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MI: Mycobacterial Diseases Flashcards

1
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How can mycobacteria be categorised?

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Rapid-growing and slow-growing

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2
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List three types of mycobacterial complex.

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Mycobacterium bovis

Mycobacterium avium complex

  • Mycobacterium avium
  • Mycobacterium intracellulare

Mycobacterium abscessus complex

  • Mycobacterium abscessus
  • Mycobacterium massiliense
  • Mycobacterium bolletii
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3
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Describe the morphology of mycobacteria.

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  • Non-motile rod-shaped bacteria
  • Relatively slow-growing
  • Cell wall composed of mycolic acids, complex waxes and glycoproteins
  • Acid-alcohol fast
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4
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What is used as a screening test for mycobacterial infections?

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Auramine stain

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5
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How are non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections transmitted?

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  • NOT person-to-person
  • From the environment
  • May be colonising rather than infecting
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6
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List three examples of slow-growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria and the diseases that they cause.

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Mycobacterium avium intracellulare

  • May invade bronchial tree or pre-existing bronchiectasis/cavaties
  • Disseminated infection in immunocompromised patients

Mycobacterium marinum

  • Swimming pool granuloma

Mycobacterium ulcerans

  • Skin lesions (e.g. Bairnsdale ulcer, Buruli ulcer)
  • Chronic progressive painless ulcer
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7
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List three examples of rapid-growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria.

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  • Mycobacterium abscessus
  • Mycobacterium chelonae
  • Mycobacterium fortuitum
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8
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List some risk factors for NTM.

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Age

Underlying lung disease

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9
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How is Mycobacterium avium intracellulare treated?

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  • Clarthromycin/azithromycin
  • Rifampicin
  • Ethambutol
  • +/- streptomycin/amikacin
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10
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What are the two types of Mycobacterium leprae infection?

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  • Paucibacillary tuberculoid - few skin lesions, robust T cell response
  • Multibacillary lepromatous - multiple skin lesions, poor T cell response
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11
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What is the most common cause of death by infectious agent in the world?

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  • 1 = HIV
  • 2 = TB
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12
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How many species are part of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex?

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7 (including Mycobacterium tuberculosis, bovix and africanum)

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13
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What is the generation time of Mycobacterium tuberculosis?

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15-20 hours

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14
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What is the infectious dose of Mycobacterium tuberculosis?

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1-10 bacilli

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15
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Describe the natural history of primary TB.

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  • Usually asymptomatic
  • Ghon focus (granuloma in the lungs)
  • Controlled by cell-mediated immunity
  • Occasionally causes diseeminated/military TB
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16
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What is post-primary TB?

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Reactivation or exogenous re-infection

Happens > 5 years after primary infection

17
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List some risk factors for reactivation of TB.

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  • Immunosuppression
  • Chronic alcohol excess
  • Malnutrition
  • Ageing
18
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List some types of extra-pulmonary TB.

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  • Lymphadenitis (scrofula) - cervical lymph nodes most commonly
  • Gastrointestinal - due to swallowing of tubercle
  • Peritoneal - ascitic or adhesive
  • Genitourinary
  • Bone and joint - due to haematogenous spread (e.g. Pott’s disease)
  • Miliary TB
  • Tuberculous meningitis
19
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Why is it important to take 3 sputum samples when investigating suspected TB?

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Increases the sensitivity of the smear microscopy

20
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What investigation may be done in children with suspected TB?

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Gastric aspirate

21
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What is the turnaround time for smear microscopy and PCR?

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2 hours

22
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What is the issue with culturing TB?

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It takes up to 6 weeks

23
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What is the histological hallmark of TB?

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Caseating granulomas

24
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What is NAAT and why is it useful?

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  • Nucleic acid amplification test
  • Allows speciation and the detection of drug resistance mutations
  • Rapid
25
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What is the tuberculin skin test?

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A sample of tuberculin is injected intradermally and left for 48-72 hours to observe the response

26
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What are the disadvantages of the tuberculin skin test?

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  • Cross-reacts with BCG
  • Cannot distinguish between active and latent TB
27
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What is an IGRA assay?

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  • Detection of antigen-specific IFN-gamma production
  • Does NOT cross-react with BCG
  • However, it cannot distinguish between latent and active TB
28
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List some side-effects of:

  1. Rifampicin
  2. Isoniazid
  3. Pyrazinamide
  4. Ethambutol
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  1. Rifampicin
    • Raised transaminases
    • CYP450 induction
    • Orange secretions
  2. Isoniazid
    • Peripheral neuropathy (give with pyridoxine)
    • Hepatotoxicity
  3. Pyrazinamide
    • Hepatotoxicity
  4. Ethambutol
    • Visual disturbance
29
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Describe the treatment regimen for TB.

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  • RIPE for 2 months
  • Followed by rifampicin and isoniazid for 4 more months
30
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What is DOT?

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Direct observation therapy

31
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What is multi-drug resistant TB?

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Resistant to rifampicin and isoniazid

32
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What is extremely drug resistant TB?

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Resistant to rifampicin, isoniazid, fluoroquinolones and at least 1 injectable

33
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What are the diagnostic challenges of HIV and TB coinfection?

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  • Clinical presentation is less likely to be classical
  • Symptoms may be absent if CD4+ count is low
  • More likely to have extra-pulmonary manifestations
  • Tuberculin skin test more likely to give false-negative
  • Low sensitivity for IGRAs
34
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What are the treatment challenges of HIV and TB coinfection?

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  • Timing of treatment
  • Drug interactions
  • Overlapping toxicities
  • Duration of treatment

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