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coagulase negative staphylococci and some characteristics

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all normal skin flora
Staphylococcus hominis - opportunistic pathogen
S. hemolyticus - causes sepsis,endocarditis, Beta hemolytic
S. lugdunesis - endocarditis

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Streptococcus genus characteristics

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  • either alpha or beta hemolytic
  • lancefield carbohydrate antigen classification (not strep pneumo or viridans)
  • all catalase negative!!
  • most are faculative anerobes
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oral streptococci and cariogenisis

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  • the viridans group - typically are alpha hemolytic strep that are resistant to optochin and bile insoluble
  • this group is S. mutans, S. salivarius, S. sanguis, and S. mitis.
  • caries are produced when S. mutans secretes dextran and levan to attach to the enamel, causing destruction of the enamel and dentin via the production of acid. if not stopped/removed, the invasive bacteria can enter the blood stream, causing endocarditis of heart valves.
  • lactobascillus may or may not be involved
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virulence factors and symptoms of strep pneumoniae

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capsule
hyaluroniase
DNAse
IgA protease
pneumolysin - RBC lysis
symptoms MOPS 
Meningitis
Otitis media
Pneumonia
Sinusitis
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anaerobic gram negative a positive bacteria and some characteristics

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gram neg - bacteroides, fusobacterium - normal flora of mouth, skin, GI. more commonly in formula fed infants.causes endogenous infections

gram positive - peptostreptococcus anaerobius- normal flora of mouth , skin, GI. these cause abscesses, cellulitis, PID, etc infections

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salmonella genus and salmonellaosis

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enterobacteriae family, over 2000 types but enteritidis and typhi are the most common. there are 1500 sereotypes of those alone.

salmonellaosis is from salmonella enteritidis mainly - causes gastroenteritis in otherwise healthy people and can become invasive and cause sepsis in young, old or immunocompromised.

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providencia and morganella genus

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they used to belong to the Proteus genus because they cause the same diseases. pretty much the same thing, treatment, etc

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the salmonella typhi vaccine is what

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a killed vaccine that causes active immunization

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what are the species names of the shigella genus?

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shigella sonnei, shigella dysenteriae, shigells boydii

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shigella has a direct effect on the GI besides the invasion aspect

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leads to microabsecces in the wall of the colon and necrosis, leading to pseudomemebrane formation

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the yersinia genus has one strange enzyme activity, what is it?

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lactose negative BUT ONPG positive because it has Beta-galactosidase activity

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the buboes in Y. pestis is what?

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  • when the flea bites you, it regurgitates the bacteria into the wound from the flea’s GI.
  • There the bacteria infect PMNs and multiply intracellularly and travel in the lymph to the lymph nodes.
  • the lymph nodes become enlarged and develop hemorrhagic necrosis => buboes
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how is Y. pestis spread? It also causes which scary symptoms?

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spread human to human through respiratory droplets, vector to human via flea bites. hemorrhagic pneumonia and hemorrhagic meningitis

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Campylobacter jejuni has what shape, physical characteristic? What does this characteristic imply

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  • it’s comma shaped with a single flagella -> invasive
  • the invasiveness of it means that it multiplies in the small intestine (causing bloody diarrhea, cramps)
  • invades the epithelium –> enters the blood –> causes sepsis, endocarditis, meningitis
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campylobacter jejuni causes what nervous system problem?

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guillain-barre syndrome –> autoimmune process that causes ascending demyelination and paralysis

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H pylori and campylobacter are grown on which media and pos for which tests?

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  • oxidase and catalase positive
  • Skirrows media because they are microaerophilic that need 5% oxygen and 10% co2
  • H. pylori is also urease pos (obviously)
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vibrio cholerae enterotoxin does what?

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  • It is an AB toxin that activates the Gs protein that thus activates adenylate cyclase to increase cAMP
  • the inc cAMP inhibits the Na pumps, leading to salt and water hypersecretion
  • leads to dehydration, watery diarrhea, acidosis and shock
  • treat with rehydration therapy, 1 tsp NaCl and 4 tsp glucose
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what is another vibrio species to know?

