Term
What component of bacteria induces the production of TNF and IL-1? |
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Definition
lipoteichoic acid on the cell wall/ cell membrane of gram positives or lipid A on the outer membrane of gram negatives |
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Where are the beta lactamases located? |
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Definition
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What bacteria has a capsule that is not made up of polysaccharides? |
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Definition
bacillus anthracis= D glutamate |
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What type of molecules amke up pilus/fibria and flagellum? |
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Definition
pilus= glycoprotein flagellum= protein |
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What compounds is a spore made out of? |
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Definition
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Name the gram positive rods. |
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Definition
clostridium, corynebacterium, bacillus, listeria, mycobacterium |
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Name the bacteria that are gram positive with branching filaments. |
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Definition
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Name the pleomorphic gram negative bacteria. |
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Definition
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leptospira, borrelia, treponema |
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What is unique about the cell membrane/wall of mycoplasma? |
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Definition
contains sterols and have no cell wall |
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What is unique about the cell wall of mycobacteria? |
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Definition
contain mycolic acid and have a high lipid content |
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Term
What bacteria do not stain well with gram stain. |
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Definition
treponema, rickettsia, chlamydia, mycobacteria, mycoplasma, and legionella pneumophila |
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What is unique about the cell wall of chlamydia? |
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Definition
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What bacteria stain well with Giemsa stain? |
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Definition
borrelia, plasmodium, trypanosomes, chlamydia |
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What organism stains well with teh periodic acid-Schiff which stains glycogen and mucopolysaccharides? |
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Definition
Whipple's disease= tropheryma whippelii |
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Term
What stain is used for acid fast organisms? |
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Definition
Ziehl Neelsen (carbol fuchsin) |
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Term
What two stains work for cryptococcus neoformans? |
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Definition
mucicarmine (stains capsule red) and india ink |
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Term
What is a silver stain used for? |
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Definition
fungi (PCP), and legionella |
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Term
What media is used to isolate H. influenzae? |
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Definition
chocolate agar with factors V (NAD+) and X (hematin) |
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Term
What agar is used to culture N. gonorrhea? |
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Definition
thayer martin (or VPN) media= vancomycin (to inhibit gram positives), polymyxin (gram negatives), and nystatin (inhibits fungi) |
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What agar is needed to culture B. Pertussis? |
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Definition
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What agar is needed to culture C. diphtheriae. |
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Definition
tellurite plate; loffler's media |
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Term
What iagar is used for M TB? |
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Definition
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What is the culture used to culture M. pneumoniae? |
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Definition
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Term
What media is used for lactose fermenting enterics? |
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Definition
MacConkey's agar (fermentation produces acid, turning plate pink) |
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Term
What special culture is used for the lactose-fermenting enteric, E. Coli? |
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Definition
eosin-methylene blue (EMB) agar as blue black colonies with metallic sheen |
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Term
What special culture is used for legionella? |
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Definition
charcoal yeast extract agar buffered with cysteine and iron |
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Term
Name some obligate aerobes. |
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Definition
M tuberculosis, pseudomonas aerugenosa, bacillus, nocardia |
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Term
Name some obligate anaerobes. |
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Definition
clostridium, bacteroides, and actinomyces= lack catalase and/or superoxide dismutase so susceptible to oxidative damage |
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Term
What are the features of anaerobic infections? |
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Definition
foul smelling (short chain fatty acids), difficult to culture, and produce gas in tissue (CO2 and H) |
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Term
Name some facultative intracellular bacteria. |
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Definition
neisseria, salmonella, legionella, mycobacterium, brucella, francisella, yersinia pestis, listeria |
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Term
Name the bacteria with capsules. |
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Definition
strep pneumo, H influenzae type B, neisseria meningitidis, salmonella, klebsiella pneumoniae, group B strep |
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Term
Name organisms that people with CGD are susceptible. |
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Definition
catalase positive= S. aureus, Serratia, Pseudomonas, Actinomyces, Candida, E. coli |
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Term
If a vaccine against a polysaccharide capsule is not conjugated to a protein then what event of the immune system is impaired? |
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Definition
class switching; causing increased amounts of IgM |
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Term
What are the urease positive bacteria? |
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Definition
proteus, ureaplasma, H. pylori, klebsiella, nocardia, cryptococcus |
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Term
What bacteria produce yellow pigments? |
