Micro Block 3 Flashcards
Bacteriodes Fragilis has what type of air requirement?
Anaerobic, opportunistic
What is the most prevalent anaerobic bacteria?
Bacterio Fragilis
Bacterio Fragilis is a normal microbe found in what areas of the body?
Gut
Oropharynx
Bacterio fragalis is an etiologic agent of what 4 things?
Aspiration pneumonia
Empyema
Lung abscess
Deep wound abscess w/ endogenous material
Clostridium tetani causes tetanus due to ____
Neurotoxin
What microbe is “lockjaw” associated with?
Clostridium tetani
Clostridium botulinum produces _ types of neurotoxin that have what type of temperature limitation
8
A-H
Heatlabile @ 100*C
Clostridium botulinum toxin types A B and E cause ______
Food poisoning via ingestion
Clostridium botulinum is lethal at what dosages?
2ng by injection
13ng by inhalation
What has been deemed as one of the most toxic substances?
Clostridium botulinum
Ingestion of Clostridium botulinum will present w/ what S/Sx?
Blurred/double vision Drooping eyelids Slurred speech Weakened facial/throat muscles N/V
What is wound botulism most common with?
People who inject drugs
How is infant botulism acquired?
Unpasteurized honey
What are the beneficial factors of Clostridium botulinum?
Diluted toxin used for spasmodic dysphasia
Muscle paralysis/problems
Facial wrinkles
What is Antibiotic Associated Diarrhea associated with?
Clostridium difficle
What is a severe form Antibiotic Associated Diarrhea?
Pseudomembranous Colitis
Formation of pseudomembrane of inflammatory cells, fibrin and necrotic cells
What is the mode of transmission for Chlostridium difficle Toxin?
Person-person via fecal-oral route
Spores germinate after passing through stomach acid
How resistant are the Chlostridium difficle spores?
Germinate after passing through stomach acid
Can survive routine surface cleaning
Where is Clostridium difficle a large problem?
Hospitals
Nursing homes
What are the acquisition rates for Clostridium difficle?
Hospital stays up to 14 days: 13%
Hospital stays +28 days: 50%
Clostridium perfringens is an etiologic agent of?
Food poisoning
Enterotoxin in under cooked meat
What microbe is associated with Gas Gangrene?
Clostridium Perfringens
Clostridium species cause deep wound abscesses, especially when contaminated with _____ material
Exogenous
Gram stain, shape and air requirement for Clostridium species?
GPB, spore forming anaerobe
Gram stain, shape and air requirement for Bacillus Anthracis?
GPB, spore forming anaerobic
What type of media does Bacillus Anthracis grow on?
Blood agar w/out hemolysis
Wool-sorters Disease is associated with what microbe?
Pulmonary anthrax
Mortality rates of pulmonary and cutaneous anthrax?
Pulmonary- 60-100%
Cutaneous- 20-25%
How many spores on average of anthrax to establish pulmonary anthrax infection?
8K-10K
What microbe is going to show on an X-ray as a widened mediastinum?
Pulmonary anthrax
What are the toxins Pulmonary Anthrax produces?
Edema toxin
Lethal toxin
What type of anthrax has a papule->vesicle ->necrotic lesion and black eschar?
Cutaneous anthrax
Gram stain, shape and air requirement for Bacillus cereus?
GPB, spore forming aerobic
Where is Bacillus cereus a natural bacterium?
What types of food does is show up in during food poisoning?
Soil/environment
Rice or dried beans
If a PT present with emetic Bacillus cereus, what type of food did they eat?
Rice
Gram stain, shape and air requirement for Coryn. Diphtheriae?
GPB, NSF, pleomorphic
Etiologic agents of Coryn. Diphtheriae?
Pseudomembrane formation in throat
Necrotic surface epithelium meshed in fibrous exudate
Gram stain, shape and air requirement for Listeria Monocytogenes?
GPB, NSF aerobic
What microbe grows at refrigerator temps?
Listeria Monocyte.
What is the source of Listeria Monocyte.?
Soil
Forage
Animal feces
What are the etiologic agents of Listeria Monocyte.?
