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1. Why is anthrax called woolsorters disease
Acute/recent infection
Haemophilus - legionella - bordetella - francisella - brucella - pasteurella - bartonella - garderella
Inhalation of spores from contaminated wool
Dysentery from shiga like toxin - O157:H7 is common serotype - produces HUS
2. Study of bacteria
bacteriology
Rheumatic fever - acute glomerulonephritis
Lynn Margulis - gen. information
Topocal miconazole - selenium sulfide
3. TB like dz in HIV pos pt with CD4 < 50
Mycobacterium avium intracellulare
Doxycycline
Aerosal - from environmental water source
Chronic disease - positive during window period
4. What does neg PPD indicated
Mycobacterium TB (Pott's dz)
No infection - anergic (steroids - malnutrition - immunoCised - sarcoidosis)
what peptidoglycan is composed of
Salmonella
5. Segment of DNA that can jump from one location to another - can transfer genes from plasmid to chromosome and vice versa
Encapsulated or not - positive if encapsulated bug is present; capsule swells when specific anticapsular antisera are added
Transposition - some flanking genes can be gained and lost - and transferred in conjugation
cell membrane - function
Bartonella henselae
6. What are the lab findings of pseudomonas
Aerobic gram pos rod - non lactose fermenting - oxidase pos - blue - green pigment - grapelike odor
S. pyogenes - hemolysin antigen for ASO antibody Which is used in the dx of rheumatic fever
ribosomes (eukaryotic) - size
Diphyllobothrium latum - ingestion of larvae in raw freshwater fish - praziquantel
7. What is the resevoir of salmonella
Kaposi's Sarcoma in HIV pts - sexual contact
single- stranded RNA
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis - lung cavity aspergilloma 'fungus ball' invasice aspergillosis in immunoCised pts and those with chronic granulomatous disease
Animal - except typhi - only in humans
8. What must negative stranded viruses do and what must they bring with them to do it
Elevated CRP and ESR
malaria
Transcribe negative strand to positive - RNA dependent RNA polymerase
ADP- R AB toxin: heat labile - stimulates adenylate cylcase - heat stable toxin stimulates guanylate cyclase - both cause watery diarrhea
9. How does urinary tract infection present
pili - function
Gardnerella vaginialis and bacterial vaginosis
C. trachomatis (L1- L3) - lymphgranuloma venereum
Dysuria - frequency - urgency - suprapubic pain - WBCs but not casts in urine
10. Virus that infects bacteria
bacteriophage - definition
Syphillis - sexual contact
fungi kingdom
Hepadna - herpes - adeno - pox - parvo - papilloma - polyoma
11. What is the source of pseudomonas and What does virulence factors does it have
Water source - endotoxin causing fever and shock - exotoxin A (inactivates EF-2)
Strep pyogenes and scarlet fever
protista kingdom
Brucella sp
12. Rapidly fatal meningoencephalitis after swimming - dz - transmission - dx and tx
Nocardia - pseudomonas - m. tuberculosis - bacillus - nagging pests must breathe
Naegleria fowleri - freshwater lakes through cribiform plate - amoebas in spinal fluid - amphotericin for survivors
Rotavirus - adenovirus - norwalk virus
lysozyme
13. Which are the segmented viruses and what feature do they all share
Acute bacterial endocarditis and osteomyelitis
algae characteristics (3)
Mycoplasma - have sterols
RNA viruses - BOAR = Bunyavirus - Orthomyxovirus - Arenaviruses - Reoviruses
14. What is the only bacterium with a polypeptide capsule and and What does it cause
Canned food - honey (causing floppy baby)
B anthracis - anthrax - cutaneous is black eschar ulcer (painless) can progress to bacteremia or death - pulmonary anthrax is inhalation of spores producing flu - like sx that rapidly progress to fever pulmonary hemorrhage - mediastinitis and shock
Disseminated disease with constintutional symptoms including maculopapular rash on palms and soles - condylomata lata
Genetic shift - pandemic
15. Long rods that can be rigid or flexible
Anti gp120 crosses the placenta
gram- positive cell wall
helical shape - definition
Rickettsia rickettsii
16. Vesciular rash on palms and soles with ulcers in oral mucosa - agent and dz
Coxsackie A - hand - foot - mouth dz
All except coxiella are via arthropod
Dysuria - frequency - urgency - suprapubic pain - WBCs but not casts in urine
Spongiform encephalopathy and dementia - ataxia and death.