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Definition
actinomyces and S. aureus |
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Term
What bacteria produces a red pigment? |
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Definition
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Term
What bacteria has the virulence factor protein A? |
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Definition
S. aureus (binds F3 portion of Ig) |
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Term
Which bacteria produce an IgA protease? |
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Definition
S. pneumoniae, H influenzae type B, and Neisseria |
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Term
What bacteria has the virulence factor, M protein? |
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Definition
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Term
What type of molecules are exotoxins? |
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Definition
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Term
Which is more potent, exotoxin or endotoxin? |
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Definition
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Term
Are exotoxins stable to heat? |
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Definition
destroyed rapidly at 60 C (except for staphlococcal enterotoxin) |
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Term
How stable are endotoxins? |
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Definition
stable at 100C for 1 hour |
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Term
What is the MOA of diphtheria toxin? |
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Definition
inactivates elongation factor (EF 2) |
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Term
What is the MOA of exotoxin A? |
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Definition
inactivates elongation factor (EF2) |
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Term
What is the toxin of psuedomonas aueruginosa? |
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Definition
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Term
What is the MOA of shiga toxin and shiga-like toxin? |
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Definition
inactivate 60S ribosome by cleaving rRNA |
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Term
What's the difference b etween manifestations caused by shiga toxin versus shiga-like toxins? |
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Definition
shiga= GI mucosal damage leading to dysentery; ST also enhances cytokine release, causing HUS shiga-like= enhances cytokine release, causing HUS; unlike shigella, EHEC does not invade host cell |
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Term
Name the bacteria that makes shiga-like toxin? |
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Definition
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Term
What is the MOA of heat labile toxin produced by ETEC? |
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Definition
overactivates adenylate cyclase leading to increase chloride secretion in gut and H2O efflux |
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Term
What is the MOA of heat stable toxin of enterotoxigenic ecoli? |
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Definition
overactivates guanylate cyclase increasing cGMP which causes decreased reabsorption of NaCl and H2O in gut |
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Term
What is the MOA of yersinia enterocolitica exotoxin? |
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Definition
heat stable toxin that activates guanylate cyclase decreasing absorption of NaCl and H2O in the gut; this leads to bloody diarrhea and dysentery (Y. enterocolitica invades cells) |
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Term
What is the toxins likely responsible for the characteristic edematous borders of black eschar in cutaneous anthrax? |
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Definition
edema factor (mimics the adenylate cyclase enzyme which increases cAMP) |
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Term
What is the MOA of cholera toxin? |
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Definition
overactivates adenylate cyclase by permanently activating Gs causing increased Cl- secretion in gut and H2O efflux |
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Term
What is the MOA of pertussis toxin? |
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Definition
overactivates adnylate cyclase (increasing cAMP) by disabling Gi, impairing phagocytosis to permit survival of microbe |
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Term
What is the MOA of both tetanospasmin and botulinum toxin? |
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Definition
cleave SNARE protein required for neurotransmitter release |
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Term
Tetanospasmin prevents the release of what neurotrnsmitters? |
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Definition
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Term
What is teh anem fo the toxin produced by clostridium perfringens? |
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Definition
alpha toxins: phospholipase that degrades tissue, cell membranes |
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Term
What are the manifestations of clostridium perfringens? |
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Definition
degradation of phospholipids causing myonecrosis (gas angrene) and hemolysis (double zone of hemolysis on blood agar) |
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Term
What is the toxin of strep pyogenes that degrades cell membranes? |
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Definition
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Term
What is the name of the superantigen of strep pyogenes? |
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Definition
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Term
What is the name of the superantigen of Staphyloccocus aureus? |
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Definition
toxic shock syndrome toxin (TSST-1) |
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Term
What is the MOA of superantigens? |
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Definition
bring MHC II and TCR in proximity to cause overwhelming release of IFN-gamma and IL-2 leading to shock |
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Term
What disease is exfoliative toxin responsible for? |
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Definition
staph scalded skin syndrome |
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Term
Name the toxins tha trae ADP ribosylating A-B toxins? |
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Definition
diphtheria toxin, exotoxin A, heat labile toxin of ETEC, cholera toxin, pertussis toxin |
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Term
What two bacteria produce superantigens? |
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Definition
streptococcus pyogenes, and staphylococcus aureus |
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Term
What is the difference between the function of C3a and C5a? |
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Definition
C3a= hypotension and edema C5a= neutrophil chemotaxis |
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Term
What GAS toxins are responsible for scarlet fever? |
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Definition
erythrogenic and pyogenic toxins |