Food poisoning- cold cuts, unpasteurized cheeses
Encephalomeningitis
Miscarriage, stillbirth, neonate infections
Gram stain, shape and air requirement for Mycobacterium tuberculosis?
Acid fast bacili- lots of mycolic acid and lipids in cell wall that impairs staining w/ aqueous solutions
What is the world’s leading infectious disease?
Mycobacterium tuberclosis
How is Mycobacterium tuberculosis spread?
Highly communicable as an aerosol or dust
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is especially prevalent in what patient populations?
AIDS
Crowded locations- prisons
What types of changes in America has changed Mycobacterium tuberculosis ability to infect populations?
Building codes
Social mores
Characteristics of Primary Tuberculosis
Mild/asymptomatic
Bacteria ingested by macrophages and multiply until they’re taken to lymph nodes and encounter CMI TCells
CMI slows disease and causes inflammation
TBST is pos, chest Xray shows growth patches
Bacteria are contained w/in tubercles- small granulomas of epithelioid/giant cells
Granuloma growth caused by cord factor
Characteristics of Latent Phase TB
No S/Sx
No shedding of bacteria
Post TST, chest Xray neg
Not a true medical disease, just potential presence
Characteristics of Secondary TB
CMI fails after time and TB centers become necrotic, forming acellular masses of cheesy debris- caseous material
Ghon comples- combo of tubercles in lung and caseation in lymph nodes
IL-1 mediator factor
TNF- cathectin interferes w/ lipid metabolism causing PT weight loss
Ghon complexes enlarge and tubercles rupture in airway/vessels
Major organ involvement and caseous material is coughed up
CMI fails rapidly leading to disseminated miliary TB- systemic and fatal
Secondary TB is AKA
Clinical Disease
What is the TB vaccine?
Bacillus Calmetter Guerin- prepared from bovine TB bacterium
Not given in US
What are the characteristics of the TST?
PPD from bacteria cell walls
Delayed hypersensitivity- 48-72hrs
What are the lab diagnosis tests for all Mycobacterium?
Acid Fast microscopic
Fluorochrome stain
Gram stain, shape and air requirement for Coxiella burnetti?
Atypical GNCB w/ poor staining
Obligate intracellular parasite
How is Coxiella burnetti transmittable?
Body fluids and aerosol
Human and animal transmission
How is Coxiella burnetti diagnosed?
Immunologic and nucleic acid tests
Gram stain, shape and air requirement for Rickettsia and Orientia?
Atypical, CoccoBacilli
Obligate intracellular
What microbe is associated with causing Spotted Fever of Typhys?
Rickettsia and Orientia
What is the vector carrier for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?
Tick
R. Rickettsii
What is the vector carrier of Typhus?
Epidemic- (classic) Louse
Murine- Flea
Scrub- Mite
What are generally effective microbiotics against Rickettsia and Orientia?
Tetracyclines
Chloramphenicol
S/Sx PT will have if they’re suffering from Rickettsia and Orientia?
Fever x 2-3 wks
Severe deep muscle aches
Rash
Gram stain, shape and air requirement for Mycoplasma pneumoniae?
Atypical w/ no cell wall
Poor staining
What is the microbe that causes Primary Atypical Pneumonia?
What is this type of pneumonia aka?
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Walking pneumonia
Walking pneumonia primarily occurs in what patient population?
School aged children
Young adults- especially military
What kinds of S/Sx will a PT w/ Walking Pneumonia present w/?
Headache
Malaise
Paroxysmal cough
What type of microbe may infiltrate lungs more extensively than clinical findings would suggest?
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
What are the agents of Chlamydia Pneumoniae?
Pneumonias
Bronchitis
Sinusitis
Asymptomatic w/ mild cough
What microbe is the probable agent of atherosclerosis?
Chlamydia Pneumoniae
Gram stain, shape and air requirement for Chlamydia trachomatis?
Atypical GN
Obligate intracellular parasite
What are the two forms of Chlamydia trachomatis?
Elementary bodies: infectious form, metabolically inactive, moderately resistant to harsh environments
Reticulate Bodies: converted from elementary bodies, noninfectious, metabolically active
What are the cell structures of Chlamydia trachomatis?
