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1
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What is the function of the peptidoglycan layer?

A

Gives cells rigid support.

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What is the major surface antigen on bacteria?

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Cell wall (if gram positive)

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What is the antigenic part of the outer membrane of gram negative bacteria?

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Lipid A

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What is the function of the capsule of bacteria?

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Protects against phagocytosis

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What is the function of pilli?

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Cell attachment

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What is the function of the glycocalyx?

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Mediates cell adherence to surfaces

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What is the gram stain and morphology of staph and strep?

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Gram positive cocci

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What is the gram stain and morphology of Neisseria?

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Gram negative cocci

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What is the gram stain and morphology of Clostridium?

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Gram positive rod

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10
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What is the gram stain and morphology of Corynybacterium?

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Gram positive rod

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What is the gram stain and morphology of Bacillus?

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Gram positive rod

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12
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What is the gram stain and morphology of Listeria?

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Gram positive rod

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13
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What is the gram stain and morphology of mycobacterium?

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Weak Gram positive (acid fast) rod

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14
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What is the gram stain and morphology of gardnerella?

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Gram variable rod

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What are the two gram positive, branching filamentous rods?

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Actinomyces

Nocardia

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16
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What are the two pleomorphic, gram negative rods?

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Rickettsiae

Chlamydiae

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17
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What are the three gram negative spirochetes?

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Borrelia
Leptospira
Treponema

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18
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What are the three major gram negative respiratory bacteria?

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Haemophilus
Legionella
Bordetella

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What are the 6 bacteria that do not gram stain well? (hint: These Microbes May Lack Real Color)

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Treponema
Mycobacteria
Mycoplasma
Legionella
Rickettsia
chlamydia
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20
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What are the bacteria that stain with a Giemsa stain? (hint: Certain Bugs Really Try My Patience)

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Chlamydia
Borrelia
Rickettsia
Trypanosomes
Plasmodium
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21
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What is the PAS reaction used for?

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Polysaccharides

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22
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India ink stain = ?

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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23
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Ziehl-Neelsen (carbol fuchsin rxn) is used to identify which bacteria?

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Nocardia and Mycobacterium

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24
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Silver stain is used to identify what type of organisms?

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Fungi

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25
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Which bacteria needs chocolate agar with factors V (NAD) and X (hematin)?

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H. influenzae

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26
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Which bacteria needs Thayer-Martin media (VPM)?

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Neisseria Meningitidis

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27
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What is contained within the VPM media that N. gonorrhoeae and N. Meningitidis need?

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Vancomycin
Polymyxin
Nystatin

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28
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Which bacteria needs Bordet-Gengou (potato) agar?

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Bordetella pertussis (bordet for bordetella)

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29
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Which bacteria needs Lowenstein-Jensen agar?

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TB

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30
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What is the agar that fungi need to grow?

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Sabourand (Sab’s a fun gi)

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31
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Aerobic or anaerobic: Nocardia

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aerobic

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32
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Aerobic or anaerobic: Pseudomonas

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aerobic

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33
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Aerobic or anaerobic: mycobacterium

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aerobic

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34
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Aerobic or anaerobic: clostridium

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Anaerobic

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35
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Aerobic or anaerobic: Bacteroides

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Anaerobic

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36
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Aerobic or anaerobic: actinomyces

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Anaerobic

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37
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What are the enzymes needed for a bacteria to be able to survive oxygen?

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Catalase and superoxide dismutase

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38
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Burn wounds, what bacteria?

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Pseudomonas

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39
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What are the two intracellular parasitic bacteria?

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Rickettsia, and chlamydia (stay inside cells when it’s Really Cold)

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40
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What are the eight facultative intracellular parasites?

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salmonella
Neisseria
Brucella
Mycobacterium
Listeria
Francisella
Legionella
Yersinia

(Some Nasty Bugs May Live Facultatively)

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41
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What are the 7 encapsulated bacteria that are normally cleared by the spleen? (SHiNE SKiS)

A 
Strep pneumoniae
Haemophilus influenzae type B
Neisseria meningitidis
E.coli
Salmonella
Klebsiella
GBS
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42
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What are the catalase positive organisms (7, PLACESS for your cats)?

