Extracellular Bacteria Flashcards
what are the extracellular bacteria that cause pneumonia
are they obligate or facultative?
how are they spread?
- haemophilus influenzae
- bordatella pertussis
- streptococcus pneumoniae
- mycoplasma pneumonia
- all obligate human pathogens
- all spread person-to-person
gram stain of haemophilus influenzae
shape
- gram negative
- coccobacillus
gram stain of bordetella pertussis
shape
- gram negative
- coccobacillus
gram stain of streptococcus pneumoniae
- gram positive
gram stain of mycoplasma pneumoniae
- no gram stain
how do specific antibodies combat extracellular pathogens in the respiratory tract
- may block bacterial adherence
- neutralize secreted toxins
how do antibiotics combat extracellular pathogens in the respiratory tract
- reach site of infection
- do not need to penetrate host cells
what does the media of haemophilus influenza require for its growth
- hemin
haemophilus influenza found where in the human body
- human respiratory tract
haemophilus influenza spread by
- respiratory droplets
diseases caused by haemophilus influenza
which is the most common
- meningitis
- otitis media (most common)
what kind of vaccine contains haemophilus influenza
- conjugate vaccine
haemophilus influenza meningitis caused by which strains
- type b strains
haemophilus influenza epiglottitis caused by which strains
- type b strains
haemophilus influenza otitis media caused by which strains
- nonencapsulated
- nontypeable
virulence factors of haemophilus influenza
- pili for attachment to respiratory epithelium
- LOS
- type B PRP capsule
what antibody is protective against haemophilus influenza infection?
significance of this
- anti-PRP antibody
- T cell independent which is not present early in life
what molecule do we attach the HiB polysaccharide to
- tetanus toxoid
bordetella pertussis oxygen requirements
- obligate aerobe
habitat of bordetella pertussis
- human respiratory tract
transmission of bordetella pertussis
- respiratory droplets
toxoid vaccine
- chemically modified toxin
- not toxic but antigenic
examples of toxoid vaccines
- DTP (diphtheria and tetanus component)
whole cell vaccine
- organism inactivated but intact
whole cell vaccine example
- pertussis component of DTP
acellular vaccine
- individual antigens
example of acellular vaccines
- pertussis antigen in DTaP and Tdap
immune responses to infection, whole cell, and acellular vaccines may _______
- differ
incubation period of pertussis
- 7-14 days
length of time of catarrhal phase of bordetella pertussis
- 7 days
symptoms of catarrhal phase of bordetella pertussis
- cold-like symptoms
bordetella pertussis most easily isolated from
- catarrhal phase
- upper respiratory tract
paroxysmal phase length of bordetella pertussis
- 1-4 weeks or longer