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Term
What does it mean to say a bacteria is "competent? |
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Definition
able to undergo transformation |
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Term
Name some competent bacteria? |
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Definition
S. pneumo, H influenza type B and Neisseria |
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Term
What is Hfr X F- conjugation? |
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Definition
F+ plasmid can become incorporated into bacterial chromosomal DNA, termed Hfr cell; replication of incorporated plasmid DNA may include some flanking chromosomal DNA; transfer of plasmid and chromosomal genes |
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Term
What's the term for genes that can "jump" to a different location on a chromosome? |
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Definition
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Term
What's the difference between generalized and specialized transduction? |
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Definition
generalized is when the bacterial DNA is cleaved by phage enzymes and accidently packaged in the virion; specialized is when viral DNA is incorporated in teh the bacterial chromosome and when phage DNA is excised flanking bacterial genes may be excised with it |
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Term
Whic htoxins are encoded in a lysogenic phage? |
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Definition
shiga like toxin, botulinum toxin, cholera toxin, diphtheria toxin, erythrogenic toxin of strep pyogenes |
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Term
Gram positive cocci that is catalase positive= |
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Definition
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Term
Gram positive cocci that is catalase + and coagulase neg and Novomiocin sensitive? |
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Definition
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Term
What bacteria is gram + cocci, catalse + and novobiocin resistant? |
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Definition
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Term
What type of strep bacteria perform alpha hemolysis? |
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Definition
s pneumonia and viridans strep |
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Term
Which Strep species pefrom beta hemolysis? |
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Definition
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Term
What strep species perform gamma hemolysis? |
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Definition
enterococcus (either alpha or gamma hemolytic) and nonenterococcus |
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Term
How do you differentiate between GAS and GBS? |
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Definition
GAS is bacitracin sensitive |
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Term
How do you tell the difference between S pneumo and viridans strep? |
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Definition
S pneumo has a capsule, is bile soluble (but does not grow in bile) and is optochin sensitive; viridans has no capsule, is not soluble in bile, and optochin resistant |
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Term
Name the beta hemolytic bacteria. |
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Definition
staph aureus, strep pyogenes, strep agalactiae, listeria monocytogenes |
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Term
What foods can you get listeria from? |
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Definition
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Term
What disease does listeria cause in newborns? |
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Definition
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Term
Describe the movement of listeria monocytogenes? |
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Definition
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Term
Describe the resistance of MRSA? |
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Definition
has an altered penicillin binding protein |
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Term
What kinds of diseases/problems are caused by staph epidermidis? |
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Definition
infects prosthetic devices and intravenous catheters by producing adherent biofilms |
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Term
Strep pneumo is the most common cuase of... |
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Definition
meningitis, otitis media (in children), pneumonia, and sinusitis |
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Term
What bacteria is associated with a rusty sputum? |
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Definition
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Term
What bacteria is a common cause of sepsis in sickle cell pateitns? |
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Definition
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Term
What viridans strep is responsible for subacute bacterial endocarditis at damaged valves? |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
protein produced by GBS that enlarges the area of hemolysis formed by S. aureus |
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Term
What are the group D streptococci? |
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Definition
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Term
What kinds of diseases are caused by enterococci? |
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Definition
UTI and subacute endocarditis |
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Term
What is the grouping system that classifies strep as group A, B, D, etc.? |
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Definition
Lancefield grouping based on differences in the C carbohydrate on the bacterial cell wall |
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Term
How ca you differentiate between enterocci and nonenterococci group D strep? |
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Definition
enterococci can grow in 6.5% NaCl and bile |
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Term
What is the significance of Strep bovis? |
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Definition
can cause bacteremia and subacute endocarditis in colon cancer patients |
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Term
Are gram negatives resistant to beta lactam drugs? |
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Definition
they are resistant to penicillin but may be susceptible to penicillin derivatives such as ampicillin. Teh gram negative outer membrane layer inhibits entry of penicillin G and vancomycin |
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Term
Name some important virulence factors of neisseria spp. |
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Definition
IgA protease and pilli that vary |
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Term
Neisseria species that ferments maltose= |
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Definition
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Term
What N. meningococci subspecies has not vaccine? |
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Definition
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Term
What kinds of diseases are caused by N. gonococci? |
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Definition
