Lecture Final Flashcards
Lower respiratory system structures
Ciliary escalator
Antibodies IgA
Alveolar macrophages
Pharyngitis aka “strep throat”
cause and virulence
Caused by: streptococci (S. Pyogenes)
Virulence: hyaluronic acid capsule, streptokinases, pyrogenic toxins, streptolysins
Diphtheria
symptoms cause and virulence
Caused by: corynebacterium diphtheriae
Virulence: diphtheria toxin
Presence of pseudomembrane
Common cold
symptoms and cause
Sneezing, cough
Caused by: enteroviruses
Pneumococcal pneumonia
symptoms cause and virulence
[[Lung inflammation, fluid filled alveoli and bronchioles, empyema(pus)]]
Caused by: streptococcus pneumoniae
Virulence: capsule and pneumolysin
(Produces IgA protease)
Mycoplasmal pneumonia
Cause and virulence
Caused by: mycoplasma pneumoniae
Virulence: adhesion protein (stops cilia escalator)
Klebsiella pneumonia
Cause and virulence
Caused by: klebsiella pneumoniae
Virulence: capsule
Yersinia pestis causes
Causes pneumonia, called pneumonic plague
What causes legionnaires disease
Legionella pneumophellia
Tuberculosis
cause, virulence, three types
Caused by: mycobacterium tuberculosis
Virulence: mycolic acid
- Primary
- secondary
- disseminated
Pertussis aka Whooping cough
cause and virulence
Caused by: bordetella pertussis
Virulence: pertussis toxin
Inhalation Anthrax
Cause and virulence
Caused by: bacillus anthracis
Virulence: capsule and anthrax toxin
Syncytia definition
Multinucleated cell formed in fusion of infected cells to nearby cells
Structure of tooth
Enamel - white
Pulp - where diseases can enter system
Caries and periodontal disease
cause
Caused by: streptococcus mutants
Peptic ulcer disease
Cause and virulence
Caused by: helicobacter pylori
Virulence: urease and flagella
Bacterial gastro
Inflammation of the stomach
Dysentery- diarrhea
Shigellosis
Cause and virulence
Caused by: shigella
Virulence: enterotoxins and type III secretion
Travelers diarrhea
Cause and virulence
Caused by E. coli
Virulence: adhesins, fimbriae, and toxins
Campylobacter diarrhea
Cause and virulence
Caused by campylobacter jejuni
Virulence: adhesins, cytotoxins, endotoxin
C diff diarrhea
Cause and virulence
Caused by clostridium difficile
Virulence: toxins
Salmonellosis and typhoid fever
Cause and virulence
Caused by salmonella enterica
Virulence: tolerate stomach acid
Cholera
Cause and virulence
Caused by vibrio cholerae
Virulence: cholera toxin
Food poisoning
Cause and virulence
Caused by staphylococcus aureus
Virulence: five enterotoxins
