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1
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What will secrete exotoxin?

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Gram + and/or gram - bacteria.

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2
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Where else will exotoxin come from besides being secreted by gram + and Gram - bacteria?

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It can leak into the surrounding fluid following lysis of a bacterial cell.

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What do bacteria need to do to produce enough exotoxin to be harmful?

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The bacteria must colonize tissue.

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How are exotoxins made with foodborne illnesses?

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The bacteria multiples in the food and produces exotoxins.

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What are most exotoxins made of?

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Proteins.

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6
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How will the immune system respond to exotoxins that are proteins?

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Make antibodies.

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7
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Many exotoxins are so powerful that fatal damage can occur before what happens?

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An immune response is mounted.

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8
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Why are vaccinations against exotoxins so valuable?

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For those that are so powerful they cause fatal damage before an immune response is mounted the vaccines are invaluable for quick memory response.

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9
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What will heat do to exotoxins?

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Since most of them are proteins heat will kill them.

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10
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Exotoxins are released by every major Gram positive genera except what?

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Listeria.

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11
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Many bacteria that release exotoxins also release what?

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Endotoxin.

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12
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Will exotoxins cause a fever or generalized inflammation?

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Not usually.

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13
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What are the 3 specific targets of exotoxins?

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Neurotoxins, Enterotoxins, Cytotoxins.

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14
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What do neurotoxins do?

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cause paralysis.

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15
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What do enterotoxins do?

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Act of GI tract to cause diarrhea.

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What do Cytotoxins do?

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Damage a variety of cell types by interfering with cell mechanisms or causing cell lysis.

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17
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Endotoxins are what?

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Lipopolysaccharides (LPS).

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18
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What are LPS’s composed of?

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Lipid A, core polysaccharide, O specific polysaccharide.

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19
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LPS is a molecule that is part of what?

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Outer membrane in Gram Negative bacteria.

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20
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LPS’s are fundamental parts of what?

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The cell wall of gram negative bacteria.

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21
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The immune response to endotoxins is due to what?

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Innate immune response, no specific target.

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22
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what will heat do to endotoxins?

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It will not be destoryed.

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23
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What will autoclaving do to endotoxins?

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Not destroy them.

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24
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Name the 2 Gram positive Cocci?

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  1. Staphylococcus. 2. Streptococcus.
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25
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Will staphylococcus be part of our normal flora?

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Yes.

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26
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What are the 2 types of Staphylococcus mentioned?

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  1. S. Aureus. 2. Staphylococcus epidermidis.
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27
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What will the S. aureus pigment be like?

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Golden.

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28
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What is the coagulase like for S. aureus?

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Positive.

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29
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What are the virulence factors of S. aureus?

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Protein A, and Exotoxins.

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30
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What is protein A?

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Extracellular surface protein that binds to IgG’s and prevents organization by coating bacterium with host immunoglobin.

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31
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With S. aureus what is the most potent hemolysin?

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Alpha toxin.

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32
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What will cause Toxic shock syndrome toxin?

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An exotoxin from S. aureus.

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33
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What will toxic shock syndrome do?

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A superantigen causing release of cytokines which cause a drop in blood pressure and kidney damage.

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34
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Toxic shock syndrome was initially associated with what?

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Tamon use.

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35
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S. Aureus causes enterotoxin which is what?

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An exotoxin if present in food will cause nausea and vomiting if consumed.

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36
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Since Enterotoxin from S. aureus is an exotoxin will heat kill it?

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No it is heat stable.

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37
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S. aureus causes Exofoliatin which is what?

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An exotoxin that destories material that binds together the layers of skin.

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38
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What are the different pathogenesis of S. aureus?

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Furuncles (boils)folliculitis, scalded skin syndr, toxic shock syndr, Pneumonia, soteomyelitis, catheter and shunt infections, wound infections, MRSA

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39
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What is the coagulase like for staphylococcus epidermidis?

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Negative.

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40
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What is staphylococcus epidermidis like?

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opportunistic pathogen.

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41
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What type of patients get staphylococcus epidermidis?

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Compromised patients.

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42
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What is the treatment like for Staphylococcus?

