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10/27/2011

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Term
Bacteria are ___ micro-organisms
Definition
prokaryotic
Term
Bacteria contain single circular
Definition
DNA
Term
Bacteria contain a __ wall
Definition
peptidoglycan
Term
Bacteria are organisms with ___ ribosomes
Definition
70S
Term
Name 3 types of bacteria
Definition
lacking cell wall, flexible cell wall, rigid cell wall
Term
Organisms that lack a cell wall will not stain with ___ stain
Definition
gram
Term
This is an example of a microorganism that lacks a cell wall.
Definition
MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE
Term
MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE causes___
Definition
atypical “walking” pneumonia.
Term
As a result of lacking a cell wall mycoplasma pneumoniae will not stain with the __ stain
Definition
gram
Term
__ are microbes tthat have a flexible cell wall
Definition
spirochetes
Term
Spirochetes are faintly gram __
Definition
negative
Term
Spirochetes are best stained with the ___ stain
Definition
ziehl nelson
Term
Name the three spirochete diseases
Definition
weil disease
lyme disease
syphillus
Term
This bacteria with a flexible cell wall causes weil disease which presents with jaundice and hemorrhage.
Definition
LEPTOSPIRA INTEROGANS
Term
This bacteria with a flexible cell wall causes lyme disease
Definition
borrelia burgdorferi
Term
Lyme disease presents with
Definition
erythema migrans (bulls eye rash)
joint pains
Term
The vector of lyme disease is from a
Definition
deer tick
Term
This bacteria with a flexible cell wall causes relapsing fever from ticks, lice and rabbits
Definition
BORRELIA RECURRENTIS
Term
This bacteria with a flexible cell wall causes syphilis which presents with a painless genital ulcer (chancre)
Definition
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM (spirochetes)
Term
Secondary syphillis is characterized by these 3 things
Definition
generalized maculopapular rash
genital warts (condylomata lata)
generalized lymphadenopathy
Term
Latent stage of syphillis is ___
Definition
asymptomatic
Term
The tertiary phase of syphillis is characterized by damage to the nervous system with these 6 things.
Definition
TAA
argyll robertsons pupil
gummas
charcots joint
generalized paralysis of the insane
tabes dorsalis
Term
The majority of bacteria have __ cell walls
Definition
rigid
Term
There are a few bacteria that can't exist on their own because they can't make there own ATP and these are called ___
Definition
obligate intracellular disease
Term
3 obligate intracellular diseases are
Definition
Rickets, Chlamydia, Bartonella Henselae
Term
This bacteria with a rigid cell wall causes bird fancier’s disease characterized by cough and fever.
Definition
CHLAMYDIA PSITTACI
Term
This bacteria with a rigid cell wall causes trachoma characterized by blindness and chronic disease.
Definition
CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS TYPE A, B AND C
Term
This bacteria with a rigid cell wall causes reiter’s syndrome.
Definition
CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS TYPE D-K
Term
15.  Reiter’s syndrome causes these 3 conditions.
Definition
1) CONJUNCTIVITIS, 2) URETHRITITS, 3) ARTHRITIS
Term
16.  This bacteria causes lymphogranuloma venereum which is characterized by a transient genital ulcer followed by draining buboes.
