STAPHYLOCOCCUS Flashcards

1
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STAPHYLOCOCCUS GENERAL FACTS

A
GRAM + 
CATALASE + 
FACULTATIVE ANAEROBE
MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE 
OPPORTUNISTIC WITH PUS FILLED LESIONS
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2
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STAPHYLOCOCCUS IS COMMENSAL WHERE?

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SKIN AND MUCOUS MEMBRANES

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STAPHYLOCOCCUS VIRULENCE FACTORS

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PROTEIN A- IMMUNE EVASION 
LEUKOCIDIN- IMMUNE EVASION  
COAGULASE- IMMUNE EVASION  
ADHESINS- COLONIZATION  
HEMOLYSINS- CYTOLYSIS 
ENTEROTOXINS- TISSUE DESTRUCTION  
TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME- TISSUE DESTRUCTION
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HOW DOES PROTEIN A HELP STAPHYLOCOCCUS EVADE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM?

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INHIBITION OF OPSONIZATION

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HOW DOES LEUKOCIDIN HELP STAPHYLOCOCCUS EVADE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM?

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KILLS LEUKOCYTES

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HOW DOES COAGULASE HELP STAPHYLOCOCCUS EVADE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM?

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“HIDE” BACTERIA FROM PMNS

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7
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WHAT DOES STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAUSE?

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***MASTITIS 
WOUND INFECTIONS 
SYSTEMIC INFECTIONS 
FOLLICULITIS  
MYOSITIS
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WHAT HOST DOES STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECT?

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COWS- MASTITIS
SHEEP AND GOATS - MASTITIS, DERMATITIS   
POULTRY- BUMBLEFOOT  
HORSES- BOTRYMYCOSIS  
DOGS AND CATS
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WHAT HOST DOGS STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDOINTERMEDIUS INFECT?

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DOGS- PYODERMA, OTITIS EXTERNA, ENDOMETRITIS, CYSTITIS

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WHAT DOES STAPHYLOCOCCUS HYICUS CAUSE?

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GREASY PIG DISEASE

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ENVIRONMENTAL MASTITIS

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INFECTION COMES FROM THE ENVIRONMENT

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CONTAGIOUS MASTITIS

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INFECTION COMES FROM INFECTED ANIMALS OR COMMENSALS

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13
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BOVINE STAPHYLOCOCCUS MASTITIS IS A ______ MASTITIS. THE INFECTION SOURCE IS THE _______ SPREAD BY ________ AND _____.

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CONTAGIOUS
INFECTED MAMMARY GLANDS OF ANOTHER COW
CONTAMINATED HANDS OF MILKERS
INFECTED TEET CUPS

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TREATMENT OF BOVINE STAPHYLOCOCCUS MASTITIS

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SEGREGATION OF INFECTION ANIMALS- MILK LAST 
CULL CHRONIC COWS 
DRY COW THERAPY 
ABX TX- PENICILLIN AND B LACTAMS 
GOOD HYGIENE AT MILKING TIME
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STAPHYLOCOCCUS PERACUTE GANGRENOUS MASTITIS

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VENOUS THROMBOSIS, LOCAL EDEMA, TISSUE NECROSIS, UDDER DISCOLORATION, SWOLLEN QUARTERS, SORE ON PALPATION, FEVER, DEPRESSION, ANOREXIA, DROP IN MILK PRODUCTION

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STAPHYLOCOCCUS ACUTE MASTITIS

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SEVERE SWELLING, FIBROSIS, PURULENT SECRETION WITH CLOTS, DROP IN MILK PRODUCTION

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STAPHYLOCOCCUS CHRONIC SUBCLINICAL MASTITIS

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BLOCKAGE OF DUCTS, ATROPHY OF ALVEOLI, EPISODES OF BACTERIAL SHEDDING, ELEVATED SOMATIC CELL COUNTS**

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STAPHYLOCOCCUS BOTRYMYCOSIS IN HORSES

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POST CASTRATION COMPLICATION

CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS SUPPURATIVE DISORDER WITH MICROABCESSATION

19
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COAGULASE TEST

A

DETECTS MOST VIRULENT STAPHYLOCOCCI

+= VISIBLE CLOT IN TUBES

20
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WHAT IS BUMBLEFOOT ?

A

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN POULTRY
ULCERATIVE PODODERMATITIS

CAN LEAD TO ARTHRITIS, JOINT SWELLING, ULCERATIVE LESIONS, SEPTICEMIA, LIMPING

21
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STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDOINTERMEDIUS IS THE MOST COMMON OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGEN IN _____

A

DOGS

22
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STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDOINTERMEDIUS CAUSES WHAT IN DOGS AND CATS?

A

PYODERMA
OTITIS EXTERNA
INFECTED WOUNDS
UTI/CYSTITIS

23
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STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDOINTERMEDIUS IS A ________ INFECTION

A

SECONDARY

24
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PREDISPOSING FACTORS FOR STAPH PSEUDOINTERMEDIUS

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DRY HUMID CONDITIONS
SKIN FOLD BREEDS 
LONG EAR BREEDS 
HUNTING DOGS- FOREIGN OBJECTS 
IMMUNE DEFICIENCY 
YEAST INFECTIONS 
DEMODEX
25
Q

TREATMENT OF STAPH PSEUDOINTERMEDIUS

A

ID UNDERLYING PROBLEMS, NARROW SPECTRUM ABX

26
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GREASY PIGS DISEASE IS CAUSED BY________ IT INFECTS _______ INFECTION VIA _____ IT S A COMMENSAL _______ IT CAUSES____

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STAPH HYICUS 
PIGLETS <3MOS 
BITE WOUNDS 
VAGINAL MUCOSA, SKIN, PREPUTIAL DIVERTICULUM 
EXCESSIVE SEBACEOUS EXCRETION
27
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STAPHYLOCOCCUS HYICUS TREATMENT AND PREVENTION

A

ISOLATE INFECTED PIGS
CLIP NEEDLE TEETH
EARLY SYSTEMIC ABX
DISINFECT AND GOOD HYGIENE

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TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME IS CAUSED BY

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SUPERANTIGENS ENTERING THE BLOOD STREAM (TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXINS)

29
Q

FOOD POISONING IS CAUSED BY

A

STAPH AUREUS ENTEROTOXINS

30
Q

WHAT SAMPLES CAN YOU SUBMIT FOR STAPH DIAGNOSIS

A

MILK, URINE, SKIN SCRAPING, PUS FROM ABCESS, EXUDATES

31
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WHAT DIAGNOSTICS CAN BE PERFORMED TO ID STAPH?

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DIRECT MICROSCOPY- GRAPELIKE CLUSTERS AND NEUTROPHILS
CULTURE/ISOLATION IN BLOOD AGAR (HEMOLYSIS) AND MACCONKEY (NO GROWTH)
PCR

32
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STAPH IS HIGHLY ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANT AND A SUSCEPTIBILITY TEST SHOULD BE RAN BEFORE ADMINISTERING ABX. T/F

A

TRUE