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Difficult since almost all strains produce penixillinase (beta-lactamase).

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43
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What type of media is needed for streptococcus growth?

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Rich media. So little or no growth on a traditional media.

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44
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All streptococci can be identified in what way?

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Hemolysis patterns.

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45
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What are the 3 different Hemolysis patterns of streptococcus?

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Alpha-, Beta-, and Gama-hemolysis.

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46
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How can you tell you have a alpha-hemolysis?

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Partial hemolysis with greenish cast around colonies.

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47
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How can you tell you have a beta-hemolysis?

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Complete lysis of blood cells creating clear area around colonies.

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How can you tell you have a gama-hemolysis?

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no lysis of blood cells.

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49
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What are Lancefield groups?

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Ways to catagorize streptoccus bacteria that is not inclusive and used to some degree still.

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50
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What groups of Lancefield are used today?

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Groups A and B.

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51
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What is a more inclusive way to classify strep?

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By dividing into 4 groups.

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52
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What are the 4 inclusive groups that streptococcus can be divided into?

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lactic, fecal, viridans, Beta-hemolytic.

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53
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What is the lactic streptococci like?

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Non pathogenic, no hemolysis.

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54
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Where is Lactic streptococci found at?

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In milk products.

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55
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What is lactic streptococci used for?

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in dairy fermentation, produce lactic acid that gives sour taste to foods.

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56
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Fecal streptococci is found in what Lancefield group?

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D.

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57
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Fecal streptococci is normal flora of what?

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The intestinal tract.

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58
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What are the hemolysis patterns of fecal streptococci like?

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Different patterns than alpha, beta, and gamma.

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59
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Fecal streptococci is clinically a cause of what?

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Urinary infections, sometimes endocarditis.

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60
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Fecal streptococci is what type of pathogen?

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Opportunistic pathogen that causes disease in weakend patients.

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61
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What is another name for Fecal streptococci?

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Enterococci.

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62
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What is VRE?

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Vancomycin resistant enterococci. A type of fecal streptococci that is resistant to vancomyocin.

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63
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What type of group is viridans streptococci?

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Large heterogenous group.

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64
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What type of Lancefield antigens will Viridans streptococci have?

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None.

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65
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What type of hemolysis will Viridans streptococci have?

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Alpha.

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66
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Viridans streptococci is normal flora of what?

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The mouth and respiratory tract.

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67
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Viridans strptococci may cause what?

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Tooth decay, and bacterial endocarditis (patients that have heart damage or heart condition).

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68
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Beta-hemolytic streptococci has strains in both the group A and B of the lancefield groups and what will these strains be?

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Group A- Streptococcus pyogenes. Group B- Streptococcus agalactiae.

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69
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What is the major pathogen of streptococcus?

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Streptococcus pyogenes.

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70
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What type of toxin will Streptococcus pyogenes have?

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Pyrogenic exotoxins.

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71
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What are the pyrogenic exotoxins like with Streptococcus pyogenes?

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M protein, hyaluronic acid capsule.

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72
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What are the different pathogenesis of Streptococcus pyogenes?

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Streptococcal pharyngitis, Streptococcal impetigo, cellulitis, erysinpelas, Scarlet fever, post streptococcal diseases.

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73
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What are post streptococcal diseases?

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Rheumatic fever, Glomerulonephritis.

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74
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What is St. Anthony’s fire?

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Erysipelas which is a pathogenesis of Streptococcus pyogenes.

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75
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What are 3 ways to diagnose sterptococcus pyogenes?

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blood agarplates, Sensitive to bacitracin, ELISA test.

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76
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Name 2 other pathogens of streptococcus?

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S. agalacitiae, and S. Pneumoniae.

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77
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Streptococcus agalactiae is normal flora of what?

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Female geintal tract in 10-30% of females.

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78
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Colonization of Streptococcus agalactiae is like what?

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Transient.

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79
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Streptococcus agalactiae is an important cause of what?

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Neonatal meningitis, pneumonia, sepsis in first week of life= high mortality.

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80
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What will the capsule for Streptococcus pneumoniae be like?

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Polysaccharide.

