Micro Flashcards
which component of LPS induces TNF/IL1? which is the antigen?
Lipid A induces TNF and IL1
O polysaccharide is antigenic
lipoteichoic acid is only in what kind of bacteria?
gram pos
what organisms should be giemsa stained? (5)
chlamydia, borrelia, rickettsiae, trypanosomes, plasmodium
PAS stain is used to dx which infectious dz?
Whipple’s dz (tropheryma whipplei)
india ink used for
cryptococcus neoformans
Ziehl-Neelsen stain good for
acid fast organisms (nocardia, mycobacteria)
silver stain used for
fungi, legionella, h pylori
tuberculosis agar
lowenstein jensen agar
obligate aerobes
Nagging Pests Must Breathe
nocardia, pseudomonas, m tb, bacillus
obligate anaerobes
Can’t Breathe Air
clostridium, bacteroides, actinomyces
2 obligate intracellular bugs
chlamydia, rickettsia
pts w/ CGD are vulnerable for what category of bugs?
catalase pos
catalase pos bugs
pseudomonas, listeria, aspergillus, candida, e coli, staph aureus, serratia
urease pos bugs
crytpo, h pylori, proteus, ureaplasma, nocardia, klebsiella, s epidermidis, s saprophyticus
sulfur granules
actinomyces israelii
protein A
binds Fc region of Ig to evade immune system. made by staph aureus
IgA protease expressed by which bugs?
strep pneumo, h flu, neisseria
M protein
helps prevent phagocytosis, expressed by strep pyogenes
bacteria that make toxins that inhibit protein synth (4)
corynebacterium diphtheriae
pseudomonas
shigella
EHEC O157:H7
bacteria that make toxins that inc fluid secretion (3)
ETEC (heat stabile and labile toxins)
bacillus anthracis
vibrio cholerae
rice water diarrhea
cholera
bacteria that make toxins that inhibit phagocytic activity (1)
bordetella pertussis
bacteria that make toxins that inhibit NT release (2)
clostridium tetani
clostridium botulinum
bacteria that make toxins that lyse cell membranes (2)
c perfringens (alpha toxin) strep pyogenes (streptolysin O)