Boxed stuff Flashcards
What is the “I AM IT” acronym used for and what does it mean?
Hypersensitivity reactions
I:Type 1 for Immediate
AM: Type 2 for Antibody mediated
I: Type 3 for Immune complex mediated/Inflammation
T: Type 4 for Tcell mediated
Histocompatibility Complex proteins have two classes… What are their jobs?
Class 1= surface of most cells in the body, inform Killer Tcells what going on INSIDE other cells
Class 2= made by APC informing Helper Tcells problems existing OUTSIDE of cells
What type of immunoglobulin/cells are found with Type 1 hypersensitivity reactions? and where would you see this?
IgE, mast cells, basophils and allergic mediators
Anaphylaxis, hay fever, asthma
What type of immunoglobulins are found with Type 2 hypersensitive reactions? and what conditions cause this?
IgG, IgM
Blood group incompatibility/transfusions, pernicious anemia, myasthenia gravis
What type of immunoglobulins are found with Type 3 hypersensitive reactions? and what conditions cause this?
IgG
SLE, RA, serum sickness, Rheumatic fever
What type of immunoglobulins are found with Type 4 hypersensitive reactions? and what conditions cause this?
NO immunoglobulins, Tcell mediated.
It is delayed.
Infections, dermatitis, graft rejections
What is the primary dye
Crystal violet
What is the decolorizer
Alcohol rinse
What color do Gram + stain
Purple
What color do Gram - stain
Red/pink
What cell presents antigen to Tcells?
Macrophages
What cell inactivates pathogens?
Natural killer cells
What part of antigen is recognized by immune system?
Epitope
Sabin used LIVE attenuated virus for his vaccine, Salk treated polio with what to KILL the virus?
Formaldehyde
What is the shape of:
Bacilii
Cocci
Spirochetes
Spirilla
Rod
Spherical
Spiral
Spring
Staph, Botulism, and Listeria are (gram + or -)?
Gram +
E.Coli, Salmonella, Shingella, Cholera, Francisella tularensis, and Mycobacterium bovis are (Gram + or -)?
Gram -
What are on the Biodefense list -Category A?
Anthrax, Botulism, Plague, Smallpox, Tularemia, viral Hemorrhagic fever, Arenaviruses (Lassa fever), Bunya viruses (Hanta), Flaviruses (Dengue), and Filoviruses (Ebola)
What is the gram + bacterial cell wall made of?
Peptidoglycan
What is the gram - bacterial cell wall made of?
Peptidoglycan AND Lipopolysaccharides
What disease is coined with Lungs that look like swiss cheese?
CA-MRSA
Found in Sheep, AKA Woolsorter’s Dx, is aerobic… What’s the disease and pathogen?
Anthrax
Bacillus anthracis
What pathogen causes toxic shock syndrome, impetigo and is transmitted via fomite?
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
How many days does Tetanus take to set in?
8 Days
Botulism causes (flaccid or spastic) paralysis in 12-36 hours?
Flaccid (PNS)
Tetanus causes (flaccid or spastic) paralysis in 8 days?
Spastic (CNS)
What are the 5 Jones criteria for Rheumatic fever? and how many do you need to make a Dx?
5/5
“SPECS”
Sydenham’s Chorea
Polyarthritis
Erythema marginatum
Carditis
Subcutaneous nodules
What is the test for Strep Throat?
Mitis-Salivarius Agar
What is the test for Scarlet fever?
DICK test
What disease is known for the strawberry tongue?
Scarlet fever
What pathogen is AKA Babes Ernst bodies and is tested via the SCHICK test?
Corynebacterium diphtheria
Corynebacterium diphtheria is known for what physical feature?
Gray pseudo membrane
Do (gram + or gram -) bacteria typically end in US or UM?
What is the exception?
Gram +
Listeria monocytogene
Do (gram + or gram -) bacteria typically end in A or IA?
What is the exception?
Gram -
Haemophilus
Camphylobacter jejuni
What pathogen is tested on a Thayer-Martin chocolate agar?
Neisseria gonorrhea
Where is a likely spot to pick up Pseudomonas aeruginosa?
What is a characteristic of this pathogen?
Hot tubs and burn victims in hospitals.
Blue/Green pus
What pathogen has a metallic green sheen?
Escherichia coli
What gram - bacteria does NOT present with fever?
Shigella
What is the pathogen responsible for the MC cause of bacterial gastroenteritis?
Camphylobacter jejuni
Bordetella pertussis is causative of what condition?
Whooping cough
2nd MC cause of bacterial gastroenteritis and known for “pea soup diarrhea”?