gonorrhea, septic arthritis, neonatal conjunctivitis, PID, and Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome |
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Term
How do you treat N. meningococci? |
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Definition
with ceftriaxone or penicillin G; rifampin prophylaxis in close contacts |
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Term
What diseases are caused by haemonphilus? |
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Definition
epiglottitis, meningitis, otitis media, and pneumonia |
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Term
What does H flu look like on gram stain? |
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Definition
small gram negative (coccobacillary) rod |
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Term
Name some virulence factors of H flu? |
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Definition
produces IgA protease and tpye B has a capsule |
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Term
If you only have blood agar (no chocolate agar) you can grow H. Flu if you... |
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Definition
grow it with S aureus which will provide factor V |
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Term
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Definition
treat meningitis with ceftriaxone; rifampin in close contacts for prophylaxis |
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Term
When do you give the H flu vaccine? |
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Definition
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Term
How do you dx legionella? |
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Definition
presence of antigen in urine |
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Term
T/F there is person to person transmission of legionella. |
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Definition
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Term
What is the treatment for legionella? |
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Definition
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Term
Black lesions on the skin could indicate sepsis with... |
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Definition
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Term
What diseases are caused by psuedomonas? |
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Definition
pneumonia, sepsis, external otitis, UTI, drug use, diabetic osteomyelitis, hot tub folliculitis, burn infections, malignant otitis externa in diabetics |
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Term
What is the appearance of Psuedomonas on gram stain? |
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Definition
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Term
What bacteria has a grape like odor? |
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Definition
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Term
Is pseudomonas oxidase +/-? lactose fermenting? |
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Definition
oxidase +, non lactose fermenting |
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Term
How do you treat pseudomonas? |
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Definition
aminoglycoside plus extended spectrum penicillin (e.g. pipercillin, ticarcillin) |
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Term
Name the virulence factors of e coli? |
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Definition
fimbriae (cystitis and pyelonephritis); K capsule (penumonia and neonatal meningitis), LPS endotoxin- septic shock |
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Term
What are the two most common causes of gram negative sepsis? |
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Definition
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Term
How do you treat e coli infection? |
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Definition
flouroquinolones or TMP-SMX |
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Term
What strain of ecoli has similar symptoms to shigella? |
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Definition
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Term
Describe the MOA of enteropathogenic e coli? |
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Definition
no toxin produced; adheres to apical surface, flattens villi and prevents absorption |
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Term
How can you distinguish EHEC from other e coli? |
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Definition
ehec does not ferment sorbitol |
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Term
What is the most common serotype of EHEC? |
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Definition
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Term
What is the MOA of HUS caused by shiga-like toxin? |
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Definition
endothelium swells and narrows lumen, leading to mechanical hemolysis and reduced renal blood flow; damaged endothelium consumes platelets |
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Term
What is the presentation of EPEC? |
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Definition
diarrhea usually in children |
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Term
Describe the gross appearance of klebsiella colonies. |
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Definition
very mucoid colonies caused by abudant polysaccharide capsule |
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Term
What diseases does klebsiella cause? |
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Definition
aspiration pneumonia, abscess in lungs and liver (esp in alcoholics and diabetics), and nosocomial UTIs |
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Term
How can shigella and salmonella be differentiated from ecoli? |
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Definition
shigella and salmonella don't ferment lactose |
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Term
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Definition
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Term
What gas is produced by salmonella? |
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Definition
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Term
What antibiotics do you give to treat salmonella? |
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Definition
antibiotics may actually prolong symptoms |
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Term
Does salmonella have an animal reservoir? |
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Definition
most salmonella spp do except for salmonella typhi |
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Term
What is teh typical immune response to salmonella? |
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Definition
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Term
What are teh features of salmonella typhi? |
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Definition
rose spots on abdomen, fever, headache, and diarrhea |
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Term
Where does salmonella resides in carrier state of salmonella typhi? |
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Definition
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Term
How many organisms are needed for infection with salmonella versus shigella? |
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Definition
shigella require 10 organisms; salmonella requires 100,000 |
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Term
