Other Bacteria Flashcards
Undulating fever
Brucellosis from contaminated dairy
Brucella abortus
Enumerate the Zoonoses
Bugs From Your Pets Brucella abortus Francisella tularensis Yersinia pestis Pasteurella multocida
Treatment for undulating fever
Doxycycline plus rifampin
Tularemia
Francisella tularensis
DOC for Francisella tularensis
Streptomycin or Gentsmicin
Transmission of Tularemia
Ticks
Most virulent bacteria causing bubonic pneumonic septicemic plague
Yersinia pestis
Reservoir of Yersinia pestis
Rodents
Transmission of Yersinia pestis
Flea bite
Inhalation
DOC for Yersinia pestis
Streptomycin and Tetracycline
Infections from animal bites
Pasteurella multocida
DOC for Infections from animal bites
Penicillin g
Characterized as buttered colonies with musty odor due to indole production
Infections from animal bites
An enyme that produces light from fireflies, for drug resistance in mycobacterium tuberculosis
Luciferase - luciferase assay
Prevents phagosome lysosomal fusion/intercellular digestion in mycobacterium tuberculosis
Sulfatides (exported repetitive protein)
Most imporatant virulence factor in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
COrd factor that prevents leukocyte migration
Elicits delayed hypersensitivity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tuberculin surface protein
It is a granuloma surrounded by fibrous tissue that has undergone central caseation
Tubercle
Radiologically detectable calcification in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Rankes complex
Reactivation TB
Simons focus
Usually in apices
Great mimicker of TB
Paragonimus
Histoplasma capsulatum
Other uses of BCG aside from TB prevention
Threatment for Urinary Bladder Cancer
Cause pulmonary disease in immunocompromised hosts
Mycobacterium avium intacellulare complex
DOC for Mycobacterium avium intacellulare complex
Azithromycin
Reservoir of M laprae
Humans
Armadillos
Treatment for Tuberculoid Leprosy
Dapsone
Rifampin
Treatment for Lepromatous Leprosy
Dapsone
Rifampin
Clofazimine