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IntrotoInfectiousDisease Flashcards

1
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What type of antibiotics are stimulated by host flora?

A

Cross-protective

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2
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Can normal flora become pathogenic?

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yes

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3
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Infection has organism presence, organ damage, and inflammation. How is that different from colonization?

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Colonization just has organism present

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4
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What do increased bands in circulation indicate??

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Left shift, leukemia

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5
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T/F, lymphocytes make antibodies

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TRUE

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6
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What is the difference btwn the cell wall in gram + vs - ?

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+ = rigid thick, peptidoglycan, crosslinked

  • = think layer, 1/ 2glycan chains, protected by protein outer layer
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7
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What is the minimum inhibitory concentration and what are the 3 breakpoints?

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Lowest concentration of antibiotic that inhibits visible growth of bacteria

Susceptible, intermediate, and resistant

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8
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What are the aerobic gram + cocci?

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Staph aureus, staph epidermidis, staph saprophyticus, entero faecalis, entero faecium, entero durans, B hemolytic, viridas strp A hemolytic, strep pneumoniae

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9
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What are the B hemolytic gram + cocci?

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Strep pyogenes ( group A), strep agalactiae (group B), strep bovis (nonenterococci, group D)

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10
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What are the viridan A hemolytics?

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Strep sangius, salvarius, mitis, and mutans

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11
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What are the 3 staphylococcal resistant drugs

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Penicillin, methicillin, methicillin- susceptible isolates

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12
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Where does staph colonize?

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Skin and nose

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13
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Which strep colonizes on the skin?

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Group A- strep pyogenes

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14
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Which strep colonizes on the mouth?

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Viridans, anaerobes

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15
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Which strep colonizes on the nasopharynx?

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Group A- strep pyogenes

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16
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Which strep colonizes on the lower GI?

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Group D strep bovis, viridans, anaerobes

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17
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Which strep colonizes on the female GU?

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Group B strep agalactiae

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18
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Which strep causes cellulitis?

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Group A s. pyogenes

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19
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Which strep causes dental carries?

A

Viridan strep

20
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Which strep causes pharyngitis?

A

Group A S. pyogenes

21
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Which strep causes bacteremia/ endocarditis?

A

Viridans

22
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Which strep causes neonatal meningitis?

A

Group B S. agalactiae

23
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What is the tx for streptococcus?

A

Penicillin

24
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Pneumococci are A or B hemolytic? Where do they colonize?

A

Alpha

Oropharynx/ nasopharynx

25
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Pneumococci cause what type of infections?

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Otitis media, sinusitis, bronchitis, CAP, meningitis

26
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Pts that lack what anatomical structure are at risk for fulminant sepsis syndrome and why?

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Spleen- they cannot clear encapsulated organisms

27
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What are the encapsulated organisms?

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S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae, N. menigitidis

28
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How do you tx pneumococci?

A

3rd generation cephs d/t penicillin resistant strains

29
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Where do enterococci colonize and what type of infections do they cause?

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GI, female GU

Opportunistic infections, UTI, bacteremia/ enterocarditis, and intra abdominal infections

30
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What are the gram ñ aerobic classes?

A

Rods, enterobacteria, cocci, other?

31
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Some important enterobacteraciaes areÖ.

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Enterobacter spp, e coli, klebsiella pneumo, proteus vulgnas, proteus mirabilis, serratia marcenena

32
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Some important ìotherî gram ñ organismsÖ

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa, bordatella pertussis, legionella pneumophilia

33
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Enterobacteraciae cause what type of infections?

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UTI, intra abdominal, bacteremia, nosocomial pneumonia, DM infections

34
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Is pseudomonas aeruginosa a normal flora?

A

No, opportunist

Seen in immunocompromised

35
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What organisms do you ì double coverî for?

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Serratia, pseudomonas, acinetobacter, citrobacter, enterobacter

36
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H influenzae is only encapsulated T/F?

A

FALSE

37
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Diff btwn encapsulated and non encapsulated H influenzae?

A

Capsulated- virulent causes, meningitis

Non- cap- upper resp, otitis media, sinusitis, CAP

38
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Which gram ñ cocci are humans the only natural host?

A

Neisseria menigitidis

39
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What capsule requires the spleen for elimination ?

A

Polysaccharide capsules

40
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What anaerobes are found above the diaphragm?

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Peptostreptococcus spp, actinomyces spp, and fusobacterium

41
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What anaerobes are found below the diaphragm?

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Bacteroides fragilis, lactobacillus, clostridium spp

42
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What are anaerobes assocaiated with ?

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Inta-abd. Infection, aspiration pneumonia, endometritis, PID, diabetic LE infections, dental carries, and head/neck

43
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What are the atypical bacteria and what do they result in?

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Mycoplasma pneumonia, legionella pneumophilia, chlamydophilia pneumoniae

Community acquired pneumonia

44
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What is the mnemonic and the organisms that have capsules?

A

Even some super killers have pretty nice capsules

E. coli, Strp pneumo, salmonella, klebsiella pneumo, H influenzae, pseudomonas aerginosa, neisseria meningitidis, Cryptococcus neoformans

45
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What are the 9 important classes of bacterial pathogens?

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Streptococcis- group A

Streptococcus pneumoniae
Enterococcus
Staphylococci
Atypical bacteria
H influenzae
Gram – rods
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Anaerobes

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