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Pseudomonas
Listeria
Aspergillus
candida
E.coli
S. Aureus
Serratia
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43
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What is the cause of chronic granulomatous disease?

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Defect or deficiency of NADPH oxidase

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44
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True or false: a pure polysaccharide antigen cannot be presented to T cells for immune system activation

A

true

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45
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True or false: H influenzae, Meningococcal, and PCV vaccines are all conjugated polysaccharide vaccines

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True

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46
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What are the urease positive organisms? (CHuck norris hates PUNKSS)

A 
Cryptococcus
H. Pylori
Proteus
ureaplasma
Nocardia
Klebsiella
S epidermidis
S. Saprophyticus
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47
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What is the color of the pigment produced by actinomyces israelii?

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Yellow

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48
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What is the color of the pigment produced by Staph Aureus?

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yellow (Aureus = gold)

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49
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What is the color of pseudomonas aeruginosa?

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Green

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50
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What is the color of Marcescens?

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Red

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51
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What is the function of the protein A bacterial virulence factor?

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Binds to Fc region of IgG

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52
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What is the function of the IgA protease that is secreted by S. pneumoniae, Neisseria, and H .influ?

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Cleaves IgA

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53
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Which bacteria secrete IgA protease (hint, all are encapsulated bacteria, but not all encapsulated bacteria secrete IgA protease)?

A

S. pneumoniae
H .influ
Neisseria
(SHiN)

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54
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What is the M protein found on bacteria?

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prevents phagocytosis. Expressed by GAS.

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55
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Is exotoxin found on gram negative or gram positive bacteria?

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Both

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56
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Is endotoxin found on gram negative or gram positive bacteria?

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Negative

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57
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Is exotoxin found on cell membranes, or secreted? Endotoxin?

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Exo is secreted

Endo found on gram - cell walls

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58
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What type of polymer are exotoxins? Endotoxins?

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Exo = polypeptide
Endo = Lipopolysaccharide
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59
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Where is the gene located for exotoxins? Endotoxins?

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Exo = Plasmid
Endo = Bacterial chromosome
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What is the toxicity of exotoxins? Endotoxins?

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Exo = highly toxic
Endo = low toxicity
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61
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What are the effects of endotoxins?

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fever
Shock
DIC

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62
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What is the MOA of endotoxin (what are the three chemokines that the body secretes)?

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Induces TNF-alpha
IL-1
IL-6

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63
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Is the antigenicity of exotoxins high or low? Endo?

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Exo = induces many antibodies
Endo = Low
64
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Is there a vaccine available for exotoxins? How about endotoxins?

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Exo = yes
Endo = no
65
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Which is more heat stable: endotoxins or exotoxins?

66
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Clostridium tetani: endo or exotoxin?

67
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Diphtheria: endotoxin or exotoxin?

68
Q

What is the MOA of diptheria toxin?

A

Inactivates EF-2

69
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What is the exotoxin that pseudomonas releases? MOA?

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Exotoxin A

Inactivates EF-2

70
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What is the exotoxin that Shigella releases? MOA?

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Shiga toxin

Inactivates 60S ribosome

71
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What is the exotoxin that EHEC releases? MOA?

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Shiga-like toxin

Inactivates 60S ribosome

72
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Does EHEC invade host cells?

73
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What causes the diarrhea associated with Shiga toxin?

A

Gi mucosal damage

74
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What is the MOA of the heat labile toxin that ETEC releases? Heat stable one?

A

heat labile=Over Activates cAMP (labile in the Air)

Stable = over activates cGMP (stable on the Ground)

75
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What is the exotoxin that bacillus anthracis releases? MOA?

A

Edema factor

Mimics adenylate cyclase

76
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Black eschar = ?

A

Bacillus anthracis

77
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What is the exotoxin that Vibrio Cholerae releases? MOA?