Definition
CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS TYPE L1-L3
Term
17.  This bacteria with a rigid cell wall causes rocky mountain spotted fever.
Definition
RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII
Term
18.  What is the vector for the spread of rocky mountain spotted fever?
Definition
TICKS
Term
19.  This bacteria with a rigid cell wall cause epidemic typhus.
Definition
RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII
Term
20.  What is the vector for the spread of epidemic typhus.
Definition
LICE
Term
21.  This bacteria with a rigid cell wall causes murine endemic typhus.
Definition
RICKETTSIA TYPHI
Term
22.  What is the vector for murine endemic typhus.
Definition
RAT FLEAS
Term
23.  This bacteria with a rigid cell wall causes trench fever.
Definition
RICKETTSIA QUINTANA
Term
24.  What is the vector for trench fever.
Definition
LICE
Term
25.  This bacteria with a rigid cell wall causes scrub typhus.
Definition
RICKETTSIA TSUTSUGAMISHI
Term
26.  What is the vector for scrub typhus?
Definition
MITES
Term
27.  This bacteria with a rigid cell wall causes cat-scratch disease.
Definition
BARTEONELLA HENSELAE
Term
28.  This is a species of bacteria that is made up of gram positive, catalase positive bacteria that occur in bunches like grapes.
Definition
STAPHYLOCOCCUS
Term
29.  Staphylococcus aureus grows as _____ colonies on _____ culture.
Definition
GOLDEN COLONIES; BLOOD AGAR CULTURE
Term
30.  Staphylococcus aureus causes these 6 diseases.
Definition
1) SCALDED SKIN SYNDROME, 2) TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME, 3) INPETIGO, 4) OSTEOMYELITIS, 5) CARBUNCLES, 6) ACUTE BTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS
Term
31.  _____ is the common cause of UTI in teenagers due to the lack of nitrates in the urine.
Definition
STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS
Term
32.  This group of bacteria are gram positive, catalase negative bacteria that occur in strips.
Definition
STREPTOCOCCUS
Term
33.  _____ is a lancefield group A beta-hemolytic diplococci.
Definition
STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES
Term
34.  These 5 conditions are caused by streptococcus pyogenes.
Definition
1) RHEUMATIC FEVER, 2) IMPETIGO, 3) ERYSIPELAS, 4) GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, 5) SCARLET FEVER
Term
35.  This is an example of an alpha hemolytic streptococcus.
Definition
STREPTOCOCCUS VIRIDANS
Term
36.  _____ causes dental cavities and affects damages heart valves (SBE).
Definition
STREPTOCOCCUS VIRIDANS
Term
37.  This is an example of an alpha-hemolytic streptococcus.
Definition
STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE
Term
38.  4 diseases caused by streptococcus pneumoniae.
Definition
1) MENINGITIS, 2) OTITIS MEDIA, 3) PNEUMONIA ASSOCIATED WITH RUST COLORED SPUTUM, 4) SINUSITIS
Term
39.  This is an example of a lancefield group B Beta hemolytic cocci found in the vagina of female carriers.
Definition
STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE
Term
40.  Streptococcus agalactiae causes _____ and _____ in the newborn.
Definition
MENINGITIS AND SEPTICEMIA
Term
41.  this is an example of a gram negative intracellular diplococci.
Definition
NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE
Term
42.  Neisseria gonorrhoeae grows on _____ agar and is _____ fermenting.
Definition
CHOCOLATE AGAR; GLUCOSE
Term
43.  3 conditions caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
Definition
1) GONORRHEA, 2) SEPTIC ARTHRITIS, 3) OPTHALMIA NEONATORUM
Term
44.  This is a gram negative diplococcic that causes meningitis and meningococcemia.
Definition
NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS
Term
45.  Neisseria meningitidis grows in _____ agar and is _____ and _____ fermenting.
Definition
THAYER-MARTIN AGAR; MALTOSE AND GLUCOSE
Term
46.  _____ is an example of a faintly gram stainable bacteria due to a thick waxy wall of mycolic acid.
Definition
MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS
Term
47.  Mycobacterium tuberculosis is grown on this medium.
Definition
LOWENSTEIN-JENSEN MEDIUM
Term
48.  Mycobacterium tuberculosis is stained with _____ stain and causes _____.
Definition
ZIEHL NEELSEN STAIN; TUBERCULOSIS
Term
49.  _____ is a bacteria that is only grown in armadillos and on the foot pads of suckling mice. It attacks the skin and peripheral nerves and causes leprosy.
