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(written by Riona Adams) Microbiology - basics Flashcards

1
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Give 3 gram positive cocci

A
  • ) Staphylococci
  • ) Streptococci
  • ) Enterococci
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Give 2 gram negative cocci

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  • ) Neisseria

- ) Moraxella

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Give 3 gram positive bacilli

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  • ) C. diptheriae
  • ) Listeria monocytogenes
  • ) Clostridia
  • ) Propionibactiera
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4
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Give 5 gram negative bacilli

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  • ) E. coli
  • ) Campylobacter
  • ) Pseudomonas
  • ) Salmonella
  • ) Shigella
  • ) Proteus
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5
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What colour does positive gram bacteria stain?

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Purple

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What colour does negative gram bacteria stain?

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Pink

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7
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What is a gram positive anaerobic cocci?

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Peptostreptococcus

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What test do we do to differentiate between streptococcus and staphylococcus?

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Catalase test

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9
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How does streptococcus stain in a catalase test?

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Negative, no bubbles

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10
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How does staphylococcus stain in a catalase test?

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Positive, bubbles

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11
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What test do we do to differentiate streptococcus?

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Haemolysis on Blood agar

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12
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What colour does beta haemolytic strep stain?

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White/clearing/yellow

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13
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What colour does alpha haemolytic strep stain?

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Green

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14
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Give an example of beta haemolytic strep

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Antigenic group A, B, C, G

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15
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Give an example of alpha haemolytic strep

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Viridans strep

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16
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What test do we do to differentiate between alpha haemolytic streps

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Optochin test

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17
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What are the results of the optochin test?

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Resistant or sensitive

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18
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Give an example of a sensitive alpha haemolytic strep

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S. pneumoniae

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19
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What test do we do to differentiate between staphylococcus?

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Coagulase

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20
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What are the results of the coagulase test?

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Positive or negative

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21
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Give an example of a coagulase positive staphylococcus

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S. aureus

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22
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Give an example of a coagulase negative staphyloccocus

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staph epidermis

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23
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Give an example of an anaerobic gram negative rod

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B. fragilis

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24
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What do we do to differentiate between gram negative bacilli?

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Lactose fermentation

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25
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What are lactose fermenting bacteria?

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Enterobacteriaceae (coliforms)

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26
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Give an example of a lactose fermenting enterobacteriaceae

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E. coli, Klebsiella

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27
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What do we do to distinguish between enterobacteriaceae? (2)

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Biochemical identification and sensitivity tests

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28
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Give an example of a biochemical identification test

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API strip

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29
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Give 2 examples of a non lactose fermenting bacteria

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  • ) Shigella
  • ) Salmonella
  • ) Pseudomonas
  • ) Proteus
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30
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What test do we do distinguish between non lactose fermenting bacteria?

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Oxidase test

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31
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What are the results of the oxidase test

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Positive and negative

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32
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Give an example of an oxidase test negative bacteria

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Enterobactericeae

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33
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Give an example of a non lactose fermenting enterobacteriaceae

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  • ) Proteus

- ) Shigella

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34
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Give an example of a oxidase test positive bacteria

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Pseudomonas species

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35
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What do we do to test pseudomonas species?

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Anti-pseudomonal sensitivity tests

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36
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What colour does a positive coagulase test stain?

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Gold

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37
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What colour does a negative coagulase test stain?

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White

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38
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What colour does non-lactose fermentation stain?

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Yellow/colourless

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39
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What colour does lactose fermentation stain?

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Pink

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40
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What colour does a positive oxidase test stain?

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Purple

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41
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What colour does a negative oxidase test stain?