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vibrio parahaemolyticus - from seafood, causes mild cholera symptoms

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aeromonas (name on topic list)

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  • gram negative facultative anaerobe rod
  • bloody diarrhea, wound infections
  • treat with ciprofloxacin
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plesiomonas (name on topic list)

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  • motile gram neg, oxidase pos
  • also seafood
  • also diarrhea
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Stenotrophomonas (name on topic list)

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  • is a random bacteria that is similar to pseudomonas in pathological symptoms, most commonly as a nosocomial infection with immunocompromised pts
  • Oxidase NEG!
  • pneumonia, urinary tract infection, or bloodstream infection
  • in immunocompromised patients, cystic fibrosis- latent pulmonary infections
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burkholderia (name on topic list)

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important pathogen of pulmonary infections in people with cystic fibrosis (CF)

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acinetobacter (name on topic list)

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  • aerobic, oxidase neg, gram neg coccobacilli
  • opportunistic - pneumonia, urinary tract infection, or bloodstream infection
  • frequently antibiotic resistant
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Alcaligenes faecalis

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  • gram-negative, rod-shaped and motile
  • It is positive by the oxidase test and catalase test,
  • alpha-hemolytic and requires oxygen.
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legionella is passed to people how? how does it begin infection?

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  • no human-to-human transmission
  • passed via aerosol inhalation via AC units. also common in moist enviro like water cooling systems, shower heads, etc
  • the bacterium is phagocytosed –> the phagosome-lysosome fusions fails and the phagosome does not acidify –> they multiply inside vacuole –> burst out of cell
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Brucella species you should know

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B. abortus- Cattle
B. suis - deer, caribou,
B. canis - dogs, foxes

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brucella is spread how? how does it begin infection?

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-milk products
-direct skin contact with vector animal
-bite from animal
starts in lymphatic vessels –> nodes –> blood stream –>organs (replicates in cell to the point of cell swelling/lysis, causing enlargement of organs)

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what serology test is important for brucella?

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  • wright reaction - tube agglutination that tests for specific antibodies in the pt serum
  • brucellin skin test
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Francisella tularemia is contracted how? how does the disease progress?

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  • contact with rabbits and tick bites, can also be aerosolized! bioterror
  • enters macrophages –> travels in lymph –> goes to reticuloendothelial organs like lymph nodes –> forms cheesy necrotic granulomas
  • also causes fever, pneumonia, headache
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F. tularensis has an important test and treatment

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tularin skin test

Glycosides and attenuated vaccine as preventative measure

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h. influenzae is asociated with which diseases?

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  • otitis media, sinusitis
  • pneumonia, epiglottitis
  • contact lens infections
  • meningitis with b antigen
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bartonella causes which disease?

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bacillary angiomatosis - raised vascular lesions
cat scratch fever with lymphadenopathy
subacute endocarditis

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leptospirosis colonizes where?

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renal tubules

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Bacteroides - general stuff and disease

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  • gram negative anaerobic rod
  • causes intra abdominal infections
  • orofacial abscess, plaut-vincent disease (severe ulcerative gingivo-pharyngitis)
  • part of normal flora of vagina, colon
  • metronidazole
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fusobacterium - general stuff

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  • gram neg anaerobic rods
  • normal flora of mouth, colon, external reproductive organs
  • causes intrabdominal infections (ulcerative colitis, appendicitis), absecces, pharygitis, lung infections (lung gangrene)
  • plaut-vincent disease (severe ulcerative gingivo-pharyngitis)
  • metronidazole
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virulence factors of Bacillus anthracis

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all encoded by plasmids

  • Poly-D glutamate capsule - protests against complement, phagocytosis
  • Edema factor- activates adenylate cyclase thus inc cAMP
  • protective factor - binding part of toxin
  • lethal factor - metalloproteinase, cleaves MAPK leading to cell death
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types of anthrax physical disease

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  • cutaneous - necrotic skin lesions, papules, edema
  • pulmonary - hemorrhagic pneumonia, normally via aspiration of spores
  • GI - bloody diarrhea, lymphadenopathy
  • injection in iv drug users
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other bacilli you should know?

