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VFs of enteric E. coli species

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enterotoxins, O antigen (LPS endotoxin), capsules

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Enterotoxins are

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exotoxins that cause secretion and diarrhea

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O antigen

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LPS endotoxin

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E. coli lab ID

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anaerobic gram-negative rod

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do e.coli species form spores?

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no

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Are E. coli species facultative anaerobes or aerobes?

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anaerobes

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Which bacteria are part of the enterics group

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E. coli, shigella, salmonella

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E. coli colonizes where

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lower GI tract

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what is the most common aerobic and non-fastidious bacterium in the gut?

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E. Coli

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Enterics reduce

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nitrate to nitrite

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what would a positive nitrite on a dipstick mean?

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you have an enteric pathogen causing the UTI

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enterics are ____ when introduced to ____ _____ ____

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opportunistic, normally sterile sites

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what is the most common cause of UTIs? Accounts for up to 90% of cases of cystitis and pyelonephritis in healthy young women

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E. Coli

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how are pathogenic strains of E. coli that cause diarrhea organized?

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grouped by virulence properties (toxins and invasiveness)

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groups of e. coli

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enterotoxigenic, enteroinvasive, enterohemorrhagic

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what bacteria accounts for 70% of traveler’s diarrhea?

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enterotoxigenic e. coli

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enterotoxigenic e. coli is spread by

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water and food that has been contaminated by feces

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enterotoxigenic e. coli presents with

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severe watery diarrhea

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2 enterotoxins that cause severe watery diarrhea in enterotoxigenic e. coli

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Shiga toxin, labile toxin

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shiga toxin

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produced by both e. coli and shigella – inhibits synthesis, causing cell death

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which toxin causes cell death by inhibiting protein synthesis?

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shiga toxin

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this toxin stimualtes Cl secretion out of the cell and blocks absorption of sodium

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labile toxin

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true or false, enterotoxigenic e. coli invade and causes inflammation

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false

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which strain of e. coli is the only to NOT cause inflammatory diarrhea

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enterotoxigenic e. coli

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causes inflammation and dysentery of the large intestine

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enteroinvasive e. coli

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what happens when enteroinvasive e. coli invades the mucosa of the large bowel

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ulcerates it

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what will be seen in the tool of someone with enteroinvasive e. coli?

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blood and pus

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what bacteria presents similar symptoms but in a milder form like shigellosis

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enteroinvasive e. coli

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uses invasion plasmid antigens and injects them into enterocytes –> enterocytes engulf bacteria in a phagosome which bacteria escape and then use cytoskeletal actin filaments to create “tails” for themselves –> propel to the next cell and invade, destroying enterocytes and creating FOCAL ULCERS

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enteroinvasive e. coli

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enteroinvasive e. coli is primarily seen in what population?

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children younger than 5 in DEVELOPING NATIONS

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bloody diarrhea in DEVELOPED NATIONS & can lead to HUS and permenant kidney damage

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Enterohemorrhagic e. coli (O157:H7)

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HUS

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hemolytic uremic syndrome

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hemolytic uremic syndrome

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hemolytic anemia (RBC hemolysis), renal failure, thrombocytopenia

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t/f antiobiotic treatment is effective against enterohemorrhagic e. coli

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false

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jack in the box

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enterohemorrhagic e. coli

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what is the main source of enterohemorrhagic e. coli

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contaminated animal products

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what is the infectious dose of enterohemorrhagic e. coli?

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100 bacteria

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what is the bacteria that is behind the reason you should not eat uncooked hamburger

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enterohemorrhagic e. coli

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where else is enterohemorrhagic e. coli found (other than undercooked hamburgers)

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fruits, vegetables, ground water (due to contamination by animal waste)

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VF of enterohemorrhagic e. coli

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cell wall receptor that can fuse with the host cell membrane and shiga toxin

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is enterohemorrhagic e. coli self limiting?

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no

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shiga toxin can get reabsorbed where?

