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Micro Flashcards

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peptidoglycan

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sugar backbone cross-linked by transpeptidase

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gram positive cell wall

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lipoteichoic acid (induces TNF and IL-1)

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gram negatives outer membrane

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site of endotoxin (LPS); lipid A induces TNF and IL-1; O polysaccharide is the antigen

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periplasm

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contains beta lactamases; space between cytoplasmic and outer membranes in gram negatives

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capsule

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polysaccharide (except B. anthracis, which contains D-glutamate)

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glycocalyx

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polysaccharide which mediates adherence to foreign surfaces

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contain sterols and no cell wall

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mycoplasma

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contain mycolic acid

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mycobacteria

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common infection forming intraabdominal abscess

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bacteroides fragils

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bugs that do not gram stain well

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Treponema (dark-field microscopy, fluorescent Ab), Rickettsia (intracellular), mycobacteria (carbolfuchsin in acid-fast), mycoplasma, legionella pneumophila (silver stain), chlamydia (intracelluar, lacks muramic acid)

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Giemsa stain

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chlamydia, borrelia, rickettsiae, trypanosomes, plasmodium

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PAS

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stains glycogen; used to diagnose Whipple’s disease

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Ziehl-Neelsen

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nocardia, mycobacterium

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india ink

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cryptococcus neoformans

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silver stain

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fungi, legionella, H. pylori

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H. influenza culture

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chocolate agar with factors V (NAD+) and X (hematin)

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N. gonorrhoeae, N. meningitidis culture

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Thayer-Martin (VPM): vancomycin, polymyxin, nystatin

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B.pertussis culture

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Bordet-Gengou agar

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C. diphtheriae culture

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Tellurite plate, Loffler’s media

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M. TB culture

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Lowenstein-Jensen agar

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M. pneumoniae culture

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Eaton’s agar

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lactose-fermenting enterics culture

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pink colonies; E. coli also grown on eosin-methylene blue agar

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legionella culture

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charcoal yeast buffered with cysteine and iron

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fungi culture

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sabouraud’s agar

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obligate aerobes

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nocardia, pseudomonas (may use nitrates as terminal electron acceptors in environments with low O2), mycobacterium TB, bacillus

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obligate anaerobes

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clostridium, bacteroides, actinomyces; lack catalase and/or superoxide dismutase

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aminoglycosides against anaerobes

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not effective (reguire O2 to enter into bacterial cell)

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obligate intracellular bugs

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rickettsia, chlamydia

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facultative intracellular bugs

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salmonella, neisseria, brucella, mycobacterium, listeria, francisella, legionella, yersenia

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encapsulated bacteria

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positive quellung reaction; strep pneumonia, H. influenza type B, neisseria meningitidis, E. coli, salmonella, klebsiella pneumonia, group B strep

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catalase-positive organisms

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pseudomonas, listeria, aspergillus, candida, E. coli, S. aureus, serratia; pts with chronic granulomatous disease (NADPH oxidase deficiency) have recurrent infections

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urease-positive bugs

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cryptococcus, H. pylori, proteus, ureaplasma, nocardia, klebsiella, S. epidermidis, S. saprophyticus

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actinomyces israelii pigment

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yellow sulfur granules

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s. aureus pigment

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yellow

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pseudomonas pigment

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blue-green

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serratia marcescenes pigment

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red

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protein A

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binds Fc portion of Ig; S. aureus

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IgA protease

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S. pneumonia, H. influenza type B, Neisseria

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M protein

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group A strep

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live attenuated vaccine

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more effective in generating prolonged mucosal IgA secretion than killed vaccine

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corynebacterium diphtheriae toxin

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diphtheria toxin (ADP ribosylating AB toxin); inactivates elongation factor 2–>inhibits protein synthesis; pharyngitis with pseudomembranes and severe lymphadenopathy

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pseudomonas toxin

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exotoxin A (ADP ribosylating AB toxin); inactivate elongation factor 2–> inhibit protein synthesis

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shigella toxin

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shiga toxin (AB); inactivates 60S ribosome (removes adenine from rRNA, lyses 28sRNA)–>inhibits protein synthesis; GI mucosal damage, enhances cytokine release–>HUS

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EHEC toxin

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shiga-like toxin; inctivates 60S–>inhibits protein synthesis; does not invate host cells unlike shigella

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ETEC toxin

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heat-labile: increased cAMP–>increased Cl- secretion; heat-stable: increased cGMP–> decreased resoprtion of NaCl

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bacillus anthracis toxin

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edema factor; increases cAMP; black eschar