Salmonella
Klebsiella AKA Friedlanders is known for what physical trait?
red currant jelly sputum
Rice water stools is common in what disease?
Cholera, from pathogen Vibrio cholera
Rickettsia rickettsii is AKA what and what type of vector carries it?
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever or Tick Typhus
ixodid tick
Match the Rickettsia and name the vector:
prowazekii
typhi
tsutsugamushi
Epidemic typhus (Louse feces)
murine typhus (flea)
Scrub typhus (Chigger)
Maculopapular rash is a physical characteristic of?
Rickettsia prowazekii
Rochalimaea quintana AKA? and what is the vector?
Trench fever
Louse
Coxiella burnetti AKA? and mode of transition?
Q fever
milk-drank or dried up and inhaled or a tick
Treponema pallidum is the pathogen to what disease?
Syphilis
What are the three phases of syphilis?
Primary= Chancre
Secondary= Rash
Third= Gumma
Tabis dorsalis is effecting what, and what leads to this?
Gumma is the third stage of syphilis. This primarily effects the thoracic aorta and posterior column. Infection of post column causes Tabis dorsalis.
What is the vector for Borrelia recurrentis?
lice
Borrelia burgdorferi is the pathogen to what disease
Lymes
Weil’s syndrome is associated with what pathogen?
HINT vector is rat urine often found on pop can lids!
Leptospira interrogans
What WBC increase with viral infections?
Lymphocytes
What is the disease expression of Adenovirus?
Upper and lower Respiratory
conjunctivitis
diarrhea
What is the disease expression of Echovirus?
upper respiratory
pharyngitis
skin rash
What is the disease expression of Rhinovirus?
upper respiratory
(common cold)
What is the disease expression of Coxsackie virus/Picorna? *Most dangerous
“devils grip” -Pleurodynia
herpangina
myocarditis
pancreatitis
hand-foot-mouth
What is the disease expression of Respiratory syncytial virus/Paramyxo?
bronchiolitis
pneumonia (in children)
what is the viral family of influenza?
orthomyxo
Clarify the difference in Variola virus and Vaccinia virus.
Variola= smallpox and have guarnieri bodies
Vaccinia= cow pox, and can also make you immune from small pox
What virus is tested with the ELSIA and Western blot test?
HIV 1 and 2
*2 positive ELSIA is confirmed with Western Blot
Aedes Aegypti mosquito is the vector for what pathogen?
Yellow fever
What disease is spread through rodent dust?
Hanta virus
Walter Reed is associated with what disease?
Dengue/hemorrhagic fever
Negri bodies are associated with what disease?
Rabies
West Nile virus and Rift Valley fever and Arboviral encephalitis are spread through what vector?
mosquito
What is mycologist or mycoses?
Fungi or the studies of mushrooms
Dermatophytosis is another word for what?
Tinea or ring worm
“pricked by a rose thorn” is associated with what infection? And what tissues are affected?
Sporotrichosis / Sporothrix schenckii
Nodules beneath the skin and lymph invation
Hisoplasmosis is AKA?
Ohio valley fever
North American blastomycosis is AKA
Chicago disease
Coccidioidomycosis is AKA
San Joaquin valley fever
“Fungus balls” in the lungs is associated with what infection?
Aspergillus fumigatus
Necrotic pneumonia is caused from what infection?
Fungus balls! AKA Aspergillus fumigatus
Trichuris Trichiura AKA
Whipworm
Enterobius vermicularis AKA
Pinworm
What disease can be prevented by not walking barefoot in sand?
Necator americanus
Schistosoma – are associated with what vectors through its life cycle?
Snails and humans
Ingestion of fresh water containing larvae
Opisthorchis sinesis is transmitted through what vector?
consumption of fish
Paragonimus westermani is transmitted through what vector?
consumption of crab
What are the vectors for Taenia Saginata and Taenia Solium?
Saginata= consumption of raw or undercooked beef
Solium= consumption of raw or undercooked pork
What pathogen is transmitted via canine feces?
Echinococcus granuloses
The longest tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium latum, causes what deficiency and is transmitted through consumption of what?
B12
raw or undercooked fish
Naegleria fowleri causes what?
primary acute Meningoencephalitis
Giardia lamblia is AKA
camper’s diarrhea
What is the vector for Plasmodium falciparum?
Anopheles mosquito
Trypansoma brucei (rhodesiense or gambiens) is transmitted through what vector?
TseTse fly
Trypansoma cruzi is AKA and what is the vector
Chagas
Kissing bug
Sand flys are vectors for what pathogens?
Leishmania donovani and Leishmania tropica
What is the vector for Taxoplasma gondii?
Cat feces
What agency protects air water and land
Enviornmental protection agency