Mycobacteria Flashcards
Luciferase assay for drug resistance
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Ziehl Neelsen
Kinyoun
Slow growing on Lowenstein Jensen medium
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Most important virulence factor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Cord factor
Tuberculin surface protein
Delayed hypersensitivity
M tb
Exported repetitive protein
Sulfatides
Prevent phagosome-lysosomal fusion
M tb
Ghon’s focus in middle or lower lobes
Ranke’s complex
Primary TB
Simon’s focus in apices
Cicatricial changes, subpleural blebs, cavitation
Reactivation tb
PPD
_ mm for HIV/AIDS, ICC, old TB
_ mm for HR population
_ mm for LR population
5
10
15
New smear positive
New smear negative with extensive disease
New severe extrapulmonary TB
2 HRZE
4 HR
Sputum smear positive
Relapse, treatment failure, defaulter
2 HRZES
1 HRZE
5 HRE
New smear negative other than category I
New less severe extrapulmonary disease
2 HRZE
4 HR
BCG Vaccine
Limit extent of the disease
Treatment of bladder cancer
Pulmonary disease in ICC hosts
MAC
Azithromycin
M leprae is transmitted by prolonged exposure to _ of patients with lepromatous form.
Nasal secretions
Few hypopigmented anesthetic plaques and thickened superficial nerves Little tissue destruction Few number of AFB Low transmission Present cell mediated response Postive lepromin skin test
Tuberculoid leprosy