17. What are the top bugs for PID and what distinguishes them
fungi
cytoplasm - definition
C. trachomatis - subactue - often undiagnosed - N. gono - acute with high fever; C. trachomatis is the most common STI in the US
Acute or chronic - vaccine is HBsAg - reverse transcriptase though not a retrovirus
18. Osteomyelitis in sexually active people can be from
Aminoglycosides - require O2 to enter bacterial cell - nl found in GI tract
N. gonorrhoeae (rare) septic arthritis is more common
Pen
Taenia solium - cysticercosis
19. Trichomonas
Pneumocystis jerovici PNA - TB - histoplasmosis
Sterility
flagella
S. aureus
20. What species causing bloody or watery diarrhea produces a pseudomembranous colitis
Haemophilus - legionella - bordetella - francisella - brucella - pasteurella - bartonella - garderella
flaccid paralysis
C. diff
Gonococci
21. What bug produces a blue - green pigment
Pseudemonas aeruginosa
C. perfringens
Reticulte body - in cytoplast of host
Gallbladder
22. Provides structure
Anaerobes
Acute/recent infection
how wine is spoiled
cell wall - function
23. Why aren't naked viruses destroyed in the gut (A and E)
cell wall - function
Encapsulated or not - positive if encapsulated bug is present; capsule swells when specific anticapsular antisera are added
No envelope
endospores are resistant to (4)
24. Spaghetti and meatball appearance on KOH prep - dz - organism
vaginal yeast infections can be caused by this
Tinea versicolor - malassezia furfur
E. coli
flagella - function
25. Postviral PNA
flagella
Many treponemas
E. Coli
Staph or H. flu
26. Respiratory therapy equipment is risk factor For what nosocomial infection
Pseudomonas
Inhalation of spores from contaminated wool
Antigen associated with core of HBV
Haemophilus - legionella - bordetella - francisella - brucella - pasteurella - bartonella - garderella
27. What 3 pathways does endotoxin activate
Adults - preformed toxin - babies - ingestion of spores in honey
Macrophages - complement pathway and hageman factor
Arenaviruses - bunyaviruses - paramyxoviruses - orthomyxoviruses - filoviruses - rhabdoviruses - Always Bring Polymerase Or Fail Replication
medical important mycobacteria
28. Which DNA virus does not replicate in the nucleus
Pox - carries own DNA dependent RNA polymerase
Strep bovis - also group D
five kingdoms of microorganisms
Posterior cervical lymph nodes
29. What does coronavirus do
Togavirus - german 3 day measles
S. epidermidis
HPV 6 and 11 - condylomata acuminata
Common cold and SARS
30. What is the TX for pseudomonas
Dysuria - frequency - urgency - suprapubic pain - WBCs but not casts in urine
Active hepatitis - cirrhosis and HCC
SHiN - strep pneumo - h flu - neisseria
Aminoglycoside plus extended spectrum pen (pipercillin - ticarcillin)
31. What is the ability to take up DNA from evironment in bacteria
Specialized transduction - an excision event
Transformation or competence
Klebsiella
C. diff
32. What is the pathophys of mucor
All of them
cell membrane - definition
C. perfringens
Fungi proliferate in blood vessel walls when there is excess ketone and glucose - penetrate cribiform plate - and enter
33. What bug grows on tellurite plate - lofflers media
C. diptheriae
Rubella
Major surface antigen - peptidoglycan for support - teichoic acid induces TNF and IL-1
medical important mycobacteria
34. What animals carry rabies virus
Bat - racoon - skunk
Reovirus - colorado tick fever - rotavirus - #1 cause of fatal diarrhea in children
yeast and mold stages can be dependent on _____ or ______
Major surface antigen - peptidoglycan for support - teichoic acid induces TNF and IL-1
35. What does cyrptococcus result in clinically
Cryptococcal meningitis - cryptococcosis - soap bibble lesions in brain
Echinococcus granulosus - ingested eggs in dogs feces - surgeons inject ethanol before removal to kill daughter cysts - bendazoles
