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M3- Koch's postulates - basis of infectious disease I Flashcards

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what is Koch’s postulates germ theory of disease?

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  • the microorganism is present in every case of the disease but absent from healthy organisms
  • the suspected organism must be isolated and grown in a pure culture
  • the same disease must result when the isolated microorganism is inoculated into a healthy host
  • the same microorganism must be isolated again from the diseased host
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Name some infectious agents.

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  • bacteria- prokaryotic, single celled organisms
  • viruses- non-living, obligate parasites
  • fungi- eukaryotic single to multi-cellular infectious agents
  • protozoa- amoeba
  • parasites
  • prions -infectious proteins
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what is the microbiome?

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community of cells that are not part of our body directly

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what is AMR?

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antimicrobial resistance

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what are endogenous micro-organisms?

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microorganisms within the body

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what are exogenous microorganism?

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comes from outside the body ( not normal flora)

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What is free living organism?

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  • found in soil

- feed on dead organic material

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what is commensal organism?

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organism gains advantage but host does not gain from association

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What is mutualistic organism?

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(symbiotic) relationship , when host and organism gain mutal value

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what is parasitic organism?

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live on or in living creatures causing harm/damage to the host

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what is the relationship between bacteria in a mutualism state to parasitic state?

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dynamic relationship (bacteria can shift to becoming parasites)

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Describe the mutualistic relationship.

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  • organism can produce nutrients or vitamins
  • can degrade harmful chemicals
  • can exclude access/colonisation by exogenous pathogens (colonisation resistance)
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what limits microorganisms colonising?

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shedding of surface epithelium

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what makes up the oral microbial flora?

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  • mucosa of lips, cheeks and palate
  • tongue
  • tooth surfaces
  • saliva
  • tonsillar area
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what oral microbial flora is the only naturally non-shedding community in the body?

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teeth

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what makes oral microbial sampling difficult?

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  • stimulated /non-stimulated salvia
  • mucosal surfaces -difficult to swab
  • plaque
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what controls many commensals?

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antibodies

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what can precipitate disease?

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  • change in state

- (broad spectrum antibiotics disturb microflora)

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what is the definition of pathogen?

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  • a harmful organism that produces a pathology

- virulence and its factors

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what is the definition of commensal?

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  • an organism that is part of the normal flora
  • often mutualistic relationship
  • endogenous
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what is the definition of opportunistic pathogen?

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-an organism that causes infection when opportunity / change in natural immunity arises e.g. in an immunocompromised individual

22
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what is the definition of contaminant?

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an organism that is growing in a culture by accident

23
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what is virulence?

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the capacity of a microbe to cause damage to the host

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Name the virulence factors.

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  • Adhesin
  • Invasin
  • Impedin
  • Aggressin
  • Modulin
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what effect does adhesion have?

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enables binding of the organism to host tissue

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what effect does invasin have?

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enables the organism to invade a host cell/tissue

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what effect does impedin have?

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enables the organism to avoid host defence mechanisms

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what effect does aggressin have?

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causes damage to host directly

29
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what effect does moulin have?

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induces damage to the host indirectly

30
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What is molecular koch’s postulates?

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-A virulence trait should be strongly associated with pathogenic strains of the species
• Inactivation of gene(s) associated with the virulence trait should decrease pathogenicity
• Restoration of an inactivated/mutated gene with the wild type restores pathogenicity
• The gene is expressed at some point during infection.
• Antibodies directed against the gene product protect the host

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what are the limitations?

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  • organism cannot be cultured/isolated -obligate intracellular organisms
  • organism is a human pathogen- no model organisms to inoculate
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what is the definition of obligate pathogens?

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must cause disease for transmission

33
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what is the definition of the opportunistic pathogens?

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Do not have to cause disease for transmission

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what is the definition of “accidental” pathogens?

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disease hinders or prevents transmission (host death)

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what is the only method of transmission of an obligate pathogens?

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human disease

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what is epidemiology?

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the study of the occurrence , spread and control of disease

37
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what is considered for any organism?

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  • infective dose
  • virulence of the organism
  • host status (resistance)
38
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what is sporadic occurrence?

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comes and goes in low numbers -occassionally it occurs

39
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what is endemic occurrence?

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present all the time in population but in low levels i.e common cold

40
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what is epidemic occurrence?

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sudden increase in disease in a location of a period time

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what is pandemic occurrence?

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same as epidemic but geographical concept - 2 or more contenants

42
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what is prevalence?

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proportion of population affected

43
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what is retrospective?

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clinical effect studied

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what is prospective?

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population exposed to presumed cause studied

45
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what is microbiota/flora?

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endogenous population of microbes

46
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what is Koch’s postulates?

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basis for demonstrating cause of disease

47
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what is pathogenicity?

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capacity to cause disease/damage

48
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what is resistance?

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ability to resist anti-infective measures

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