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Exam 2 Highlights Flashcards

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RUST SPUTUM

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S. pneumoniae

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SATELLITE PHENOMENON on blood agar

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Haemophilus influenzae

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CHINESE LETTERS APPEARANCE

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C. diptheriae

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CURRANT JELLY SPUTUM

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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FRIED EGG APPEARANCE & MULBERRY SPUTUM

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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Obligate intracellular

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Chlamydophilia pneumoniae

Legionella pneumophilia

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REQUIRES COINFECTION WITH HEMOLYTIC BACTERIA

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Haemophilus influenzae

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Culture on buffered charcoal yeast extract

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Legionella pneumophilia

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PROMPTS IMMUE SYSTEM TO ABSORB THE BACTERIA

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Legionella pneumophilia

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10
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“RUFF, TUFF & BUFF” in culture

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M. tuberculosis (MTB)

becz of cording and clustering

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terminal spores (TENNIS RACQUET)

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C. tetani

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subterminal heat resistant spore

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C. botulinum

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13
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Need two administrations of flu vaccine

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Kids under 9 yo

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14
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A/w atherosclerosis

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chlamydiae pneumonaie

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15
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Novel fusion protein causes syncytia formation

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PIV

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16
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Most common cause of infant croup

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Parainfluenza type 1 and 2

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To prophylactically treat high risk pts for RSV

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Monoclonal immune globin (Palivizumab)

18
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G + diplococcus
Alpha hemolytic colonies (greenish)
Optochin sensitivity

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Strep pneumoniae (pneumococcus)

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Smallest of free-living bacteria that lack cell walls, look like fried egg in culture, have sterols in their membranes.

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

20
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Has lipooligosaccharide (LOS)) as opposed to LPS like other gram negs

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Haemophilus influenzae

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Image that could be used on exam: long-stranded gram neg, bacillus, single polar flagellum

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Serogroup 1 of Legionella pneumophilia

slide 20, lecture 13- bact pna II

22
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Gold standard of dx for Legionella pneumophilia

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Culture on buffered charcoal yeast extract

high sens, only for serogroup 1

23
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Virulence factor that produces ROS and induces apoptosis

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Pyocyanin

one of 2 pigments of pseudomonas aeroginosa along with pyoverdin

24
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Dead give waya of pseudomonas aeroginosa infection

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Sputum or pus may fluoresce

“Fruity smell”

25
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MTB virulence factor that interferes with macrophage activation by IFN-y

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Lipoarabinomanna

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Big difference betwn MTB and nontuberculosis mycobacteria

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NTB is ubiquitous- found in water, soil, plants

MTB is passed person-to-person

27
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Most common cause of NEONATAL bacterial meningitis

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Strep agalactiae

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Presumptive lab test for Strep agalactiae include detection of

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CAMP factor - not used much anymore but shows up as board question

29
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Most common cause of bacterial meningitis in general

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strep pneumoniae

-almost always follows s. pneumoniae pneumonia infection

30
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Source of E. coli neonatal meningitits

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rectal colonization of mother’s vagina

31
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Virulence factor of listeria monocytogenes that disrupts the phagolysosome membrane

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Listeriolysin O

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Leading cause of meningitis in CANCER patients

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Listeriosis

33
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Potent exotoxin released by bacteria in tetanus

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Tetanospasmin

34
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Most potent toxin known

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Botulism neurotoxin

35
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2 forms of toxoplasma gondii

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Trophozoites (tachyzoite acute disease, bradyzoite chronic disease)

Cysts (oocyst is sexual stage in cats, zoitocyst contains bradyzoite)

36
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Definitive hosts of toxoplasma gondii

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CATS

37
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Trophozoite that posses SPIKED PSEUDOPODIA is a morphological form of

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Acanthamoeba

38
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Produces thick capsule, stains negatively w/ india ink (stains background of medium)

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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