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1
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Antibiotics

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Antimicrobial agent that kills and interferes with the growth of microbes

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Synthetic antibiotic

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Not natural: made in the lab

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Semi synthetic antibiotics

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Natural product that is modified in the lab

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4
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Why was cantaloupe used to produce penicillin

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It is cheep and easy to grow
- makes lots

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Broad spectrum

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Antibiotic works against many types of bacteria

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Narrow spectrum

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Antibiotic works only on a certain bacteria

Specific!!

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Superinfection

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Bacterial overgrowth

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What causes a superinfection?

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Disruption of a community
- overgrowth of a certain microbe

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Magic bullet idea

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Kill the bacteria w/o harking host cells

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10
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What is the technical term for “magic bullet”

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Selective toxicity

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11
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Antimicrobial drugs

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Kill or interfere with growth of microbes

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Bacteriostatic

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Reversibly stops bacteria from growing

  • “static” like the tv is stuck
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13
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Bactericidal

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Kills bacteria

  • like suicide - kill oneself
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14
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What are the 5 mechanisms of action for Antimicrobial drugs ( inhibit what)

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  1. Inhibit cell wall synthesis
  2. Inhibit protein synthesis (ribosome)
  3. Inhibit dna replication
  4. Injury the plasma membrane
  5. Inhibit metabolism
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15
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Transpeptidase

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Enzyme that joins cross bridges on the cell wall

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16
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Penicillin

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beta lactam ring = consistent part
Side chain = what makes them different (variable)

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17
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Competitive inhibitor

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It competes w/ substrate to bind to active site
- able to bind to active site making it still a functional enzyme

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18
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Non competitive inhibitor

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Binds outside of substrate- substrate still able to bind to active site

  • makes it nonfunctional due to changing shape
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19
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Penicillin is a _______ inhibitor

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Competitive

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20
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How does penicillin inhibit cell wall synthesis?

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It inactivated transpeptidase, weakening the cell wall - resulting in the cell lyses (die)

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21
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What type of solution would the cell lyse in the presence of penicillin?

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Hypotonic

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22
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Penicillinase

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Breaks the beta-lactam ring of penicillin making the antibiotic not functional

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23
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What are the beta lactams we looked at?

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  • natural penicillin
    Methicillin
    Amoxicillin
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24
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Penicillin is most effective against

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Gram positive : due to having difficult time getting through outer membrane of gram negative

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25
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Penicillin is a _______ spectrum

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Narrow - work against gram positive only

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26
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Two semisynthetic penicillin

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Methicillin & amoxicillin

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Methicillin

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Beta lactamase resistant - resistant against penicillinase

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Amoxicillin

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Fits through porins of gram negatives - can work against normal g+ / g-

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29
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Clavulanic acid

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Non competitive penicillinase inhibitor

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30
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Amoxicillin with clavulanic acid

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Allows it to inhibit cell wall synthesis of normal g+/g- and G+/G- w/ penicillinase present

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Inhibitors of cell wall synthesis best kill

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Only cells that are growing

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32
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Vancomycin

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inhibits cell wall by binding to peptide chains & blocking transpeptidase activity

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33
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Vancomycin is _____ spectrum

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Narrow

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34
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Mechanisms of inhibiting the ribosome

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  • blocks tRNA attachment
  • Blocks the ability to form a peptide bond
  • blocks translocation
  • inhibits small & large subunits from interacting
  • change shape of ribosome = change of function
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35
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Ribosome

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Has large subunit - 50s
Small subunit - 30s w/ e site, p site, a site

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36
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What antibiotics target the ribosome

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Chloramphenicol
Doxycycline
Streptomycin
Tobramycin
Azithromyosin
Linezolid

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37
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Doxyclycline

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Long retention in the body

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38
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Streptomycin

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Sometimes used for tuberculosis

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39
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Tobramycin is used for

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Cystic fibrosis

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40
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Azithromycin is sometimes used for

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Chlamydia

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41
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Linezolid is sometimes used against

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MRSA

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42
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Antibiotics that target the ribosome are typically broad or narrow spectrum

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Broad

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43
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What Antimicrobial drug inhibits rna synthesis

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Rifampin

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44
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Rifampin is used to treat

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Tuberculosis

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45
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Rifamycins antibiotic group

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Inhibit mRNA synthesis by acting on bacterial rna polymerase

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46
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Rifampin directly inhibits…..