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Not purple/no change

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42
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Define pathogen

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An organism that causes/is capable of causing disease

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43
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Define commensal

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An organism which colonises the host but causes no disease in normal circumstances

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44
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Define opportunist pathogen

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A microbe that only causes disease if host defences are compromised

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45
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Define virulence/pathogenicity

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The degree to which a given organism is pathogenic

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46
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Define asymptomatic carriage

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When a pathogen is carried harmlessly at a tissue site where it causes no disease

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47
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Give 2 colonisation factors

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-) Adhesions
-) Invasins
-) Nutrient acquisition
-) Defence
Etc

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48
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Define toxins

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Effectors that are usually secreted proteins that cause damage and subversion

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49
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What are the 2 main shapes of bacteria?

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Cocci (round) and bacilli (rod)

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50
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Why does a positive gram stain response occur?

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Stain is able to fix to the single membrane cell wall on a gram positive bacteria

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51
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Why does a negative gram stain occur?

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Stain cannot fix due to 2 membranes on gram negative bacteria

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52
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Give 2 types of bacterial toxins

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  • ) Endotoxin

- ) Exotoxin

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53
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Give 3 features of an exotoxin

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  • ) Made up of protein
  • ) Specific action
  • ) Labile to heat
  • ) Strong antigenicity
  • ) Produced by mostly gram +ve
  • ) Convertible to toxoid
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54
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Give 3 features of an endotoxin

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  • ) Made up of lipopolysaccharide, LPS
  • ) Non-specific action
  • ) Stable to heat
  • ) Weak antigenicity
  • ) Produced by mostly gram –ve
  • ) Not convertible to toxoid
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55
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What is a toxoid?

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A toxin treated so that it loses its toxicity but retains its antigenicity

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56
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Give 3 ways in which bacteria can get genetic variation

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  • ) Mutations
  • ) Swap bits of DNA with environment (via plasmids)
  • ) Gene transfer
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57
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Give 3 ways in which gene transfer can occur

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  • ) Transformation, via plasmid
  • ) Transduction, via virus
  • ) Conjugation, via sex pilus
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58
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What is are plasmids?

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Autonomously replicating pieces of DNA

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59
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What is coagulase?

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An enzyme produced by bacteria that clots blood plasma by forming a fibrin clot around bacteria, may protect it from phagocytosis

60
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Give 3 virulence factors of staphylococcus

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  • ) Pore forming toxins
  • ) Proteases
  • ) Toxic shock syndrome
  • ) Protein A
61
Q

Give 3 virulence factors of streptococcus pyogenes

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  • ) Surface factors (capsule, M protein)
  • ) Enzymes
  • ) Toxins
62
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Give 3 virulence factors of streptococcus pneumoniae

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  • ) Thick capsule
  • ) Inflammatory wall constiuents
  • ) Cytotoxin
63
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What is the most virulent group of viridian’s streptococci?

64
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What plate does haemolysis staining us?

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Red blood agar

65
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What is Lancefield typing?

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Bacteria are grouped according to carbohydrate antigens on cell surfaces

66
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What indicates recognition on a Lancefield typing test?

67
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What does ASLO stand for?

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Anti-streptolysin O

68
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What do both gram negative and positive bacteria contain?

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Peptidoglycan

69
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What plate do enterobacteria grow on?

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MacConkey agar

70
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What are enterobacteria (coliforms)?

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Gamma proteobacteria

71
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Give 3 examples of gamma proteobacteria

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  • ) E. coli
  • ) Shigella
  • ) Salmonella enterica
  • ) Proteus mirabilis
  • ) Klebsiella pneumoniae
  • ) Vibrio cholera
  • ) Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • ) Haemophilus influenza
  • ) Legionella pneumoniae
72
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Give 2 examples of beta proteobacteria

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  • ) Bordetella pertussis

- ) Neisseria (meningitides and gonorrhoea)

73
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What is the organism what causes pertussis?

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Bordetella pertussis

74
Q

Give 2 examples of epsilon proteobacteria

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  • ) Campylobacter

- ) Helicobacter pylori

75
Q

Why is phagocytosis of fungi hard?

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They have a well defined cell wall made up of chitins and polysaccharides

76
Q

Give 3 ways we can classify fungi

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  • ) Moulds
  • ) Yeasts
  • ) Dimorphic
77
Q

How do fungi move?