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into renal tissue

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shiga toxin causes

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capillary thrombosis and inflammation of the colonic mucosa

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VF of pseudomonas aeruginosa

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can survive and multiply in wide range of environments
exotoxin A
exoenzyme s
phagocytosis-resistant slime layer

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Exotoxin A

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pseudomonas aeruginosa

shuts down protein synthesis and causes CELL DEATH

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exoenzyme S

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pseudomonas aeruginosa

transported directly into host cells and induced apoptosis

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what is present outside the cell wall in pseudomonas aeruginosa that helps resist phagocytosis?

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mucoid polysaccharide slime layer

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lab ID of pseudomonas aeruginosa

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aerobic gram-negative rods with single polar flagellum; characteristic green pigmentation on culture and fruity odor

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cultured a bacteria and it showed up green with a fruity odor… this is most like

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pseudomonas aeruginosa

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famous for hot tub folliculitis

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pseudomoas aerugniosa

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pt presents with red itchy rash all over body and said they went hot tubbing recently

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pseudomonas aeruginosa

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pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common inhabitant of

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soil and water

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pseudomonas aeruginosa isa an opportunistic pathogen therefore

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there must be some sort of breakdown in the host defense

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common cause of nosocomial infections esp. in immunocompromised

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pseudomonas aeruginosa

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what frequently contaminates ventilators, IV solutions, meds, anesthesia equipment

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pseudomonas aeruginosa

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what is the most common bacterial pathogen to colonize and infect patients with cystic fibrosis?

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pseudomonas aeruginosa

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otitis externa esp in diabetics is usually caused by

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pseudomonas aeruginosa

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why should you not sleep with contacts in?

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pseudomonas aeruginosa can cause corneal ulcers

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environmentally contaminated wounds by pseudomonas aeruginosa can cause ____ from an open fracture

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osteomyelitis

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which bacteria is notoriously multidrug resistant and always requires susceptibility testing?

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pseudomonas aeruginosa

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bordetella pertussis VF

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surface protein: filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA)
Pertussis toxin
Tracheal cytotoxin (TC)

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FHA

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binds to and agglutinates red blood cells; bordetella pertussis VF

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VF toxins of bordetella pertussis (PT and TC)

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destroy ciliated respiratory epithelial cells

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lab ID of bordetella pertussis

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tiny aerobic gram-negative coccobacillus

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Pertussis (whooping cough) is caused by

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bordetella pertussis

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which population carries largest mortality rate from bordetella pertussis?

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infants less than 12 months

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what percentage of deaths from bordetella pertussis occur in children under 1?

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70%

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What disease is being described?
one of the top 10 causes of death in children globally
follows a 7-10 incubation period

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pertussis

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first phase of pertussis last for

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1-2 weeks with fever, malaise, rhinorrhea

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prolonged course of pertussis lasts for

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several weeks with coughing bouts

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post-tussive gagging and/or vomitting

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pertussis

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true or false, bordetella pertussis is extremely contagious?

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true, infects more than 90% exposed

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how is bordetella pertussis spread?

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airborne droplet nuclei –> transmitted usually via inhalation of aerosols during coughing phase of infection

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where do the bacteria remain localized in bordetella pertussis?

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tracheobronchial tree

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since the bacteria remain localized in bordetella pertussis in the tracheobronchial tree is leads to

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tracheobronchitis (WHICH IS A URI NOT PNEUMONIA)

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Attach to the cilia of the bronchial epithelium with pili –> produce PT and TC which leaves a vulnerable mucosa –> bacteria does NOT directly invade or spread –> PT is absorbed into the bloodstream and interferes with the immune response –> can induce apoptosis

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bordetella pertussis

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dx of bordetella pertussis

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nasopharyngeal secretions/wash or NP swab

78
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TX of bordetella pertussis

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azithromycin (Z pack)

79
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DTap is given to

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infants (2, 4, 6, months)

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Tdap

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booster given to adolescence and for all family members of a newborn

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the DTap and Tdap are whole cellular vaccines or acellular and why?

