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Calicivirus

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Viral gastroenteritis

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Paramyxovirus

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Parainfluenza virus - croup (laryngotracheobronchitis)
RSV (bronchiolitis)
Measles
Mumps

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Parvovirus

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B19
– Aplastic crises in sickle cell anemia patients; symmetric peripheral arthropathy in females
– Erythema infectiosum (5th disease) in children - “slapped cheek” appearance
– Hydrops fetalis in fetus

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Rubella

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Maculopapular rash
Occipital and posterior cervical lymphadenopathy
Rash spreads head –> inferiorly –> trunk and extremities

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Aspergillus fumigatus

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V-shaped (acute angle) branching hyphae

Invasive aspergillosis in IMMUNOCOMPROMISED patients (neutropenics)
Fungus balls in old lung cavities

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)

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Rhizopus & Mucor

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NON-SEPTATE hyphae at RIGHT angles
Infect paranasal sinuses

Diabetics, burns, immunocompromised

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Facial/periorbital pain, headache, purulent nasal discharge; black eschar on palate or nasal turbinates can be seen; what does organism look like?

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Mucor, Rhizopus, Absidia fungi
Only in mold form
Broad, nonseptate hyphase that branch @ wide, often 90o angles

Rx: surgical debridement of necrotic tissue; amphotericin B

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What other organisms share similar site of infection as Mucor/Rhizopus?

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Invasive aspergillosis

Unlike Mucor&Rhizopus, Aspergillus has septate hyphase that branch at 45 angles (V-shaped branching)

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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Meningitis + lung infections (AIDS)
Yeast form - spread by respiratory droplets
HIV patient exposed to soil + bird droppings
Yeast has thick polysaccharide capsule - avoids phagocytosis
India ink stain of CSF (wide clear zone around nucleus)

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Vibrio cholera

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Water-borne gastroenteritis
Oxidase-positive, gram-negative rods
Prefers highly ALKALINE environment

Pts. w/ achlorhydria or been on proton pump inhibitor meds for a long time (e.g. Omeprazole) at risk because stomach loses its acidity –> Cholera passes through stomach to inhabit small intestine

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Rhabdoviridae (Rabies)

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SS RNA virus - bullet shaped w/ glycoprotein spikes
Binds acetylcholine receptors
Pts infected: agitation, phayngospasm, hypersalivation

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Viruses + Cellular Receptor
1. CMV
2. EBV
3. HIV
4. Rabies
5. Rhinovirus

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EBV = CR2 (CD21)
HIV = CD4 & CXCR4/CCR5
Rabies = Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
Rhinovirus = ICAM1 (CD54)

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X-linked recessive

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Oblivious females will give her boys her x-Linked diseases.

Ocular albinism
Fabry’s
Wiskott-Aldrich
G6PD Deficiency
Hemophilia A&B
Brutton’s agammaglobulinemia
Hunter’s syndrome
Lesch-Nyhan
Duchenne’s dystrophy

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Parvovirus B19

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Erythema infectiosum (5th disease)
Aplastic crises (sickle cell anemia pts.)
Hydrops fetalis (~20th weeks)

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Encapsulated organisms

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Neisseria
Haemophilus
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Salmonella
Klebsiella
Group B Strep

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L. monocytogenes (Listeria)

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Immunocompromised
Unpasteurized milk, undercooked meats, unwashed veggies
Tumbling motility

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Vaccine: Capsular polysaccharide

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S. pneumoniae
N. meningitidis
H. influenzae

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Vaccine: Live attenuated bacteria

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BCG - tuberculosis & typhi (outside US)
Measles, mumps, rotavirus, Varicella zoster, SABIN

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Vaccine: Killed bacteria

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Anthrax
Cholera
Pertussis
Plague (Yersinia pestis)

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Vaccine: Inactivated toxin

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Diphtheria
Tetanus

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Vaccine: Recombinant surface protein

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Hep B

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Mycoplasma

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LACK peptidoglycan wall
Treat w/ Macrolides or Tetracyclines

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Spirochetes

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Syphilis
Borelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)
Leptospira

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Cold agglutinins

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Mycoplasma infection

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Positive FTA-ABS

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T. pallidum (syphilis)

Can also use VDRL test, RRP test (cardiolipin)

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Herpes simplex

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VESICULAR skin lesions
DNA virus - enveloped & icosahedral
Neonates - encephalitis

stress brings about HSV-1 outbreaks

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TORCH (congenital diseases)

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Toxoplasmosis - chorioretinitis, intracranial calcifications (mom exposure to cat litterbox)

CMV - blueberry muffin rash, petechiae (vs. rubella - rubella has PDA, cataracts, deafness)

Rubella - cataracts, blueberry muffin rash

Syphilis - saddle nose, hemorraghing from nose, Hutchinson’s teeth (saber shins)

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**Vaginal itching (yeast infection) - discharge

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White - Candida
Pseudohyphae and budding yeasts (20C); Germ tubes (37C)

