Exam 1 micro Flashcards
Typical and atypical pneumonia on cheset xray
typical-lobar
atypical-interstitial
Most common pneumonia bacteria
strep pneumo
Pneumonia in unvaccinated children
H. influenza
also see otitis media
Encapsulated organisms (6)
Some killers have pretty nice capsules Strep pneumo Klebsiella H. flu Pseudomonas Neisseri meningitidis Cryptococcus neoformans
Opzonization
IgG and C3b
increases phagocytosis 4000 fold
Reason for neutrophils in pneumonia
teichoic acid recruits via C5a
Use of auramine rhodamine stain
acid fast screening
needs confirmation with acid fast
CD4 count and opportunistic infections with AIDS
below 200 CD4 count
TB pathogenesis
inhaled, alveolar macrophages take up
inhibit lysosomal fusion, replicate in macrophage
Th1-> IFN alpha-> macrophage activation and granuloma formation
immune system causes damage, not TB
Cause of night sweats/cachexia for immune molecules
TNF alpha
Virulence factors of TB
cord factor inhibits WBC migration
tuberculin triggers cell mediated immunity
sulfatides prevent macrophage lysosomal fusion
Influenza’s virulence factors
hemagglutinen binds sialic acid on epithelium
neuroaminidase cleaves sialic acid/decreases mucus viscosity
Antigenic drift vs shift
drift-RNA pol causing mutations
shift-2 or more viruses form completely new virus
Cause of type I hypersensitivity
mast cell degranulation
Early asthma
involves mediators from mast cells/basophils
within minutes of exposure
Late asthma
leukocyte and cytokine mediated
IL4/IL5/TNFalpha/PAF involved
increased endothelial cell adhesion
chronic inflammation/tissue injury
Type III hypersensitivity
immune complexes deposited in tissues
activates complement
causes lumpy-bumpy bx of kidney
Type II hypersensitivity
tissue specific Abs to self
change in cell function or cytotoxic
linear/smooth bx of kidney