A

Cholera toxin

Over Activates adenylate cyclase

78
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Rice water diarrhea = ?

79
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What is the exotoxin that bordetella pertussis releases? MOA?

A

Pertussis toxin

Increases cAMP to inhibit phagocytosis

80
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What is the exotoxin that Clostridium tetani releases? MOA?

A

Tetanospasmin

Inhibits SNAREs of presynaptic terminals of inhibitory interneurons

81
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What is the exotoxin that clostridium botulinum releases? MOA?

A

Botulinum toxin

Inhibits SNARES of excitatory neurons

82
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What is the exotoxin that Clostridium perfringens releases? MOA?

A

Alpha toxin

phospholipase degrades cells membranes

83
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What is the exotoxin that Streptococcus pyogenes releases? MOA?

A

Streptolysin O

protein that degrades cell membranes

84
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What is the disease caused by clostridium perfringens?

A

Diarrhea, myonecrosis, gas gangrene

85
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What is the bacteria that causes toxic shock syndrome? Exotoxin?

A

Staph Aureus—TSST-1

86
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What is the superantigen that GAS (strep pyogenes) releases?

A

Exotoxin A

87
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Is LPS heat stable or labile?

88
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What are the signs/symptoms of LPS shock (ENDOTOXIN)

A 
Edema
Nitric oxide
DIC
Outer membrane
TNF-alpha
O antigen
eXtremely heat stable
IL-1
Neutrophil chemotaxis
89
Q

What is bacterial transformation?

A

Ability to take up naked DNA

90
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Which bacteria can transform easily?

A

SHiN
S. pneumoniae
H. Influ
Neisseria

91
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Is F+ x F+ possible?

92
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Is F+ x Hfr possible?

93
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What is bacterial transposition?

A

Segment of bacterial DNA that can transpose from one location to another

94
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What is generalized transduction?

A

Lytic cycle

95
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What is specialized transduction?

A

When Bacterial DNA is incorporated into phage protein capsule

96
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What are the ABCDE toxins that are encoded by lysogenic phages?

A 
shigA
botulinum
Cholera
Diphtheria
Erythrogenic toxin of strep pyogenes
97
Q

Gram positive bacteria with branching filaments that is anaerobic and not acid fast. What bacteria is this?

A

Actinomyces

98
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Gram positive bacteria printing film in aerobic and acid fast. What bacteria is this?

99
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Gram positive cocci that is catalase positive and coagulase positive = ?

A

Staphylococcus aureus

100
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Gram positive cocci that is catalase negative = ?

101
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Gram positive cocci that is catalase positive, Coagulase negative, and novobiocin sensitive is what?

A

Staph epidermidis

102
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Gram positive cocci that is catalase positive, Coagulase negative, and NOT novobiocin sensitive is what?

A

Staph Saprophyticus

103
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Gram positive cocci that is catalase negative, and hemolysis alpha = ?

A

Strep pneumoniae

104
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Gram positive cocci that is catalase negative, and hemolysis beta= ?

A

S. pyogenes

S. Agalactiae

105
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Gram positive cocci that is catalase negative, and hemolysis gamma= ?

A

Group D enterococcus

106
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How do you differentiate between strep pyogenes and strep agalactiae?

A

bacitracin positive = pyogenes

107
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Is strep pyogenes bacitracin sensitive?

108
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What does alpha hemolysis mean?

A

partial hemolysis

109
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What does beta hemolysis mean?

A

Complete hemolysis

110
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What does gamma hemolysis mean?

A

No hemolysis on blood agar

111
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Which Staphylococcus bacteria is novobiocin resistant?

A

Staph Saprophyticus

112
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Which Staphylococcus bacteria is sensitive to novobiocin?

A

Staph Epidermidis

113
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Which streptococcus bacteria is optochin sensitive?

A

Pneumoniae

114
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Which streptococcus bacteria is optochin resistant?

115
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Which strep bacteria is bacitracin resistant? Sensitive?

