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Micro - Clinical Bacteriology Flashcards

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staph aureus identification

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gram positive catalase positive (clusters) coagulase positive beta hemolytic (clear)

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staph aureus VF

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protein A - binds to Fc portion of IgG to prevent complement fixation + phagocytosis

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staph aureus diseases

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inflammatory - skin infection, organ abscesses (coagulase - fibrin clot), pneumonia
toxin-mediated - TSS (TSST-1), scalded skin syndrome (exfoliative toxin), rapid onset food poisoning (enterotoxins)
acute bacterial endocarditis and osteomyelitis

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MRSA

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methicillin-resistant staph aureus
nosocomial and community acquired infection
resistant to b-lactams (altered PBP)

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toxic shock syndrome

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staph aureus
TSST-1 - MHC + TCR –> IL2 + IFNy –> fever, shock, rash, desquamation, end organ failure due to polyclonal T cell activation

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cause of staph aureus food poisoning

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ingestion of preformed toxin (enterotoxin)

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staph epidermidis labs

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gram positive cocci catalase positive (clusters) coagulase negative
NESSIR - NOVOBIOCIN SENSITIVE

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staph epidermidis

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produces adherent BIOFILM –> prosthetic devices + IV catheters
normal skin flora
contaminates blood cultures

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strep pneumo labs

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lancet shaped, gram positive DIPLOcocci catalase negative (chains), alpha hemolytic (green), OVERPASS - OPTOCHIN SENSITIVE, positive quellung - capsule

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strep pneumno diseases

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MOPS - meningitis, otitis media (kids), pneumonia, sinusitis

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strep pneumo associations

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3 S’s –> rusty sputum, sepsis in sickle cell anemia and splenectomy

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strep pneumo virulence

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CAPSULE

IgA protease - cleaves IgA to invade resp mucosa

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viridans group strep labs

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gram positive catalase negative (chains), alpha hemolytic (green), overpass - optochin resistant
strep mutans and strep sanguis
normal flora of the oropharynx

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strep mutans

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dental caries

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strep sanguis

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glycocalx –> subacute bacterial endocarditis at damaged valves

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strep pyogenes diseases

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pyogenic - pharyngitis, cellulitis, impetigo
toxigenic - scarlet fever, toxic shock like syndrome, necrotizing fasculitis
immunologic - RF + (impetigo->)acute glomerulonephritis

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strep pyogenes VF

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M protein - inhibits phagocytosis

antibodies vs m protein can lead to RF

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Rheumatic fever

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JONES - polyarthritis, carditis, subcutaneous nodules, erythema marginatum, sydenhams chorea

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how to detect recent strep pyogenes infection

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ASO titer

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scarlet fever

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strep pyogenes - strawberry tongue, scarlet face sparing face, scarlet throat

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strep agalactiae

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colonizes vagina; BABIES - meningitis, pneuomnia, sepsis

screen preggers 35-37 weeks, psoitive = intrapartum prophylaxis with penicillin

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produces CAMP factor

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strep agalactiae - enlarges area of hemolysis formed by staph aureus

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hippurate test positive

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strep agalactiae

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enterococcus

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E. faecalis + E. faecium - normal colonic flora
penicillin G resistant –> UTI, biliary tract infections + subacute endocarditis
VRE - nosocomial infection

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can grow in bile salts and 6.5% Nacl

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Enterococci

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streptococcus bovis

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gut; bacteremia and subacute endocarditis in COLON CANCER PATIENTS
bovus in blood = cancer in colon

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cystine-tellurite agar

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corynebacterium diphtheria - black colonies

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lab diagnosis for corynebacterium diptheria

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gram positive CLUB-SHAPED rod, metachromatic (blue and red) granules and elek’s test for toxin

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this prevents diphtheria

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toxoid vaccine

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Cornybacterium diphtheria

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ABCDEFG - adp ribosylation, beta prophage, cornebacterium diptheria, elongation factor 2, granules

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spores

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highly resistant to heat and chemicals

DIPICLONILIC ACID

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how to kill spores

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autoclave by steaming at 121 degrees celcius for 15 minutes

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spore producing bacteria

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gram positive bac in soil = bacillus anthracis, clostridum perfringes, C. tetani
others = B. cereus, C. botulinum, coxiella burnetti

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clostridium labs

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gram positive rods, obligate anaerobes, spore-forming

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clostridium tetani

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tetanospasmin - exotoxin protease cleaving SNARE –> prevents release of GABA/glycine from RENSHAW cells in s/c *spastic paralysis, lock jaw (trismus), risus sardonic us