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bacillus cereus - gram pos spore forming rod, beta hemolytic,
causes food poisoning,
diarrhea (long incubation time, from rice)
or
vomiting (short incubation time, from meat and vegetables)

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toxins of clostridium perfringens

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  • capsule
  • Alpha toxin - lecithinase, polyphospholipase c => damaged cell membrane, WBC and RBC lysis (double zone of hemolysis) and endothelial cell lysis –> vascular permeability and bleeding
  • beta toxin - necrotizing activity
  • epsilon toxin - increase vascular permeability of GI
  • enterotoxin - cause food poisoning with high mortality rate. bloody diarrhea, peritonitis, shock, necrotic lesions in jejunum
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other types of clostridium species?

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c. septicum (20%, alpha toxin)
c. novyi (40%, alpha, beta, epsilon toxin)
c. histolyticum (10-20%)

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botulinum toxin has two subunits. Also how do you treat C. botulinum infection?

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A - blocks Ach
B - protects toxin from gastric acids!

Treatment with anti-toxin

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which test give you a real diagnosis of T. pallidum?

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TPHA - t pallidum haemagglutination test

FTA - fluorescent treponemal antibodies

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other types of treponema palldum

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T. pallidum endemicum - spread via eating utensils, endemic in africa, asia, australia
T pallidum pertenue - granulomatous disease, skin lesions in south america, central africa, SE asia
T. carateum - spread via direct contact with skin lesions
T. vincentii - with fusobacterium to cause vincent angina, ulcerative necrosis of the tonsils

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borellia genus, 3 species

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Borellia recurrentis - louse
Borellia duttoni - tick
Borellia burgdorferi - tick

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the two lesser known borellia species

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Borellia recurrentis - louse
Borellia duttoni - tick
both cause relapsing fever and are treated with tetracycline as well

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Bordatella has 3 different species names

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bordatella pertusis
bordatella parapertusis
B. bronchiseptica

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bordatella has which toxins/virulence factors

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fimbriae called filamentous hemagglutinin - attach to cells so toxins can be released

  • ribosylation of Gi –> inc cAMP
  • disable chemokine receptors in lymph tissue –> lymphocytosis
  • tracheal toxin cleaves cilia from epithelium
  • adenylate cyclase toxin (like edema factor) –> inc cAMP
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three stages of whooping cough

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catarrhal - non distinctive symptoms, flu like
paroxysmal stage - coughing attacks, vomiting, lymphocytosis
convalescent stage - diminished coughing, pneumonia

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other species of corynebacterium

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C. urealyticum - UTI, urease producer making struvite stone and renal stones
C. ulcerans - also lads to diphtheria

50
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Two tests for diphtheria and antibiotic tx

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Romer probe - two guinea pigs, one with antitoxin, one without, get infected with diphtheria
Elek test
macrolide, penacillin

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erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

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gram positive, alpha hemolytic, catalase pos

  • present in land and sea animals - butchers typically get it
  • painful raised lesion formation
  • penicillin, macrolides
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lactobacillus acidophilus

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  • gram positive rod, some strains are anaerobic
  • produces lactic acid
  • rarely pathogenic
  • grown at lower pH, tomato juice medium, blood agar
  • smells like yogurt
  • natural flora of the oral cavity, gut, vagina
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Nocardia species

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nocardia asteroides

nocardia brasiliensis

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actinomyces 2 species

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israelii

neaslundii

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actinomyces causes causes which infections

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  • cervicofacial infections
  • thoracic due to aspirations of infectious material from teeth
  • abdominal from surgery, trauma or perforation GI disease
  • gingivitis
  • perforated IUD infections
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atypical and nonpathogenic mycobacterium

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  • Mycobacterium avium - a group of species that cause disseminated and lung tbc, used to be a significant cause of death in AIDS patients.
  • Mycobacterium kansasii - cause serious diseases in mammals, including tuberculosis and leprosy in immunocompromised ppl
  • Mycobacterium marinum is a free-living bacterium, which causes opportunistic infections in humans. M. marinum sometimes causes a rare disease known as aquarium granuloma, which typically affects individuals who work with fish or keep home aquariums. also nodules, skin ulcers

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