Yellow - Trichimonas

Grey - BV (bacterial vaginosis)

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Poxvirus

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Only DNA virus that replicates in cytoplasm (all others replicate in nucleus)

dsDNA complex lipid envelope

Only DNA virus that is brick shaped (all other DNA viruses are icosahedral)

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Giardia lamblia

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Explosive flatulence (chocolate fatty - bad smell!)
Watery diarrhea, recent travels
Crescent shaped protozoa

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Entamoeba histolytica

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Bloody diarrhea - cysts or trophozoites in stool
Flask shaped ulcers

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Klebsiella

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Current jelly sputum
Alcohol/hospital

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RSV

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Pediatrics

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HIV

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Diagnose babies that has positive ELISA and Western Blot

PCR - how much of the virus is there (confirmatory HIV infection)

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Naegleria fowleri

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Encephalitis

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Missouri, Ohio (Central US)

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Histoplasmosis - hides inside macrophages (intracellular yeast)

Pilot’s wheel: paracoiccidiodes
Encapsulated budding yeast: Coccidioides

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Trichomonas

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Motile trophozoites
Vaginal itching - yellow

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Picornavirus

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ssRNA virus, nonsegmented naked
Coxsackie

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S. aureus

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Protein A (keeps itself from being phagocytosed)
causes abscess

Gram +, coagulase +, catalase +

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HPV

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Owl’s eyes inclusions - CMV
Cowdry - Herpes
Negri bodies - rabies

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RSV - paramyxovirus

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Kid - pneumonia, bronchiolitis

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Group B Strep

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Strep Agalactiae
Newborn - nuchal rigidity, bulging fontanelles (meningitis)

Bacitracin resistant

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Silver staining cyst

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Pneumocystic jirovecii

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Sporotrichosis

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Roses - gardener

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Varicella, Zoster

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Sacral root ganglia - HSV2
Trigeminal root ganglia - HSV1

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Plamodium falciparum

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WORSE malarial type! Southeast Asia

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Babesiosis

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Northeast US (New England)

48
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Charcoal yeast extract

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Legionellla pneumophila

49
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PML

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JC virus reactivation
Giant cell oligodendrocytes
De-myelination (white matter)

HIV/AIDS patients

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Mumps

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Orchitis, parotid glands swollen

Synctia formation - many cells conglomeruate to make a giant cell (avoid antibodies this way)

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Pnuemocystis jirovecii

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Pulmonary problem in AIDS patient

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Clostridium botulinum

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Spores - affect babies
Toxin - affect adults
Floppy baby syndrome

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Differentiate btwn EHEC, EIEC, Shigella

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EIEC - does NOT make a toxin

EHEC - HUS (anemia, thrombocytopenia, acute renal failure) – remember triad!! Doesn’t ferment sorbitol

Shigella - invades host cells (removes adenine from rRNA)

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Lecithinase production

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Clostridium perfringens

Lecithinase also called alpha toxin or PHOSPHOLIPASE C

destroys RBCs, Leukocytes, endothelial cells –> tissue necrosis “gas gangrene”

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Guillain-Barre syndrome (etiological cause)

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Demyelinating syndrome of peripheral nerves (ascending muscle weakness/paralysis)

Campylobacter jejuni –> infectious diarrhea

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Virus w/ partially double-stranded circular DNA molecule; has RT DNA polymerase; makes intermediate + single-stranded RNA template & dsDNA progeny

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Hepatitis B

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Viruses with segmented genomes; clinical significance of segmented genome?

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Influenza virus (orthomyxovirus)
Rotavirus

Segmented genome allows for genetic reassortment –> genetic shifts occur

contrast w/ genetic drift (via point mutations)

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Patient has sharply demarcated salmon-colored plaques - loosely adherent, silvery scale; some nail changes; what other complaints will patient have?

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Psoriasis (condition)
associated w/ psoriatic arthritis (potential complication)

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How can NSAIDs cause adverse pulmonary symptoms?

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Inhibit COX pathway –> shunts over to leukotriene pathway –> precipiate asthma attacks

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HIV virus env gene

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env gene glycosylated –> gp160
gp160 proteolytically cleaved in ER –> gp120 and gp41

gp120 = viral absorption by binding to CD4 receptor

gp41 anchors gp120 through noncovalent bonds - mediates fusion process

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Candidiasis - who is at risk?

