Krisetle packet of knowledge

Question 1

Koch’s postulates?

Answer 1

1) Organism found in lesion
2) Organism can be isolated as single colonies
3) Inoculation of organism causes lesions
4) Organism can be recovered from lesions in animal

Question 2

What does high virulence mean?

Answer 2

Capable of causing disease in normal host

Question 3

What does low virulence mean?

Answer 3

Capable of causing disease in hosts with low resistance/impaired defense

Question 4

Which antibodies play a role in phagocytosis/opsonization of bacteria?

Answer 4

IgM, IgG, and IgA

Question 5

Non caseating examples of granuloma?

Answer 5

Histoplasmosis

Blastomycosis

Question 6

Aspiration of saliva causes?

Answer 6

Necrotizing bronchopneumonia

Question 7

Purpose of vibronectin and fibronectin?

Answer 7

Bind to host cells

Question 8

What does protein A bind to?

Answer 8

Fc portion of immunogloulins

Question 9

What interleukins does super antigen stimulate?

Answer 9

IL1, 2, and TNF

Question 10

What is toxic shock syndrome confused with at times?

Answer 10

Gram - sepsis

Question 11

What makes up the gamma hemolytic group?

Answer 11

Enterococcus

Question 12

Chronic rheumatic heart disease affects what?

Answer 12

Mitral and aortic valves

Question 13

Paronychia is what?

Answer 13

Chronic abscesses of the palmar surface of the finger tips

Question 14

What does pneumolysin do?

Answer 14

Inhibits alternate complement pathway

Question 15

Which complement component is most important for phagocytosis?

Answer 15

C3

Question 16

How many capsular subtypes?

Answer 16

85, 23 subtypes in vaccine

Question 17

Most important virulence factor?

Answer 17

pneumococcal capsular protein PspC

Question 18

What can homophiles parainfluenza cause?

Answer 18

Endocarditis

Question 19

What can Haemophilus decree cause?

Answer 19

Chancroid

Question 20

Legionella most common in who?

Answer 20

People with pre-disposing lung or heart disease

Question 21

Where in the stomach do you find helicobacter pylori?

Answer 21

Antrum

Question 22

What can be used to differentiate enterohemorrhagic coli from other types?

Answer 22

Doesn’t ferment sorbitol or grow at 45 C