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81
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What is the purpose of the S. pneumoniae polysaccharide capsule?

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Major virulence factor and antigenic.

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82
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What hemolysis group will S. pneumoniae be in?

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Alpha.

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83
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S. pneumoniae is part of the normal flora in what % of people?

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5-40%.

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84
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Infection occurs when with Streptococcus pneumoniae?

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If invasive strain moves to lower lungs.

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85
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Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common cause of what in adults?

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Pneumonia, acute onset with chillsm and high fever. And meningitis.

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86
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What will the difference between adult and infant meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae?

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Adults stiff necks and no stiff necks in infants.

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87
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Streptococcus pneumoniae is a common cause of what in children?

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Otitis media and sinusitis.

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88
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How will Streptococcus pneumoniae be diagnosed?

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Quellung reaction.

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89
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What is the quellung reaction?

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Mix sample with serum containing antibodies to capsular antigens capsules appear to swell.

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90
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What is the treatment for Streptococcus pneumoniae?

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Polyvalent vaccine and conjugate vaccine.

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91
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All members of Neisseria are what?

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Gram negative diplococci and are oxidase positive and fastidious.

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92
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What is Fastidious?

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Picky eaters.

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93
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What are the virulence factors for Neisseria gonorrhoeae?

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Pili, Gram negative cell wall LOS (similar to LPS), secreted protease IgA that destroys immunoglob A, and membrane proteins that adhere to host cell.

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94
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How is Neisseria gonorrhoeae acquired?

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Through unprotected sexual intercourse.

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95
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What happens to Males who acquire Neisseria gonorrhoeae?

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It penet the mucous membrane of the urethra causing inflam, and they frequently experience pain on urination and purulent discharge from urethra.

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96
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Will any males with neisseria gonorrhoeae remain asymptomatic?

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Yes.

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97
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What happens to females who acquire neisseria gonorrhoeae?

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Most remain Asympotomatic and are reservoirs for disease.

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98
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Females who are not asymptomatic with neisseria gonorrhoeae will experience what?

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Painful urination and discharge, It will infect cervix or rectum. Can cause pelivic inflammatory disease.

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99
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What part of the female body can not be infected with neisseria gonorrhoeae?

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The vagina.

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100
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How will infants get neisseria gonorrhoeae?

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Transmitted from mother to infant during childbirth.

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101
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What will Neisseria gonorrhoeae do to infants?

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Damage cornea and lead to blindness.

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102
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How will Neisseria gonorrhoeae be diagnosed?

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Oxidase test.

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103
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What is the treatment for Neisseria gonorrhoeae?

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Penicillin is no longer effective due to PPNG. Tetracyline for concurrent Chlamydia infection, Prophylaxis- to treat eyes of newborns.

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104
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What are the virulence factors for Neisseria meningitidis?

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Polysaccharide capsule, Endotoxin, Secreted protease (IgA protease=cuts up IgA).

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105
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What is the host for Neisseria meningitidis?

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Humans are the only natural hosts.

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106
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Who is at high risk for neisseria meningitidis?

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Kids 6 months to 2 years, and army boot camps 40% carriers.

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107
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Can there be healthy carriers of neisseria meningitidis?

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Yes 5% of people this is in their normal flora.

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108
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What is menigococcemia?

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Neisseria meningitidis bacteria invade bloodstream from nasopharynx and this can result in deadly sepsis.

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109
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What is the classic clue of menigococcemia?

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Appearance of petechial rash called purpura.

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110
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What is waterhouse friderichsen syndrome?

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A septic shock from neisseria meningitidis bacteria causing a systemic immune response that leads to bilateral hemorrhage into adrenal glands.

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111
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How is Neisseria meningitidis diagnosed?

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Culture body fluids, oxidase test.

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112
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What is the treatment for neisseria meningitidis?

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Elimination of carriers, penicillin, vaccine available but not widely used.

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113
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What type of bacteria is clostridium?

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Gram positive endospore forming rods.

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114
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What type of metabolism will colstridium have?

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Anaerobic.

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115
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Where will clostridium be found at?

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Since it has an endospore it is found in soil and water.

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116
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What are 2 ways to get clostridium perfringens?