Alpha toxin - a lecithinase that acta s a phospholipase to cleave cell membranes and causes a gas gangrene
glycocalyx - function
36. Conversion of sugar to alcohol
fermentation - definition
flagella
Infectious mononucleosis - Burkitt's lymphoma - nasopharyngeal carcinoma - respiratory secretions - saliva
IVDU
37. How is legionella transmitted
Pneumoniae and psittaci
Aerosal - from environmental water source
nucleus
Guillain barre
38. What is the fever cycle for p. falciparum
structures of an eukaryotic cell (5)
Anti gp120 crosses the placenta
Syphillis - sexual contact
Severe - daily cycles - parasitized RBCs occlude capillaries in the brain - kidneys and lungs
39. Some algae
plant kingdom
Nonspecific antibody test that reacts with beef cardiolipin - used for screening of syphillis but many biologic false pos including viral infection (mono or hepatitis) some drugs - rheumatic fever - SLE and leprosy (V=viruses - D =drugs R = rheum fev
Bacitracin sensitive - antibodies to M protein enhance host defenses - but can give rise to rheumatic fever
CD4 less than or equal to 200 - or HIV pos with AIDS defining conditino like pneumocytsis jerovici or a CD4/CD8 < 1.5
40. How much more frequently do women have UTIs than men - why - and What are predisposing factors
N. gonorrhoeae (rare) septic arthritis is more common
Ten times - shorter urethrase colonized by fecal flora - obstruction - kidney surgery - catheterization - GU malformation - diabetes pregnancy
Clostridium tetani
Nocardia - pseudomonas - m. tuberculosis - bacillus - nagging pests must breathe
41. Fever and chills
flagella - function
Cryptococcal meningitis - toxoplasmosis - CMV encelphalopathy - AIDS dementia - PML from JC virus
staining of bacteria
malaria symptoms
42. Will show size and arrangement
Saucer shaped yeast forms
Endotoxin/LPS - the periplasmic space (location of many beta lactamases)
bacillus
simple staining of bacteria
43. yeast - molds - mushrooms
Theory of Biogenesis
Treponema - tertiary syphillis
CMV - RSV
fungi kingdom
44. What is gardnerella associated with
LCMV - lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus - Lassa fever encephalitis - spread by mice
cilia - function
Sexual activity - but not an STI
No they are T cells reacting to EBV infected cells
45. What can cause food poisoning in poultry - meat and eggs
Mild flulike symptoms with legionella
Nutrient depletion slows growth - spore formation in some bacteria
Salmonella
chloroplasts - function
46. What other disease can mesenteric adenitis mimic
S. pyogenes - toxic shock - like syndrome
Gingivostomatitis - keratoconjunctivitis - temporal lobe encephalitis - herpes labialis - respiratory secretions - saliva
Crohns or appendicitis
Entamoeba histolytica
47. Non - enveloped virus is engulfed by host cell; enveloped virus fusion of the envelope with cell membrane
Prevents phagocytosis - group A strep
pseudopodia
chemical synthesis...
penetration (AV)
48. Study of protozoans
protozoology
Parainfluenza - croup - RSV - bronchiloitis in babies - Rx - ribavirin - Rubeola (Measles) Mumps
Reticulte body - in cytoplast of host
endospores
49. What does group B strep produce and What does it cause
C. diff
Measles
Nl flora in oropharynx - cause dental carries (mutans) - subacute bacterial endocarditis (sanguis)
CAMP factor enlarges area of hemolysis formed by S. aureus
50. Infects prosthetic devices and intravenous catheters by producing adherent biofilms - what bacteria and where do you normally find it
Staph epi - normal skin flora - contaminates blood cultures
Endotoxin/LPS - the periplasmic space (location of many beta lactamases)
cytoplasm - definition
Fimbriae - cystitis and pyelonephritis; K capsule - pneumonia - neonatal meningitis - LPS endotoxin - septic shock
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