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Microbiology
Undergraduate 3
12/03/2012

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Term
Active - Natural
Definition
exposure to Ag, illness
Term
Active - Artificial
Definition
Exposure to dead or weakened pathogen, vaccine
Term
Passive - natural
Definition
Abs from mother to newborn across placenta or breast milk
Term
Passive - Artificial
Definition
isolated Abs
Term
Attenuated vaccines
Definition
-pathogens with reduced virulence
-active microbes stimulate strong immune reponse
Term
Inactivated vaccines
Definition
-whole agent vaccines, dead
-antigenically weak
-require booster
-contain adjuvants
Term
Toxnid vaccines
Definition
-use inactive toxins
-antigenically weak
-few epitopes
-require boosters
Term
Conjugate vaccines
Definition
- combine bacterial capsule polysaccharide with toxnid protein
- makes capsular components more immunogenic
Term
Subunit vaccines
Definition
-administer antigenic determinants only
-produced with recombinant DNA
-effective, safe, inexpensive
Term
Adjuvant
Definition
chemicals added to increase effective antigenicity
-stimulates inflammation, slows processing and degredation of AG
Term
bacteriocins
Definition
toxic peptides that kill closely related species (normal flora produce this)
Term
pathogenicity
Definition
ability of a microbe to gain entry to host tissues and cause damage
Term
virulence
Definition
degree of pathogenicity
Term
virulence factors
Definition
microbe produced factors that enable invasion
Term
pathogenicity islands
Definition
clusters of genes encoding virulence factors
Term
direct contact horizontal transmission
Definition
person to person or animal to person
-touching or exchange of body fluids
Term
direct contact vertical transmission
Definition
from mother to unborn child
Term
fonites
Definition
contaminated inanimate objects
Term
vehical transmission
Definition
contaminated food, water, or aerosols
Term
vector
Definition
living, intermediate carries agent from reservoir to new host (arthropod)
Term
infectivity
Definition
ability to attach and multiply
Term
adhesins
Definition
microbial protein that binds to receptor or host cell enabling attachment
Term
toxemia
Definition
toxin in blood stream
Term
septicemia
Definition
microbes in blood stream
Term
invasins
Definition
bacterial protein that induces uptake by non-phagocytic cells
Term
hyalurinidase
Definition
digest hyalurinic acid in ECM
Term
collagenase
Definition
digest collagen in ECM
Term
streptokinase
Definition
dissolve blood clots
Term
coagulase
Definition
forms blood clot from fibrinogen
Term
leukocidias
Definition
secreted proteins that kill phagocytes
Term
antigenic variation
Definition
change of surface Ag to limit effectiveness of Ab and TLR
Term
IgProtease
Definition
cleaves Ab molecules
Term
FcReceptor
Definition
binds to Fc portion of Abs
Term
Infections of URT
Definition

1. streptococcal pharyngitis

2. Diphtheria

3. acute bacterial meningitis 

 

Term
Streptococcal pharyngitis
Definition
  • caused by streptococcus pyogenes 
  • Structure:
    • Group A strep
    • M protein destabilizes C3 convertase
    • Hyaluranic acid evade WBCs
  • Toxins
    • Hemolysis breaks down RBCs
    • streptokinases dissolve blood clots
    • Erythrogenic toxins result in Scarlet Fever 
Term
3 complications of GAS infection
Definition

1. Scarlet fever

2. Rheumatic fever

3. Acute glomerularnephritis 

Term
Rheumatic fever
Definition
Abs produced against M protein react with heart and joints
Term
Acute glomerularnephritis
Definition
Ab/Ag complex accumulate in kidneys
Term
Diphtheria 
Definition

Caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae 

  • transmitted by droplet inhalation 
  • sore throat/fever
  • pseudomembrane forms and impairs breathing
  • Toxoid vaccine against diphtheria toxin 
Term
Acute bacterial meningitis 
Definition
  • localized infection spreads to blood and meninges 
  • triad of symptoms
    • fever, headache, stiff neck 
    • nausea, vomit, sensitivity to light
    • coma and death
  • caused by:
    • neisseria meningitis
    • streptococcus pneumoniae 
    • haemophilus influenzae type b 
Term
Infections of LRT
Definition

1. Pertusis 

2. Tuberculosis

3. Pneumonia  

 

Term

Pertusis 

 

Definition

caused by bordatella pertusis 

  • spread by respiratory droplets 
  • 2 stages
    • Catarrhal - low grade fever and cough
    • Paroxysmal - labored breathing, paroxysms 

  • low incidence due to DTaP vaccine
  • reemerging becaues of increased virulence  
Term

Tuberculosis 

 

Definition

caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis 

  • acid fast bacterium
  • capacity for intracellular growth 
  • spread by aerosol droplets, low infectious dose
Term
Typical Pneumonia 
Definition
  • causes are streptococcus pneumoniae  and Haemophilus influenzae 
  • endogenous or exogenous acquisition 
  • productive colored sputem, fever, chest pain 
Term

Primary atypical pneumonia

walking pneumonia 

Definition

caused by mycoplasma pneumoniae 

  • no cell wall, pleomorphic shape
  • smallest free living bacteria
  • exogenous acquisition 
  • mild symptoms
Term

legionnaires disease

(atypical pneumonia)

Definition

caused by legionella pneumophila

  • exists where water collects
  • effects elderly or immunocompromised 
  • not transmitted person to person 
Term
Dental caries (tooth decay)
Definition

caused by streptococcus mutans 

  • initiates formation of biofilm plaque
  • forms glycocalyx enabling attachment to tooth ennamel 
  • other species adhere via fimbriae forming biofilm
  • may turn into calculus 
  • periodontal disease may lead to sepsis and heart damage 
Term
Foodborne intoxications
Definition

noninflammatory gastroenteritis 

Staphylococcal food poisoning, clostridial food poisoning, botulism 

Term
Staphylococcal food poisoning
Definition

caused by staphylococcus aureus 

  • food contamination during prep.
  • produce heat stabile exotoxins (enterotoxins)
  • ingestion of toxins trigger symptoms in 1-6 hours
Term
Clostridial food poisoning 
Definition

caused by clostridium perfringens 

  • endospore forming obligate anaerobe dwells in soil and GI
  • endospores survive cooking and germinate
  • produce heat labile enterotoxin 
  • symptoms onset 8-24 hours after ingestion 
Term
Botulism
Definition

caused by clostridium botulinum

  • endospore forming obligate anaerobe found in soil and GI
  • endospores germinate in anaerobic environment
  • relase botulism neurotoxin inhibiting release of ACh
  • onset of symptoms 12-24 hours
    • blurred vision, slurred speach, hard to swallow
    • paralysis 
    • death from resp. failure 
Term
Foodborne and Waterborne Infections 
Definition

inflammatory gastroenteritis 

Cholera 

other vibrio species

ETEC

Clostridium difficile 

Term
Cholera 
Definition

caused by vibrio cholerae 

  • raw oysters and water
  • requires high infectious dose because of low resistnace to stomach acidity
  • rice water stool, toxin causes loss of water and electrolytes 
Term
2 other vibrio species causing cholera like diseases
Definition

infection from raw shellfish

v. parahymolyticus

v. vulnificus 

Term
Enterotoxigenic E. Coli (ETEC)
Definition
  • transmitted via fecal oral route
  • travelers diarrhea 
  • produces two enterotoxins, 1 similar to cholera toxin
Term
Clostridium difficile
Definition
  • elderly and long term abx users 
  • often acquired at health care facilites 
  • treat by stopping abx and fecal transplant
Term
Invasive gastroenteritis 
Definition