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Food poisoning, gas gangrene.

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117
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What are the 2 types of food poisoning from clostridium perfringens?

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enterotoxin A- Diarrhea, cramping. Enterotoxin C- hemorrhagic enteritis= tissue damage and bleeding.

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118
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What will gas gangrene from clostridium perfringens do?

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Exotoxin that destroys muscle, and produces gas.

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119
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How is clostridium perfringens diagnosed?

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Egg yolk agar, anaerobic culture.

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What is the treatment for clostridium perfringens?

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Surgical cleansing (debridement), penicillins.

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Clostidium botulinum will cause what?

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Botulism.

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What will botulism cause?

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Flaccid paralysis by blocking cholinergic synapse by 7 neurotoxins.

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What types of botulism will clostridium botulinum cause?

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Adult and infant.

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How is clostridium botulinum diagnosed?

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Inject mice with serum from patient or left over food if toxin is present mice will die rapidly. In infants toxin can be id in bowel content, not serum.

125
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How can clostridium botulinum be prevented?

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Cook food in canned pressure cookers above 212 F or 100 C for 10 minutes.

126
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Clostridium tetani causes what?

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Neurotoxins block inhibitory impulses to muscles and cause muscles to spasm and contraction-tetany.

127
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What is opisthotonos?

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Spasm in back muscles-head is thrown backwards and the back is bowed like an arch from clostridium tetani.

128
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How is clostridium tetani prevented?

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Toxoid (weakend toxin) vaccine, part of DTP.

129
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What will clostridium difficile cause?

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Pseudomembranous colitis.

130
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What is pseudomembranous colitis?

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A severe infection of the colon.

131
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Pseudomembranous colitis often occurs when?

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After normal gut flora is eradicated by the use of antibiotics.

132
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How will clostridium difficile react to antibiotics?

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Most strains are resistant that?s why when antibiotics kill off a lot of normal flora that clostridium difficile flourishes.

133
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What is the treatment of Clostridium difficle?

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Discontinue antibiotics, and treat with metronidazole, 2nd choice vancomycin.

134
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Should you give a patient loperamide and bismuth who has clostridium difficel?

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No because slowing of fecal transit time is thought to result in extended toxin-associated damage.

135
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What is Bacillus like?

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Gram positive endospore forming rods.

136
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What is bacillus metabolism like?

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Aerobic.

137
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Bacillus is endospore forming that has what type of pattern?

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Bamboo-like pattern.

138
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What are the 3 types of bacillus anthracis?

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  1. Cutaneous anthrax. 2. Gastroinetsinal anthrax. 3. Inhalation anthrax.
139
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Cutaneous anthrax is aka?

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Woolsorters disease.

140
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How common is cutaneous anthrax and how is it aquired?

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Common and endospore enters a cut.

141
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How common is GI anthrax and how is it aquired?

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Uncommon and from uncooked or contaminated meat.

142
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How is inhalation anthrax aquired?

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spores inhaled into alceoli, ex-sporulate and release toxins.

143
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What are the symptoms of inhalation anthrax?

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non-specific symptoms.

144
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What is the treatment for Bacillus anthracis?

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After exposure oral ciprofloxacin. Before exposure there is a vaccine.

145
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How was the Bacillus anthracis vaccine made?

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From an attenuated strain of Bacillus anthracis.

146
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What will bacillus cereus cause?

A

There are 2 types of enterotxins 1. Diarrheal. 2. Vomiting.

147
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Name 2 gram positive non-endospore forming rod bacteria?

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae, and Listeria monocytogenes.

148
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What is the primary reservoir for corynebacterium diphtheriae?

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Humans.

149
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What are the sources of infection of corynebacterium diphtheriae?

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Carriers who have recovered, New cases not exhibiting symptoms, people with active disease, contaminated articles.

150
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Where will Corynebacterium diphtheriae localize at?

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In throat and cause swelling of the neck.

151
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What will corynebacterium diphtheriae do once localized in the throat?

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Forms a gray membrane composed of clooted blood, epithelial cells and leukocytes.

152
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae produces toxins that do what?

