Microbiology/Pathology Flashcards
B cells complete maturation in ___ and migrate to ____.
bone marrow; lymphoid organs
T cells complete maturation in the ___ and become ___.
thymus; thymocytes
Life span of B cells
short life span
Life span of T cells
Long life span
T cells are important in ____ immunity, Type ___ hypersensitivity
cell-mediated immunity; Type IV (contact dermatitis)
T cells lack __ receptors but have ___, which recognize a unique Ag only in conjunction with MHC proteins
IgG; CD3
CD8+ lymphocytes release ___ and induce ___.
perforins; apoptosis
____ potentiates the growth of NK cells.
IL-2
Helper T cells (TH cells) aka
CD4+ lymphocytes
Cytotoxic T-cells (Tc cells)
CD8+ lymphocytes
Plasma cells Ig what are expressed on surface as antigen receptors?
IgM and IgD
Ig receptors found in B cells
IgM and IgG
RAAS=
Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
Renin (proteolytic enzyme, released by kidneys) stimulates formation of ____ in blood –>stimulates release of ___ from adrenal coretex
angiotensin; aldosterone
Renin release stimulated by
- sympathetic stimulation
hypotension
decreased sodium delivery
Nonsense mutation
results in stop codon that translates into premature chain termination.
Missense mutation
Results in a difference in the aa added to a going pp chain (e.g. valine replaces glutamate causing sick cell anemia)
Silent mutation
no detectable change (e.g. serine stays serine though 3rd base changed.
Metaplasia
change in cell type
“reversible” change where one adult cell type is replaced by another adult cell type.
Hyperplasia
increase in cell number
hypertrophy
increase in cell size
atrophy
decrease in cell size
etiology of localized aggressive periodontitis and periodontitis in juvenile diabetes
Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans (Aa)
S. mutans produces dextransucrase, which catalyzes the formation of ____, which contribultes to the formation of___.
glucans; dental plaque
Dental plaque holds ___ which is procued by S. mutans.
lactic acid.
Streptococci found in dental plaque
S. sanguis (produce H2O2)
S. mutans (is aciduric and produces lactic acid)
S. salivarius (found in saliva and oral soft tissue)
S. mitis (produces H2O2)
Etiology of necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (NUG)
prevotella intermedia
Ringworm aka
tinea corporis- trunk, extremities, and face
Fungi description
eukaryotic, complex cell wall, Gram +, grow in Sabouraud medium, DNA and RNA
infections
Dermatophytes-members of keratinophiilic (keratin digesting) soil fungi include
Microsproum and Trichophyton-human and animal
epidermophyton-human
Dimorphism (fungi that form diff. structures at diff. temperatures) ex.
blastomyces, histoplasma, coccidioides, sporothrix schenckii
examples of sexual spores include
zygospores, ascospores, basidiospores
Fungal spores completely killed when
heated at 80C for 30 minutes
Fungus producing sexual spores termed
teleomorph
2 types of asexual spores (anamorph)
sprangiospores and conidia
Coccidioidomycosis aka
Valley fever or San Joaquin fever
Disease caused by inhaling spores of a fungus called coccidioides immitis.
Blastomycosis aka
Gilchrist disease or North America blastomycosis
Disease caused by a fungus, blastomyces deratitidis, inhaltation of airborn conidia (spores) after distrubance of contamined soil.
Histoplasmosis
Disease caused by Histoplasma capsulatum.
Asymptomatic, can cause granulomatous, TB-like infection.
Yeast cells found in macrophages
Mucormycosis
In immunocompromised pts, and poorly controlled diabetes mellitus.
Sym: rhino -orbital-cerebral and pulmonary infections
Aspergillosis infection
caused by type of mold.
Affect respiratory system
Leading cause of death in people with leukemia.
Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) or pneumocystosis
form of pneumonia, caused by yeast-like fungus
In lungs of healthy people as opportunistic infection for people with HIV etc
Amebiasis
intestinal illness caused by entamoeba histolytica (parasite).
sym: amebic dysentery (bloody, mucus containing diarrhea)
Cryptosporidiosis
Caused by intestional protozoan, Cryptosporidium parvum.
Sym: watery diarrhea (this Parvaneh Khanoom)
Worse in immunocompromised pts.
Nematodes (roundworms)-3 types
Tissue-dwelling
Human intestinal
Zoonotic
Trematodes (flukes)-flat leaf-shaped worms includes what 3
Blood flukes
Lung flukes
Intestinal/hepatic flukes
Swish and swallow treatment
nystatin and clotrimazole
Penicillin Drugs
Penicillin VK
Amoxicillin
Ampicillin
Penicillin action
inhibits cell wall synthesis
Macrolide action
Antibiotics that are primarily bacteriostatic, by binding to 50S subunit of ribosome, they inhibit bacterial protein synthesis
Macrolide
ACE
Azithromycin (Z-pak)
Clarithromycin (Biaxin)
Erythromycin
Penicillin-like in action against bacteria are
cephalosporins
Tetracycline used to treat
acne, honorrhea, syphilis, chronic bronchitis, Mycoplasma, Chlamydia, Rickettsia infections.
“gold standard” to treat life -threatening systemic fungal infections
amphotericin B
Adjuvant approved in humans and animals
Humans-alum (aluminum hydroxide and MF59)
animals–freund complete adjuvant
Toxoid
bacterial toxin whose toxicity has been weakened or destroyed by either chemical or heat treatment.
Naturally active
exposed to Ag and body produces Ab.
e.g. recovery of inf. with mumps virus gives lifelong immunity
Most infectious known blood-borne pathogen
Hep B
Quaternary ammonium compounds
cationic detergent.
Used as disinfectants and antiseptics
bacterial spore has high concentration of
calcium bound to dipicolinic acid
melanoma describe growth phases
radial (initial phase)-horizonal-lack the capacity to metastasize
Vertical (later phase)-tumor invade downward. metastatic potential
Superficial spreading melanoma
most common
large flat irregularly pigmented legion. Radial growth phase predominates
Nodular melanoma
Most aggressive type.
Rapidly growing nodule that bleeds and ulcerates
Vertical growth phase predominates.
Poorest prognosis.
Lentigo maligna
On sun exposed skin.
Radial growth predominates.
Usu. develops from pre-existing lentigo maligna (Hutchinson freckle)