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clostridium botulinum causes

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adults - ingest preformed toxin

babies - ingest spores in honey

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clostridium botulinum

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preformed heat-labile toxin - inhibits ach release –> flaccid paralysis

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floppy baby syndrome

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clostridium botulinum

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clostridium perfringes

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alpha toxin - myonecrosis (gas gangrene) and hemolysis

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clostridium difficle

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toxin A - enterotoxin binds brush border of gut –> diarrhea

toxin B - cytotoxin destroys cytoskeletal strucutre of enterocytes –> pseudomembranous colitis

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often secondary to antibiotic use

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clostridium difficile - clindamycin or ampicillin (diagnose = toxin in stool)

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clostridium difficile treatment

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metronidazole or oral vancomycin

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43
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only bacterium with polypeptide capsule (D-glutamate)

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bacillus anthracis

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cutaneous anthrax

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contact - black eschar (painless ulcer) –> possibly bacteremia and death
lethal factor + edema factor –> black skin lesions = black eschar (necrosis) surrounded by edematous ring

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pulmonary anthrax

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inhale spores –> flu-like sx –> rapid to fever, pulm hemorrhage, mediastinitis, shock

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woolsorters disease

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inhalation of bacillus anthracis spores (pulmonary anthrax) from contaminated wool

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reheated rice syndrome

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bacillus cereus

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bacillus cereus

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food poisoning - spores survive cooking rice
emetic - rice/paste; N&V in 1-5 hours due to cereulide (preformed toxin)
diarrheal type - water, nonbloody diarrhea + GI pain 8-18 hours

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tumbling motility

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listeria monocytogenes

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this is how you get listeria monocytogenes

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ingest unpasteurized milk/cheese + deli meats or vaginal transmission in birth

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form actin rockets - move cell to cell

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listeria monocytogenes

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actinomyces

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normal oral flora - oral/facial abscesses that drain through sinus tracts

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nocardia

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found in soil - pulmonar y infections in immunocompromised + cutaneous infections after trauma in immunocomptent

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form yellow sulfur granule

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actinomyces

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55
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treatment of actinomyces

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penicillin

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treatment of nocardia

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sulfonamides

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57
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extrapulonary TB in vertebral body

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potts disease

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TB sx

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fever, night sweats, weight loss, hemoptysis

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leprosy

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hansens disease
glove and stocking loss of sensation, ARMADILLOS
lepromatous - diffusy over skin + communicable - low CMI w/ humoral TH2 response (can be lethal)
tuberculoid - few hypoesthetic hairless skin plaques, high CMI w/ large TH1 response

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leprosy tx tuberculoid form

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dapsone + rifampin for 6 months

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leprosy tx lepromatous form

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dapsone, rifampin + clofazimine for 2-5 years

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neisseria

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gram negative diplococci
ferment GLUCOSE
IgA protease

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neisseria gonorrhea

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sexually transmitted –> gonorrhea (within polymorphonuclear leukocytes), septic arthritis, neonatal conjunctivitis, PID

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neisseria meningitis

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ferments maltose, polysach capsule, vaccine (none for type B, resp + oral secretions –> meningococcemia + meningitis

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causes fitz-hugh curtis syndrome

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neisseria gonorrhea

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causes waterhouse-friderischsen syndrome

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neisseria meningitis

67
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neiserria meningitis prophylaxis in close contact

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rifampin, ciprofloxacin, or ceftriaxone

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treatment of neisseria gonococci

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ceftriaxone and (azithryomycin or doxy) for possible chlamydia coinfection

69
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treatment of neisseria meningitis

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ceftriaxone or penicillin G

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h flu vaccine

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type B capsular polysaccharide conjugated to diphtheria toxoid or other protein. 2-18 months

71
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haemophilus influenze

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EMOP - epiglottis (cherry red in kids), meningitis, otitis media, pneumonia
most invasive = capsular type B
nontypable strains - mucosal infectinos (otitis media, conjunctivitis, bronchitis)
IgA protease

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h flu transmission

73
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tx h flu meningitis

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ceftriaxone

74
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tx h flu prophylaxis in close contact

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legionarres disease

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severe pneumonia, fever, GI + CNS sx

76
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pontiac fever

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legionella pneumophila

mild flu-like syndrome

77
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grows on charcoal yeast extracted with cystine and iron

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legionella pneumophila

78
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legionella pneumophila dx, transmission, tx

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dx - antigen in urine (labs - hyponatremia)
transmission - enrivonmental water source habitat
tx - macrolide or quinolone

