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1
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protein A

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surface protein on Staph that binds Fc of IgG, interferes with opsonization

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2
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TSST-1

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Staph toxin causing toxic shock syndrome, superantigen

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3
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staph enderotoxin

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causes food poisosing from preformed staph toxin, from improperly stored food, 4 hours after eating

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4
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exfoliative toxin

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in staph, causes blisters

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5
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SSp-1 and SSP2

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fimbriae (pili) on staph epidermidis

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6
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AtlE

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surface peptidoglycan hydrolase that binds to polystyrene, staph epi

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7
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treatment for staph epi

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vancomycin, linezolid and daptomycin

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8
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types of issues in Strep A infections

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  1. Skin and mucous membrane infections (impetigo)
  2. deep tissue infetions (nec fas, cellulitis)
  3. toxigenic (scarlet fever, toxic shock)
  4. PSGN
  5. rheumatic fever
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9
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M protein

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major virulence factor in Group A strep, attachment, resistant to phagocytosis and complement

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10
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exotoxins in necrotizing fasciitis

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streptolysins, stroptokinase, DNAse B

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11
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treatment for GAS

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clindamycin and penicillin

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12
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strep bovis

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50% colon cancer when in blood stream, can cause endocarditis

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13
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clinical presentation in strep pneumoniae

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Meningitis
Otitis media
Pnemonia
Sinusitis

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14
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virulence factor in penumococcus

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  1. IgA protease
  2. phosphoryl choline
  3. pneumolysin -
  4. polysaccharide capsule
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15
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pneumolysin

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pore forming toxin of pneumococcus that impairs mucociliary clearance and kills neutrophils

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16
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drugs used to treat pseudomonas

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beta-lactams (piperacillin and ticarcillin) fluoroqunolones and aminoglycosides

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17
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currant jelly sputum

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klebsiela

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18
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two aerobic gram negatives talked about in class

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pseudomonas and klebsiella

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19
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bug that is in abcesses from class

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bacteroides

20
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difference between babies and adults in C botulinum

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adult - toxins

babies - spores

21
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two results of C perfringens

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  1. gas ganagrene - cellulitis, myonecrosis

2. food poisioning - toxin or bacteria

22
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alpha toxin - lectithinase

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in C perfringens - damages membranes and is hemolytic

23
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acid labile diarehha bug

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v. cholera

24
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examples of secretory diarrhea

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cholera, ETEC, b cereus and s aureus

25
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facts about v cholerae

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gram negative curved bacillus, acid labilie, produces mucus, uses TCP pillae, does not penetrate gut, rice water diarrhea in small colon

26
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facts about ETEC

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like cholera, two toxins, uses fimbrie, in small bowel

27
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why E coli can become a pathogen

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  1. virulence factors - toxins, adherence, entry

2. extraintestinal colonization - pili and polysaccharide capsule

28
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e coli K1

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polysaccharide capsule seen in meningitis

29
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two toxins in ETEC

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heat labile - increase cAMP
heat stabe - increase cGMP

EL agua de san gabriel

30
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guaiac test

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for hemoglobin in stool

31
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facts of non-typhoid salmonella

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undercoked chicken, small intestine, entry into cells, extracellular and within, damage can lead to Cl- secretion - usually in immmunocompromised

*type 3 secretion

32
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splash and membrane rupture

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salmonella

33
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guillain barre and reactive arthiritis

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campylobacter

34
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facts of salmonella typhi

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human to human, in gall bladder, fever, not always diarrhea, can spread systemically

35
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dysentery

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shigella

36
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facts of shigella

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acid resistant, invades M cellls, disrupts tight junctions, localized to GI, comet tail, type 3 secretion, shiga toxin inhibits pretein synthesis

37
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sorbitol negative

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EHEC

38
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what is NOT treated with antibiotics

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EHEC

39
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bacteria that can grow in neutrophils

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anaplasma

40
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epithelial cell bugs

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shigella, salmonella, chlamydia, listeria

41
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listeria facts

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pregnant women, intracellular pathogens, milk and cheeses, actin rockets, receptor driven uptake

42
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internalins

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on listeria for growth factor receptor or cell adhesion receptor

43
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bugs that use type 3 secretion system to get in

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salmonella, shigella

44
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bug that hijacks material from endosomes

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salmonella

45
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bug that hijacks from trans golgi and ER

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chlymidia

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