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Definition
propels itself with actin polymerization; does not have a flagella |
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Term
T/F Antibiotics shorten the length of illness with shigella infection. |
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Definition
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Term
What is the presentation of shigella infection? |
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Definition
watery diarrhea that becomes bloody and mucous-y |
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Term
What is the major cause of blood diarrhea, esp in kids? |
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Definition
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Term
What bacterial infection is a common antecedent to Guillain-barre syndrome? |
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Definition
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Term
Describe unique features of campylobacter jejuni? |
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Definition
comma or S shaped, oxidase positive, grows at 42 degrees celcius |
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Term
Describe teh unique features of vibrio cholerae? |
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Definition
comma shaped, oxidase positive, grows in alkaline media |
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Term
How is yersinia enteroclitica transmitted? |
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Definition
pet feces, contaminated milk or pork; outbreaks are common in day care centers |
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Term
What bacterial infection can mimic crohns or appendicitis? |
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Definition
mesenteric adenitis caused by yersenia enterolitica |
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Term
Infection with H pylori and accompanying duodenal ulcers is a risk factor for what other diseases? |
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Definition
peptic ulcer, gastric adenocarcinoma, and lymphoma |
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Term
What is the treatment for H pylori? |
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Definition
tripple therapy= 1. proton pump inhibitor 2. clarithromycin, 3. amoxicillin or metronidazole |
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Term
How can you visualize borellia? |
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Definition
aniline dyes (wright's or geimsa) in light microscopy |
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Term
What bacteria is shaped like a question mark? |
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Definition
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Term
How do you get leptospira? |
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Definition
water contaminated with animal urine |
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Term
Waht are the symptoms of leptospira? |
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Definition
flulike symptoms, jaundice, and photophobia with conjunctivitis |
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Term
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Definition
icterohemorrhagic leptospirosis= severe form with jaundice and azotemia from liver and kidney dysfunction; fever, hemorrhage, and anemia |
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Term
Ixodes tick is a vector for which diseases? |
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Definition
borrelia burgdorferi and babesia |
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Term
What are the features of stage 1 lyme disease? |
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Definition
flu like illness with erythema chronicum migrans |
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Term
What are the features of stage 2 lyme disease? |
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Definition
neurologic (bell's palsy) and cardiac (AV block) manifestations (meningitis) |
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Term
What are the manifestations of stage 3 lyme disease? |
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Definition
chronic monoarthritis and migratory polyarthritis; subacute encephalitis |
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Term
How do you treat lyme disease? |
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Definition
doxycycline and ceftriaxone |
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Term
What is treponema pertenue? |
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Definition
causes teh yaws (an infection of the skin and joints that heals with keloids) can cause facial disfigurement and will cause a positive VDRL |
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Term
How do you treat syphilis? |
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Definition
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Term
What are the symptoms of secondary syphilis? |
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Definition
disseminated disease with constitutional symptoms, maculopapular rash (palms and soles), condyloma lata |
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Term
From where might you isolate treponemes in patients with syphilis? |
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Definition
many treponemes are present in chancres of primary syphilis and condyloma lata of secondary syphilis |
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Term
What are the symptoms of tertiary syphilis? |
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Definition
gummas (chronic granulomas), aortitis, neurosyphilis (tabes dorsalis), argyl robertson pupil |
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Term
In what diseases can you get a charcot joint? |
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Definition
tertiary syphilis (tabes dorsalis) and diabetes |
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Term
A patient with a stroke who has no history of HTN might be infected with... |
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Definition
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Term
How do you diagnose syphilis? |
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Definition
screen with VDRL and confirm with FTA-ABS |
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Term
What are the signs and symptoms of congenital syphilis? |
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Definition
early manifestations= "snuffles"- blood tinged nasal secretions later= saber shins, saddle nose, CN VIII deafness, Hutchinson's teeth, mulberry molars, frontal bosing |
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Term
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Definition
detects nonsepcific antibody that reacts with beef cardiolipin |
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Term
What can cause false positive VDRL? |
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Definition
viruses (mononucleosis, hepatitis), drugs, rheumatic fever, SLE, leprosy |
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Term
What causes recurrent fever and what is the vector? |
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Definition
borrelia recurrentis, carried by the louse |
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Term
Where do you get undullant fever from? |
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Definition
brucella spp. from unpasteurized dairy |
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Term