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Transcription

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47
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What Antimicrobial drug inhibits dna synthesis

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Fluoroquinolones

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48
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Fluoroquinolones antibiotic group

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Inhibits bacterial DNA gyrase which can ultimately cause DNA breakage ( relieving tension in dna when dna is unwound during dna replication)

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49
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What 2 Antimicrobial drugs injure the plasma membrane

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Polymyxin B
Daptomycin

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Polymyxin

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Inserts into membrane causing increased permeability (leaky cell)

  • ## target more electronegative membranes
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51
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Polymyxin is effective against

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Gram negatives only

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52
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Daptomycin

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Insert into the membrane creating pores leading to leakiness

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53
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Daptomycin is effective against

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Gram positive only

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54
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Antimicrobial drugs that inhibit metabolism

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Sulfonamide
Trimethoprim

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55
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Sulfonamides (sulfa drugs)

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Inhibits one step of folic acid synthesis

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Trimethoprim

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Inhibits another step of folic acid synthesis

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57
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Synergism

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Effectiveness of 2 drugs is greater than one

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58
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Sulfonamides & trimethoprim are ______ inhibitors

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Competitive

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59
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What are the 4 mechanisms of bacteria resistance to antibiotics

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  1. Blocking entry
  2. Inactivating enzyme
  3. Altering molecule
  4. Efflux (kicking out) antibiotic
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60
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Superbug

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Multi drug resistant bacteria

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61
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Example of a superbug

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MRSA

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62
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What can staphylococcus aureus cause

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Pimples
Pneumonia
Food poisoning

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63
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Infections caused by staphylococcus aureus

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Skin and soft tissue
Breast implant infection
Endocarditis

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64
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Mutations that provide antibiotic resistance occur

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Spontaneously

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65
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Natural selection

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Passing down genetics
- surviving and reproducing

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66
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Mutations that allow an organism to survive/ reproduce are selected under certain selective pressure

True or False

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True

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67
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Directional selection

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Bacteria that are antibiotic resistance are able to survive and reproduce if treatment was stopped early

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68
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Advantageous mutations in bacteria can be passed how

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Vertically and horizontally

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69
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What are the 3 ways horizontal gene transfer can occur

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Transformation
Conjugation
Transduction

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70
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What are the 2 ways antibiotic resistant bacteria strains come about?

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  • overuse of antibiotics
  • misuse of antibiotics
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71
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Overuse of antibiotics cases the high resistance bacteria to survive

True or False

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True: ⬆️ antibiotic use = ⬆️ exposure of bacteria to antibiotic = ⬆️ likelihood antibiotic resistant bacteria will survive/ reproduce

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72
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What are some ways a person can misuse antibiotics

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  • used inappropriately (taking for their infections)
  • treatment is not long enough
    Treatment is too low of a dose
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73
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HAI - Hospital acquired infection

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Infection patient gets while in the hospital

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74
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Hospital acquired infection is also known as

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Nosocomial infection

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75
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CAI - community acquired infection

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Infection acquired outside a healthcare facility

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76
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What three things should you consider with a hAI

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Compromised hosts
Chain of transmission
Microbes present in healthcare - antibiotic resistant ones

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Compromised hosts

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Resistance to infection is impaired by disease, therapy or burns

  • have suppressed immune system
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78
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What are some routes of transmission

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Direct contact
Indirect contact

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79
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What a re some ways to prevent antibiotic resistant bacteria from spreading ?

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  • complete entire antibiotic dose
  • do not use left over medication to treat other illness
  • try to use narrow spectrum when possible
  • don’t take it if it is not necessary
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80
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Pathology

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The study of a disease and its…

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81
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Etiology

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Cause of the disease ( the source)

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82
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Pathogenesis

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How a disease develops ( structurally and functionally)

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83
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Epidemiology

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Study of when and where diseases occur and how diseases are treated

  • on population level
84
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Infection

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Body gets invaded by pathogen

85
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Disease

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Body (or parts of it)re in a abnormal state where it is incapable of preforming its normal function

86
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Can you have an infection without it causing disease?

87
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Symptoms

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Changes that a patient feels or experiences
Ex. Dizziness or nausea

88
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Signs

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Changes a physician can physically see/ measure

Ex. Temperature, color,rash

89
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Predisposing factors

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A factor that makes an individual more susceptible to the disease and may change the diseases progression

90
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What are the two disease classifications

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Incidence & prevalence

91
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Incidence

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Number of people in a population that develop a disease during a specific time

  • indicates spread of disease (only new cases)
92
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Prevalence

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Number of people in a population who have a disease at a specific time

  • new/old cases
93
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Sporadic disease

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Occurs spontaneously

94
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Endemic disease

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Constantly present in a population

Ex, common cold

95
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Epidemic disease

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Many people in one area contract the disease in a short period of time

96
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Pandemic disease

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Epidemic disease that occurs worldwide

97
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What are the 3 main themes of duration of a disease?

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Chronic, substrate, acute

98
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Acute means

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It develops quickly
- lasts for a short period of time

99
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Chronic means

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It develops slowly
- likely to recur

100
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Subacute means

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It’s b/ chronic and acute

101
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Latent disease

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Causative agent remains dormant but then becomes active

Ex, chicken pox

102
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What are some reservoirs of disease?

