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what is unique to gram-positive organisms?
what does it induce? |
Teichoic Acid
TNF and IL-1 |
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what is unique to gram-negative organisms?
what does it induce? |
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) / Endotoxin
(both considered the Outer Membrane) TNF and IL-1 |
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what bug has a D-glutamate capsule?
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Bacillis Anthrax
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what is a spore made of?
(2) |
Keratin-like coat
Dipicolinic acid |
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in the bacterial growth curve, when is rapid cell division?
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Log phase
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Definition:
substance that binds directly to MHC-II and T-cell receptors activating a large number of T-cells to stimulate release of IL-1 and IL-2 |
Superantigen
(TSST-1 in S.aureus) (SPE toxin in S.pyogenes - Scarlet fever) |
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(4) Bugs w/ A-B toxins
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Corynebacterium diphtheria,
Vibrio, E.coli, B.pertussis |
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Bug that inactivates elongation factor EF-2
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Corynebacterium diphtheria
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what toxin in clostridium causes gas gangrene?
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Alpha toxin
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what NT does C.tetani block?
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Glycine
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what toxin cleaves host cell rRNA?
which Bugs use it? (2) |
Shiga Toxin
bugs: Shigella, E.coli |
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what does the following Neisseria ferment:
Meningococci Gonococci |
MeninGococci = Maltose and Glucose
Gonococci = Glucose |
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Pigment-producing Bug:
1. Blue-green 2. Red 3. Yellow |
in alphabetical order:
Blue = Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Red = Serratia Yellow = Staph Aureus |
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(3)* Bugs that form spores
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PAT the soil for spores:
c.Perfringens, b.Anthrax, c.Tetani |
PAT the soil for spores
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Catalase positive
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Staph
(coagulase+ = Aureus) |
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(4)* Dx that Strep Pneumonae is MCC of.
what are they sensitive to? |
MOPS:
Meningitis, Otitis Media, Pneumonia, Sinusitis MOPS are Most OPtochin Sensitive |
MOPS
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what Strep group lives in the mouth and is Optochin resistant?
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Viridians
(not afraid Of-the-chin and are OP-TO-CHIN resistant) |
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which clostridia causes:
Diarrhea? gas Gangrene? |
DIarrhea = DIfficle
gas gangrene PERForates the leg = PERfringens |
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Dx:
vesicular papules covered w/ black eschar |
Anthrax
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Food poison bug:
poultry, meat and eggs |
Salmonella
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Food poison bug:
reheated meat dishes |
Clostridium Perfringens
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Food poison bug:
meats, mayo or custard |
S.Aureus
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MCC of swimmers ear
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Pseudomonas
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what types of chlamydia cause blindness in Africa and chronic infection?
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Types A, B, C
Africa, Blindness, Chronic infection |
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term for asexual fungal spores
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"Conidia"
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Mycoses type from:
Desert or SW USA |
Coccidioidomycosis
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Mycoses type from:
Mississippi or Ohio river valley |
Histoplasmosis
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Mycoses type from:
East of Mississippi |
Blastomycosis
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which DNA virus is not dsDNA
(it is ssDNA)? |
Parvovirus
("Part-of-a-virus") |
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what is the only dsRNA?
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Reovirus
("Repeat-O-virus") |
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which virus class gets its envelope from the nuclear membrane versus the cytoplasmic membrane?
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Herpesviruses
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what are the (2) circular DNA viruses?
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Papova
Hepadna |
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which DNA virus replicates in cytoplasm?
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Poxvirus
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MCC of global infantile gastroenteritis
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ROTAvirus
Right Out of The Anus! |
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(2) Main causes of Meningitis in Newborn
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Group B Strep,
E.coli |
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MCC of meningitis in children 6 mo - 6 yo
(2) |
Strep Pneumonia
H.Influenzae |
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MCC of meningitis in 6 yo - 60 yo
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N. Meningitis
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MCC of meningitis > 60 yo
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S. Pneumonia
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infectious agents of TORCHES
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ToRCHeS:
Toxoplasmosis, Rubella, CMV, HSV, Syphilis |
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Bug hints:
Pus, empyema, abscess |
S.Aureus
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Bug hints:
pediatric infection |
H.influenzae
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Bug hints:
Branching rods in oral infection |
Actinomyces israelii
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Bug hints:
traumatic open wound |
C.perfringens
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Bug hints:
surgical wound |
S.Aureus
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Bug hints:
Dog or Cat bite |
Pasturella
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Bug hints:
sepsis/meningitis in newborn |
Group B strep
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