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Infectious Disease Intro PT1 Flashcards

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Characteristics of the immune system

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  • Protects body from pathogens
    • Can be specific
    • Has memory
    • Mobile and fast acting
      Is flexible
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What is the initial defence of the immune system

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a) Non specific defences
- Physical barriers
- Chemical barriers (stomach acid)
- mucus and cilia protect our respiratory tract
- Urine flushes out bacteria from urinary tract
- Enzymes are in tears and saliva
- Other bacteria is present on our skin/ in our digestive tract

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What happens if the initial defences of the body fail or weaken

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Infection becomes more likely

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What are non specific defences part of

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Innate immune system

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What cells are within the innate immune system

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  • Macrophages and monocytes: antigen presenting cells and surveillance
    • Neutrophils: defence against bacteria and fungus
    • Eosinophils: defence against parasites and respond to allergies
    • Basophils: respond to allergens
    • Mast cells: inflammatory mediators
    • Complements: can lyse pathogens, coat pathogens and can call for backup
    • Chemokines: act as traffic controllers for WBCs
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What does the adaptive immune system involve

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  • T and B lymphocytes
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Macrophages and monocytes

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antigen presenting cells and surveillance

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Neutrophils

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defence against bacteria and fungus

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Eosinophils

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defence against parasites and respond to allergies

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Basophils

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respond to allergens

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Mast cells

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inflammatory mediators

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Complements

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can lyse pathogens, coat pathogens and can call for backup

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Chemokines

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act as traffic controllers for WBCs

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Chemokines

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act as traffic controllers for WBCs

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What are the two parts of the adaptive immune system

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  • Humoral mediated: within the serum
    • Cellular mediated: within the cells
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How much antigens can lymphocytes remember

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10 to the power of 15

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Characteristics of T lymphocytes

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  • Activated by antigen presenting cell
    • The activated T cells secrete IL-2 which stimulates the production of more activated T cells
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What can are the different activated T cells

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  • Helper cells (CD4+): secrete Ils and interferon, stimulates CD8+ cells and stimulates production of antibodies
    • Cytotoxic cells (CD8+): kill cells recognized as foreign
    • Regulating cell: regulates the T cell response
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Characteristics of B lymphocytes

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  • Are activated after they recognize antigens (through T- lymphocytes usually)
    • The antibodies of the B lymphocytes bind to antigens and either trap the antigens or clump them together/ increase the attack of immune cells
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What can activated B cells become

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  • Plasma cells: secrete antibodies
    • Memory cells: important in future attacks (remember antigens)
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What are cytokines

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  • IL,TNF, IFN..
    • Soluble factors secreted by cells
    • Can activate cells, call for backup…
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What are inflammatory mediators

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  • Soluble factors that causes inflammation
    • Can be secreted by many cells
    • Ex. Histamine, PGs…
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What is an infection

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  • Get a response of a hosts immune systems and person gets ill
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What is a sub clinical infection

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  • Specific response in the body occurs but person is not ill
25
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What is colonization

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  • Presence of an organism at a body site without production of disease
    • Do not treat
26
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What is pneumonia an example of

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  • Infection
27
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What is influenza, EBV, SARS-CoV-2 and example of

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  • Sub clinical infection
28
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What is skin wounds colonized with staph and example of

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Colonization

29
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What is another name for EBV (Epstein Barr virus)

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Mono

30
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What causes invasion of microorganisms

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  • Breach of host defenses
31
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What are toxins

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  • Some bacteria produce toxins which can damage cells
    • Can even damage at distant sites
    • Examples are botulism or tetanus
32
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For tetanus what would you give first to treat

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  • An anti toxin before and antibiotic
33
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What is the normal microbiota in the skin

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  • Diphtheroid (ex. Corynebacterium)
    • Propionibacterium
    • Staphylococci (mostly coagulase negative strains)
    • Streptococci
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What is the normal microbiota in the gastrointestinal tract

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  • Bacteroides sp
    • Clostridium sp
    • Diphtheroid
    • Enterobacteriaceae (ex. E. coli, klebsiella sp)
    • Fusobacterium sp
    • Streptococci (anaerobic)
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What is the normal microbiota in the genital tract

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  • Corynebacterium sp
    • Enterobacteriaceae sp
    • Lactobacillus sp
    • Mycoplasma sp
    • Staphylococci
      Streptococci
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what does the host defense involve

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  • Both innate/ adaptive parts of the immune system
    Both prevents and cures infection
37
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Do antibiotics cure infection

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Not always

38
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What other things other then antibiotics may an infection need in order to be cured

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  • Drainage of abscess
    • Removal of dead tissue (doesn’t have a blood supply so antibiotics cant get to the target
    • Removal of foreign bodies or prosthetic devices (don’t have blood supply and produce a biofilm)
    • Decrease in immune suppression (Immunosuppression is used during organ transplant in order for the body to not reject the transplant)
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What are factors that affect host defenses

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  • Malnutrition (WBCs don’t function properly)
    • Age
    • Immune globulin deficiencies
    • Deficiencies in cellular immunity
    • Alcoholism
    • Diabetes
    • Immunosuppressive therapy (ex. Anti cancer/ corticosteroids)
    • Invasive procedures (break normal barriers)
40
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What are non specific symptoms of infection

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  • Malaise (discomfort)
    • Listlessness
    • Loss of appetite
    • Headache
    • Myalgias (muscle aches
    • Arthralgias (joint aches)
    • Fever
    • White blood cell counts
    • Anemia
    • Increased ESR and CRP
    • Increased procalcitonin (PCT)
    • Increased heart rate
    • Anxiety
    • Confusion
    • Septic shock
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Characteristics of fever within infection

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  • It is due to infection unless proven otherwise
    • Temp cycles throughout the day (highest in late afternoon and lowest 12 hours later
42
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In this class a fever is anything greater then what

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  • 37.2C at 6am
    • 37.7C at 4 pl
    • 38.2C rectally
    • 37.2C armpit
43
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What does an uncontrolled fever mean

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  • If temp continues to go up
44
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What is normal/infectious WBC count

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  • Normal: 5-10 x 10power9 /L
    • Infection is anything over this (when there is an infection WBC count increases )
45
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When else can WBC counts change

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  • Can be higher in patients with leukemia and RA in patients taking lithium/ corticosteroids
    • Increase may be mild in less severe infection or in elderly
46
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What are the percentages of WBC subpopulations and when do they rise

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a) Total neutrophils: 50-70%
- Segmented neutrophils (mature): 50-70%
- Bands (immature neutrophils): 50-70%/ if high then most likely an infection as the body is working more

- Lymphocytes: 20-40%/ HIV uncontrolled lowers lymphocytes
- Monocytes: 0-7%
- Eosinophils: 0-5%/ rise when parasitic infections or allergies present 
- Basophils: 0-1%
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What are the different types of neutrophils

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  • Broken into shape of nucleus
    a) Segmented
    • A mature
    • Nucleus is segmented
      b) Band
    • Immature
    • Nucleus is smooth and parallel
48
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When is anemia present

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  • May be present mainly with chronic infection
49
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what do erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) mean

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  • Markers of inflammation
    • May be used as a monitoring tool for infections such as endocarditis/ osteomyelitis
50
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Explain septic shock (characteristics and presentation)

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  • A malfunction in many body systems
    • Decreased BP and CO
    • Decrease in renal function
    • Hepatic dysfunction (increased bilirubin)
    • Decreased oxygenation
    • Dissemination intravascular coagulation (DIC)
51
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Can antibiotics treat septic shock

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  • No they cant
    • This is why the faster an infection is treated the better

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