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1
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which of these are Gram + spore forming rods?

a - corynebacterium diphtheria
b - bacillus anthracis
c - clostridium perfringens
d - listeria monocytogenes
e - b & c

A

e - b & c

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what bacteria is a Gram - rod that is found in intestines of humans and animals and widely distributed on plants, in soil and water

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E. coli

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what are the major pathogens of Gram - enteric rods

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  • Escherichia
  • shigella
  • salmonella
  • vibrio
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what can be caused by normal flora strains of E. coli that escape from the intestinal tract and colonize other body sites

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  • UTI
  • invasive disease (septicemia, neonatal meningitis)
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what is in the normal intestinal flora and is the leading cause of both community-acquired and nosocomial infections

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E. coli

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what can be caused by “new” strains of E. coli that have acquired additional virulence factors

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gastroenteritis (diarrhea)

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what is the transmission of E. coli

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  • trauma
  • immune suppression
  • fecal-oral spread
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what are the virulence factors of E. coli

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  • LPS endotoxin (inflammation)
  • enterotoxins
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what are examples of enterotoxins

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  • plasmid coded enterotoxins
  • heat-liable toxin (LT)
  • heat-stable toxin (ST)
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10
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what causes the activation of adenylate cyclase leading to fluid secretion and diarrhea and is related to the cholera toxin family

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heat=liable toxin (LT)

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what is a small peptide that increases fluid secretion and diarrhea

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heat-stable toxin (ST)

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what is the colonization and inflammation of a UTI

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  • bladder (cystitis)
  • invade and replicate in epithelial cells
  • ascends to kidney (pyelonephritis)
  • spread to bloodstream
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what is the main cause of neonatal meningitis

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vaginal normal flora E. coli colonizes the infant at birth during passage through the birth canal

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90% of vaginal normal flora E. coli express ___

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capsule

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15
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how does systemic inflammation or septic shock occur

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stimulated by large amounts of endotoxins in intestinal E. coli that crosses epithelial surfaces and invades the bloodstream of a patient with immune impairment or mechanical damage

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what bacteria is closely related to E. coli but is NOT normal flora

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shigella

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17
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___ causes classical bacterial dysentery

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S. dysenteriae

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18
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T/F shigella involves intracellular growth

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true

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19
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what is a virulence factor of shigella

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plasmids that encode proteins for attachment / entry into intestinal epithelial cells

20
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what population is bacterial dysentery most common in

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pediatric

21
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what is shigella’s exotosin

A

shiga toxin

22
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what does shiga toxin cause

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transfer of lysogenic phage chromosome to E. coli making it lethal and inhibiting protein synthesis thus damaging endothelial cells in the intestinal mucosa and systemically in kidneys

23
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what is colonization of large intestines with invasion and replication within colonic epithelial cells causing erosion of the large intestine epithelia

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bacterial dysentery

24
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what are signs and symptoms of shigella

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  • cramps, painful straining, bloody mucoid discharge
  • large numbers of leukocytes & RBCs in stool
  • fever
25
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what is the primary reservoir of salmonella

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intestinal tract of animals (birds, cattle, pet reptiles, etc.)

26
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how do humans become infected with salmonella

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ingestion of contaminated food or water or feces from infected animals

27
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what are the 2 forms of disease that salmonella can cause

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  • gastroenteritis
  • typhoid fever
28
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what specific bacteria causes gastroenteritis

A

s. typhimurium

29
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what specific bacteria causes typhoid fever

A

s. typhi

30
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salmonella has ___ survival and growth & remains only at the ___

A

intracellular, intestinal epithelium

31
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what is found only in S. typhi

A

Vi capsule

32
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what does S. typhi lack

A

exotoxins/enterotoxins

33
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what are the 2 current typhoid fever vaccines

A
  • purified Vi capsule polysaccharide
  • live attenuated Ty 21a strain
34
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what are the visible characteristics of vibrio cholera

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curved, Gram - rods with single polar flagella

35
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what is the preferred environment of vibrio

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surface waters worldwide that grow over wide ranges of temperatures with high pH

36
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what is the exotoxin of V. cholerae

A

cholera enterotoxin

37
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what does cholera enterotoxin do

A

chemically modifies adenylate cyclase and stimulates fluid secretion in intestinal epithelial cells

38
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what are the clinical manifestations of cholera

A

rice water stool, dehydration, electrolyte imbalance

caused by colonization of mucosal surface of the upper small intestine

39
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what is the treatment for cholera

A

fluid replacement

40
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what is the recent cholera vaccine

A

Vaxchora

41
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how does Vaxchora work

A

oral, live attenuated V. cholerae 01 with toxin lacking A subunit that triggers protective mucosal Ab to whole bacterium and to the toxin B subunit

42
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is there a vaccine for cholera?

a - yes its a live strain of vibrio
b - yes its a subunit of vibrio toxin
c - no not yet
d - yes its a closely related strain of salmonella

A

a - yes its a live strain of vibrio

43
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what is the Vi capsule that is important in Typhoid Fever?

a - capsule seen only on S. Typhi bacteria
b - important in using live Salmonella as a vaccine
c - it is antiphagocytic
d - all of these

A

d - all of these

44
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which is NOT a toxin E, coli can acquire by horizontal gene exchange and become dangerous?

a - shiga toxin
b - heat stable toxin
c - heat liable toxin
d - LPS endotoxin
e - all of these are E. coli toxins

A

e - all of these are E. coli toxins

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