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Corynebacteria. Listeria Flashcards

0
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In what dye are the metachromatic granules highly stained

A

Aniline dye

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Give the shape of corynebacterium

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Rod, in parallel or acute angle with irregular swelling at one end

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What do u call the irregular swelling in one end of coryne

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Babes-Ernst bodies

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True or false. C. Diph are resitant to heat and killed by drying

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False. Killed by heat. Resistant to drying

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How long can they stay in dust? C. Diph

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102 days

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C diph grows best on ——- environment

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Anearobe at 37

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They can be found where? C diph

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Fresh and salt water soil and air

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Their characteristic on blood agar

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Small, granular, gray, irregular edges

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Reduced tellurite is positive of what

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Staph, strep, coryne

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9
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Give the rxn in tellurite agar

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Brown to black with halo

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This medium grows more coryne than other org

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Loeffler

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11
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Other name for potassium tellurite

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Modified tinsdale

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12
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True or False. All coryne subtypes are toxigenic.

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False

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13
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What causes toxigenicity in c diph

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Phage gene

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14
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Invasiveness due to

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Bacterial gene

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15
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Resistant drugs to listeria

A

Fluoroquinolones

Cephaloaphorins

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DOC for listeriosis

A

Ampicillin plus gentamicin

Erythro. Cotri

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17
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Diphteria is spread via

A

Droplet and contact trans

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18
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It desires low iron content for growth.

A

C diph

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19
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What level of iron does c diph growth is optimal and suppressed

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Optimal 0.14

Supp 0.5

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20
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Diph toxin is heat labile. True or false

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True

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21
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Which fragment of diph toxin binds to CD9 and HBEGF

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Fragment b

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22
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This inhibits polypeptide chain elongation via ef 2

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Fragment a

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23
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This is responsible for the neurotoxic and necrotizing effect of diph toxin

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Abrupt cessation of protein synthesis

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24
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This is manifested as cervical adenitis and submandibular edema

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Bullneck

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25
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Diphteria incubation period

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2-6 days

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26
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How many weeks does the bcteria persist in untreated infxn

27
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With treated diph, they become less comm at what day/week

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Less than 4 days

28
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Most common loc of virulence

A

Upper respi tract

29
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Exudates in nasal

A

Serosanguinous or seropurulent

30
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Doc for diph

A

Pen and ery x 14 days

31
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What co existing org is also killed with ery and pen?

32
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Elimination is documented when?

A

24 h post last say of meds. 2 cons negative, 24 h apart

33
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Tellurite can have definite colonies in how many hours?

34
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Loeffler slant yields microbe in how many hours?

35
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What does negative culture but positive PCR means?

36
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This test shows a precipitation line post 48hours at 45 degrees

A

Mod elek test

37
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Used to detect tox gene

38
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What must be done prior to diph antitoxin administration? When must it be done?

A

Skin test. Same day of dx.

39
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Cutaneous diph are treated for how many days?

A

10 days and cleanse with soap and water

40
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Where is the primary lesion in diph

41
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Prophylaxis for diph

A

Ery x 10 days
IM Pen G, 1 dose
Active vaccination

42
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When does heart problem occurs?

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When respi symptoms are improving at 2-3 weeks

43
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Neuro prob occurs when and involves what.

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Soft palate, pharyngeal wall. Sensory and motor nerve.

44
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This coryne doesnt produce toxins.

A

Diphtheroids

45
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Diphteroids asso with cath infxns

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C striatum

46
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Causes pharyngitis

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C. Haemolyticum

47
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Causes skim ulcers

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Bovis. Haemolyticum. Ulcerans

48
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Causes bacteremia and sepsis

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Xerosis. Group D2, E, JK. Pyogenes. Bovis

49
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This virulence actor hydrolyses sphingomyelin promoting spread of what org

A

Phospholipase D. Diphtheroids

50
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This causes alkalinization of urine and leads to struvite formation

51
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Doc for diphteroids

A

PM FR

Pen. Macrolide. Fluoro. Rifam

52
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This culture media is used for listeria

A

Mueller Hinton agar

53
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This non spore forming, gram positive have peritrichous flagella

54
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Motile and esculin positive non spore forming gram positive

55
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What do u call the movement of listeria

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Tumbling end over end motolity at 22-28

56
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True or false. Listeria grows in 4degree, low ph and high salt

57
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This virulence factor promotes phagocytosis. Cell surface protein

A

Internalin

58
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This promotes formation of filopods which are elongates protrusions

59
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This promotes the lysis of phagolysosome.

A

Listeriolysin O.

60
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True or false. This organism can move from cell to cell without being exposed to abs

61
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What happens to immunocompetent patients with listeria

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Febrile gastroenteritis. Self limiting

62
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Occurs in immunocom with listeria

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Meningo and bacteremia

63
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Disseminated form of listeria

A

Granulomatosis infantiseptica

64
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This listeria serotype causes late onset syndrome

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Serotype ivb

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