A 
resistant = GBS
Sensitive = GAS
116
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What is the virulence factor on Staph Aureus?

117
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What is the MOA of TSST-1?

A

binds to MHC class II, resulting in polyclonal T cell activation…shock

118
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Gram positive cocci that is catalase positive, coagulase positive = ?

A

Staph Aureus

119
Q

What is the major bacteria that coats catheters?

A

Staph Epidermidis

120
Q

What are the first and second most common causes of UTIs?

A

E.coli

Staph Saprophyticus

121
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What are the four diseases that strep pneumoniae commonly causes? Is strep pneumoniae optochin sensitive or resistant?

A

Meningitis
OM
Pneumonia
Sinusitis

(MOPS (most optochin sensitive))

122
Q

True or false: strep pneumoniae has no virulence without a capsule?

123
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Which hemolysis result for Strep viridans? Which abx is used to differentiate them? Sensitive or resistant?

A

Alpha
Optochin
resistant

(they colonize the mouth because they are not afraid of the chin (optochin))

124
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What is the causative agent of strep throat?

A

Strep pyogenes

125
Q

What is the cause of acute glomerulonephritis?

A

Strep pyogenes

126
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What is the abx used to differentiate strep pyogenes? Sensitive or resistant?

A

Bacitracin sensitive

127
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Bacitracin is used to differentiate between which two groups of strep? Which is sensitive/resistant?

A

GBS = resistant

Strep pyogenes = sensitive

128
Q

What diseases do enterococcus bacteria cause?

129
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What disease is strep bovis associated with?

A

Colon cancer (bovis in the blood = CA in the colon)

130
Q

Pseudomembranous pharyngitis = ?

A

Diphtheria

131
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae = gram positive or negative? rods or cocci?

A

gram positive rods

132
Q

Which of the following bacteria form spores:

  • strep pyogenes
  • Clostridium perfringens
  • Clostridium tetani
  • Bacillus anthracis
  • Staph aureus
A
  • Clostridium perfringens
  • Clostridium tetani
  • Bacillus anthracis
133
Q

What are the neurons that are affected by tetanospasmin?

A

renshaw cells

134
Q

What is the MOA of botulinum toxin?

A

Inhibits SNAREs from releasing ACh

135
Q

Canned goods, honey = ?

A

C. Botulinum

136
Q

gas gangrene = ?

A

Clostridium Perfringens

137
Q

What are the two toxins released by C. diff? What does each do?

A

Toxin A–binds brush border

Toxin B–disrupts actin polymerization

138
Q

What is the treatment for C. diff infx?

139
Q

Bacillus anthracis: gram positive or negative? Morphology? Spores?

A

gram positive Rod

yes to spores

140
Q

Box shaped, gram positive, rods?

141
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What is cutaneous anthrax? (symptoms, prognosis)?

A

Black esher, rarely deadly

142
Q

What is pulmonary anthrax?

A

Woolsorter’s disease

very deadly

143
Q

What disease does bacillus cereus cause?

A

Food poisoning

144
Q

reheated rice = ?

A

bacillus anthracis

145
Q

Unpasteurized deli meats and cheeses + food poisoning = ?

A

Listeria monocytogenes

146
Q

Rocket bacteria = ?

A

Listeria monocytogenes

147
Q

Listeria: rods or cocci? gram positive or negative?

A

gram positive rods

148
Q

Nocardia vs actinomyces: which is gram positive

149
Q

Nocardia vs actinomyces: which is aerobic

150
Q

Nocardia vs actinomyces: which is acid fast

151
Q

Nocardia vs actinomyces: which is treated with PCN, and which with sulfa?

A 
Actinomyces = PCN
Nocardia = Sulfa
152
Q

What is a Ghon complex?

A

Focus of radiopacity, indicative of TB

153
Q

What disease does mycobacterium Kansasii cause?

A

Like TB, but less severe

154
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What disease does mycobacterium avium-intracellulare cause?

A

Disseminated, non-TB disease in AIDS pts

155
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true or false: all mycobacteria are acid fast

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