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Definition
coxiella burnetii from spores from tick feces and cattle placenta |
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Term
What causes ehrlichiosis and what is teh fector? |
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Definition
ehrlichiosis chaffeensis from teh lone star tick |
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Term
What do you get francisella tularensis from? |
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Definition
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Term
What causes epidemic typus? |
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Definition
rickettsia prowazekii from lice |
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Term
Where do you get rocky mountain spotted fever from? |
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Definition
caused by the bacteria rickettsia rickettsii from dermacentor tick bites |
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Term
What bacteria causes endemic typhus and what is the vector? |
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Definition
ricketsia typhus; from fleas |
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Term
What vectors can give you yersinia pestis? |
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Definition
flea bites, rodents, prairie dogs |
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Term
Describe the appearance of gardnerella vaginalis on gram stain? |
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Definition
pelomorphic, gram-variable rod |
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Term
What bacteria are associated with bacterial vaginosis? |
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Definition
gardnerella vaginalis and mobiluncus (an anaerobe) |
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Term
How do you treat bacterial vaginosis? |
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Definition
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Term
What are the symptoms of rocky mountain spotted fever? |
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Definition
headache, fever, rash (vasculitis) that starts on palms and soles |
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Term
Describe the symptoms of epidemic/endemic typhus? |
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Definition
headache, fever, rash (vasculitis) that starts centrally and spreads outward without involving the palms or soles |
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Term
What ricketsial disease do not cause rash? |
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Definition
ehrlichiosis and coxiella burnetii |
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Term
Describe the appearance of ehrlichiosis on peripheral blood smear. |
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Definition
granulocytes with bery cluster organisms |
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Term
What is the treatment for all ricketsial diseases. |
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How is Q fever different from other ricketsial diseases/ |
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has no rash, has no vector and has a negative Weil-Felix and tis causative organism can survive outside for a long time and does not have rickettsia as its genus name |
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What is the Weil felix test? |
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antirickettsial antibodies cross-react to Proteus O antigens and agglutinate (Weil-felix is negative in coxiella infection) |
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What test has replaced the Weil felix test? |
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What infectious agents cause rash on the palms and soles? |
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coxsackie A infection, Rocky mountain spotted fever, and syphilis |
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What are the two forms chlamydiae bacteria can take? |
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elementary body (small and dense) is infections and enters cells via endocytosis; reticulate body replicates in the cell by fission and is the form seen on tissue culture |
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What lab can diagnose chlamydiae infection? |
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Definition
cytoplasmic inclusions seen on Giemsa or flourescent antibody stained smear |
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What diseases are caused by chlamydia trachomatis? |
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Definition
reactive arthritis, conjunctivitis, nongonococcal urethritis and pelvic inflammatory disease |
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How do you treat chlamydiae? |
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Definition
one time dose of azithromycin or doxycycline |
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What causes lymphogranuloma venereum? |
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Definition
chlamydia trachomatis serotypes L1, L2, and L3 |
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What neonatal disease are caused by chlamydia trachomatis serotypes D-K? |
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Definition
neonatal pneumonia (staccato cough) or neonatal conjunctivitis |
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A rectal infection of what bacteria can mimic ulcerative colitis? |
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Definition
chlamydia trachomatis serotypes L1 L2 and L3 |
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Patient with flu like symptoms has an xray that looks too severe for their symptoms= |
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What bacterial infection can cause a high titer of cold agglutinins? |
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How do you treat mycoplasma pneumoniae? |
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Definition
tetracycline or erythromycin |
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What is the only systemic mycosis that is not caused by a dimorphic fungi that is a mold when its cold and a yeast when its hot? |
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Definition
coccidiodomycosis (it is a spherule, not a yeast, in tissue) |
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T/F Systemic mycoses are infectious from person to person. |
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How do you treat local vs. systemic fungal infections? |
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local= ketoconazole or fluconazole; systemic= amphotericin B |
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Bird or bat droppings can give you= |
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Where is blastomycosis endemic? |
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states east of the MS river and central america |
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What can cause an increase in incidence of coccidiomycosis? |
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Definition
earthquakes; spores in dust are thrown up in the air and becoem spherules in lungs |
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What systemic mycosis has a yeast form that is the same size as red blood cells? |
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Definition
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Describe teh appearance of coccidiodomycosis? |
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Definition
spherule filled with endospores (much larger than RBC) |