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acellular, the whole cell vaccine was causing febrile seizures in children

82
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named for the 1976 outbreak at the American Legion convention

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Legionella pneumophila

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VF of legionella pneumophila

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serogroup strains (16) 
survives harsh environments by living and multiplying intracellularly
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most common serogroup strain seen with legionella pneumophila

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Philadephia strain = serogroup 1 (accounts for 90% of cases)

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Lab ID of legionella pneumophila

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aerobic, gram-negative rods

thin, pleomorphic, motile, polar and lateral flagella

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t/f legionella pneumophila are facultative intraceullar pathogens

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true

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where does legionella pneumophila like to live?

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amoebas, protozoa, macrophages

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how was legionella pneumophila spread at the American Legion Convention?

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AC system via aerosols

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Legionella pneumophila causes

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necrotizing pneumonia aka Legionnarie’s diseae

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Legionella pneumophila is widely distributed where?

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water (tap water, spas, ponds, fresh water, ac systems, cooling towers of hospitals, over vegetables in supermarkets)

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Aerosol with water

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legionella pneumophila

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aerosols –> inhaled bacteria reach the alveoli –> adhere to alveolar macrophages –> BLOCKS FUSION OF THE ENDOCYTIC VACUOLE WITH THE LYSOSOME –> takes over the host machinery to create its own phagosome –> bacteria multiply to high numbers, kills the macrophage, release new cells –> repeat the cycle

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legionella pneumophila

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in re to legionella pneumophila when are the enzymes released? what does this lead to

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when the macrophage is destroyed; leading to inflammation and DESTRUCTIVE LESIONS IN THE LUNG, and systemic toxicity related to immune response

94
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destructive lesions in the lung

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legionella pneumophila

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Severe, destructive pneumonia that can lead to shock and/or respiratory failure within a week

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Legionnaire’s disease

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initial s/sx of Legionnaire’s disease

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fever, chills, headaches, myalgias, dry cough, pleuritic chest pain

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what is the infection rate of legionella pneumophila?

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5%

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t/f legionella pneumophila can be spread human to human?

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false

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Dx of legionella pneumophila

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PCR for serogroup 1 in urine (if it is any other serogroup you will get a false negative)

100
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lab id of pasteurella multocida

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anaerobic gram-negative rods, small, coccobacillus

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normal respiratory flora in animals –> transmitted to humans via BITE or SCRATCH

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pasteurella multocida

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when does the local infection associated with pasteurella multocida usually present?

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within 24 hours

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what does the infection of pasteurella multocida usually look like?

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cellulitis with well-defined borders; can also cause an abscess than can spread to joints, bones, and lymph nodes

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all patients with animal bites should be given

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prophylactic antibodies (augmentin)

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VF of shigella species

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O antigens in LPS layer
Able to invade and multiply in variety of epithelial cells including enterocytes
shiga toxin
endotoxin

106
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4 species of shigella

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s. dysenteriae s. sonnei, s. flexneri, s. boydii

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shiga toxin causes

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cell death

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endotoxin causes

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fever

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lab id of shigella species

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anaerobic gram-negative rods, non-motile, lack flagella

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shigella species is famous for

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shigellosis

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incapacitating dysentery with crippling abdominal pain and watery stool filled with mucus and blood

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shigellosis caused by shigella species

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shigellosis spreads

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person to person under poor sanitary conditions

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t/f shigellosis infection does not spread outside the GI tract

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true

114
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erosion of the lining of the large bowel

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shigella dysentery

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shigella species initial transmission route

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fecal- oral route –> the four F’s

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the four F’s of shigella transmission

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feces, flies, fingers, food

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shigella species invades

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villi of large intestine

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does the shigella species perforate the intestine to invade the bloodstream?q

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no

119
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invasion plasmid antigens and shiga toxin damage the mucosa and villi leading to

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mucus secretion, focal ulcers, and bleeding

120
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shiga toxin in shigella can cause damage to the

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kidneys by same MOA as E. coli 0157:H7

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lab id of salmonella species

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anaerobic gram-negative rods

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salmonella is spart of the

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enterics group

123
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shigella is part of the

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enterics gruops

124
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responsible for typhoid fever

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salmonella typhi

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salmonella typhi transmission route

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fecal-oral

126
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t/f typhoid fever still runs rampant throughout the rest of the world outside of the US?