invade deep layers of GI 

Salmonellosis

Typhoid

Shigellosis

EHEC

Campylobacter jojuni

Term
Salmonellosis
Definition

caused by Salmonella enterica 

  • in intestines/feces of birds, reptiles, mammals
  • most infections due ot reptile feces, poultry, eggs
  • non bloody diarrhea, vomit, fever, cramps
Term
Typhoid fever 
Definition

caused by salmonella typhi

  • humans are only host
  • carriers can be asymptomatic, gall bladder
  • fecal oral transmission route
  • leads to systemic illness 
Term
Shigellosis
Definition

caused by variety of Shigella species 

  • parasite of humans
  • causes bacillary dysentery (bloody stool)
  • most virulent is s. dysenteriae 
  • produce shiga toxin that stops protein synth. in host cell
Term
Enterhemorrhagic E. Coli (EHEC)
Definition

E. Coli 0157:H7

  • some cows have this in thier normal flora
  • fecally contaminated raw beef, unpasteurized milk, vegetables, fruit juice
  • produces shiga like toxin 
  • cause diarrhea, hemmorhagic colitis, hemolytic uremic syndrome (kidney disease)
Term

campylobacter jojuni

 

Definition
  • most common bacterial gastroenteritis in USA
  • fecal oral transmission, usually by chicken 
  • mild to severe symptoms 
Term
Gastric ulcer disease
Definition

caused by Helicobacter pylori

  • transmitted person to person
  • causes stomach ulcers 
Term
Soil born diseases
Definition

Anthrax

Tetanus 

Gas Gangrene 

Term
Anthrax
Definition

caused by bacillus anthracis 

  • forms endospores, dwells in soil and GI
  • 3 different toxins produced
  • route of exposure determines disease
    • cutaneous anthrax
    • gastrointestinal anthrax
    • inhalation anthrax 
Term
cutaneous anthrax
Definition
  • endospores enter through break in skin
  • produces ulcer called eschar
  • 20% fatality rate if untreated 
Term
Gastrointestinal anthrax
Definition
  • endsospores concentrated via contaminated meat
  • results in intestinal hemorhaging 
  • fatality 25-60%
Term
inhalation anthrax
Definition
  • endospores inhaled via animal hides/fur
  • initial symptoms resemble common cold
  • septicemia results in shock 
  • faltality about 100%
Term
Tetanus
Definition

caused by clostridium tetani 

  • obligate anaerobe forms endospores, dwell in soil and GI
  • endospores germinate in wounds
  • releases tetanospasmin, inhibits muscle relaxing
  • toxemia results in lockjaw
  • death from resp. failure
  • treatment wiht toxoid vaccine, antitoxin, abx
  • boosters for vaccine 
Term

Gas Gangrene 

 

Definition

caused by clostridium perfringens 

  • trauma introduces endospores into body where they germinate in anaerobic tissue 
  • releases variety of exotoxins (hyaluranidase)
  • gases, odor, black color
  • treatment with abx, debridement, amputation, and hyperbaric chamber 
Term
Arthropedborne diseases
Definition

plague

lyme disease

rocky mountain spotted fever

Term
Plague
Definition

caused by yersinia pestis 

  • rodents are reservoir 
  • transmitted to humans by fleas 
  • 3 forms 
    • bubonic plague
    • septicemic plague
    • pneumonic plague 
Term

Bubonic plague

 

Definition
  • bacteria grows in lymph nodes (bubos)
  • rapid progression
  • untreated, fatality = 50%
Term
septicemic plague
Definition

bacteria grow in bloodstream 

may result in meningitis or pneumonic plague 

Term
pneumonic plague
Definition
  • human to human transmission, highly contagious
  • symptoms appear as soon as 3 hours 
  • 100 % fatal 
Term
Lyme disease
Definition