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Describe the appearance of para-coccidiodomycosis. |
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Definition
budding yeast with "captain's wheel" formation; much larger than RBC |
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What systemic mycosis has yeasts tat are smaller than RBCs? |
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Definition
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What causes tinea versicolor? |
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Definition
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What is the MOA of malasezia furfur? |
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Definition
degradation of lipids produces acids that damage melanocytes and cause hypopigmented and/or hyperpigmented patches |
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What can predispose you to getting tinea versicolor? |
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Definition
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How do you treat tinea versicolor? |
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Definition
topical miconazole, selenium sulfide |
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How can you definitively diagnose tinea versicolor? |
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Definition
"spaghetti and meatball" appearance on KOH prep |
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Which fungi cause the tinea infections? |
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Definition
dermatophytes (microsporum, trichophyton, and epidermophyton) |
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How do you definitively diagnose tinea infections? |
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Definition
see mold hyphae in KOH prep, not dimorphic |
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What fungi can cause endocarditis in IV drug users? |
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Definition
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How do you treat vaginal candida albicans infection? |
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Definition
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How do you treat oral/esophageal candida albicans infection? |
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Definition
fluconazole or caspofungin |
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How do you treat systemic candida albicans infection? |
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Definition
amphotericin B, fluconazole, or caspofungin for systemic |
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Term
What kinds of diseases are caused by aspergillus fumigatus? |
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Definition
allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis with asthma or CF; aspergillomas in lung cavities especially after TB infection; some species of aspergillus produce aflatoxins which are associated with hepatocellular carcinoma; invasive and/or disseminated disease in immunocompromised pateints especially in lungs |
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T/f Aspergillus fumigatus is dimorphic? |
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Definition
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What type of fungi produces a conidiophore with fruiting bodies? |
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Definition
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Describe the appearance of aspergillus. |
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Definition
septate hyphae that branch at acute angles; sometimes you'll see conidiophores |
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Where is cryptococcus neoformans found? |
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Definition
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Besides staining with india ink, what can you use that is more specific to dx cryptococcus infection? |
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Definition
latex agglutination test detects polysaccharide capsular antigen and is more specific |
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Term
"soap bubble lesions in the brain"= |
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Definition
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T/F Most infections with Pneumocystits jiroveci are asymptomatic. |
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Definition
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How do you dx pneumocystis jiroveci? |
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Definition
diagnosed by lung biopsy or lavage; disk shaped yeast forms on methenamine silver stain of lung tissue |
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What is the treatment for pneumocystis jiroveci? |
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Definition
TMP-SMX, pentamidine, dapsone |
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Term
When do you start pneumocystis jiroveci prophylaxis in AIDS patients? |
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Definition
when CD4 is less than 200 |
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Term
What is the appearance of sporothrix schenckii? |
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Definition
dimorphic, cigar-shaped budding yeast that lives on vegetation |
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Term
T/F Sporothrix schenckii can cause systemic disease. |
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Definition
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How do you treat sporothrix schenckii? |
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Definition
itraconazole or potassium iodide |
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Term
How do you diagnose giardia? |
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Definition
trophozoites or cysts in stool |
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Term
How do you diagnose entamoeba histolytica? |
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Definition
serology and/or trophozoites (with RBCs in teh cytoplasm) or cysts (with multiple nuclei) in stool |
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Term
Flask shaped ulcers in colon= |
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Definition
entamoeba histolytica due to rupture of submucosal abscess |
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Term
What is the treatment for entamoeba histolytica? |
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Definition
metronidazole and iodoquinol |
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Term
What is the treatment for cryptosporidium? |
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Definition
prevention (by filtering city water supplies); no treatment |
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How do you diagnose cryptosporidium? |
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Definition
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What are the symptoms of chongenital toxoplasmosis? |
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Definition
chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, and intracranial calcifications |
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Term
How do you diagnose toxoplasmosis? |
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Definition
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How do you treat toxoplasma gondii? |
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Definition
sulfadiazine and pyrimethamine |
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Term
