UTI

Question 1

name the four common gram neg bugs for ascending UTI

Answer 1

E coli
Proteus
klebsiella
enterococcus

Question 2

what is the gram pos bug for UTI in young women

Answer 2

staph saprophyticus

Question 3

what do UPEC or urinary pathogenic E coli use to attach to epithelial cells?

Answer 3

pili or fimbriae

Question 4

what are the two types of pili to know for UTIs?

Answer 4

type 1 and pap

Question 5

what do type fimbriae recognize?

Answer 5

mannose glycoprotein

Question 6

what do PAP pili recognize?

Answer 6

galactose glycolipid receptor

Question 7

what type of pili is necessary to have a pyelonephritis infection?

Answer 7

PAP

Question 8

E coli causing prostatitis will have Pap or type 1 pili?

Answer 8

just type 1

Question 9

what is the drug treatment for cystitis?

Answer 9

nitrofurantoin

Question 10

what is the drug treatment for pyelonephritis?

Answer 10

ceftriaxone, fluoroquinolones, piperacillin

Question 11

what is the TammHorsfall protein? how does it work?

Answer 11

binds to type 1 pili and prevents UPEC from binding epithelial

Question 12

what is the most common yeast UTI

Answer 12

candida