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Humans, animals, water soil

103
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Reservoir of infection

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A continual source of infection

104
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What are two common non living reservoirs?

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Soil & water

105
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Asymptomatic carriers

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Harbor pathogen w/o showing signs of illness

106
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Zoonotic disease

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Vertebrate animal reservoirs

107
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What are ways a person can contract a zoonotic disease?

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By handling in Al waste, eating animal products or animal fur

108
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What is the goal of. Pathogen when it infects a host?

A

Survive, reproduce and spread to more individuals

109
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What are the 3 main mechanisms of transmission

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Contact, vehicle & vector

110
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What a re the 3 ways of contact transmission?

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Direct, indirect and droplet

111
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Direct contact

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Physical contact b/w a source and susceptible host

112
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Indirect contact

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An agent is susceptible host indirectly such as a non living object

113
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Fomite

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Non living object that spreads infection

114
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Droplet contact

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Pathogen spreads via mucus droplets (droplet nuclei)

115
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How far can pathogen droplets travel?

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Less then 1 meter

116
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Vehicle transmission

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Transmission of disease agents by a medium

  • what we need to survive!!!
117
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What are some vehicle transmissions (think of essential things to live)

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Food, water, air

118
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How far can airborne disease travel?

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More than 1 meter

119
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What helps determine the distance a pathogen will travel?

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Pathogen size/ shape

120
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Vector transmission

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Pathogen is carried in vectors usually by an arthropod

121
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Vector

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An organism that carries a pathogen from one host to another

122
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What are the two types of vector transmission?

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Mechanical & biological

123
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Vector via mechanical transmission

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Arthropod carries pathogen accidentally on feet

Ex. Houseflies

124
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Vector biological transmission

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Pathogen reproduces in vector and is passed via bitting

Ex. Mosquito

125
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When a MRSA is transmitted on a stethoscope from one patient to the next this is an example of what type of transmission?

A

Indirect contact transmission

126
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When salmonella is ingested by eating contaminated food, this is an example of what type of transmission?

A

Vehicle transmission

127
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When plasmodium is transmitted to a human host from a mosquito bite this is an example of what type of transmission?

A

Vector biological transmission

128
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What’s a diseases impact on a community?

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  • it impacts the community and the community impacts the spread of a disease, how it develops
129
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Why was it/ is difficult to study a virus?

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  • they are really small
  • they require a host in order to survive
130
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Viruses structure (what they include)

A

Nuclei acid
DNA/RNA
Protein coat (capsid)
Sometimes: Few proteins
Lipid bilayer - Envelope

131
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Virion

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Single, mature, infective final particle

132
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Capsid

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Protein coat that surrounds nuclei acid

133
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Capsomere

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Protein subunit that makes up capsid
- maybe one/ multiple protein types

134
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What a re the different capsid types

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Helical
Polyhedral
Complex

135
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Helical capsid

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Hollow rods
-flexible/ rigid

136
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Polyhedral capsid

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(Found in animals)
- has many sides

137
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Complex capsid

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(Looks like spaceship)
Can have multiple capsids
- variable shape

138
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An envelope

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Lipid layer that covers capsids

  • can contain proteins/carbohydrates
139
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Glycoprotein spikes purpose

A

Help attach to host cells

140
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Viruses without a envelope are called

A

Non enveloped viruses

141
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What are the two main cycle sin bacteriophage replication?

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Lyric cycle
Lysogenic cycle

142
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Lyric cycle

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Culminates in host cell death

143
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What are the 5 steps of the lyric cycle?

A

Attachment
Penetration
Biosynthesis
Maturation
Release

144
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Attachment of lytic cycle

A

Tail fibers help virus to attach to host cell

145
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Penetration of lytic cycle

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Drives core through allowing sheath to inject genetic info

146
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Biosynthesis of lytic cycle

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DNA replication
RNA created via transcription/ translation
- host dna degraded = virus uses host to replicate

147
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Maturation lytic cycle

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DNA & proteins self assemble creating virions
- build up new viruses

148
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Release lytic cycle

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Host cell lyses and new viruses released

149
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Lysogenic cycle

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Host cell survives

  • viral dna being integrated into host
150
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Prophage

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Page dna inserted in to genome

151
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What happens during the Lysogenic cycle

A

Virus attaches releasing dna letting it get integrated (prophage) into host enzyme allowing it to reproduce creating more

152
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Transduction

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-type of horizontal gene transfer

Bacterial dna is packaged/ integrated into the virus instead of viral dna

153
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Animal virus replication steps

A
  1. Attachment
  2. Entry
  3. Uncoating
  4. Biosynthesis
  5. Maturation
  6. Release
154
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Animal virus replication : attachment

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Complementary receptor attachment
- host range driven by protein = receptor interacting

155
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Animal virus replication: entry