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pseudomonas aeruginosa

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PSEUDO - pnuemonia (CF), sepsis (black lesions on skin), external otitis (swimmers ear), UTI, drug use, diabetic osteomyelitis

80
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associated with wound and burn infections

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pseudomonas aeruginosa

81
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produces pyocyanin (blue-green pigment)

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pseudomonas aeruginosa

82
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grape-like odor

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psueodmonas aeruginosa

83
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pseudomonas aeruginosa

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endotoxin (fever, shock) + exotoxin A (inactivates EF-2)
AERuginosa - AERobic, water source + blue-green pigment, burn victims
chronic pnuemonia in CF patients = biofilm

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tx pseudomonas aeruginosa

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aminoglycoside + extended-spectrum penicillin (piperacillin, ticarcillin)

85
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E coli VF

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fimbrae - cystitis + pyelonephritis
K capsule - pneumonia, neonatal meningitis
LPS endotoxin - septic shock

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EIEC

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INVADES intestinal mucosa –> necrosis + inflammation (dysentery)

87
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ETEC

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HLT + HST

watery TRAVELERS diarrhea

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EPEC

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PEDIATRIC diarrhea in kids

adheres to apical surface –> flattens vili + prevents absorption

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EHEC

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shiga-like toxin + HUS –> necrosis + inflammation (dysentry)
O157:H7
does not ferment sorbitol
endothelium swells + narrows lumen - mechanical hemolysis + reduced renal blood flow, damaged endothelium consumes platelets

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hemolytic uremic syndrome triad

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anemia, thrombocytopenia, acute renal failure

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red currant jelly sputum

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klebsiella - abundant polysaccaride capsule –> mucoid colonies

92
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lobar pnuemonia in alcoholics + diabetics that aspirated

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klebsiella

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klebsiella

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nosocomial infection

4 A’s –> alcoholics, abscesses in lungs/liver, diAbetics, aspiration pneumonia

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salmonella

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flagella, disseminate hematogenously, animal reservoirs, produce hydrogen sulfide, invades intestinal mucosa –> monocytic response

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shigella

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cell-cell transmission, human/primate reservoirs, invade intestinal mucosa –> PMN infiltration, BLOODY DIARRHEA

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salmonella typhi

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typhoid fever, humans
rose spots on the abdomen, fever, headache + diarrhea***
carrier state - gallbladder

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campylobacter jejuni

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bloody diarrhea in kids
fecal oral tranmission - pountry, meat, unpast milk
–> GBS + reactive arthritis

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vibrio cholerae

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rice-water diarrhea - cholera toxin (Gs-cAMP)
endemic to developing countries
req prompt oral rehydration

99
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rice water diarrhea

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vibrio cholera

100
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yersinia enterocolitica

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pet feces (puppies), contaminated milk or pork
mesenteric adentitis - mimics crohns/appendicitis
101
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h pylori

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gastritis + 90% duodenal ulcers
RF - peptic ulcer, gastric adenocarcinoma + lymphoma
urease positive

102
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h pylori initial tx

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PPI, clarithromycin and amoxicillin or metronidazole

103
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wrights stain

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leptospira interoggans

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water contaminated with animal urine –> leptospirosis = flu-like sx, jaundice, photophobia w/ conjunctivitis

105
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prevalent among surfers and in tropics (hawaii)

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leptospira interrogans

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weils disease

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leptospira interrogans - jaundice and azotemia from liver and kidney dysfunction; fever, hemorrhage, anemia

107
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borrelia burdorferi

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LYME DISEASE
transmission - tick Ixodes with mouse reservoir
northeastern US

108
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lyme disease tx

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doxycycline, ceftriaxone

109
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Lyme disease

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stage 1 - erythema chronicum migrans (bulls eye rash w/ central clearing), flu-like sx
stage 2 - neuro (facial nerve palsy) + cardiac (AV nodal block) manifestations
stage 3 - MSK (monoarthritis + migratory polyarthritis), neuro (encephalopathy + polyneuropathy) + cutaneous manifestation
FAKE - facial n palsy (BL), arthritis, kardiac block, erythema migrans

110
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treponema pallidum

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syphilis; visualized with dark field microscopy

111
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syphilis tx

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penicillin G

112
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primary syphillis

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localized w/ painless chancre - treponemes

screen = VDRL –> confirm = FTA-ABS

113
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secondary syphilis

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Systemic - maculopapular rash (palms/soles), condylomata lata - treponemes
screen = FDRL –> confirm = FTA-ABS

