Med Micro 1.2 Flashcards

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Main mechanisms of pathogenesis

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Invasion of tissue (entry!) and production of toxins. May be one or both.

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Why is adhesion not mentioned in main mechanisms of pathogenesis?

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It is a prerequisite for invasion. Goes without saying

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Invasiveness factors

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Intracellular and extracellular pathogens; capsules; adaptation; extracellular enzymes

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Intracellular and extracellular pathogens

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Few intra, cause chronic disease; extra- cause acute disease (needs to access nutrients - cause damage)

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Endogenous and exogenous antigens and their result

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Endogenous presented to cytotoxic T cells by MHC1: show viral infection, etc. Exogenous to T helper cells by MHC2: present results of phagocytosis; T helpers make cytokines, B cells make antibodies

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Capsules

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hydrophilic gels that inhibit phagocytosis. Usually an essential virulence factor

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Adaptation

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microenvironments of host provide habitats for bacteria that are capable of selective tissue invasion. Not every pathogen in a region can cause an infection there.

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Extracellular enzymes

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Help degrade host tissues

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Invasins

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Basically a spreading factor, can’t stay in same place forever!; enzyme family, help get through tissue matrices and intercellular spaces

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Quorum sensing

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Need a certain number of microbes. Turns on many other genes. Others can bind

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Toxins

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Exotoxins: toxic but heat labile; Good immunogens. Endotoxins: complex lipopolysaccharide from cell wall; poorly immunogenic; released when cells lyse; heat stable, mostly in gram negative.

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Why is it important that LPS is a poor immunogen?

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Immunogen = elicits immune response; most proteins are (except small ones). We don’t have a good response to LPS.

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Membrane-damaging exotoxins

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Form pores in eukaryotic membranes; streptolysin from streptococcus lyse RBC, WBC, platelets; hemolysin lyses RBC (S. aureus) ; listeriolysin from Listeria helps it evade lysosomes when endocytosed.

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How is hemolysin expression regulated?

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In response to low iron levels so it can break open RBC and gain some

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Defining entry again

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Portals of entry are the areas where the pathogen gains access to tissues. Actual entry is invading those tissues, actually getting into the body

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A-B toxins

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A chain inhibits some cell functions; B chain binds and helps A enter. In cholera

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Endotoxin (LPS)

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Lipopolysaccharide or Lipid A in gram negative bacteria. Very variable in polysaccharide size even within one type of bac. Need to test for LPS even if bacteria don’t grow

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Virulence

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combination of invasiveness and toxigenicity producing the ability to overcome host defenses and cause disease

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Testing Virulence

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measured with LD50. lethal dose: the # of bacteria to kill half of a population

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What is the point of an LD50 study?

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Gives level of virulence and we can look at virulence factors (mutate the bacteria and perform the test several times), which is needed for vaccine development

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Some host defences

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Skin, mucous, innate immunity, inducible ; some are specific, others not; vary with alcohol, drugs, nutrition, genetics,

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Factors in innate immunity

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Inflammatory response, phagocytes, antimicrobials, complement, other WBC (neutrophils), Natural killer cells

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Inducible/Adaptive response

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Hemoral immunity (ABs from B cells), cell-mediated response

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Skin and mucous pupose

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Mechanical factors, chemical (eg Lysosyme, sebum), microbial factors (normal microflora are competitive, release antibiotics to compete for resources)

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Phagocytic cells
Respond to and release cytokines when they consume pathogens. Cytokines turn on inflammation, neutrophils etc recruited. Monocytes in blood, macrophages/dendritic cells fixed in tissues.
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Responses to phagocytosis of a bacterial cell? (lots!)
Signal b/w 2nd and 3rd line of defense. Antigen presentation (humoral); inflammation (interstitial fluid leaks easier, enter lymph to present antigens or bacteria);
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Humoral factors - role of antibody mediated defense
Antitoxins. Bacteriolytic antibodies (AB plus complement - make hole in them). Opsonizing AB (coat cell surface and enhance phagocytosis - ie target for phagocytosis). Agglutinating ABs
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Cell-mediated factors
Cytotoxic T lymphocytes; NK cells; activate macrophages
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Communicability
Source (dormant or latent - carriers?); # infectious agents released from host; capability of surviving transit b/w hosts; Percent of host population susceptible
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Superinfector
Someone who doesn’t display symptoms but releases huge amounts of -particles
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Triangle of relationships
Humans, drugs, microbes. All interacting, all evolving.