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Cause nerve damage= paralysis of soft palate and eye muscles. Toxin can be absorbed in blood and damage kidneys, heart, and extrem nerve damage.

153
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What is the major concern with the gray membrane in the throat?

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It can become detached and cause suffocation.

154
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How is corynebacterium diphtheriae diagnosed?

A

Schick test

155
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What is the treatment for corynebacterium diphtheriae?

A

Antitoxin.

156
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How is corynebacterium diphtheriae prevented?

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Immunization DPT.

157
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When will Listeria Monocytogenes be motile?

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at 22-28 degrees C. Not at body temps.

158
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Where is Listeria monocytogenes found at commonly and why?

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Deli meat because it grows well at 4 Degrees C in a refrigerator.

159
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Listeria is ____ hemolytic?

A

Beta.

160
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What is unique about Listeria monocytogenes?

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It produces endotoxin and is gram +.

161
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How is Listeria monocytogenes aquired?

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Ingested in contaminated food.

162
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Who is at high risk for listeria moncytogenes?

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Immunocompromised people, and pregnant women and neonates.

163
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Why are neonates at risk for listeria monocytogenes?

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Contact microbe from asymptoma mother during delivery, and Listera can cross the placental barrier result in miscarriage or delivery of crit ill neonate.

164
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Name the 7 gram negative bacteria also known as enterics.

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  1. E. coli. 2. K. Pneumoniae. 3. Enterobacter. 4. Serratia. 5. Proteus. 6. Salmonella. 7. Shigella.
165
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How many gram negative bacteria aka enterics are considered coliforms?

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  1. E. coli, K. Pneumoniae, and enterobacter.
166
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What are coliforms?

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Facultatively anaerobic, gram negative, non-endospore forming, rod shaped bacteria that FERMENT LACTOSE with gas production.

167
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Coliforms are normally found where?

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Human intestines.

168
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Where should coliforms not be found?

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Outside of intestines.

169
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Coliforms are used as an indicator of what?

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Water quality testing.

170
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What type of pathogen is escherichia coli?

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Opportunistic.

171
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How can DNA transfer from E. coli?

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via conjugation, transposons, lysogenic converion.

172
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What will E. coli infections cause?

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Septicemia, UTI, meningitis, Gastroenteritis.

173
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Gastroenteritis is caused by what 4 things?

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  1. Enterotoxin producing E. coli. 2. Enteroinvasive E. coli. 3. Enteropathogenic E. coli. 4. Enterohemorrhagic E. coli.
174
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What is enterotoxin producing E. coli?

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Traveler’s diarrhea.

175
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What is Enteroinvasive E. coli?

A

E. coli invades intestinal cells.

176
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What is the main virulence factor with Enteroinvasive E. coli?

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Encoded on plasmid shared by shigella and E. coli.

177
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What will enteroinvasice E coli cause?

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Produces shiga-like toxin which causes gastroenteritis.

178
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What will enteropathogenic E. coli do?

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Will not invade cells, but adheres to them.

179
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Once Enteropathogenic E. coli adheres to cells what will it do?

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Coded on the plasmid once it adheres it causes loss of microvilli where microbe attaches and causes non-bloody diarrhea.

180
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Almost all enterohemorrhagic E. coli belong to what group?

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serotype o157:H7.

181
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What will enterohemorrhagic E. coli do?

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Produce a toxin known as verotoxin.

182
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What will verotoxin do?

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Blocks a cellular protein that normally prevents the cell from entering apoptosis.

183
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What disease is associated with Enterohemorrhagic E. coli?

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E. colio157:H7.

184
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What will the gastroenteritis caused by enterohemorrhagic E. coli be like?

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Severe abdominal pain and diarrhea which initially is watery, but becomes grossly bloody with occaisonal vomiting.

185
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Some victims of Enterohemorrhagic E. coli develop hemolytic uremic syndrom (HUS) and this is characterized by what?

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Renal failure and lysis of RBC’s.

186
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What % of hemorrhagic colitis victims develop HUS?

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0-15%.

187
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How is Escherichia coli diagnosed?

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It produces a green metalic sheen on EMB agar

188
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How can Escherichia coli be distingushed from Enterobacter?

