Exam 2 Flashcards
What are examples of pathogens that enter via the skin
- S aureus, Candida albicans, pseudomonas aeginosa via mechanical defects
- HIV, Hep viruses via needle sticks
- Yellow fever, plague, Lyme disease, malaria, rabies via animal bites
- schistosoma via direct penetration
What are examples of pathogens that enter via the GI tract
- vibrio cholerae and giardia via attachment and local proliferation
- shigella, salmonella and campylobacter via attachment and local invasion
- poliovirus via uptake through M cells
- Protozoa and helms
- hep A, rotavirus and norovirus (defense: pancreatic enzymes)
- Clostridium difficile
What are examples of infections that spread through nerves
Varicella zoster, rabies
What is an example of a microbe that spreads within inflammatory cells
M tuberculosis in macrophages
What are the host defenses against infection in each of the systems
Skin: tough keratinized barrier, low pH, fatty acids
Respiratory: alveolar macrophages, mucociliary clearance, IgA
GI: acidic gastric pH, viscous mucus, pancreatic enzymes and bile, defensins, IgA, normal flora
GU:repeated flushing and acidic environment created by commensal flora
What are examples of mechanisms of antigenic variation
- Hight mutation rate: HIV, influenza virus
- Genetic reassortment: influenza virus, rotavirus
- Genetic rearrangement: BOrrelia burgdorferi, neisseria gonorrhoeae, trypanosomiasis, plasmodium
- Large diversity of serotypes: rhinoviruses, strep pneumoniae
How do microbes resist phagocytosis
Producing a capsule
What are the viral STDs
- herpes simplex virus: primary and recurrent herpes, neonatal herpes
- Hep B
- HPV:cancer of penis, cervical and vulvar cancer, condyloma acuminatum in both females and males
- HIV
What are the bacterial STDs
- chlamydia trachomatis: urethritis, epididymitis and proctitis in males, urethral syndrome, cervicitis, bartholinitis, salpingitis in females, lymphogranuloma venereum in both
- Ureaplasma urealyticum: urethritis in males
- neisseria gonorrhoeae: epididymitis, prostatitis, urethral stricture in males, cervicitis, endometritis, bartholinitis, salpingitis, infertility, ectopic pregnancy in females, urethritis, proctitis, pharyngitis, disseminated infection in both
- Treponema pallidum: syphylis
- Haemophilus ducreyi: chancroid in both
- Klebsiella granulomatous: granuloma inguinal (donovanosis) in both
What are the Protozoa that cause STDs
-trichomonas vaginalis: urethritis, balanitis in males, vaginitis in females
What is an example of a microbe that causes purulent infection
Staphylococcal pneumonia
What are examples of microbes that cause tissue necrosis
Clostridium perfringens and hep B
What are the staining techniques used for different kinds of infections agents
- gram stain: bacteria
- Acid-fast stain: mycobacteria, nocardiae
- silver stains: fungi, legionellae, pneumocystis
- periodic acid schiff: fungi, amoebae
- mucicarmine: cryptococci
- giemsa: campylobacter, leishmaniae, malaria parasites
What are koplik spots
Ulcerated mucosal lesions in oral cavity seen in measles: marked by necrosis, neutrophilic exudate, and neovasculariziation
What are warthin finkeldey cells
Multinucleate giant cells found in the lymphoid organs in measles: have eosinophilic nuclear and cytoplasmic inclusion bodies; also found in lung and sputum
What are the corneal lesions caused by HSV
Herpes epithelial keratitis: virus induced cytolysis of superficial epithelium
Herpes stromal keratitis: infiltrates of mononuclear cells around keratinocytes and endothelial cells leading to neovascularization, scarring, opacification of cornea and blindness (caused by immune reaction, not HSV itself)
When does the chickenpox rash typically occur
2 weeks after respiratory infection
What is Ramsay hunt syndrome
If varicella zoster involves geniculate nucleus: causes facial paralysis
What is the frequent disease presentation of streptococcus pyogenes
Pharyngitis
What is the common disease presentation of vibrio cholerae and enterotoxigenic E. coli
Noninflammatory gastroenteritis
What it’s eh common disease presentation of shigella, salmonella, campylobacter jejuni, and enterohemorrhagic E. coli
Inflammatory gastroenteritis
What are the common disease presentations of ecoli, pseudomonas aeruginosa, enterococcus species in the GU tract
UTI
What does staphylococcus aureus cause in the skin
Abscess, cellulitis
What does steptococcus pyogenes cause in the skin
Impetigo, erysipelas, necrotizing fasciitis
What does clostridium perfringens cause in the skin
Gas gangrene
What does bacillus anthracis cause in the skin
Cutaneous anthrax
What are the effects of staphylococcal infection on different systems
Resp infection, toxic shock syndrome, osteomyelitis, skin infections (surrounded around hair follicle)-> boils and carbuncle, endocarditis, food poisoning *S aureus -> pyogenic inflammation
What is staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
Called Ritter disease; usually in children with infection of nasopharynx of skin; sunburn like rash that spreads over entire body that can lead to skin loss
What is erysipelas
Caused by strep pyogenes; characterized by r avidly spreading erythematous cutaneous swelling
What is scarlet fever associated with
Strep pyogenes
Is listeria monocytogenes gram positive or negative
Positive bacillus
What is the classification of Bacillus anthracis
Spore forming gram positive rod shaped bacterium
What is the classification of pseudomonas aeruginosa
Aerobic gram negative bacillus
What is the difference between the ulcers/rashes formed by haemophilus ducreyi and klebsiella granulomatis
Klebsiella: painless
H. Ducreyi: painful
What do the masses formed by Klebsiella sometimes form
Urethral, vulvar, or anal strictures from scarring
What is unique about TB in immunocompromised people
Do not form granuloma a
What is the hallmark of mycobacterium avium in HIV patients
Abundant acid-fast bacilli within macrophages
What are the stages of the protean manifestations of syphilis
Primary: chancre
Secondary: palmar rash, LAD, condyloma Latum, neurosyphilis
Latent
Tertiary: Neurosyphilis (asymptomatic, meningovascular, tabes dorsalis, general paresis), aortitis (aneurysms, aortic regurgitation), gummas (hepar lobatum, skin, bone)
Contrast gram positive and negative bacteria
Positive: thick cell wall; envelope has outer cell wall of complex cross linked peptidoglycan
Negative: thin cell wall
What microbes found in the GI tract can also be spread by oral/anal sex
Shigella and E histolytica