Micro Flashcards
What is the causative organism of lymphogranuloma venereum?
Chlamydia trachomatis
How does a chancroid present?
Erythematous papule that rapidly turns into a pustule, and then a painful ulcer. The ulcer is 1-2 cm with a dermarcated boarder and is covered in a gray/yellow purulent exudate
What causes a chancroid ulcer?
Haemophilus ducreyi
What region do you find histoplasmosis in?
Central US; most frequently Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri river valleys
How does Coccidioides appear microscopically?
20-60 micrometer nonbudding spherules filled with endospores
Molluscum contagiosum is part of what virus family?
Poxvirus
What is the genome of the pox virus?
DsDNA, linear, enveloped and replicates in the cytoplasm with a DNA dependent RNA polymerase
An extracellular atypical fungus infecting patients with HIV?
Pneumocystis jirovecii
What do the granulomas look like of a person infected with Bartonella henelae?
Stellate granulomas with central necrosis and the organism
What causes cysticercosis?
Taenia solium
How does S aureus inhibit opsonization?
Protein A - binds Fc component of IgG
Skin scrapings from someone infected with HSV demonstrates what?
Intranuclear inclusion bodies
What family does RSV belong to?
Paramyxoviridae
How does one become infected with toxoplasma gondii?
Ingest the oocysts from cat feces or incompletely cooked lamb or pork
What does hantavirus cause? What is its mode of transmission?
Fatal respiratory illness; endemic to desert of SW US. Rodent droppings