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Pathogens flashies Flashcards

1
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microbiota

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normal florapart of the innate immunitydo not cause disease (do some good)

commensalists or mutualists

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how much does normal flora weigh?

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5-10 pounds1/3 in feces also lots on skin

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commensalism

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neither harm or benefit the carrying host

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benefits of flora?

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produce Vit K

absorb nutrients

secrete bacteriocins

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mutualism

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symbioitic relationship between two organisms where both benefit

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bacteriocins

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released by normal flora to kill other bacteria

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penicillinase bacteria

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can interfere with therapy

breaks down penicillin

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harm of flora

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can be come pathogenic outside of normal niche

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streptococcus viridans

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in mouth

can get to heart during dental procedures and results in infections endocarditis

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opportunistic pathogens?

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normal flora outside of normal location can cause problems

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resident normal flora?

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costant and well defined

role in interference-compete for binding site, nutrients, and create metabolic/toxic products and bacteriocidins

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13
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three types of microbiota?

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resident, transient, colonzation

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colonization?

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establishment of microbial population

acquisition of a new organism

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15
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flora in utero?

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we are sterile
develop flora through birth canal, breast feeding, bottle feeding

facultative flora - acquired from oral exposure to feces

strict anaerobes can colonize only after sufficient facultative organisms are established enough that oxygen concentration are maintained at reduced levels

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16
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two basic mechanisms of pathogens?

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invasion of tissue

production of toxins

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transient normal flora?

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from travelexposure to abnormal environment

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18
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different ways to invade host tissue?

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capsule
adaptations
extracellular enzymes that degrade host tissues

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invasiveness

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ability to invade host tissues

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LD50

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percent dead vs. dose

measure of virulence

dose to kill half population

ID50

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virulence

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combination of invasiveness and toxigenicity

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factors involved in the communicability of a disease?

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source (both dormant and latent (carriers))

number of agents released by host

capability of surviving the transit (host to host

)percent of host susceptible to agent

ID50 - infected vs. dose

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ID50

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infected vs. dose

dose require to infect half population

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communicability

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transmission of infectious disease

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25
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exotoxins

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secreted protieins

are heat labile

found mostly in gram-positive

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26
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what is found in gram-positive cells?

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exotoxins

example –> TSS syndrome exotoxins

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endotoxins

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complex polysaccharides (LPS) that are part of bacterial cell wall-released when cell lysis occurs

generally heat stable

found in gram negative bacteria

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toxigenicity

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production of toxins

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29
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pathogenic process?

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adhere

evade local immunity

replicate

evade systemic immunity

must escape body for transmission to new host

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30
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what is found in gram-negative cells?

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endotoxins

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31
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intracellular pathogens produce?

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chronic disease

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32
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what are the stages of infection?

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incubation (virus or bacteria is replicating)

prodrome (non-specific symptoms)

specific-illness (have characteristic signs/symptoms)

recovery

latent infections

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33
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prodrome period

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stage of infection where you have non-specific illnesses

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34
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viruses

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are obligate intracellular parasites

may be either DNA or RNA (single or double stranded)

surrounded by protein capsid

some viruses have envelope -from host cell

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virus replication

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must attach to host cell

gets in
bunch of shit happens.

uncoating releases the viral gneome to be replicated

new viral proteins are packaged and released

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non-enveloped virus entry to cell?

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pinocytosis or translocation

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37
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enveloped virus entry to cell?

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fusion b/c the envelope is a phopholipid layer

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38
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extracellular pathogens produce?

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acute disease

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39
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cytolytic infection

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viral infection leading to cell lysis and release of large numbers of visions

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abortive infections

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virus infects a cell that doesn’t permit its replication

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41
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rhinovirus

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most common viral infective agent-common cold

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42
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persistent infections

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viral infection that my be productive, latent, or transforming

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43
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rhinovirus structure

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single strand positive sense RNA and capsid

no envelope

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44
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two modes of transmission for rhinovirus?

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aerosol of respiratory dropletscontaminated surface

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45
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viral proteins of rhinovirus?

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proteins transcribed as single, long polypeptide and cleaved into structural and nonstructural viral proteins

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bacterial cell wall

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basis for classifaction of bacteria by gram staining

47
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gram positive bacteria

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thick layer of peptidoglycan on surface

also have lipotechoic acids (only gram +) that appear on the cell wall surface

48
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bacteria

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unicellular prokaryote microorganisms

49
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gram-negative bacteria

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thin peptidoglycan located between cytoplasmic and second outer membrane (periplasmic space)

have lipopolysaccharide in outer membranealso have lipid A

50
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peptidoglycan

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polymer of N-acetylmuramic acid and N-acetylglucosamine

51
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gram-negative staining?