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  • ) Growth

- ) Spores

78
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Where are fungi found?

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  • ) Food
  • ) Soils
  • ) Animal faeces
79
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What is the plasma membrane of a fungal cell made up of?

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Ergosterol

80
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How do yeasts reproduced?

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Asexual budding

81
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How do dimorphic fungi grow, depending on their location/temperature?

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  • ) Tissue - yeasts

- ) In vitro at room temperature - moulds

82
Q

What are moulds also known as?

A

Filamentous fungi

83
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Are fungi eukaryotic or prokaryotic?

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Eukaryotic

84
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What 3 levels of infection can fungi cause?

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  • ) Superficial
  • ) Subcutaneous
  • ) Systemic
85
Q

Give an example of a superficial fungal infection

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  • ) Skin, nail, hair infection
  • ) Ringworm/athlete’s foot
  • ) Yeast infection/thrust
86
Q

Give an example of a subcutaneous fungal infection

A
  • ) Chromomycosis

- ) Mycetoma

87
Q

Give an example of a systemic fungal infection

A
  • ) Usually in immunocompromised

- ) Opportunistic - aspergillus niger

88
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What are mycobacteria?

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Aerobic, non-spore forming, non-motile bacilli

89
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Why can mycobacteria survive inside macrophages even in a low pH environment?

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High cell wall content of high molecular weight lipids

90
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What are mycobacteria that stain with Ziehl-Nielsen?

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Acid fast bacilli

91
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What does the high cell wall content in mycobacteria lead to?

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SLOW:

  • ) Reproduce
  • ) Grow
  • ) Culture
  • ) Respond to treatment
92
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Give 2 diseases caused by mycobacteria

A
  • ) TB
  • ) Leprosy
  • ) Disseminated infection in AIDS
93
Q

What do highly stimulated macrophages become?

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Epithelioid cells

94
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What can epithelioid cells fuse to become?

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Langhans giant cells, giant multinucleate cells

95
Q

What occurs if the central tissue of a granulomata necroses in TB?

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Caseating granuloma

96
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What is the causative organism of TB?

A

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

97
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What is the causative organism of leprosy?

98
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What are protozoa?

A

Single celled eukaryotic organisms

99
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What are the 2 stages of protozoa?

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  • ) Proliferative stage, tropozoite

- ) Dormant stage, cyst

100
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Give 4 of the 5 main types of protozoa

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  • ) Flagellates
  • ) Amoebae
  • ) Microsporidia
  • ) Ciliates
  • ) Sporozoa
101
Q

What type of protozoa is giardia lambia?

A

Flagellate

102
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What type of protozoa is malaria?

103
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What is malaria transmitted by?

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Bite of a female anopheles mosquito

104
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When should we consider malaria?

A

Fever and exotic travel

105
Q

Where do viruses grow?

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Inside living cells

106
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What is the structure of a virus?

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  • ) Outer protein coat (capsule)
  • ) Sometimes surrounded by a lipid envelope
  • ) Have RNA/DNA
107
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Where do viruses reproduce?

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Inside cells

108
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What do the proteins on viruses function as? (2)

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  • ) Enzymes inside the cell

- ) Allow attachment to complementary receptors on susceptible host cell plasma membranes

109
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What 2 shapes can viruses be?

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Helical or polyhedral

110
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What are the 6 stages of viral replication?

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1) Attachment
2) Cell entry
3) Interaction with host cells
4) Replication
5) Assembly
6) Release

111
Q

Give 4 ways in which viruses cause damage

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  • ) Direct destruction of host cells
  • ) Modification of host cell structure or function (physical/functional)
  • ) Over-reactivity of host as response to infection, immune pathological damage
  • ) Cell proliferation and cell immortalisation
  • ) Evasion of extracellular and intracellular host defects (persistence/variability)
112
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Give 2 ways in which viruses are variable

A
  • ) Surface proteins/antigens

- ) Formation of quasi-species

113
Q

What are interferons?