A

use IMViC.

189
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Klebsiella pneumoniae is a coliform that is classified by what?

A

Capsule antigens.

190
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K. pneumoniae effects who and when?

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The second most common cause of sepsis in hospitilized patients.

191
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People with K. pneumoniae get what type of infections?

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Urinary caused by Foley catheters, and infant septicemia.

192
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Enterobacter is a coliform, but what is the most common species among the enterobacter?

A

Enterobacter aeruginosa.

193
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What can Enterobacter aeruginosa cause?

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(UTI) urinary tract infects.

194
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Can serraita ferment lactose?

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No it is not a coliform.

195
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Serratia is noted for it’s characteristic what?

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Red pigment (only 10% of isolates).

196
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Serratia is an opportunistic pathogen in hospitilzed patientes that causes what problmes?

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Pneumonia, bacteriemia, endocarditis.

197
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Can proteus ferment lactose?

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No it is not a coliform.

198
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Proteus is an opportunistic pathogen that has what type of unique feature?

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Swarming on agar.

199
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What type of unique enzyme will proteus have and what will it do?

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Urease and it breaks down urea to produce cherry red color.

200
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Will salmonella be part of the normal flora?

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No.

201
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Can Salmonella ferment lactose?

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No it is not a coliform.

202
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What will salmonella cause?

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Typhoid fever.

203
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Typhoid fever is aka?

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Enteric fever.

204
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Typhoid fever is only caused by a few types of salmonellae, but which one is the most important?

A

Salmonella typhi.

205
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How can people get typhoid fever?

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Humans are reservoirs and it is through fecal-oral transmission. Water and food contaminated with feces and/or urine.

206
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Will people still be carriers of typhoid or salmonella after they recover from typhoid fever?

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Yes in the gallbladder.

207
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With salmonella will a large or small dose be needed to cause disease?

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Small.

208
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Salmonellosis starts how long after exposure to salmonella?

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1-3 weeks.

209
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What will salmonella do once inside of people?

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Invades intestinal cells and then moves into lymph nodes.

210
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From the lymph nodes bacteria can do what?

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can infect multiple systems esp. spleen.

211
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What happens to salmonella that are phagocytosed by monocytes?

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They can survive and divide inside the phagocytes.

212
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What is it called when bactria can survive inside of phagocytes?

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Facultative intracellular parasite.

213
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What are the symptoms of typhoid fever?

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Abdominal pain, headache, weakness, high fever, rose colored spots on chest and/or abdomen.

214
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How is typhoid fever or salmonella infections diagnosed?

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Culture blood, urine or feces to determine serotype.

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What is the treatment for typhoid fever?

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Chloramphenicol, cipro, ampicillin.

216
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Someone with typhoid fever that is being treated with antibiotics should also have what?

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IV fluids, electrolytes.

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How can typhoid fever be prevented?

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There is a vaccination that is recommended for travel outside of the USA, Canada, Northern-Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.

218
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What is the most common type of salmonella infection?

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Gastroenteritis.

219
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How can we get gastroenteritis type of salmonella infection?

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Animals are reservoirs of infection including chickens, domestic animals, reptiles, cows. Commonly associated with undercooked eggs.

220
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How will gastroenteritis salmonella infect eggs?

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Silently infects ovaries of healthy appearing hens and contaminates the eggs before the shells are formed.

221
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What type of toxin will gastroenteritis salmonella have?

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Both endotoxin and enterotoxin.

222
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What is the gastroenteritis salmonella enterotoxin like?

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Cholera-like.

223
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What is the treatment for gastroenteritis salmonella?

A

Fluids and electrolytes.

224
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Why wont you give antibiotics to gastroenteritis salmonella infections?

A

They don?t shorten the course of disease.

225
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How long will diarrhea last with gastroenteritis salmonella last?

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a week or less.

226
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Shigella is an enteric, but is it part of the normal flora and can itferment lactose?

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It is not part of normal flora and can’t ferment lactose because it is not a coliform.

227
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When will shigella be pathogenic?

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Always.

228
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There are 4 species of Shigella, but which one is the most pathogenic?