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vibrio cholerae toxin

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cholera toxin (affects apical ion transport); increased cAMP (permanentaly activates Gs)–> increased Cl- secretion; rice-water diarrhea

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bordetella pertussis toxin

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pertussis toxin; increased cAMP (disables Gi)–> impairs phagocytosisl whooping cough: cough on expiration and whoops on inspiration

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clostridium tetani toxin

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tetanospasmin; cleave SNARE; muscle rigidity, lock-jaw, inhibits release of inhibitory NT

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clostridium botulinum toxin

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botulinum toxin; cleaves SNARE; flaccid paralysis, floppy baby, prevents release of ACh

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clostridium oerfringens toxin

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alpha toxin (phospholipase that degrades tissue and cell membranes); degradation of phospholipid C–>myonecrosis and hemolysis

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strep. pyogenes toxin

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streptolysin O (protein that degrades cell membranes); lyses RBCs; host Ab against toxin (ASO) used to diagnose rheumatic fever

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staph aureus toxin

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toxic shock syndrome toxin; bring MHC II and TCR in proximity to outside of antigen-binding site–>release of IFN gamma and IL-2; toxic shock syndrome, scalded skin syndrome

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strep pyogenes superantigen toxin

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exotoxin A; bring MHC II and TCR in proximity to outside of antigen binding site–>release of IFN gamma and IL-2; toxic shock syndrome

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which phase of bacterial growth do penicillins and cephalosporins act on

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exponential/log

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transformation

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ability to take up naked DNA; Strep pneumonia, H. influenza type B, Neisseria; add deoxyribonuclease to environment–>no transformation

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conjugation

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transfer of plasmid, no transfer of chromosomal genes

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F+ plasmid

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can become incorporated into chromosomal DNA

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transposition

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excision and reintegration of segment DNA

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generalized transduction

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lytic phage infects bacterium–>parts of bacterial chromosomal DNA become packaged into viral capsid–>phage infects another becterium, transferring genes

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specialized transduction

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viral DNA incorporates into bacterial chromosome

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toxins acquired through specialized transduction

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shiga-like toxin, botulinum, cholera, diphtheria, erythrogenic toxin of Strep pyogenes

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gram positive, branching filaments, anaerobe, not acid fast

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actinomyces

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gram positive, branching filaments, aerobe, acid fast

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nocardia

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gram positive, cocci, catalase positive

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staph

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gram positive, cocci, catalase negative

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strep

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coagulase positive staph

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S. aureus

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coagulase negative staph, novobiocin sensitive

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S. epidermidis

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coagulase negative staph, novobiocin resistant

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S. saphrophyticus

70
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alpha hemolytic strep, capsule, optochin sensitive

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S.pneumonia

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alpha hemolytic strep, no capsule, optochin resistant

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viridans strep (S. mutans)

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beta hemolytic strep, group A, bacitracin sensitive

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S. pyogenes

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beta hemolytic strep, group B, bacitracin resistant

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S. agalactiae

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gamma hemolytic strep, group D, growth in bile and 6.5% NaCl

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enterococcus (E. faecalis)

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gamma hemolytic strep, growth in bile, not 6.5% NaCl

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nonenterococcus (S. bovis)

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beta hemolytic bacteria

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S. aureus, Strep pyogenes, Strep agalactiae, Listeria monocytogenes

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S. aureus

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gram + cocci, protein A binds Fc-IgG inhibiting complement fixation; forms fibrin clot around self–>can lead to abscess

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S. aureus spread

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traumatic wound–>leaking CSF–>meninges

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MRSA

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resistant to beta lactams because of altered penicillin-binding protein

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staph. epidermidis

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catalase +, coagulase -, novobiocin sensitive; associated with ventriculoperitoneal shunts; produces adherent biofilms (extracellular polysaccharide matrix)

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empiric treatment for staph. epidermidis

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vancomycin

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strep. pneumonia

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most common cause of meningitis, otitis media, pneumonia, sinusitis; lancet-shaped , gram + diplococci, encapsulated, IgA protease; optochin sensitive, lysed by bile

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strep pneumonia spread

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middle ear–>contiguous tissue–>meninges; primary lung focus–>blood–>meninges

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viridans group strep

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alpha hemolytic, resistant to optochin; can produce extracellular polysaccharides (dextrans)–>facilitate strep adherens to fibrin (must have pre-existing endothelial damage); not lysed by bile

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strep pyogenes

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beta hemolytic, bacitracin sensitive. Ab to M protein enhance host defenses–>can give rheumatic fever

86
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what detects recent strep. pyogenes infection?