A

Naturally occurring antivirals

114
Q

What are the 3 types of worms?

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  • ) Nematodes (round)
  • ) Trematodes (flat, flukes)
  • ) Cestodes (tape)
115
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What do worms produce which may cause disease?

A

Larvae or eggs

116
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What is the pre-patent period?

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Interval between infection and appearance of eggs in stol

117
Q

How do we diagnose a worm infection?

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Microscopy

118
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How are intestinal nematodes transmitted?

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Oro-faecally via eggs/larvae that have developed in the soil

119
Q

What is the most common cause of iron deficiency anaemia?

120
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Where are trematodes found?

A

Blood, liver lungs, bowel

121
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What is the intermediate host of flukes?

122
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What is an antibiotic?

A

An agent produced by micr-organism that kill or inhibit the growth of other microorganism in high dilution

123
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How do antibiotics work?

A

By binding to a target site on a bacterium

124
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What organism is a risk with the use of antibiotics?

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C. difficile

125
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What are the 2 main types of antibiotic?

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  • ) Bacteriostatic

- ) Bactericidal

126
Q

How do bacteriostatic antibiotics work?

A

Prevents growth of bacteria, MIC required

127
Q

How do bactericidal antibiotics work?

A

Kill bacteria, MBC required

128
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What does MBC stand for?

A

Minimal bactericidal concentration

129
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What does MIC stand for?

A

Minumum inhibitory concentration

130
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What are the 2 major determinant of antibacterial effects?

A
  • ) Concentration

- ) Time remains at binding sites

131
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What are the 4 parts of pharmacokinetics?

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  • ) Release
  • ) Absorption
  • ) Distribution
  • ) Elimination (metabolism/excretion)
132
Q

Give 3 considerations for an antibiotic’s distribution

A
  • ) BBB
  • ) pH of site
  • ) Lipid solubility
  • ) Half life
  • ) Safe for patient? (allergies, liver function, pregnancy)
133
Q

Give 3 ways in which the bacteria can prevent the antibiotic from working

A
  • ) Changing target
  • ) Destroying antibiotic
  • ) Preventing access
  • ) Removing antibiotics from bacteria
  • ) Resistance
134
Q

How do we visualise viruses?

A

Electron microscopy

135
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What does PCR stand for?

A

Polymerase chain reaction

136
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Which Igs appear when in an infection?

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  • ) IgM - immediate

- ) IgG - later, stays for longer

137
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How is a gram stain performed? (5)

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  • ) Fixation of sample
  • ) Crystal violet added
  • ) Iodine treatment
  • ) Decolourisation
  • ) Safranin counter stain
138
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How does a catalase test work?

A

Looks at whether O2 can be reduced by superoxide dismutase to produce H2O2

139
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How does a coagulase test work?

A

Coagulase activates prothrombin to convert fibrinogen to fibrin

140
Q

How does haemolysis work?

A

Looks at ability of bacteria to break down RBCs in blood agar

141
Q

What are the 3 results of haemolysis, and why?

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Alpha - oxidation, green
Beta - lysis, clear
Gamma - nothing, unchanged

142
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How do we detect a cytopathic effect in viruses?

A

Culture virus in cell, monitor effects

143
Q

What characteristic of fungi do antifungals target?

A

Ergesterol plasma membranes

144
Q

Why is it difficult to develop treatments for fungal infections?

A

They are eukaryotic/similar RNA and DNA synthesis

145
Q

Why do fungi rarely cause serious disease?

A

They cannot survive above 37 degrees and so are eradicated by fever

146
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Name 2 differences between properties of gram negative and positive bacteria

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  • ) Positive have single cell wall, negative have double
  • ) Positive have small peptidoglycan area whereas negative have large
  • ) Negative produce endotoxins, positive do not
147
Q

TB is treated with 4 antibiotics for 6 months, explain why the treatment is so long and why 4 antibiotics are used (2)

A

Duration - TB replicates slowly

Combined antibiotics - to target all mutations

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