Definition
MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE
Term
50.  All bacilli are gram native except these 4 bacilli which are gram positive.
Definition
1) BACILLUS, 2) CLOSTRIDIUM, 3) CORYNEBACTERIUM, 4) LISTERIA
Term
51.  _____ is a spore forming rod that causes woolsorters disease and malignant pustules.
Definition
BACILLUS ANTHRASIS
Term
52.  Bacillus anthrasis causes _____ which is a lung infection spread by inhalation.
Definition
WOORSORTER’S DISEASE
Term
53.  Bacillus anthrasis causes _____ which is a skin infection that leads to bacteremia and death.
Definition
MALIGNANT PUSTULES
Term
54.  _____is a bacteria that causes food poisoning from eating contaminated fried rice.
Definition
BACILLUS CEREUS
Term
55.  _____ is a gram positive bacteria that causes botulism due to improperly canned foods and honey in infants.
Definition
CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM
Term
56.  Clostridium botulinum causes botulism due to a preformed toxin that blocks _____ release.
Definition
ACETYLCHOLINE
Term
57.  The botulism caused by clostridium botulinum leads to these 3 conditions.
Definition
1) DIPLOPIA, 2) DYSPHAGIA, 3) FLACCID PARALYSIS
Term
58.  Is a gram positive bacteria that causes pseudomembranous colitis after the use of antibiotics that kill off the normal flora in the gut.
Definition
CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE
Term
59.  _____ is a gram positive bacteria that causes tetanus through the use of terminal spores.
Definition
CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI
Term
60.  Clostridium tetani causes tetanus through an exotoxin that affects the _____.
Definition
NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS
Term
61.  Tetanus is characterized by both _____ and _____.
Definition
MUSCLE SPASMS AND LOCK JAW (TRISMUS)
Term
62.  _____ causes gas gangrene following infection of deep puncture wounds.
Definition
CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS
Term
63.  Clostridium perfringens produces _____ which causes _____.
Definition
LECITHINASE; MUSCLE NECROSIS WITH BUBBLES
Term
64.  _____ is a gram positive bacteria that causes diphtheria caused by club-shaped bacilli. It leads to a grey pseudo-membrane in the throat causing suffocation.
Definition
CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE
Term
65.  When one is infected with corynebacterium diphtheria/diphtheria the _____ test is positive.
Definition
SCHICK TEST
Term
66.  _____ is the only gram positive bacteria that produces an endotoxin.
Definition
LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES
Term
67.  _____ is a bacteria found in unpasteurized milk and cheese that causes meningitis in neonates due to vaginal transmission at birth.
Definition
LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES
Term
68.  _____ is a gran negative enteric bacilli that is urease positive and produces ammonia to neutralize gastric acid leading to gastric and duodenal ulcers.
Definition
HELICOBACTER PYLORI
Term
69.  _____ is a gram negative enteric bacilli that causes fever, diarrhea, and blood and pus in stool.
Definition
CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI
Term
70.  _____ is a gram negative enteric bacilli that caused the bubonic plague (black death).
Definition
YERSINIA PESTIS
Term
71.  What is the vector that spreads Yersinia pestis?
Definition
RAT FLEAS
Term
72.  _____ is an example of a gram negative enteric bacilli that causes food poisoning 1-2 days after ingestion.
Definition
SALMONELLA ENTERIDES
Term
73.  _____ is a non-lactose fermenting enteric bacillus that causes bloody diarrhea (dysentery).
Definition
SHIGELLA DYSENTERIA
Term
74.  _____ is a non-lactose fermenting motile enteric bacillus transmitted by food, fingers, feces, and flies.
Definition
SALMONELLA TYPHI
Term
75.  4 disorders caused by salmonella typhi.
Definition
1) THYPHOID FEVER, 2) STEP-LADDER FEVER, 3) DIARRHEA, 4) ROSE SPOTS ON THE ABDOMEN
Term
76.  _____ is a lactose fermenting catalase positive enteric bacillus that is the main cause of traveler’s diarrhea.
