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VII - Other Bacteria Flashcards

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Bacteria in undulating fever

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Brucella abortus

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DOC in Brucellosis

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Doxycycline + Rifampin

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Brucella transmission

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contaminated dairy

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Bacteria in Tularemia

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Francisella tularensis

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Reservoir of Francisella

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Rabbits, deer, rodents

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Tularemia transmission

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ticks (Dermacentor)

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DOC for Tularemia

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Streptomycin, Gentamicin

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Bacteria in bubonic plague

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Yersinia pestis

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Most virulent bacteria

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Yersinia pestis

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Morphology of Yersinia pestis

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safety pin staining

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DOC in bubonic plague

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Streptomycin + Tetracyclin

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Reservoir of Yersinia

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Wild rodents

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13
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Clinical finding in bubonic plague

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buboes

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14
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Transmitted thru animal bites, exhibit bipolar staining

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Pasteurella multocida

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Assay for drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Luciferase assay

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Most imporant virulence factor in TB

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Cord factor

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17
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TB virulence factor, prevents phagosome-lysosome fusion

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Sulfatide

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TB virulence factor, elicits delayed hypersensitivity

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Tuberculin surface protein

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19
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PPD cut-off in low-risk

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> 15mm

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20
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PPD cut-off in high-risk

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> 10mm

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PPD cut-off in HIV, AIDS, old TB, immunocompromised

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> 5mm

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Finding in apical TB, reactivation

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Simon’s focus

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Causes pulmonary disease in immunocompromised pts, CD4 <50

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Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex

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Reservoir, culture of Mycobacterium leprae

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Armadillo

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2 types of leprosy
Tuberculoid, Lepromatous
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DOC in tuberculoid leprosy
Dapsone + Rifampin
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DOC in lepromatous leprosy
Dapsone + Rifampin + Clofazimine
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(+) Lepromin test in (tuberculoid? Lepromatous?)
Tuberculoid
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Presents with hard swollen sinus tracts in local trauma (jaw, dental)
Actinomyces israelli (Actinomycosis)
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DOC in Actinomycosis
Penicillin G
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Bacteria with hyphae
Nocardia asteroides
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Manifestation of Nocardia in lung and brain abscess
Mycetomas
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Smallest free-living organism
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
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Provides attachment for Mycoplasma
Toll-like receptor 2 protein
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MCC of walking/atypical pneumonia
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
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MCC infectious cause of SJS
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
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DOC for Mycoplasma
Erythromycin
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Nonulcerated ulcer, non-painful, in primary syphilis
Chancre
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Warty lesion of the genitals in secondary syphilis
Condyloma lata
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Granulomas of tertiary syphilis
Gummas
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Neurologic findings in tertiary syphilis
Tabes dorsalis, Argyll-Robertson/Prostitute pupil, dementia paralytica
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Findings in congenital syphilis
Saddle nose, Hutchinson triad (Hutchinson teeth, deafness, keratitis)
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Unilateral enlargement of sternoclavicular portion of clavicle
Higoumenakis sign, in congenital syphilis
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COD in congenital syphilis
Pulmonary hemorrhage
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Diagnostic of choice in primary syphilis
Darkfield microscopy
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Diagnostic of choice in secondary syphilis
RPR/VDRL
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Confirmatory test in syphilis
FTA-ABS
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DOC in syphilis
Penicillin G
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Drug reaction to Penicillin due to lysis of spirochetes
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction
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Bacterial etiology of Lyme disease
Borrelia burgdorferi
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Largest medically-important bacteria
Borrelia burgdorferi
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Transmission of Lyme disease
Ixodes scapularis (deer tick)
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Stage 1 Lyme disease, clincal finding
Erythma chronicum migrans
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Stage 2 Lyme disease, clinical finding
AV block, Bell's palsy
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Stage 3 Lyme disease
migratory polyarthritis
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DOC in Lyme disease
Doxycycline
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Etiology of Relapsing fever
Borrelia recurrentis
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DOC in relapsing fever
Tetracycline
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Microscopic finding is Shepherd's crook (hook at one or both ends)
Leptospira interrogans
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Gold standard in diagnosis of leptospirosis
Lepto MAT
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2 Phases of leptospirosis
Acute leptospiremic phase, Immune leptospiruric phase
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Clinical findings in acute leptospiremic phase
Calf tenderness, conjunctivl suffusion
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Clinical fingings in immune leptospiruric phase
meningitis, GN, hepatic necrosis
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Xray findings in leptospirosis
Snowflake lesion
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DOC in leptospirosis
Penicillin G
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Most severe form of leptospirosis
Weil syndrome
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COD in Weil syndrome
Pulmonary hemorrhage
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Infectious form of Chlamydia trachomatis
Elementary body (extracellular)
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Reproductive form of Chlamydia trachomatis
Reticulate body (intracellular)
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MCC of STD overall
Chlamydia trachomatis D-K
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MCC infectious cause of blindness
Chlamydia trachomatis A-C (trachoma)
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Microscopic finding in trachoma
Halberstadter-Prowazek inclusions
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Cough in Chlamydial neonatal pneumonia
Staccato cough
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Etiology of lymphogranuloma venereum
Chlamydia trachomatis L1-L3
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(+) Frei test
Lymphogranuloma venereum
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Bird fancier's disease
Chlamydia psittaci (psittacosis)
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DOC in chlamydia STD
Azithromycin
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DOC in chlamydia conjunctivitis
Erythromycin
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DOC in LGV
Doxycycline
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DOC in psittacosis
Azithromycin
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Rickettsial rash starting at wrist, spreads centripetal
Rocky mountain spotted fever
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Rickettsial rash starting at trunk, spreads centrifugal
Typhus
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Ricketssial disease with no rash, no vector, (-) Weil-Felix, not obligate intracellular
Q fever
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Cat scratch fever in immunocompetent
Bartonella henselae
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Etiology of Bacterial vaginosis
Gardnerella vaginalis
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(+) whiff test, clue cells
Gardnerella vaginalis
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Etiology of chancroid
Haemophilus ducreyi
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Etiology of Donovanosis, beefy red ulcers
Klebsiella granulomatis

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