Lipopolysaccharide- weak endotoxin activity
MOMP- structural component of cell wall
What is the reproduction cycle of Chlamydia trachomatis?
EB enters host
EB converts to RB
RB replicates bacterial cells and produces EB
What microbe is referred to as Non-gonococcal urethritis?
Chlamydia trachomatis
What is the leading cause, 50% of STDs?
Chlamydia trachomatis
Where is the incubation/residence location of Chlamydia trachomatis?
Males- urethritis, can lead to epididymitis and infertility
Females- cervicitis, usually asymptomatic. Often leads to salpingitis, infertility or PID
Chlamydia trachomatis is usually transmitted with what other microbe?
Which one lasts longer?
Gonorrhea
Chlamydia trachomatis lasts longer after gonorrhea has been treated
What microbe causes Inclusion Conjunctivitis disease?
Chlamydia trachomatis
What microbe causes Trachoma
Chlamydia trachomatis
What microbe causes Lymphogranuloma venereum?
Chlamydia trachomatis
Involvement of inguinal lymph nodes
What is the typical treatment for Chlamydia trachomatis?
Doxy
Tetracycline
Erythromycin
Gram stain, shape and air requirement for Neisseria Gonorrhoeae?
GNC in pairs
Intra or Extracellular regarding phagocytes
Where does Neisseria Gonorrhoeae reside and cause symptoms in the male and female body?
Male- urethritis Female- endocervix or PID Pharyngitis Rectal infections Septic arthritis
What are the virulence factors of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae?
Beta lactamase
Pili
Porin proteins- resist phagocytosis
Lipooligosaccharide w/ Lipid A endotoxin
Gram stain, shape and air requirement for Neisseria Meningitidis?
GNC paired
What microbe is the #2 cause of meningitis?
Neisseria Meningitidis
Often causes secondary invasive tissue necrosis
What are the Antigenic groups of Neisseria Meningitidis?
A B C W Y
B C Y- problomatic
What microbe predominates school aged/college aged students?
Neisseria Meningitidis
Sub-Saharan Africa is noted for documenting/reporting thousands of cases per year of what microbe?
Neisseria Meningitidis
What are the vaccines for Neisseria Meningitidis?
Meningococcal conjugate vaccine Groups ACWY
Group B meningococcal vaccine
What was Moraxella catarrhalis formerly known as?
Branhamella catarrhalis
Gram stain, shape and air requirement for Moraxella catarrhalis??
GNC in pairs
What is the medical significance of Moraxella catarrhalis?
3rd most common cause of URIs w/ otitis media and sinusitis in children
Bronchitis/pneumonia in children/adults (top 3-4 cause)
Haemohpilus ducreyi are visually identified by what unique shape?
School of fish arrangement
What microbe causes chancroid, primarily in Asia?
Haemohpilus ducreyi
Gram stain, shape and air requirement for Haemophilus influenzae?
GN CB small short rod
Strict obligate parasite
Haemophilus influenzae is encapsulated strains are in _ antigenic types
6
A-F
B is most virulent
Where can Haemophilus influenzae be found and considered normal flora?
URT
Mouth
What microbe is UNUSUAL in the first 2 months of life?
Haemophilus influenzae
Almost all cases occur in children under 2y/o
What age range is epiglottitis usually present?
Children slightly older, 2-4y/o
What is the vaccine for Haemophilus influenzae?
HIB
What is Haemophilus influenzae a etiologic agent of?
Fulminating meningitis Invades nasopharynx and spreads systemically Top 5-6 causes of pneumonia Exacerbates COPD Conjunctivitis
Non-HIB can be an etiologic agent of what diagnosis?
Otits media
Sinusitis
What are the virulence factors of Haemophilus influenzae?
Type B polysaccharide capsule
Fimbriae (pili)
IgA protease
Ciliostatic factor
Gram stain, shape and air requirement for Bordatella pertussis?
GNB GNCB
What is Bordatella pertussis an etiologic agent of?
Pertussis
Whooping Cough
Bronchitis