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true

127
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infectious dose of salmonella typhi

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1,000-10,000

128
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VF of salmonella typhi

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secretion systems that allow it to invade, multiply in, and kill macrophages
Vi surface polysaccharide that inhibits neutrophil phagocytosis
endotoxin

129
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ingested bacilli adhere to small intestine, cause diarrhea, invade and ULCERATE INTESTINAL LINING –> ingested by macrophages and other cells of the immune system –> bacilli then travel within macrophages to infiltrate the lymph nodes, liver, and spleen, where abscesses can form –> can also invade the blood stream either at this point or by perofrating intestine –> fever produced by endotoxin

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salmonella typhi

130
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chronic carriers of salmonella typhi have bacteria in there

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gallbladder (chronic infection of the biliary tract when gallstones present)

131
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less severe than typhoid fever but more prevalent

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salmonella gastroentertitis

132
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what is a very common source of salmonella gastroenteritis?

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poultry

133
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kid doesn’t watch hands before eating dinner after he was playing with his pet turtle, he has been puking for 2 days, what is he most likely infected by right now?

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salmonella gastroenteritis

134
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sx’s of salmonella gastroenteritis

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v/d, fluid loss, lasting 3-4 days

135
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vf of haemophilus species

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polysaccharide capsule

136
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lab id of haemophilus s.

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anaerobic gram-negative rods, coccobacilli, tiny; require culture media with blood or blood products (prefer chocolate agar)

137
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Haemophilus influenzae capsulated strains cause

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acute life-threatening infection of CNS and soft tissues (i.e. bacteria meningitis, epiglottitis, septic arthritis, sepsis, pneumonia)

138
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capsulated strains of haemophilus influenzae occur primarily in

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children

139
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non-capsulated strains of h. influenzae cause

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otitis media, bronchitis, sinusitis, conjunctivitis

140
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H. influenzae is a strict

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pathogen of humans

141
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H. influenzae is found in ______ _____ of up to 80% of normal people (usually noncapsulated form)

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nasopharyngeal flora

142
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how is h. influenzae spread?

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respiratory droplets

143
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t/f h. influenzae causes the flu

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false

144
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vf of h. influenzae

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polysaccharide capsule
antiphagocytic
allows invasion past respiratory epithelium to deep tissues

145
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H. influenzae is subtyped ast ___ strains based on

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6, polysaccharide antigens

146
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which strain of h. influenzae is associated with 95% of the invasive diseases? which disease accounts for 50% of these cases?

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Tybe b (aka Hib); Hib meningitis

147
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chiefly responsible for infections at the mucosal surface (i.e. otitis media, bronchitis, sinusitis, conjunctivitis)

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non-capsulated or non-typeable h. influenzae

148
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t/f immunization with conjugated Hib vaccine does not confer protection against the non-typeable strains

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true

149
Q

what remains a major cause of otitis media in children?

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non-typeable H. influenzae

150
Q

sexually transmitted infection found in africa, southeast asia, india, latin america

A

H. ducreyi

151
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tender papule on the genitalia that develops into a soft, PAINFUL ulcer called CHANCROID; often associated with unilateral tender inguinal lymphadenitis

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h. ducreyi

152
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vaccines for haemophilus s.

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Hib vaccine (uses the Hib capsule conjugated to the other bacterial proteins); administered to infants 2 mo and up)

153
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Most common cause of UTIs are

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enterics

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