A

2 ways ; receptor mediated endocytosis & fusion

156
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Entry via receptor mediated endocytosis

A

Virus bound to protein on plasma membrane and brought in by membrane folding

157
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Entry via fusion

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Viral envelope fuses plasma membrane and releases the capsid into the cells cytoplasm

158
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Animal viruses replication: uncoating

A

Viral nuclei acid separated from protein coat

159
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Animal viruses replication: biosynthesis

A

Synthesis of nucleic acids/ proteins
- creates more phage dna using host machinery

160
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Animal virus replication: maturation

A

Capsid is assembled around genetic info

161
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Animal virus replication: release

A

Can be either via budding or rupture

162
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Rupture release

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Host plasma membrane is broken apart as virus releases
- host cell usually killed

163
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Budding release

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Host plasma membrane surrounds virus and pinches off forming an envelope

164
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Plaques means

A

A clearing in a bacterial lawn resulting from lysis by phages

165
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What are the different phases of disease?

A
  1. Incubation period
  2. Prodromal period
  3. Period of illness
  4. Period of decline
  5. Period of convalescence
166
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Incubation period

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Time b/w infection and signs/symptoms

167
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Prodromal period

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Mild, general symptoms (1st few days)

Hard to distinguish b/w common cold & other diseases

168
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Period of illness

A

Most severe signs/symptoms
Where immune system is actively fighting off pathogen

169
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Period of decline

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Immune system is ‘wining”
- signs/symptoms decreasing
(Pathogen present = declining)

170
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Period of convalescence

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Recovery time, where individual is regaining strength
- body returns to normal

171
Q

True or False

You can be contagious during all phases of disease

172
Q

Pathogenicity

A

Ability of a microorganism to cause disease by overcoming the defenses of the host

173
Q

Virulence

A

The degree of pathogenicity of a microb

174
Q

Virulence factor

A

Specific proteins that help a microbe establish disease

175
Q

What are some portals of entry for a microorganisms?

A

Mucus membranes
Skin
Parental route

176
Q

Why do bacteria have a preferred portal of entry?

A

Depending on certain entry will either cause disease or no disease

177
Q

More microbes that invade makes it harder for the immune system to fight

True or False

178
Q

ID50

A

Infectious dose

  • needs to infect 50% of population
179
Q

LD50

A

Lethal dose

  • needs to kill 50% of the population
180
Q

Measurements ID50 & LD50 describe

A
  • virulence of bacteria or specific strain
  • preferred portal of entry
  • # of invading microbes needed to establish disease
181
Q

Adherence

A

Microbe attaching to plasma membrane

182
Q

Are adherence be pathogenic or non pathogenic

183
Q

Adhesion (ligand)

A

Microbial factor that promotes attachment to receptor

184
Q

What are ways bacteria can hide from the immune system?

A

Capsule
Extracellular enzyme
- coagulase / igA proteais
Antigenic variation
Type 2 secretion system

185
Q

A capsule is best described as a _____ glycocalyx

186
Q

Capsules

A

Prevent phagocytic cells from engulfing and killing bacteria

187
Q

Extracellular enzymes

A

(Exoenzymes) enzymes that work outside the cell

188
Q

Coagulase

A

Converts fibrinogen into fibrin
- binding fibrin making it resist phagocytosis

189
Q

IgA proteasis

A

Destroying igA antibodies

  • goes in a cuts them
190
Q

Antigenic variation

A

Alters surface of an antigen
- LIKE A DISGUISE !

Pathogen changes antigen to be unrecognizable

191
Q

How are antigens recognized?

A

Antigens = surface marker on microbe

Antibody = made from host, who recognizes antigen

192
Q

Influenza virus can have antigenic variation

True or False

A

True: varies each year

193
Q

Type two secretion system

A

(Protein “syringes” found in gram- )

  • inject effectors into host to make it easier to infect
194
Q

Two ways t cause damage to host cells

A

Siderophores & toxins

195
Q

Siderophores

A

Proteins that bind iron (often taken from host)

196
Q

Toxins

A

Poisonous substances made by certain microorganisms

197
Q

What are the 2 types of toxins?

A

Endotoxin
Exotoxin

198
Q

Exotoxin

A

Produced inside bacteria and then released

199
Q

3 types of an exotoxin

A

A-b
Membrane disturbing
Superantigen

200
Q

Endotoxin

A

Part of pathogen (the cell wall of g-)

201
Q

Endotoxin a means

A

Active - effects cells function

202
Q

Endotoxin B means

A

Binding part - binds to host receptor allowing toxin into host

203
Q

Endotoxin membrane disturbing

A

Disrupts cell membrane & cell lysis occurs
Ex. Lipids

204
Q

What a re some portals of exit for microbes?

A

Mucus membranes
Skin
Blood

205
Q

Convolution

A

The influence of closely associated species on each other in their evaluation

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