Haemophilus and Bordetella Flashcards

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What are the gram characteristics of Haemophilus?

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Tiny GNR (can look coccobacillary), can be long filamentous rods

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What are the characteristics of Haemophilus?

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Very fastidious, Capnophiliic, mousy smell, oxidase AND catalase positive most are opportunistic and adapted the respiratory tract. Require growth factors (i.e. X, V or Both)

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What is X factor, where is it found?

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Hemin. It is found in chocolate and is HEAT STABLE

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What is V factor, where is it found?

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NAD, in RBS but inhibited by enzymes in humans. Also present in yeast extract (chocolate agar)

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What species require V factor?

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All BUT Aggregaatibacter aphrophilus and Haemphilus ducreyi

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What are the two methods for identifying X and V factor?

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Staph streak or disks

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What factors are in T-Soy plates?

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None

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What factors are in SBA

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Only X

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9
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What factors are released by stapylcoccus aureus?

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V

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10
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What factors are in chocolate agar?

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X and V

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What factors are in Rabbit blood Agar?

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X and V

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What factors are in Fildes Enrichment agar?

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X and V

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13
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What characteristic does a rabbit blood plate help to identify? What part of the bacteria name indicates this?

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BETA hemolysis, haemolyticus

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What is an alternative form of determining X factor? What does it eliminate? What is its basis?

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Porphyrin, Eliminates Hemin carryover and it fluroeses

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15
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What is the clinical significance of H. flu?

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It is a secondary invader with Pneumonia and in noninvasive NTHi (nontypable)

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16
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What is the Primary virulence factor with H. flu?

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The Capsule

17
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What strain does the H. flu vaccine fight against?

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Type B, so obviously if you get an infection and have had the vaccine, it is prob. not type B

18
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What are the plate characteristics of H. influenzae?

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Smooth colonies on choclate, requires both X and V and is non-hemolytic

19
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What does para mean when it is with the bacteria name?

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It requires only V factor

20
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What are 3 bacteria that can provide V factor?

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S. aureus, S. pneumoniae and Neisseria

21
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If an organism grow on chocolate, what can you say about its factors?

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It MAY require X and V

22
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If an organism satellites around S. Aureus on SBA, what can you say about its factors?

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It requires V and MAY require X

23
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If an organism saellites around S. Aureus on T-soy, What can you say about its factors?

A

It requires only V

24
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What ca you say about an organism that grows on SBA concerning its factors?

A

Does not require V

25
Q

What causes pink eye?

A

Haemophilus aegyptius

26
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What is another name for Haemphilus aegyptius?

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Koch-Weeks bacillus

27
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What are the characteristics and location of Hemphilus bigroup aegyptius?

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Agent of Brazilian purpuric fever. System disease with a high mortality rate

28
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Which bacteria is not normal flora?

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Haemophilus ducreyi

29
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What gram stain of a lesion has a school of read fish or rail road track on.

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Haemophilus decreyi

30
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What is the common cause of Gardnerella vainalis?

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Bacterial vaginosis

31
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What gram stain has epithelial cells with Gram variable cells? (Clue cells)

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Bacterial vaginosis

32
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What disk is G. vaginalis susceptible to?

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SPS

33
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What is the agent of whooping cough?

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Bordetella pertusiss

34
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What are the three stages of pertussis and what happens in each?

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  1. Catarrhal (symptoms of cold). 2. Paroxysmal (characteristic cough) 3. Convalescent
35
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What are lab identifications of Pertussis?

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Culture AND PCR, Nasopharyngeal culture and cough plates

36
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What bacteria has a mercury droplet on Bordet-Gengou, Charcoal Cephalexin Blood, Regan-Lowe and is incubated for 7 days?

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B. Pertusiss

37
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What is the vaccine against pertussis in infants and adults?

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dTap in infants and TdaP in adults

38
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What bacteria causes a milder disease of pertussis?

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Bordetella parapertussis

39
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What bacteria is associated with dogs?

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Bordetella Bronchiseptica