Definition
E.COLI
Term
77.  E.coli contains the _____, _____and _____ antigens.
Definition
O, H AND K
Term
78.  _____ can cause hemolytic uremic syndrome that causes liver and kidney failure. It is found mainly in contaminated hamburger meat.
Definition
E. COLI 0157:H7
Term
79.  _____ is a urea splitting, maltose fermenting enteric bacillus that causes urinary tract infections.
Definition
PROTEUS MIRABILIS
Term
80.  _____ is a bacteria that causes nosocomial infections leading to UTI.
Definition
SERRATIA MARCESCENS
Term
81.  Serratia marcescens causes _____ in wounds.
Definition
RED PUS
Term
82.  _____ is a gram negative lactose fermenting enteric bacillus that causes pneumonia and lung abscess in alcoholics and UTI in diabetics.
Definition
KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE
Term
83.  Klebsiella pneumonia causes _____ sputum when it causes pneumonia.
Definition
RED-CURRANT JELLY SPUTUM
Term
84.  _____ is a gram negative non-enteric bacilli that causes whooping cough.
Definition
BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS
Term
85.  _____ is a gram negative non-enteric bacilli that causes tularemia or rabbit fever.
Definition
FRACISELLA TULARENSIS
Term
86.  _____ is a gram negative non-enteric bacilli that causes brucellosis or undulant fever from infected cows, goats, or swine.
Definition
BRUCELLA ABOTUS
Term
87.  _____ is a gram negative non-enteric bacilli that causes lung infections from contaminated air-conditioning.
Definition
LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILIA
Term
88.  _____ is a gram negative non-enteric bacilli that is non-lactose fermenting and oxidase positive.
Definition
PSEUDOMONAS AEROGENOSA
Term
89.  Pseudomonas aerogenosa causes _____ pus in infected burns.
Definition
BLUE-GREEN PUS
Term
90.  Pseudomonas aerogenosa causes bue-green pus due to _____ (blue) and _____ (green) pigments.
Definition
PYOCYANIN; PYOVERDIN
Term
91.  Pseudomonas aerogenosa causes these 4 conditions.
Definition
1) PNEUMONIA, 2) SEPSIS, 3) EXTERNAL OTITIS, 4) DRUG USE OSTEOMYELITIS
Term
92.  _____ is a gram negative non-enteric bacilli that causes conjunctivitis.
Definition
HEMOPHILIS AEGYPTI
Term
93.  _____ is a gram negative non-enteric bacilli that causes chancroid characterized by yellow painful genital sores.
Definition
HEMOPHILUS DUCREYL
Term
94.  _____ is a gram negative non-enteric bacilli that causes pneumonia, epiglottitis, croup, and meningitis in children.
Definition
HEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE
Term
95.  _____is a gram negative enteric organism that is comma shaped and causes cholera.
Definition
VIBRIO CHOLERAE
Term
96.  Vibrio cholera produces a _____ which stimulates _____ which in turn greatly increases fluid secretion from the gut resulting in severe diarrhea with rice water stools, and rapid dehydration.
Definition
EXOTOXIN; CYCLIC AMP
Term
97.  Many bacteria produce toxins or poisons which enhance their virulence. The 2 types of toxins bacteria are capable of producing are _____and _____.
Definition
EXOTOXINS AND ENDOTOXINS
Term
98.  _____ are produced and not secreted from dead gram negative bacteria.
Definition
ENDOTOXINS
Term
99.  Endotoxins are derived from the _____ found in the cell walls of gram negative bacteria.
Definition
LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES
Term
100.                 When endotoxins are released in the host, it causes system wide effects such as _____ and _____.
Definition
FEVER AND SHOCK
Term
101.                 _____ are produced by live gram positive or negative bacteria.
Definition
ENDOTOXINS
Term
102.                 Endotoxins are _____secreted by bacteria.
Definition
POLYPEPTIDES
Term
103.                 2 antigenic properties of exotoxins.
