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Bacillus

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Gram positive
Spore forming
Aerobic

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Gram positive rods

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Bacillus
Corynebacterium
Mycobacterium

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Bacillus anthracis virulence

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Polypeptide capsule with poly D glutamic acid

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Bacillus anthracis toxins

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PA - protective antigen
EA - edema factor
LF - lethal factor

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Bioterrorism and mailmen

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Bacillus anthracis

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Bacillus anthracis transmission

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Inoculation
Ingestion
Inhalation

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Wool sorters disease

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Bacillus anthracis

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Virulence factors pXO1 and pXO2

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Bacillus anthracis

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Bacillus anthracis pathogensis

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PA - pokes membrane of cell
EF - edema, cAMP increase
LF - decreases MAPKs, necrosis of cell

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Anthrax

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Cutaneous - eschar
Gastrointestinal
Pulmonary - widened mediastinum, macrophage enlargement

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Widened mediastinum

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Anthrax

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Anthrax diagnosis

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Gram stain
PCR
Serology

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Bacillus anthracis treatment

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Ciprofloxacin
Doxycycline
Vaccine

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Bacillus cereus epidemiology

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Motile and non encapsulated

Ubiquitous

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Bacillus cereus transmission

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Food born

Fried rice

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Fried rice

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Bacillus anthracis

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Bacillus cereus disease

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Food poisoning
Gastroenteritis
Enterotoxins

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Bacillus cereus enterotoxins

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Heat stable - fried rice, ingest enterotoxin

Heat labile - diarrhea, stimulates cAMP, watery diarrhea

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Bacillus cereus treatment

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Vancomycin
Ciprofloxacin
Gentamicin

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae epidemiology

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Disease carried in throat and nasopharynx

Transmission by respiratory droplets

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae virulence

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Diphtheria toxin
Exotoxin on tox gene
AB toxin by inhibiting EF-2

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae pathogenesis

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Sudden onset
Pseudo membrane
Bull neck
Myocarditis and recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy

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CTBA agar

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae culture

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CTBA: gray to black colonies
PCR: tox gene
Loeffler’s coagulated serum agar: methylene blue
Elek test

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Elek test

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Antitoxin strip on plate streaked with diphtheriae

Toxigenic detected with X secretion

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae treatment

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Penicillin
Erythromycin
DPT vaccine

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Mycobacterium species

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M. tuberculosis

M. leprae

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Ziehl Neelson method

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Acid fast method - resist de colorization

Mycobacterium

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis

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Facultative intracellular
Sulfa tides
Cord factor - inhibitor PMN

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Sulfatides

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Inhibits phagosome lysosome fusion

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis epidemiology

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Reservoir in human lungs

Transmission by respiratory droplets

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M tuberculosis pathogenesis

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Phagocytosis by alveolar macrophages
Infected macrophages to regional lymph nodes
Alveolar macrophages release cytokines
T cells activated and secrete IFN gamma

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Granuloma

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M tuberculosis pathogenesis

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Bloody and purulent sputum

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M tuberculosis

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M tuberculosis clinical diagnosis

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Radiographic evidence

PPD - hypersensitivity

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M tuberculosis diagnostic

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Auramine rhodamine staining bacilli = fluorescent green

Slow on Lowenstein Jensen medium

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Armadillos

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Mycobacterium leprae

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Mycobacterium leprae biology

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Obligate intracellular
Armadillos
Remains in cooler areas of the body

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Hansen disease

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Types of mycobacterium leprae

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Tuberculoid - strong cell response

Lepromatous - weak cell response, nerve damage, skin lesions

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Mycobacterium leprae diagnosis

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Lepromin skin test
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