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ASO titer

87
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strep. agalactiae

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bacitracin resistant, beta hemolytic; produces CAMP factor (enlarges area of hemolysis formed by S. aureus). Hippurate test positive

88
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CAMP test

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detects incomplete hemolysin

89
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enterococci (group D strep)

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normal colonic flora; cause UTI, biliary tract infections, subacute endocarditis; can grow in 6.5% NaCl and bile

90
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strep bovis (group D strep)

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can cause bacteremia and subacute endocarditis in colon cancer pts

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corynebacterium diphtheriae

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exotoxin encoded by bate prophage; inhibits protein synthesis via ADP-ribosylation of EF-2; pseudomembranous pharyngitis with lymphadenopathy, myocarditis, arrhythmia

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gram + rods with metachromatic granules and Elek’s test for toxin

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corynebacterium diphtheriae

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toxoid vaccine

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prevents diphtheria; IgG against exotoxin B subunit

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black colonies on cystine-tellurite agar

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corynebacterium diphtheria

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have dipicolinic aicd in their core

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spores

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gram positive, spore-forming, obligate anaerobic bacilli

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clostridia

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C. tetani

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toxin (and botulinum toxin) is a protease that cleaves releasing proteins for neurotransmitters; blocks glycine and GABA release; immunized mother can pass IgG to fetus to provide passive immunity

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C. tetani spread

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wound–>motor neuron axons–>spinal cord

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C. botulinum

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heat-labile toxin that inhibits ACh release; bilateral descending muscle weakness, diplopia, dysphagia, dysphonia

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C. perfringes

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produces alpha toxin (lecithinase); loss of cell membrane integrity, can cause diarrhea from meat

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C. difficile

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AB toxin (B destroys cytoskeletal structure)–>pseudomembranous colitis; secondary to clindamycin or ampicillin

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C. difficile treatment

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metronidazole or vanco

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neonatal tetanus

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usually results from C. tetani colonization of umbilical stump

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anthrax

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gram + spore-forming rod; only bacterium with polypeptide capsule (contains D-glutamate)

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baccilus cereus

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food poisoning (reheated rice syndrome); nausea and vomiting caused by cereulide

106
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listeria monocytogens

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gram +, beta hemolytic, blue-green transluscent colonies, intracellular growth; transmission from unpasteurized milk or vaginal

107
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forms actin rockets, tumbling motility

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listeria monocytogens

108
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listeria monocytogens diseases

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spontaneous abortion, granulomatosis infantiseptica, neonatal meningitis, mild gastroenteritis. Treat neonates and immunocompromised with ampicillin

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actinomyces

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gram + rod anaerobe, not acid fast; oral/facial abscesses; treat with penicillin

110
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nocardia

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gram+ aerobe, acid fast; pulmonary and cutaneous infections; treat with sulfonamides

111
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mycobacteria TB

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phagocytosed by alveolar macrophages and sulfatide virulence factor allows for intracellular bacterial proliferation; never treated as monotherapy due to resistance

112
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TB immune reaction

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TH1-mediated; primary: CD4+ TH1, lymphocytes, macrophages

113
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M. avium

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causes disseminated non-TB disease in AIDS. prophylaxis with azithromycin

114
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cord factor

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in virulent TB strains; inhibits macrophage stimulation and induces release of TNF alpha

115
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M. TB spread

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primary lung focus–>blood–>meninges

116
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acid fast bacillus that likes cool temperatures

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mycobacterium leprae

117
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lepromatous form

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diffuse over skin; low cell-mediated immunity with TH2 response; functionally defective macrophages

118
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tuberculoid form

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a few hairless skin plaques; high cell-mediated immunity with largely CD4+ TH1 response; lepromin skin test is positive

119
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tuberculoid form treatment

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dapsone and rifampin for 6 months

120
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lepromatous form treatment

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dapsone, rifampin, clofazimine for 2-5 years

121
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gram -, oxidase +, comma shaped, grows in 42 degrees

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campylobacter jejuni

122
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gram -, oxidase +, comma shaped, grows in alkaline media

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vibrio chlerae

123
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gram - diplococci, maltose fermenter

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N. meningitidis

124
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gram - diplococci, maltose nonfermenter

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N. gonorrhoeae

125
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gram - rod, lactose nonfermenter, oxidase -

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shigella, salmonella, proteus

126
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gram - rod, lactose nonfermenter, oxidase +

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pseudomonas, H. pylori

127
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lactose-fermenting enteric bacteria

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klebsiella, e. coli, enterobacter, citrobacter, serratia

128
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produces beta galactosidase, which breaks down lactose into glucose and galactose

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E. coli

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