Definition
1) WHEN DENATURED FORMS A TOXOID, 2) TOXOIDS ARE RECOGNIZED TO STIMULATE IMMUNITY
Term
104.                 This is the toxin released when one has tetanus that targets the nerve fibers.
Definition
TETANOSPASMIN
Term
105.                 This is the toxin released when one has botulism that targets the muscle.
Definition
BOTULISM
Term
106.                 This is the toxin released when one has diphtheria that targets connective tissue.
Definition
DIPTHERIA TOXIN
Term
107.                 _____ is a bacterial classification of bacteria that cannot live without oxygen.
Definition
OBLIGATE AEROBES
Term
108.                 3 different types of obligate aerobes.
Definition
1) PSEUDOMONAS, 2) BACILLUS, 3) MYCOBACTERIUM
Term
109.                 This is a bacterial classification of bacteria that can survive without oxygen.
Definition
OBLIGATE ANAEROBES
Term
110.                 _____ is an example of an obligate anaerobe.
Definition
CLOSTRIDIA
Term
111.                 This is a bacterial classification of bacteria that can live without oxygen but prefers oxygen.
Definition
FACULATATIVE ANAEROBES
Term
112.                 2 examples of facultative anaerobes.
Definition
E.COLI AND LISTERIA
Term
113.                 _____is a class of bacteria that likes warm temperatures (45-90C).
Definition
THERMOPHILES
Term
114.                 _____ are bacteria that like cold temperatures (0-20C).
Definition
PSYCHROPHILE
Term
115.                 _____ are bacteria hat like a moderate temperature.
Definition
MESOPHILE
Term
116.                 _____ fever is caused by coxiella vurnetti via unpasteurized milk from infected cattle or by aerosol spread.
Definition
Q FEVER
Term
117.                 _____ fever is caused by rickettsia rickettsia.
Definition
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER
Term
118.                 _____ fever is caused by rickettsia Quintana.
Definition
TRENCH FEVER
Term
119.                 _____ fever is caused by borrelia recurrentis.
Definition
RECURRENT FEVER
Term
120.                 _____ fever is caused by francisella tularemia.
Definition
RABBIT FEVER
Term
121.                 _____ fever is caused by brucella abortus.
Definition
UNDULANT FEVER
Term
122.                 _____ and _____ fevers are caused by streptococcus pyogenes.
Definition
RHEUMATIC FEVER AND SCARLET FEVER
Term
123.                 _____ causes food poisoning 2-4 hours after ingestion through the release of a preformed enterotoxin.
Definition
STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS
Term
124.                 _____ causes food poisoning 6-8 hours after ingestion through the release of a preformed enterotoxin. Causes a rapid onset of symptoms consisting of vomiting followed by flaccid paralysis, diplopia, and dysphagia.
Definition
CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM
Term
125.                 _____ causes food poisoning 10-12 hours after ingestion through a preformed enterotoxin. Causes a rapid onset of symptoms that include vomiting and diarrhea.
Definition
CLOSTRIDOUM PERFRINGENS
Term
126.                 _____ causes vomiting and diarrhea 12-24 hours after ingestion. Causes fever through the release of a heat resistant toxin produced after the bacteria colonize in the gut.
Definition
SALMONELLA ENTERIDES
Term
127.                 _____ causes fever, vomiting, and diarrhea 1-7 days after ingestion. It is the most common cause of food poisoning.
Definition
CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI
Term
128.                 _____ causes vomiting and diarrhea 1-10 days after ingestion through a toxin formed after the bacteria colonize in the gut.
Definition
E. COLI
Term
129.                 _____ causes traveler’s diarrhea.
Definition
E. COLI
Term
130.                 _____ causes hiker’s diarrhea.
Definition
GIARDIA LAMBLIA
Term
131.                 _____ causes bacillary dysentery.
Definition
SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE
Term
132.                 _____ causes amebic dysentery.
