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I: Enteric Infections Flashcards

1
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____ cleaves the outer capsid and facilitate Rotavirus uncoating

A

Trypsin

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2
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_____ can disseminate from the intestine inside phagocytes

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Salmonella

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3
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_____ can spread from cell to cell in epithelial monolayers

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Shigella

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4
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_____ detoxifies ROS with superoxide dismutase and catalase

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Salmonella

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5
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_____ grows in RBCs and endothelial cells

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Bartonella

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6
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_____ inhibits components of NADPH oxidase.

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Legionella

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7
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______ escapes from phagosomal vacuole to the cytosol

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Listeria

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8
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Cholera toxin activates _______ resulting in ____ secretion.

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adenylate cyclase; chloride

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9
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In ______, a Type III secretion system secretes ______, which causes an attaching and effacing lesion that causes microvillar damage and pedestal formation

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EPEC; translocated intimin receptor

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10
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In ETEC, heat-____ enterotoxin activates adenylate cyclase.

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labile

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11
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In ETEC, heat-____ enterotoxin activates guanylate cyclase.

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stable

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12
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Name 5 obligate intracellular pathogens.

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Chlamydia, Coxiella, Ehrlichia, Rickettsia, M. leprae

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13
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Name pathogens that have a Type III secretion system

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EHEC, EPEC, Shigella, Salmonella typhinurium, Non-typhoidal Salmonella

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14
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Name the three generations of Rotavirus vaccine.

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Rotashield, Rotateq, Rotarix

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15
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Salmonella contains ___ toxin which has DNAase activity

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A2B

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16
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Salmonella Pathogenicity Island __ is responsible for invasion of M cells.

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1

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17
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Salmonella Pathogenicity Island __ is responsible for uptake by macrophages.

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2

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18
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Treatment? Campylobacter

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Erythromycin

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19
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Treatment? EHEC

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NONE

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20
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Treatment? ETEC

A

Fluorquinolones

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21
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Treatment? Non-typhoidal Salmonella

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Ciprofloxacin in immunocompromised hosts

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22
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Treatment? Shigella

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Ciprofloxacin

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23
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Treatment? Typhoid

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Ciprofloxacin, Ceftriaxone

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24
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Treatment? Vibrio cholerae

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Tetracycline (severe cases)

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25
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What are the important proteins in the outer capsid in viral gastroenteritis?

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VP4, VP7

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26
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What is the definition of diarrhea?

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3 or more watery or loose stools for more than 24 hours

27
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What is the genome for Norovirus?

28
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What is the genome for Rotavirus?

29
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What is the major group antigen (inner capsid protein) in Rotavirus?

30
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What is the major group antigen for Norovirus?

31
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Which antigen? Capsular polysaccharide associated with increased virulence

32
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Which antigen? Flagellar protein antigens associated with motile organisms

33
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Which antigen? Repeating unit of polysaccharides important in species identification

34
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Which drug classes concentrate in lysosomes?

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Aminoglycosides and macrolides

35
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Which is the only fusogenic organism (resides in lysosome)?

A

Coxiella burnetii

36
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Which pathogen? Abrupt fever, vomiting, explosive watery diarrhea, self-limited with 4-8 day duration

37
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Which pathogen? Antibiotics that increase DNA damage stimulate toxin production and should not be given

38
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Which pathogen? Blood in stool with no leukocytes

39
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Which pathogen? Can cause acute renal injury and thrombocytopenia

40
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Which pathogen? Colorless colonies on sorbitol-MacConkey agar

41
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Which pathogen? Curved gram negative rods with gull-wing pattern

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Campylobacter jejuni

42
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Which pathogen? Diarrhea +/- bloody stools, fever, cramps, complications: Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Reiters Syndrome

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Campylobacter jejuni

43
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Which pathogen? Diffuse watery diarrhea with no tissue invasion, up to 15-20L/day

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Vibrio cholerae

44
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Which pathogen? Epidemic dysentery resulting from toxin production

A

Shigella dysenteriae

45
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Which pathogen? Foodborne outbreaks of bloody diarrhea and hemorrhagic colitis, leading to development of hemolytic-uremic syndrome

46
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Which pathogen? Has a protective capsule

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Salmonella Typhi

47
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Which pathogen? Important cause of diarrhea on cruise ships, in nursing homes, and in hospitals?

48
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Which pathogen? Inflammatory diarrhea, high fever, 1-3 week incubation

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Salmonella typhinurium

49
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Which pathogen? Leading cause of traveler’s diarrhea

50
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Which pathogen? Most common cause of gastroenteritis in the western world

A

Campylobacter jejuni

51
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Which pathogen? Predominantly seen in young infants especially in the developing world

52
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Which pathogen? Self-limiting gastroenteritis with watery diarrhea, fever, and neutrophils

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Salmonella enteritidis

53
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Which pathogen? Shigella strain most notable in the developing world

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Shigella flexneri

54
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Which pathogen? Uses type III secretion systems to enter M cells and induce apoptosis of macrophages and inflammation,

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Shigella dysenteriae

55
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Which pathogen? Watery diarrhea, no blood/pus, abdominal cramps, vomiting, low-grade fever possible

56
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Which pathogen? Watery stools, no blood/mucus, vomiting, low-grade fever common

57
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Which pathogens infect the large intestine to cause inflammatory diarrhea?

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Shigella, EHEC

58
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Which pathogens infects the small intestine?

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Vibrio, ETEC, Salmonella, Campylobacter

59
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Which pathogens? Not part of normal gut flora

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Shigella, Salmonella, ETEC, Vibrio

60
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Which virlulence factor? Surface-expressed adherence factor important for colonization by Vibrio cholerae

61
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Which virulence factor? Activator of adenylate cyclase in ETEC.

A

Heat-labile enterotoxin

62
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Which virulence factor? Activator of guanylate cyclase in ETEC

A

Heat-stable enterotoxin

63
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Which virulence factor? Binds to Gb3 sphingolipids to enter cells and binds rRNA to inhibit protein synthesis in EHEC

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Shiga-like Toxins 1 and 2 (Stx-1/Stx-2)

64
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Which virulence factor? Destabilizes cell membranes, mobilizes calcium to activate transduction pathways, and increases chloride secretion in viral gastroenteritis

A

Enterotoxin NSP4

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