Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, Rickettsia Flashcards
M. pneumoniae infection
respiratory
atypical pneumonia
oxidase -
catalase -
urease -
arginine utilized
mycoplasma hominis
oxidase -
catalase -
urease -
ferments glucose
mycoplasma pneumoniae
oxidase -
catalase -
urease +
Ureaplasma urealyticum
frequent cause of community acquired pneumonia in children and young adults
M. pneumoniae
walking pneumonia
M. pneumoniae
genital mycoplasmas
M. hominis
U. urealyticum
agar used to grow Mycoplasmas
E agar
Shepards A7-B
which mycoplasma requires cholesterol
hominis
have G- like cell wall
obligate intracellular parasites
DNA and RNA
Chlamydiaceae
three species of chlamydiaceae that cause human infections
chlamydia trachomatis
chlamydophila psittaci
chlamydophila pneumoniae
elementary body
inactive
infective particle
reticulate body
active
non infective
endemic trachoma serovars
A, B1, B2 C
urogenital serovars
D-K
lymphogranuloma venereum serovars
L1, L2, L2a, L2b, L3
what host cells can chlamydia infect?
nonciliated columnar, cuboidal, transitional epithelial cells
what is the number one bacterial STD
Chlamydia
what specimens are preferred for chlamydia infections
scrapings, if have to use swab cotton is toxic
chlamydophila psittaci infection
psittacosis
ornithosis
chlamydophila psittaci hosts
birds
chlamydophila pneumoniae infections
mild respiratory infections
serious respiratory infections
how is C. pneumoniae diagnosed
tissue culture in HeLa cells
Rickettsiaceae characterisitics
G-
obligate intracellular bacteria
RNA and DNA
spread through insect vectors
