EXAM III Pathogens and Evading Strategies

Question 1

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Answer 1

Produces a protective polysaccharide capsule

Question 2

Clostridium tetani

Answer 2

Produces a toxin

Question 3

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Answer 3

Produces an IgA protesase

Question 4

Staphylococcus aureus

Answer 4

Binds Fc of Immunoglobulin with Protein A

Question 5

Borrelia recurrentis

Answer 5

Antigenic variation

Question 6

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Answer 6

Block fusion of phagosome with lysosome

Question 7

Histoplasma capusulatum

Answer 7

Block acidification/activation of phagolysosome

Question 8

Toxoplasma gondii

Answer 8

Convert phagosome into a protective vaculoe

Question 9

Listeria monocytogenes

Answer 9

Escape the phagosome (grow in the cytoplasm)

Question 10

Shigella Flexneri

Answer 10

Kill the phagocyte

Question 11

Might be treated with gamma-globulin injections

Answer 11

X-linked Agammaglobulinemia

Question 12

May result in repeated bouts of respiratory distress

Answer 12

Allergic Asthma

Question 13

Associated with increased susceptibility to viral infections

Answer 13

MHC I Deficiency

Question 14

Rebuck Skin Window. Poor wound healing and gingivitis

Answer 14

Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency

Question 15

Might produce Urticaria (rash)

Answer 15

Drug-induced serum sickness