Lecture Final Flashcards
number of organisms to colonize 50% of hosts
Infectious dose (ID50)
ability of a pathogen to cause disease
Virulence
help pathogens attach to host cell
adherence factors
outer polysaccharide layer that aids in attachment
capsule
help pathogen to invade host tissue (penetrate the epithelium)
Invasive factors
can produce hyluronidase
some streptococcus and Staphylococcus
breaks down hyluronic acid that holds cells together
hyaluronidase
can produce collagenase that breaks down collagen
Clostridium
help pathogen grow within host tissue
colonization factors
secrete a protein (TcpF) that allows colonization of the small intestine
Vibrio cholera
help pathogen avoid phagocytosis
Cell surface structure
soluble chemical excreted by viable pathogen
exotoxins
causes lysis of host cells
Cytolytic toxins
exotoxins that affect the small intestine, causing changes in intestinal permeability that lead to diarrhea
Enterotoxins
toxic bacterial structural component released upon bacterial cell death
Endotoxin
breaks down fibrin clots
streptokinase
caused by the erythrogenic toxin (damage the plasma membranes of blood capillaries)
Scarlet Fever
autoimmune disease; autoantibodies against S. pyrogens cause damage to heart values
Rheumatic Fever
flesh eating bacteria
Necrotizing fasciitis
caused by varicella-zoster virus
chicken pox
inflammation of the salivary gland
mump
caused by a togavirus
Rubella
vaccine that can prevent measles, mumps, and rubella
MMR vaccine
whooping cough
pertussis
masses of fibrin, bacterial cells, and macrophages
tubercles
block formation of mycolic acid
isoniazid
inhibits RNA polymerase
rifampin
the most common of infectious diseases
The common cold
caused by the rhinovirus
the common cold
caused by an RNA virus of the orthomyxovirus
influenza
minor change in influenza virus antigens due to gene mutation
Antigenic drift
major change in influenza virus antigen due to gene reassortment
Antigenic shift
converts urea into ammonia
urease
produces toxin that causes bloody diarrhea and kidney failure
Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC (0157:H7)
most frequent bacterial cause of diarrhea (gastroenteritis)
Campylobacter jejuni
on skin due to daily activities, cannot multiply on the skin
Transient microbes
reside and multiply on skin
resident microbes
few bacteria present due to stomach acids, pancreatic secretions and bile
duodenum
common cause of yeast urogentitial infections
candida albicans
the active ability of an organism to resist infection
immunity