caused by borrelia burgdorferi 

  • field mice are reservoir
  • transmitted to humans via deer ticks
  • 3 stages of disease 
    • early localized 
      • bulls eye rash in 80% of cases
      • flu like symptoms 
    • early disseminated
      • neurological symptoms (meningitis, encephalitis) and cardiac dysfunction
    • late stage
      • months to years later 
      • chronic arthritis due to autoimmune disease 
Term
Rocky mountain spotted fever
Definition

caused by Rickettsia rickettsii 

  • ticks are reservoir
  • transmitted to humans by adult form
  • fever, headache and rash
  • may be fatal 
Term
Chlamydia 
Definition

caused by chlamydia trachomatis 

  • very small, no cell wall
  • obligate intracellular parasite 
  • 2 forms
    • elementary body
      • non replicating
      • extra cellular
      • infectious
    • reticulate body 
      • replicating
      • intra cellular
      • non-infectious
Term
chlamydial urethritis
Definition

caused by nongonococcal urethritis

  • 85% asymptomatic
  • painful urination and slight discharge
  • females may progress to PID
    • inflammation of uterus, fallupian tubes, ovaries
    • may cause sterility
Term
neonatal conjuctivits 
Definition
  • conracted by newborns from mother during birth
  • may lead to blindness
Term
Gonorrhea
Definition

caused by neisseria gonarheae

  • gram negative diplococcus 
  • fimbriae enable attachment to epithelia 
  • males
    • painful urination and pus filled discharge
  • females
    • PID and sterility  
Term
Syphilis
Definition

caused by temponema pallidum

  • spirochete with endoflagella
  • humans only host
  • primary
    • chancre (painless ulcer) forms at infection site
    • highly infectious
  • secondary
    • weeks after primary resolves
    • flu like symptoms with rash "great pox"
    • lesions are infectious 
  • latent
    • may have relapses of secondary for up to 4 years 
  • tertiary
    • 40% obtain if untreated
    • degeneration of organs
    • gummas - painful, swollen infectious lesions
Term
congenital syphilis
Definition

spirochetes infect newborns

stillbirth may result

Term
staphylococcus aureus
Definition
  • normally reside on skin and nasal passages
  • structural components and virulence factors contribute to disease 
    • Protein A on cell surface
      • interferes humoral response by binding to IgG
      • inhibit complement cascade
    • capsules inhibit phagocytosis 
  • enzymes
    • catalase 
    • coagulase
    • staphylokinase
    • hyalurinadase
    • Beta - lacteinase
  • toxins
    • leukocidins
    • exfoliative toxins
    • toxic shock syndrome
  • 4 diseases
Term

catalase

 

Definition
converts peroxide to water and oxygen
Term
staphylokinase
Definition
dissolves fibrin clots
Term
Beta lacteinase
Definition
breaks down penicillin 
Term
exfoliative toxins
Definition
causes skin cells to separate and slough off
Term
impetigo
Definition
pus filled vesicles on face and limbs
Term
folliculitis 
Definition
  • infection of hair follicles
    • sty - eye
    • furuncle - boil
    • carbuncle - several furuncles
Term
scalded skin syndrome
Definition

release of exfoliative toxin

epidermis peels off

Term
toxic shock syndrome
Definition

superantigen in blood

fever, vomitting, rash, BP drop

death from shock

Term
streptococcus pyogenes 
Definition

causes erysipelas and necrotizing fascitis

  1. severe pain, swelling and redness at infection site
  2. fever
  3. toxemia results in death
  4. same treatment as gas gangrene
Term
erysipelas
Definition
infection and inflammation of the dermis
Term
necrotizing fascitis
Definition
  • bacteria reach subcutaneous tissue through trauma
  • enzymes and toxins destroy tissue
  • bacteria spreads along fascia (along muscle)
Term
leprosy
Definition

myobacterium leprae

  • obligate intracellular parasite
  • human to human transmission, low contageous 
  • grows at 30 C
  • tuberculoid
    • loss of sensation in extremeties
  • lepromatous
    • tissue destruction and loss of limbs
    • lepromas - tumor like growth
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