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tertiary syphilis

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gummas (chronic granulomas), aortitis (vaso vasorum destruction), neurosyph (tabes dorsalis), argyll robertson pupil
sign = broad-based ataxia, positive romberg, charcot joints, stroke w/o HTN
test spinal fluid w/ VDRL

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congenital syphilis

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saber shins, saddle nose, CN VIII deafness, hutchinsons teeth, mulberry molars
early prevention!!! placental transmission after 1st trimester

116
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argyll robertson pupill

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constracts with accomodations but is NOT reactive to light ***tertiary syphillis
prostitutes pupil = accomodates but does not react

117
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VDRL false positives

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VDRL - viral infections (mono, hep), drugs, RF, SLE + Leprosy

118
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jarisch-herxheimer rxn

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flu-like syndrome immediately after antibiotics started

due to killed bacteria releasing pyrogens

119
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cat scratch disease

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bartonella

120
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lyme disease

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borrelia burdorferi - ixodes ticks (deer/mice)

121
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recurrent fever

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borrelia recurrentis - louse (variable surface antigens)

122
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undulant fever

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brucella - unpasteurized diary

123
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campylobacter

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bloody diarrhea - puppies/livestock (fecial oral, ingest undercooked meat)

124
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chlamydophila psittaci

125
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q fever

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coxiella burnetti - aerosols of cattle/sheep amniotic fever

126
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lone star tick

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ehrlichia chaffeensis

127
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francisella tularensis

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tickets, rabbits, deer fly

128
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leptospira

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animal urine

129
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armadillos

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mycobacterium leprae

130
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pasteurella multocida

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cellulitis/osteomyelitis - animal bit, cats + dogs

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rickettsia prowazekki

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epidemic typhys - louse
rash stats centrally and spreads out - sparing palms/soles
TYPHUS - TRUNK

132
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rickettsia rickettsie

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RMSF - dermacentor tick bite

133
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rickettsia typhi

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endemic typhus - fleas

134
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yersinia pestis

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plague - fleas (rats/prarie dog = reservoirs)

135
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gray vaginal discharge with FISHY smell

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gardnerella vaginalis - I dont have a clue why i smell fish in the vagina garden!

136
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clue cells

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gardnerella vaginalis

137
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gardnerella vaginalis tx

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metronidazole

138
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rickettsia tx

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doxycycline

139
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rocky mountain spotted fever

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rash at wrist/ankles –> spreads mediately to trunk/palms/soles
rickettsia = obligate intracell requiring CoA and NAD+
WRICKETTSIA - WRISTS
triad - headache, fever, rash (vasculitis)

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palms and soles rash

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CARS - cox A, rocky mountain spotted fever, secondary syphilis

141
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monocytes with morula in cytoplasm

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ehrlichiosis (ticK)

142
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granulocytes with morula in cytoplasm

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anaplasmosis (tick)

MORULA GAME - gran ana, mono erchlic

143
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Q fever

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coxiella burnetti
tick feces + cattle placenta release spores -> inhaled as aerosols -> pneumonia
queer - no rash no vector and causative organism can survive outside in endospore form

144
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chlamydiae

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elementary body - enters via endocytosis

reticulate body - replicates by fission *seen on tissue culture

145
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chlamydia trachomatosis

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reactive arthritis, conjunctivitis, nongonococcal urethritis + PID

146
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chlamydia tx

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azithromycin (one-time) or doxycycline

147
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chlamydia pnuemoniae + pstitaci

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atypical pneumonia

aerosol transmisison

148
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chlamydia lab dx

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cytoplasmic inclusions on Giemsa or fluorescent antibody-stained smear

149
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cell wall lacks muramic acid

150
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chlamydia trachomatis subtypes

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ABC - chronic infection - blindness due to follicular conjunctivitis in africa (AFRICA, BLIND, CHRONIC)
D-K - everything else (urethritis/PID, ectopic preggers, neonatal penumonia (staccato cough) or neonatal conjunctivitis) *neonatal - passage through infected birth canal
L1,L2,L3 - lymphogranuloma venereum

151
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atypical walking pneumonia

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mycoplasma pneumonia, < 30 year old, freq outbreak in military recruits/prisons
sx - insidious onset, headache, nonproductive cough, diffuse interstitial infiltrate. Xray worse than prognosi

152
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mycoplasma pneumonia

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high titer cold agglutinins (IgM)

153
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grown on eatons agar

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mycoplasma pneuomnia

154
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mycoplasma pneuomnia tx

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macrolide or fluoroquinolones (no cell wall = penicillins ineffective)

155
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cell wall contains sterols for stability

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mycoplasma pnuemonia

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