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HIV+ patients
Diabetes mellitus
Cancer
Asthma patients on oral/inhaled steroids
Systemic antibiotic therapy
Dentures

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Produces potent exotoxin associated w/ cardiac and neural toxicity

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C. diphtheriae –> bacterial toxin-mediated axonal damage

also causes pseudomembranous pharyngitis

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Difference btwn EHEC O157:H7 and rest of E. coli

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EHEC unable to ferment sorbitol on MacConkey agar & lacks glucuronidase

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EHEC

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hemorrhagic colitis (undercooked hamburger meat)

Shiga-like toxin inactivate 60S ribosomal subunit

HUS – thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, renal insufficienct (uremia)

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ETEC toxins

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LT and ST

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Bacteria toxins that activate adenylate cyclase (cAMP)

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Pertussis toxin
Edema factor (B. anthracis)
Heat labile toxin (ETEC)
C. jejuni enterotoxin (Campylobacter jejuni)
Heat labile enterotoxin (Bacillus cereus)
Choleragen toxin (V. cholerae)

Increase cAMP –> increased secretion of Na+, Cl-, and H20 into intestinal lumen –> diarrhea

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Bacteria toxins that activate guanylate cyclase (cGMP)

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Heat stable toxin (ETEC)
Y. enterocolitica enterotoxin (Yersinia enerocolitica)

Increase intracellular cGMP –> watery diarrhea + electrolyte loss

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Bacteria toxins that inactivate EF-2

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Diphtheria toxin
Exotoxin A (Pseudomonas aeruginosa)

Inhibit protein synthesis (catalyze ADP-ribosylation of EF-2 –> protein inactivated)

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Bacteria exotoxin that disrupts cytoskeleton

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Clostridium difficile –> depolymerize actin –> cell death

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Mechanism by which Shigellosis initiates infection

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Specificity to M cells in Peyer’s patches in ileum (endocytosis)

S. sonnei common in US
Ulceration w/ hemorrhage & diarrhea

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Common cause of otitis media; vaccine against what part of bacteria?

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H. influenzae common cause of otitis media

Vaccine against polysaccharide capsule – strains that do not produce capsule = nontypable; Nontypable is not susceptible to Hib vaccine

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Blastomycosis dermatitidis

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Great Lakes, Missisippi, Ohio River
found in mold form in soil and animals (dogs, horses)

flu-like illness: pleuritic chest pain, hemoptysis

pulmonary blastomycosis –> granuloma formation

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Virulence factor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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“Serpentine” pattern - prescence of cord factor

Cord factor = mycoside = two mycolic acid molecules bound to disaccharide trehalose

Cord factor inactivates neutrophils, damages mitochondria, induces release of tumor necrosis factor

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Superantigens of Staph and Strep; mechanism?

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Widespread T cell activation - bind nonspecifically to T cell receptors and CD4+ T cells

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ETEC
Campylobacter jejuni
Vibrio cholera
Yersinia enterocolitica

Mechanism of pathogenesis?

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Release exotoxins –> electrolyte transport

cAMP –> active efflux of Na+ and Cl- –> water follows –> diarrhea

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Clostridium perfringens

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Release alpha-toxin or phospholipase C –> degrades cell membrane phospholipids –> cell destruction

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Prophylactic Rx for M. tuberculosis or positive PPD conversion

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Isoniazid

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Rifampin is prophylactic Rx for what organisms?

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Neisseria meningitidis
H. influenzae

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Penicillin is treatment for which organisms?

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Treponema (syphilis)
Neisseria (gonorrhea)
Gram + bacteria

80
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TMP-SMX is prophylactic treatment for what organisms?

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Pneumocystis jiroveci - pneumonia (fever, non-productive cough)
Toxoplasma gondii

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Prophylactic treatment for Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)

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Opportunistic pathogen causing disseminated disease in HIV+ patients

Azithromycin

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Legionella pneumonia

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High fever
Bradycardia
Watery diarrhea - due to ingestion of organism via contaminated water source
Hyponatremia**
Gram stain – see A LOT of neutrophils but very little organisms (intracellular organism)

Unilobar lung infiltrate –> consolidation

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Organism stains positive in mucicarmine stain; what is stain used for and what fungus stains positive?

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Stains polysaccharide capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans (virulence factor)

Organism is round yeast cells w/ narrow-based buds

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Cysteine-tellurite agar

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C. diphtheriae –> black colonies

85
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Thayer-Martin VCN medium

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Neisseria species

VCN = vancomycin, colistin (polymyxin), nystatin

86
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Aseptic meningitis & herpangina (painful mouth blisters) in children

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Coxsackie virus

87
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Hemiparesis
Visual field defects (hemianopsia)
Cognitive impairment

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PML due to JC virus

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Cause of aplastic crises in sickle cell anemia pts.

Causes hydrops fetalis in fetus

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Parvovirus B19

89
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Heterophil antibody-negative mononucleosis

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CMV

Contrast w/ heterophil antibody-positive (Mono-spot positive) mononucleosis: EBV

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S. haematobium
vs. S. mansoni
vs. S. japonicum

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S. haematobium: urinary schistosomiasis
S. mansoni: intestinal schistosomiasis
S. japonicum: hepatic schistosomiasis

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Rabies virus reservoir in US

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Bats

92
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Hydatid cyst in humans – following ingestion of food; what is intermediate host?

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Echinococcus granulosus (dog tapeworm)

Sheep are intermediate host

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