Test 1 Virology, Helminths, Platyhelminths, Virus, Odd Bugs/Chalmydia, Anaerobes, Gram +/-, Fungi Flashcards
most prevalent helminth
nematode
Trinity of intestinal helminth nematode
Ascariasis, Trichuriasis, Hookworm , 4th-Strongyloidiasis
Ascaris - pathway in body
Helminth/Nematode -Intestinal= LUNG = injest egg -> lung -> GI (mate)
Ascaris - S/S
Helminth/Nematode -Intestinal = Pulm, GI, bowel obstruction, female lays tons of eggs, light-asymptomatic
Trichuris - s/s
Helminth/Nematode -Intestinal “whipworm” = dysentery, rectal prolapse, intestinal mucosa burrowing
Hookworm - Necator Ancylostoma - body pathway
Helminth/Nematode -Intestinal= LUNG / SKIN = NO eggs - larvae, into skin ->heart -> lung -> GI
Ascaris - Tx
Helminth/Nematode -Intestinal = Single dose Rx
Hookworm/Necator Ancylostoma - Tx
Helminth/Nematode -Intestinal= Single dose Rx
Hookworm/Necator Ancylostoma - S/S
Helminth/Nematode -Intestinal= Iron deficiency (eat blood), kids - physical + cognitive, women - preg, MDA = “creeping eruption” erythema migrans
Hookworm/ Strongyloides - S/s
Helminth/Nematode -Intestinal = Appalachia, hyperinfection (enteritis), dissemination (Gram - carried), asymptomatic OR larva currens, pulm migration
Hookworm/ Strongyloides - TX
Helminth/Nematode -Intestinal= improve sanitation
Hookworm/ Strongyloides - body pathway
Helminth/Nematode-Intestinal = LUNG SKIN - AUTOfertilization/infection,
Hookworm / Strongyloides - DX
Helminth/Nematode -Intestinal = eosinophilia, antibody
Enterobius
Helminth/Nematode -Intestinal = pinworm, perianal itching, DX - scotch tape, treat whole family
Trichinella - S/S
Helminth/Nematode - Tissue = muscle pain, fever, edema, eosinophilia
Trichinella - body pathway
Helminth/Nematode - Tissue = cyst -> lymph -> muscle
Trichinella - Tx
Helminth/Nematode - Tissue = steroids
Trichinella - Dx
Helminth/Nematode - Tissue = muscle biopsy, serology
Filiarisis
Helminth/Nematode - Tissue = Lymphatic Filiarisis, mosquito vector, blood to lymph, difficult to kill worms
Onchocerciasis
Helminth/Nematode - Tissue = Blindness over long term, sub-saharan Africa, black fly
Loasis (Loa Loa)
Helminth/Nematode - Tissue = Eyeworm, black fly, Africa
Guinea Worm
Helminth/Nematode - Tissue = hang out to release eggs in water, eradicated by transmission control (avoid water)
Schistosomiasis - 2 types
Platyhelminths - Trematodes/Flukes = S. mansoni - intestine/liver, S. hematobium - bladder
Schistosomiasis - pathway
Platyhelminths - Trematodes/Flukes = Skin contact w/ freshwater, swimmer’s itch, egg in 1)feces OR 2)urine
Schistosomiasis - Dx
Platyhelminths - Trematodes/Flukes = CBC Eosinophilia, antibody
Liver Flukes
Platyhelminths - Trematodes/Flukes = snail, undercooked fish, biliary cancer, Asia
Tapeworm - Cesatodes - types
Platyhelminths = 1) Taenia saginata (beef)
2) Taenia solium (pork) - also HUMAN host
Tapeworm - Cesatodes - transmission
Platyhelminths = Eat larvae or eggs/cyst (cysticercosis - solium) , eat larvae- adult worm in intestine
Tapeworm - Cesatodes - Dx
Platyhelminths = image, antibody
Diphyllobothriasis
Platyhelminths = from fish, B12 taken
Echinococcus
Platyhelminths =endemic in West USA, host-dog gut/poo, intermediate - sheep then human, hyatid cyst (liver lung), Dx - image, antibody, Tx - Surgical PAIR
Fungus - Saprobe, Symbiont, Commensal, Parasite
decompose, mutual benefit, no benefit, harm
Fungus - staining
Gram +, NOT acid fast
yeast - cell
unicellular, budding
mold - cell
filamentous hyphae, septate/coencytic
alfatoxin
Fungus = aerobic, kills you
Fungus culture
hours, sabourand’s agar, chloramphenicol (inhibit bact. growth)
Exogenous Fungal Infxns
CASH - Crypto, Aspergillus, Sporothrix, Histoplasmosis
Histoplasmosis contract
Fungus = cave
Crypto contract
Fungus = pigeon poo
Aspergillosis contract
Fungus = decaying veggie
Endogenous Fungal infxns
Candida
Fungus Primary Infxns
Healthy People Be Cautious - Hist, (Paracoccidioides bras.), Blasto, Coccydiodes
Coccydiodes disease name
Fungus = Valley fever
Fungal Opportunistic Infxn
Always CCarry Protection - Asperg, Candida, Cryptococc, Pneumocystis j.
Fungus Superficial infxn
Black/white piedra, tinea nigra/versicolor
Fungus serolgy
See His (crypto)Coc Fungus
Cutaneous Fungal Infxn
Dermatophytes (microsporum, trichophyton, epidermophyton), Tinea cruris/unguium, extra lesions
Deep Tissue Fungal Infxn
Deep Fungal B.A.C.C.C.H.
Strep pyogenes
Gram + = strep throat, URI, B-hemolysis,
Strep throat S/S + S.E.
Fever, NO cough, anterior cerv nodes, tonsillar exudate. S.E. - Rheumatoid fever, glomeruloneph, scarlet fever
Strep pneumonia
Gram + = a hemolysis
Strep agalactiae
Gram + = vagina, URI (also meningitis, otits media)
Enterococcus
Gram + , GI tract = UTI *also endocarditis; From catheter, tubes, etc.
Vividans Strep
Gram + = Endocarditis
Strep DX
Gram + = PCR, Antigen, Gram hard
Staph aureus - bug
Gram + = B hemolysis, lives skin/mucus, colonizes nares, coagulase (+) ?
Staph aureus - disease
localized infxn skin, invasive (endocard, steomyelitis), toxin mediated (TSS, Scalded Skin Syndr)
Staph epidermidis/lugdunensis
Gram + = Colonize skin, coagulase (-)
Staph haemolyticus
Gram + = Colonize sweat glands, coagulaze (-)
Staph DX
Gram + = Gram , PCR (s. aureus), culture
Gram + Spore-forming rods
Clostridium, Bacillus
Gram + Non-spore-forming rods
Corynebacterium, Erysipelothrix, Rhodoccus, Listeria (motile)
Bacillus anthracis
Gram + Spore rod = skin->lungs->GI; goats, animals; black eschar, X-ray = widened mediastinium
Bacillus cereus
Gram + Spore rod =
immunocompromised, contaminant wounds, food poisoning (emetic, diarrheal)
Corynebacteria
Gram + Non-Spore rod = C. diptheriae = bullneck, toxic - myocardio, neuro; airborne, aspirate membrane; DX - immunofluorescent stain