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What population group is most susceptible to meningitis and pneumonia due to infections by Streptococcus agalactiae?

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neonates

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Prevention of complement activation/fixation by factor H is a function of what bacterial protien?

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Streptococcus pyogenes M protein

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Over 90% of staph areaus strains are resistant to what antibiotic?

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penicillin

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What bacterial virulence factor reduces phagocyte killing by converting hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen?

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catalase

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What are two adhesins from Gram positive bacteria?

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  • fibronectin binding protein

- serin rich repeat protein

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What is the function of exotoxins

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-breakdown extracellular structures to promote movement and spread of extracellular microbes

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What is the function of LPS on bacteria cells?

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block access of the membrane attack complex to the bacterial plasma membrane

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Are staphylococci gram + or -?

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Gram positive

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What variation of oxygen req is staph aureus?

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Facultative anaerobe (O2 can be used if needed)

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What bacterial species has a virulence factor that binds prothrombin

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Staph aureus (coagulase)

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What virulence factor of staph aureus causes puss formation?

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leukocidin (forms pores in phagocytes)

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converts plasminogen to plasmin, increasing invasion by digesting fibrin clots and cleaves C3b and IgG to inhibit phagocytosis

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staphylokinase

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What is an easy way to differentiate staph aureaus and epidermidis?

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  • aureus is hemolytic and gold colored

- epidermidis is non hemolytic and white colored

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What bacteria cause folliculitis that turns to furuncles that turns to carbuncles that turns to bacteremia?

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staph aureus (puss forming leukocidins)

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What do superantigens do?

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override the specificity of the T-cell response

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What are TSSTs?

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Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxins: mass activation of T-cells leads to mass activation of inflammatory cytokines

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TSSTs are an example of…..

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enterotoxin exotoxins (heat stable, chromosomal genes)

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Tampons story is about

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TSST, staphylococci?

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What causes Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome?

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exfoliative toxins A and B (causes outer layer of skin to separate)

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Where can nosocomial staphylococci found? What is a key feature of them?

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  • hospitals

- slime layer

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What bacteria is associated with dental extraction risk?

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staphylococcus epidermidis

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60% of acute endocarditis is caused by….

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staph aureus

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80% of endocarditis with artificial heart valves is caused by….

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staph epidermidis

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Bacterial arthritis at any age is most frequently associated with…

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staph aureus

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What bacterial species is resistant to high temp and salt levels?
staph aureus
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Pyogenes means...
puss forming
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What streptococci are seen as diplococci?
strep pneumoniae
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Diff between alpha and beta hemolysis?
Alpha: partial lysis (looks green, mitis and pneumoniae) Beta: full lysis (clearing, pyogenes)
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Strep pyogenes and strep galactiae are both...
hemolytic bacteria (pyogenes is A, galactiae is B)
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What bacteria have M proteins?
Strep pyogenes
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What are the two ways M proteins act as virulence factors?
1. binds fibrinogen which blocks surface from complement proteins (factor H) 2. binds complement control proteins to inhibit opsonins (C3 peptidase)
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What are streptolysins?
cytotoxins secreted by strep pyogenes that disrupts plasma membranes of erythrocytes and phygocyte lysosomes
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What virulence factor of strep pyogenes is responsible for scarlet fever?
superantigen SPE
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Nectrotizing fasciitis is caused by...
strep pyogenes
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Glomerulonephritis is a Type ___ hypersensitivity reaction.
Type III
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Rheumatic fever is a Type ___ hypersensitivity reaction.
Type II
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Strep galactiae can cause pneumonia in ________, meningitis and bacteremia in __________, and urinary tract infections in ____________.
pneumonia -> neonates less than 7 days pneumonia and bacteremia -> neonates greater than 7 days urinary tract infections -> pregnant women
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What bacteria is considered a reservoir for antibiotic resistance?
enterococcus faecalis. High virulence, multiple plasmid and chromosomal Ab resistances
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Only a certain type of strains of strep pneumoniae are virulent. What are they?
-encapsulated strains
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How are klebsiella pneumonia and mycoplasma pneumonia different from pneumococcal pneumonia?
kleb and myco have no vaccine
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What are three main virulence factors of streptococcal pneumoniae? Hint: (blood, protection, protease)
- alpha hemolysis - capsule - secretory IgA protease
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Meningitis risk due to ____________ seems to increase as we age.
strep pneumoniae
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Are Neisseria gonorrhoeae gram positive or negative?
Gram negative (diplococci)
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What is unique about neisseria sp cell membranes?
they have lipooligosaccharides instead of LPS (lack O antigen)
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What makes N. gonorrhoeae reistant to vaccination?
phase and antigenic variation of pilin genes
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Does N. gonorrhoeae have a capsule?
no
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What two genes recombine to create a constantly changing pilus antigen on N. gonorrhoeae?
pilS randomly recombines with pilE for unlimited varients
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What causes frequent variation in Opa expression in N. gonorrhoeae?
slipped strand mispairing
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Why might a gram negative rod randomly not express genes for fimbriae?
phase variation: random flipping of promotor sequence. Flipped wrong way is off, flipped right way is on
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Why might IgA have no effect on N. gonorrhoeae?
the bacteria are coated in Fab fragments that block complement activation and binding of other antibodies
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What addition to lipooligosaccharide inhibits complement fixation to n. gonorrhoeae?
sialic acid
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What part of N. gonorrhoeae causes secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines?
shedding of endotoxin (LOS) which binds to TLR-4
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Where does neisseria meningitidis replicate?
in subarachnoid space
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What are the 4 main virulence factors of N. meningitidis?
1. large capsule 2. IgA protease 3. Pili 4. shedding of lots of endotoxin (LOS)
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Are bacteroidales gram positive or negative?
gram negative
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Are bacteroidales aerobes/anaerobes, pathogens/commensals?
- strict anaerobes | - commensals (opportunistic pathogens)
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Why is bacteroides fragilis the most common isolated specimen from abscesses?
most oxygen resistant
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What are the three virulence factors of Bacteroidales fragilis?
- superoxide dismutase - catalase - polysaccharide capsule
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Bacteriodales cause what diseases?
- peritonitis | - pulmonary abscess
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A disease that starts with 100's of different species and few are left in the abscess stage.
-polymicrobial diseases (bacteroidales involved)
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What are the last two types of microbes left towards the end stages of an abscess?
- facultative anaerobes | - some strict anaerobes (become predominant in last stage)
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What organism causes scalded skin syndrome?
staphylococcus aureus
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What bacterial virulence factor has an activity that results in creation of a fibrin coat around bacteria?
coagulase
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What role does staphylokinase play for staphylococcus aureus?
cleaves C3B and IgG
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What causes myocarditis in susceptible individuals?
rheumatic fever
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Which organism undergoes phase variation of Opa proteins?
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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What factor in the most important in allowing intravascular survival of Neisseria meningitidis?
bacterial capsule
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Why does Bacteroidales fragilis resist phagocytosis?
it has a capsule

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