 21

shigella has the same mechanism as

Answer 21

EHEC

Question 22

what does corynebacterium diptheria look like

Answer 22

thick gray throat/nose

Question 23

what does shigella cause

Answer 23

bloody diarrhea

Question 24

what is the difference in the mechanism between shigella and EHEC

Answer 24

in EHEC the shiga-like toxin does the damage

Question 25

what us the bacterial toxin mechanism of bacillus anthracis

Answer 25

edema factor

Question 26

vibrio choler and _____ have the same mechanism

Answer 26

ETEC

Question 27

what are the two toxins in anthrax

Answer 27

edema toxin and lethal toxin

Question 28

what is also known as travelers diarrhea

Answer 28

ETEC

Question 29

what two toxins does ETEC produce

Answer 29

Heat Labile Toxin (activates cAMP)

Heat Stable Toxin (activates cGMP)

Question 30

The heat Labile Toxin in ETEC functions similar to the

Answer 30

cholera toxin

Question 31

virbrio cholera produces _____ _____ ______

Answer 31

rice water stool

Question 32

Bordetella perussis is also known as

Answer 32

whooping cough

Question 33

what proteins do clostridium target

Answer 33

snare proteins

Question 34

clostridium toxin is ______ in infants

Answer 34

slow

Question 35

clostridium botulinum is _______ paralysis, and clostridium tetani causes ______ paralysis

Answer 35

flaccid; rigid

Question 36

what are the symptoms of toxic shock syndrome

Answer 36

fever, shock, sunburn like rash, and diarrhea