Micro - Gram Negative Bacteria VII Flashcards

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gram negative obligate intracellular parasites

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chlamydia - needs to steal ATP

rickettsia - can oxidize certain molecules to ATP

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2
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how to culture chlamydia and rickettsia

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usually into embryo yolk sac

bc they can’t make ATP

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chlamydia

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gram negative
-no peptidoglycan layer and no muramic acid

likes columnar epithelial cells
-conjunctivits, cervicitis, pneumonia

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chlamydia life cycle

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elementary body (EB) - does not divide

  • attaches and enters columnar epithelial cells
  • inhibits phagosome-lysosome fusion and grows
initial body (reticulate body) - EB RNA increase and split by binary fission
-some back to EB - released from cell
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5
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species of chlamydia

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trachomatis - eyes, genitals lungs

psittaci and pneumonia - lungs

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6
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chlamydia trachomatis

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eyes and genitals

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7
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trachoma

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chronic conjunctivitis

-from chlamydia trachomatis

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8
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most common cause of preventable blindness in world

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trachoma

-native americans frequently infected

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9
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most common STD in US

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chlamydia trachomatis

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10
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inclusion conjunctivitis

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babies delivered in birth canals with chlamydia trachomatis

-purulent yellow discharge and swelling of eyelids 5-14 days after birth

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11
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diagnosis of chlamydia trachomatis

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basophilic intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies

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12
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4-11 weeks old - upper respiratory symptoms followed by rapid breathing, cough, and resp distress

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infant pneumonia caused by chlamydia trachomatis

Dx - confirmed by presence of anti-chlamydia IgM Abs

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13
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most common cause of urethritis

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non-gonnococcal
-chlamydia trachomatis and ureaplasma urealyticum

second cause - neisseria gonorrhea

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14
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diagnosis for gonorrhea and chlamydia

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nucleic acid amplification test

-PCR

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15
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PID

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caused by both chlamydia trachomatis and neisseria gonorrhea

PD shuffle
chandelier sign

can lead to infertility, ectopic pregnancy, and chronic pelvic pain

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16
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unilateral scrotal swelling, tenderness, pain, with fever

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chlamydial epididymitis

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17
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reiters syndrome

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inflammatory arthritis of large joints
-young men - aged 20-40

caused by chlamydia trochamitis

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18
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fitz-hugh-curtis syndrome

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infection of liver capsule with Sx of RUQ pain in men and women

-either cylamydia or gonoccocal infection

19
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lymphogranuloma venereum

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caused by chlamydia trachomatis

  • painless bump on genitals that heals
  • migrate to regional nodes - tender and may break open
20
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psittacosis

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caused by chlamydia psittaci
-common with bird breeders, vets, pet shop workers, poultry slaughterhouse workers

atypical pneumonia

21
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atypical pneumonia in bird handler

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chlamydia psittaci

-psittacosis

22
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atypical pneumonia

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viruses
mycobacterium pneumoniae
chlamydophila

23
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TWAR

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species of chlamydophila pneumonia

  • causes atypical pneumonia
  • original isolation in taiwan
24
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small, non-motile, gram negative rod

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rickettsia
-obligate intracellular parasite

requires arthropod vector

25
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tropism for endothelial cells

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rickettsia

26
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Weil felix test

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uses proteus vulgaris antigens to confirm rickettsial diagnosis

Ox-2, Ox-19, Ox-K

27
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rockettsia rockettsii

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rocky mountain spotted fever
-tick bite

fever, conjunctival redness, headache, rash wrists and ankles to soles and palms then to trunk

most in south east US
-often resolves - can result in death

28
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fever, conjunctival redness, headache, rash on soles of feet and palms

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rocky mountain spotted fever

-positive Ox-2 and Ox-19

29
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rickettsialpox

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caused by rickettsia akaria
-transmitted via mites

initial localized skin bump turns to blister

  • fever and headache develop
  • vesicles appear all over body
30
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epidemic typhus

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caused by rickettsial prowazekii
-positive Ox-19

-flying squirrel reservoir

abrupt fever, headache

  • small pink macules on upper trunk - then entire body
  • spares palms, soles, and face
31
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epidemic

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sudden onset and rapid spread of infection

32
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endemic

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infection existing constantly throughout population

33
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brill-zinsser disease

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rickettsia prowazekii breaks out of latent state
-no skin rash**

diagnosis - rise in IgG for ricketsia prowazekii

IgM - occurs in primary infection

34
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endemic typhus

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rickettsia typhi

  • flea born
  • fever, headache, flat bumpy rash develops
35
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tsutsugamushi fever

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caused by rickettsia tsutsugamushi

-asian and southwest pacific

spread by chiggers (larvae) of mites

  • high fever, headache, scab at original bite site
  • flat bumpy rash develops
36
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traveler returns from sub-saharan africa with unexplained fever

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rickettsia africae

37
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trench fever

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caused by bartonella quintana

-not an obligate intracellular organism

  • high fever, rash, headache, severe back and leg pain
  • recover - then relapse 5 days later
  • multiple relapses
38
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high fever, rash, headache, severe back and leg pain

-recover, then relapse five days later

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trench fever

-bartonella quintana

39
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cat-scratch disease

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bartonella henselae

  • follows cat scratch of bite
  • low grade fever and malaise
40
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Q fever

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coxiella burnetti

no endospore form

  • resistant to heat and drying
  • extracellular existence - outside host cell
  • non-arthropod transmission
  • mild pneumonia may develop
  • no rash

abrupt fever and soaking sweats with pneumonia

41
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cylamydia serotypes

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A,B,C - trachoma - scarring inside eyelid

D-K - inclusion conjunctivitis, nongonococcal urethritis, PID

42
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diagnosis of urethritis

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PCR of urethral swap or urine sample

43
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positive Ox-K

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rickettsia tsutsugumashi

44
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positive Ox-19

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rickettsia prowazekii or rickettsia typhi