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General principals Flashcards

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Structural toxins

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  1. Endotoxin
  2. Peptidoglycan
  3. Teichoic Acids
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Anthrax toxin (LF) mode of action

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Lethal factor

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Endotoxin is

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  1. Structural toxin
  2. LPS in G - cells outer membrane
  3. Toxic protion is Lipid A
  4. LPS activates macrophages leading to release of TNF-α, IL-1, and IL-6
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cAMP inducres

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  1. Heat labile toxin (LT)
  2. Cholera toxin
  3. Anthrax toxin
  4. Pertussis toxin
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Diptheria toxin mode of action

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ADP ribosyl transferase causing inactivation of eEF-2 inhibiting Protein synthesis

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Exotoxin A mode of action

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ADP ribosyl transferase inactivating eEF-2 inhibiting protein synthesis

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Verotoxin mode of aciton

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Shiga-like

Interferes with 60S ribosomal subunit

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Primary mechanism of aherence in most G - cells

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Pili/fimbriae

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Anthrax toxin (EF) mode of action

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Edema factor: adenylate cyclase

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Cytolysins

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Lyse cells from outside by damaging membrane

  1. C. perfringens alpha toxin: Lecithinase
  2. S. aureus α toxin: forms pores
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Exotoxin A organism

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Pseudomonas

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Anthrax toxin (PA) mode of action

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Protective antigen

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Toxins that inhibit protein synthesis

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  1. Diphtheria toxin
  2. Exotoxin A
  3. Shiga Toxin
  4. Verotoxin
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Primary mechanism of aherence in G + cells

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Teichoic acid

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Heat labile toxin organism

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ETEC

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Shiga toxin mode of action

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Interferes with 60S ribosomal subunit inhibiting Protein synthesis

Enterotoxic, cytotoxic, and neurotoxic

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Verotoxin organism

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EHEC

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Pertussis toxin mode of action

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ADP ribosylates Gi negative regulator of adynlate cyclase causing increased cAMP

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Cholera toxin mode of action

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Stimulates an Adenylate Cyclase by ADP ribosylation of GTP binding protein

20
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Some Killers Have Pretty Nice Capsules

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Bacteria with Capsule

Strep penumoniae

Klebsiella

Haemophilus influenzae

Pseudomonas

Neisseria meningitidis

Cryptococcus neoformans

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Heat labile toxin (LT) mode of action

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LT stimulates an Adenylate Cyclase by ADP ribosylation of GTP binding protein

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