A

Shigella dysenteriae.

229
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What will shigella dysenteriae cause?

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Bacterial dysentery.

230
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How can we get bacteral dysentery from shigella dysenteriae?

A

Humans are the only reservoir for disease and it comes from fecal-oral transmission(food, fingers, feces, and flies).

231
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What will stomach acids do to bacterial dysentery caused by shigella?

A

Not easily killed so infectious dose is low.

232
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Shigella dysenteriae produce potent enterotoxin called what and what will it do?

A

Shiga toxin and it kills epithelial cells, but rarely invades bloodstream.

233
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What will bacterial dysentery cause?

A

Severe inflammatory response causing bloody diarrhea.

234
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Shiga toxin can cause what?

A

Hemolytic uremic syndrome which is often fatal.

235
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How are shigella infections diagnosed?

A

SS agar (selective and differential).

236
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A selective and differential SS agar is done do distinguish Shigella from what?

A

Salmonella.

237
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Name 2 pleomorphic gram negative rods with bipolar staining?

A
  1. Yersinia pestis. 2. Yersinia enterocolittica.
238
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Yersinia bacteria are motile and are part of what family?

A

Enterobacteriaceae family.

239
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Yersinia pestis caused what?

A

Bubonic plague.

240
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The bubonic plague caused how many major epidemics?

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Three.

241
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Where wil yersinia pestis come from?

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It is endemic in rodent populations of all continents besides Australia and is transmitted by rat fleas.

242
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What does the word sylvan mean?

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Pertaining to the woods or wild.

243
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The bubonic plague is classified as what type of disease?

A

Zoonosis.

244
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What happens to Yersinia pestis after bacteria enter via a flea bite?

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Engulfed by macrophages where they multiply and are carried to lymph nodes.

245
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What happens to lymph nodes with macrophages with yersinia pestis?

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They become swollen and are called buboes.

246
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What happens to lymph nodes once buboes are formed?

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The lymph nodes become necrotic allowing large numbers of bacteria to enter the blood-septicemic plague.

247
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What is septicemic plague?

A

Endotoxin results in shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation.

248
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What is the mortality of septicemic plague?

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75%.

249
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What happens in 10-20% of septicemic plagues?

A

Infection of the lungs from bloodstream and this causes Pneumonic plague.

250
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What happens to people with the pneumonic plague?

A

Always fatal in just a few days.

251
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What is the prevention and control of Yersinia pestis?

A

Control of rat population and antibiotic treatment.

252
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How is yersinia enterocolitica transmitted?

A

Fecal-oral. Ingestion of contaminated food or water.

253
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What type of toxin will yersinia enterocolitica have?

A

Heat stable enterotoxin that leads to severe gastroenteritis.

254
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Name 3 Gram negative rods that are found widely in nature?

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  1. Vibrio. 2. Campylobacter. 3. Helicobacter.
255
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Vibrio cholerae is a _____ gram negative rod.

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Curved.

256
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What type of flagellum will Vibrio cholerae have?

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Single polar flagellum that appears to vibrate.

257
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What will confer serologic specificity of Vibrio cholerae?

A

O lipopolysaccharides.

258
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Vibrio cholerase has at least how many O antigen groups?

A

at least 139.

259
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Strains of O group 1 and O group 139 cause what?

A

Classic cholera.

260
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Within O group 1 how many biotypes have been identified?

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2 classic and E1 for vibrio cholerae.

261
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O1 and E1 biotype for vibrio cholerae is similar to what?

A

Vibrio cholerae 0139.

262
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What will stomach acids do to Vibrio cholerae?

A

Kills it so large amounts are needed to be infected.

263
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60% of infections of classic biotype of vibrio cholerae are what?

A

Asymptomatic.

264
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75% of infections of E1 biotype of vibrio cholerae are what?

A

Asymptomatic.

265
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For those who become infected with vibrio cholerae incubation period is how long?

A

1-4 days.

266
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What do Vibrio cholerae do once inside?

A

Adhere to mucosa and multiply, but do not invade the cells.

267
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What is Choleragen?

A

An enterotoxin produced by vibrio cholerae.

