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Exposure to dead or weakened pathogen, vaccine |
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Abs from mother to newborn across placenta or breast milk |
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-pathogens with reduced virulence -active microbes stimulate strong immune reponse |
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-whole agent vaccines, dead -antigenically weak -require booster -contain adjuvants |
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-use inactive toxins -antigenically weak -few epitopes -require boosters |
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- combine bacterial capsule polysaccharide with toxnid protein - makes capsular components more immunogenic |
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-administer antigenic determinants only -produced with recombinant DNA -effective, safe, inexpensive |
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chemicals added to increase effective antigenicity -stimulates inflammation, slows processing and degredation of AG |
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toxic peptides that kill closely related species (normal flora produce this) |
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ability of a microbe to gain entry to host tissues and cause damage |
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microbe produced factors that enable invasion |
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clusters of genes encoding virulence factors |
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direct contact horizontal transmission |
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person to person or animal to person -touching or exchange of body fluids |
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direct contact vertical transmission |
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from mother to unborn child |
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contaminated inanimate objects |
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contaminated food, water, or aerosols |
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living, intermediate carries agent from reservoir to new host (arthropod) |
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ability to attach and multiply |
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microbial protein that binds to receptor or host cell enabling attachment |
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bacterial protein that induces uptake by non-phagocytic cells |
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digest hyalurinic acid in ECM |
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forms blood clot from fibrinogen |
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secreted proteins that kill phagocytes |
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change of surface Ag to limit effectiveness of Ab and TLR |
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binds to Fc portion of Abs |
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1. streptococcal pharyngitis
2. Diphtheria
3. acute bacterial meningitis
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Streptococcal pharyngitis |
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- 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
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3 complications of GAS infection |
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1. Scarlet fever
2. Rheumatic fever
3. Acute glomerularnephritis |
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Abs produced against M protein react with heart and joints |
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Acute glomerularnephritis |
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Ab/Ag complex accumulate in kidneys |
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Caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- transmitted by droplet inhalation
- sore throat/fever
- pseudomembrane forms and impairs breathing
- Toxoid vaccine against diphtheria toxin
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Acute bacterial meningitis |
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- 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
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1. Pertusis
2. Tuberculosis
3. Pneumonia
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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
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caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis
- acid fast bacterium
- capacity for intracellular growth
- spread by aerosol droplets, low infectious dose
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- causes are streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae
- endogenous or exogenous acquisition
- productive colored sputem, fever, chest pain
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Primary atypical pneumonia
walking pneumonia |
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caused by mycoplasma pneumoniae
- no cell wall, pleomorphic shape
- smallest free living bacteria
- exogenous acquisition
- mild symptoms
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legionnaires disease
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caused by legionella pneumophila
- exists where water collects
- effects elderly or immunocompromised
- not transmitted person to person
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Dental caries (tooth decay) |
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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
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noninflammatory gastroenteritis
Staphylococcal food poisoning, clostridial food poisoning, botulism |
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Staphylococcal food poisoning |
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caused by staphylococcus aureus
- food contamination during prep.
- produce heat stabile exotoxins (enterotoxins)
- ingestion of toxins trigger symptoms in 1-6 hours
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Clostridial food poisoning |
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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
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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
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Foodborne and Waterborne Infections |
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inflammatory gastroenteritis
Cholera
other vibrio species
ETEC
Clostridium difficile |
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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
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2 other vibrio species causing cholera like diseases |
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infection from raw shellfish
v. parahymolyticus
v. vulnificus |
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Enterotoxigenic E. Coli (ETEC) |
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- transmitted via fecal oral route
- travelers diarrhea
- produces two enterotoxins, 1 similar to cholera toxin
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- elderly and long term abx users
- often acquired at health care facilites
- treat by stopping abx and fecal transplant
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invade deep layers of GI
Salmonellosis
Typhoid
Shigellosis
EHEC
Campylobacter jojuni |
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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
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caused by salmonella typhi
- humans are only host
- carriers can be asymptomatic, gall bladder
- fecal oral transmission route
- leads to systemic illness
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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
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Enterhemorrhagic E. Coli (EHEC) |
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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)
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- most common bacterial gastroenteritis in USA
- fecal oral transmission, usually by chicken
- mild to severe symptoms
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caused by Helicobacter pylori
- transmitted person to person
- causes stomach ulcers
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Anthrax
Tetanus
Gas Gangrene |
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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
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- endospores enter through break in skin
- produces ulcer called eschar
- 20% fatality rate if untreated
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- endsospores concentrated via contaminated meat
- results in intestinal hemorhaging
- fatality 25-60%
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- endospores inhaled via animal hides/fur
- initial symptoms resemble common cold
- septicemia results in shock
- faltality about 100%
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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
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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
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plague
lyme disease
rocky mountain spotted fever |
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caused by yersinia pestis
- rodents are reservoir
- transmitted to humans by fleas
- 3 forms
- bubonic plague
- septicemic plague
- pneumonic plague
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- bacteria grows in lymph nodes (bubos)
- rapid progression
- untreated, fatality = 50%
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bacteria grow in bloodstream
may result in meningitis or pneumonic plague |
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- human to human transmission, highly contagious
- symptoms appear as soon as 3 hours
- 100 % fatal
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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
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Rocky mountain spotted fever |
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caused by Rickettsia rickettsii
- ticks are reservoir
- transmitted to humans by adult form
- fever, headache and rash
- may be fatal
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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
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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
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- conracted by newborns from mother during birth
- may lead to blindness
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caused by neisseria gonarheae
- gram negative diplococcus
- fimbriae enable attachment to epithelia
- males
- painful urination and pus filled discharge
- females
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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
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spirochetes infect newborns
stillbirth may result |
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- 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
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converts peroxide to water and oxygen |
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causes skin cells to separate and slough off |
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pus filled vesicles on face and limbs |
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- infection of hair follicles
- sty - eye
- furuncle - boil
- carbuncle - several furuncles
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release of exfoliative toxin
epidermis peels off |
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superantigen in blood
fever, vomitting, rash, BP drop
death from shock |
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causes erysipelas and necrotizing fascitis
- severe pain, swelling and redness at infection site
- fever
- toxemia results in death
- same treatment as gas gangrene
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infection and inflammation of the dermis |
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- bacteria reach subcutaneous tissue through trauma
- enzymes and toxins destroy tissue
- bacteria spreads along fascia (along muscle)
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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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