Definition
ENTAMEBA HYSTOLYTICA
Term
133.                 _____ causes childhood dysentery.
Definition
COXSACKIE VIRUS
Term
134.                 _____ is the most common cause of infantile gastroenteritis.
Definition
ROTAVIRUS
Term
135.                 _____ is the most common cause of meningitis in neonates.
Definition
E.COLI
Term
136.                 _____ is the most common cause of meningitis in children.
Definition
HEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE
Term
137.                 _____ is the most common cause of meningitis in the elderly
Definition
STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE
Term
138.                 _____is the most common cause of meningitis in HIV/AIDS patients.
Definition
CRYPTOCOCCUS NEUFORMANS
Term
139.                 5 bacterial causes of atypical pneumonia.
Definition
1) MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE, 2) CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE, 3) CHLAMDIA PSITTACI, 4) LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILIA, 5) COXIELLA BURNETTI
Term
140.                 _____ is the most common cause of osteomyelitis.
Definition
STAPH AUREUS
Term
141.                 _____ is the most common sexually transmitted cause of osteomyelitis.
Definition
NEISSERIA GONORRHOEA
Term
142.                 _____ is the most common cause of osteomyelitis in drug addicts.
Definition
PSEUDOMONAS AEROGENOSA
Term
143.                 _____ is the most common cause of osteomyelitis in those with sickle cell disease.
Definition
SALMONELLA
Term
144.                 _____ is a gram negative, enteric, lactose fermenting, non-motile bacillus that causes UTI’s.
Definition
KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE
Term
145.                 Klebsiella pneumonia is _____ positive.
Definition
NITRITE
Term
146.                 _____ is a gram negative, enteric, lactose fermenting bacillus that is the most common cause of UTI’s.
Definition
E. COLI
Term
147.                 E coli is _____ positive and contains a _____ which converts urinary nitrate into nitrite.
Definition
NITRITE, REDUCTASE
Term
148.                 _____ is a gram positive, catalase negative, glucose fermenting cause of UTI’s.
Definition
ENTEROCOCCUS FECALIS
Term
149.                 _____ is a gram negative enteric maltose fermenting bacillus that cause UTI’s.
Definition
PROTEUS MIRABILIS
Term
150.                 Proteus miabilis is _____ and _____ positive.
Definition
NITRITE AND UREASE
Term
151.                 _____ is a gram positive, coagulase negative coccus, that is the most common cause of UTI in young sexually active females.
Definition
STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS
Term
152.                 How do medications such as penicillin, ampicillin, and cephalosporin kill bacteria?
Definition
THEY BLOCK CELL WALL SYNTHESIS BY INHIBITING PEPTODOGLYCAN CROSS-LINKING
Term
153.                 How does vancomycin kill bacteria?
Definition
IT BLOCKS CELL WALL SYNTHESIS BY INHIBITING PEPTIDOGLYCAN SYNTHESIS
Term
154.                 How do medications such as bacitracin and polymyxin kill bacteria?
Definition
THEY CAUSE CELL WALL DAMAGE
Term
155.                 How do medications such as sulfonamides and trimethoprim kill bacteria?
Definition
BLOCKS NUCLEOTIDE SYNTHESIS ACTING AS ANTIMETABILITES
Term
156.                 How do medications such as metronidazole and quinolones kill bacteria?
Definition
THEY PREVENT DNA REPLICATION
Term
157.                 How does rifampicin kill bacteria?
Definition
PREVENTS RNA SYNTHEIS
Term
158.                 How do chloramphenicol and clindamycin kill bacteria?
Definition
THEY BLOCK PROTEIN SYNTHESIS BY ACTING ON THE 50S RIBOSOME
Term
159.                 Ho do tetracycline, streptomycin and neomycin kill bacteria?
Definition
THEY BLOCK PROTEIN SYNTHESIS ACTING ON THE 30S RIBOSOME
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