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appear red

52
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cocci

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spherical bacteria

53
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bacilli

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rod-like bacteria

54
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spirochetes

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corkscrew bacteria

55
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flagella

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bacterial structure allowing for motility-composed of flagellins that are also immunogenic

56
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monotrichous

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single polar flagella

57
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lophotrichous

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several polar flagella

58
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amphitrichous

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several flagella at each end

59
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peritrichous

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flagella cover entire surface

60
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pili

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bacterial appendage that are sortsex pili and common pili

61
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sex pili

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involved in conjugation and transfer of genetic information from one cell to another

62
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bacteria transmission

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many require human to human

some can survive in environment

63
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endospore

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resistant to heat, radiation, drying

dormancy for hundreds of years WOWZA

64
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common pili

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provides means for attachment to host cells and often play an important role in colonization

65
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capsules

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bacterial structure with high MW polysaccharide

66
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capsule

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strongly adhered to cell wallgenetically and phenotypically controlled

67
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slime layer

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loosely associated with bacteria

68
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aerobic bacteria

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require oxygen

69
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anaerobic bacteria

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energy from fermentationoxygen can be poisonous to these bacteria

70
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clostridium difficile

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gram positive, rod-shaped, spore former

obligate anaerobe

part of normal flora

has toxin A - enterotoxin - fluid accumulation in intestine

also toxin B - cytopathic agent
patient secretes large number of spores
PC–> plaques from toxin B buildup
can’t compete with normal intestinal flora

71
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facultative anaerobes

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grow under aerobic conditions and can also ferment

72
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toxin B in c. dificile?

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cytopathic agent

plaques from toxin b buildup

73
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toxin A in c. dificile?

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fluid accumulation - diarrhea

74
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fungi

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either yeast or mold

75
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mold

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long filamentous fungi

forms a mat (mycelium)

76
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thermally dimorphic fungi

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change from mold to yeast depending on temperature

ambient (room) temperature - mold

in host tissues - yeast

77
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yeast

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single cell fungi (oval or round)

78
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fungi metabolism?

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most are aerobes
some facultative anaerobes

**no strict anaerobes

requires carbon source

79
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candida

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yeast at ambient temp and mold in host tissue**exception to most thermally dimorphic fungi

80
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cell wall of fungi?

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has chitinalso ergosterol and zymosterol

81
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ergosterol and zymosterol

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in cell membrane of fungi

82
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superficial mycoses

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dead layers of skin/hair - mostly cosmetic

not major harm

83
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subQ mycoses

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get into deeper layers

can often remember trauma

single location

from environment

84
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chitin

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in cell wall of fungi

85
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cutaueous mycoses

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epidermis, hair, nailsnot doing lots of harm

86
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systemic or deep mycoses

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internal organsimmunocompromised host-not a good prognosisno human-human transmissiondependent on geographic nichemost are sub-clinical

87
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candida albicans

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part of natural flora fungi

both yeast and mold

opportunistic in immunocompromised individuals

88
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mycoses

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fungal infection

89
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thrush and vaginitis?

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candida albicans superficially

90
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candidemia

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aka fungemiasystemic fungal infection of candida albicans

91
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parasite

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one organism harms the other

92
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metazoans

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multicellular parasite-worms

Helminthes (nematodes, platyhelminthes, cestodes, trematodes)

93
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arthropods

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parasite insects

ex/ lice

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protozoan

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single cell parasite with membrane bound nucleus

95
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host

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organism where parasite obtains nutrients

96
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definitive host

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where parasite reaches sexual maturity

97
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intermediate host

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where parasite passes through larval or asexual stages

98
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reservoir host

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other than the normal host in which parasite is capable of living and serving as a source of infestation

get rid of reservoir, get rid of parasite

99
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accidental host

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other than normal host

100
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modes of transmission for parasites?

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direct-ingestion,
skin penetration,
inhalation,
person-to-person

indirect-vector, transplantation/transfusions

101
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single-host parasites

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human to human contact

oral-fecal T vaginalis and E. histolytica

102
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multiple host parasites

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require two or more hosts to complete life cycle

can be limited to geographical area

103
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what causes more disease and misery than any other group of agents?

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protozoa

according to WHO

104
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protozoans

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eukaryotic

large variation in size

true nucleus and cytoplasm

105
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vector

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carrier that transmits causative agent of disease from infected to non-infected

106
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trophozoites

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active form of protozoa (fragile)

107
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nematodes

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round worms

tough outer cuticle (what eosinophils break down)

have separate organ systems and sexes

intestinal tract and blood

108
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soil-transmitted helminthiasis

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STH
ascaris, necator, ancylostoma, trichurisin

5-14 year old age range

all cause nutritional impairment leading to cognitive impairment

109
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platyheliminthes

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tape worms

flatted ribbon shaped bodies

proglottids - generated by neck

110
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proglottids

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egg of platyhelminthes that is secreted in fecal matter

neck generates the proglottids

111
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FMT

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fecal matter transplant

treats c. dificile non-responsive to standard therapy (vancomycin

restoration of normal fecal microbiota

112
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cyst

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dormant form of protozoa (resilient)

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