268
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Choleragen causes what?

A

Increased production of cAMP.

269
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Accumulations of cAMP cause what?

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It causes intestinal cells to convert them into little pumps that continuously secrete Cl_ ions accompanied by other ions and water.

270
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What else will Choleragen do?

A

Inhibits absorption of Na+.

271
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How is Vibrio cholerae prevented?

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Sewage treatment and water purification, good food hygiene.

272
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How is Vibrio cholerae treated?

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Fluid replacement using oral rehydration salts and in severe casees IV’s.

273
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What is the shape of campylobacter?

A

Spiral shaped with unipolar/bipolar flagella.

274
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Campylobacter is the major cause of what?

A

Gastroenteritis in the USA (among the top 3).

275
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What is the treatment for campylobacter?

A

It is self limiting and lasts 5-8 days.

276
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What is the shape of helicobacter?

A

Spiral shaped with unipolar sheathed flagella.

277
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Helicobacter is the 2nd leading cause of what?

A

Gastric/duodenal ulcers.

278
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How can Helicobacter survive the stomach acids?

A

They produce urease which allows them to create an alkaline microenvironment.

279
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How is Helicobacter treated?

A

Antibiotic therapy combined with bismuth.

280
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Name 2 obligate anaerobic gram negative bacteria?

A
  1. Bacteroides fragilis. 2. Fusobacterium.
281
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What is the shape of bacteroides fragilis?

A

Rod shaped.

282
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Bacteroides fragilis is a major component of what?

A

normal flora of GI tract (99%).

283
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Besides GI tract where will bacteroides fragilis be found at?

A

Mouth and femal genitourinary system.

284
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What is cell wall of bacteroides fragilis like?

A

No endotoxin even though gram negative so cell wall is not toxic.

285
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Will bacteroides fragilis possess a capsule?

A

no.

286
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Can bacteroides fragilis be a pathogen?

A

Yes an opportunistic pathogen.

287
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When will bacteroides fragilis be an opportunistic pathogen?

A

If intestine is perforated it will cause abscesses in peritoneum, and in female genitourinary tract.

288
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Bacteroides fragilis is implicated in what disease?

A

Periodontal disease.

289
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Fusobacterium is similar to what?

A

Bacteroides.

290
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What s the morphology of fusibacterium?

A

Long rods with tapered ends.

291
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Fusobacterium is part of what?

A

Normal flora.

292
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Can fusobacterium be a pathogen?

A

Yes an opportunistic pathogen.

293
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Fusobacterium is an opportunistic pathogen that causes many infections, but which one is most notable?

A

Aspiration pneumonia.

294
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How is aspiration pneumonia aquired?

A

Result of inhaling bacteria from aspirated vomitus.

295
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Name the 1 obligate aerobic gram negative rod in the notes?

A

Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

296
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the epitome of what?

A

Opportunistic pathogens.

297
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa will not effect who?

A

Healthy patients.

298
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Psudomonsa aeruginosa infects what type of tissue in weakened patients?

A

Nearly any tissue.

299
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Pseudomonsa aeruginosa is a major cause of what?

A

Nosocomial infection.

300
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What type of pigment will pseudomonas aeruginosa make?

A

Blue-green that resluts in blue-green pus and smells sweet.

301
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How motile will Pseudomonas aeruginosa be?

A

Highly motile.

302
Q

What will the outside of pseudomonas aeruginosa be like?

A

Produces slime layer.

303
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Pseudomonsa aeruginosa have pili for what?

A

Exchange of antibiotic resistant plasmids.

304
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What type of toxins will pseudomonas aeruginosa have?

A

Endotoxin and exotoxins and Leukocidins.

305
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What are Leukocidins?

A

They inhibit immune response by killing white blood cells, notably neutrophils.

306
Q

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is particularly problematic for who?

A

Burn victims, cystic fobrosis patients and any compromised individual (common in AIDS patients).

307
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What is the treatment for pseudomonas aeruginosa?

A

Limited due to multiple resistance.

308
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Prevention is key in pseudomonsa aeurinosa which is done by what?

A

Cleaning and monitoring of hospital equipment.

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