How does naegleria get to your brain? |
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Definition
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Term
How do you diagnose naegleria fowleri? |
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Definition
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How do you treat naegleria fowleri? |
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Definition
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Term
What causes african sleeping sickness? |
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Definition
Trypanosoma brucei (T. gambiense, T. rhodesiense) |
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Term
What are the symptoms of Trypanosome brucei infection? |
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Definition
african sleeping sickness-> enlarged lymph nodes, recurring fever (due to antigenic variation), somnolence, coma |
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Term
What is the vector for trypanosoma brucei? |
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Definition
Tsetse fly (a painful bite) |
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Term
How do you diagnose trypanosoma brucei infection? |
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Definition
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How do you treat trypanosoma brucei infection? |
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Definition
suramin for blood borne disease or melarsoprol for CNS penetration |
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Term
What malaria type typically has a 48 hr cycle? |
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Definition
P. vivax/ovale (tertian)What |
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What type of malaria has a dormant form in the liver? |
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Definition
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What is cerebral malaria? |
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Definition
when RBCs parasitized by P. falciparum occlude capillaries in teh brain (can also occlude capillaries in teh kidney and lung) |
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What type of malaria has a 72 hour cycle? |
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Definition
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What is the name for the ring form of malaria? |
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Definition
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What is the treatment for malaria? |
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Definition
begin with chloroquine which blocks plasmodium heme polymerase; if resistant use mefloquine. For vivax/ovale, add primaquine for dormant form in liver |
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Name the dormant form of malaria organisms in the liver. |
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Definition
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What increases your risk of severe disease from babesiosis? |
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Definition
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How do you treat babesiosis? |
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Definition
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Term
What areas of the world get trypanosoma cruzi? |
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Definition
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How is trypanosoma cruzi transmitted? |
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Definition
reduviid bug ("kissing bug") a painless bit (much like a kiss) |
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How do you diagnose trypanosoma cruzi? |
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Definition
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What is the treatment for trypanosoma cruzi? |
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Definition
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Term
What are the symptoms of visceral leishmania donovani infection? |
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Definition
visceral= spiking fevers, hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia |
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Term
How is leishmania transmitted? |
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Definition
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How do you diagnose leishmania donovani? |
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Definition
macrophages containing amastogotes (the form lacking a flagella) |
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Term
What is the treatment for leishmania donovani? |
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Definition
cutaneous= sodium stibogluconate visceral= liposomal amphotericin B |
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Term
What are the symptoms of trichomonas vaginalis? |
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Definition
vaginitis: foul smelling greenish discharge; itching and burning |
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Term
How do you diagnose trichomonas vaginalis? |
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Definition
trophozoites on wet mount |
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Term
bannana shaped gametocytes= |
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Definition
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Term
How do you treat enterobius vermicularis? |
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Definition
bendazoles or pyrantel pamoate |
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Term
How do you treat ascaris lumbricoides? |
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Definition
bedazoles or pyrantel pamoate |
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Term
How do you diagnose ascaris lumbricoides? |
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Definition
eggs are visible in feces |
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Term
What is a pumonary complication of ascaris lumbricoides? |
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Definition
Loffler's eosinophilic pneumonitis |
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Term
What are teh symptoms of trichinella spiralis? |
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Definition
inflammation of muscle; periorbital edema |
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Term
How do you treat trichinella spiralis? |
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Definition
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Term
How do you treat strongyloides stercoralis. |
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Definition
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Term
How do you treat ancylostoma duodenale or necator americanus? |
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Definition
bendazoles or pyrantel pamoate |
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Term
What intestinal worms can cause anemia? |
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Definition
ancylostoma duodenale and necator americanus (suck blood from intestinal walls) |
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Term
What is the transmission/disease of dracunculus medinensis? |
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Definition
in drinking water; skin inflammation and ulceration |
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Term
How do you treat dracunculus medinensis? |
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Definition
niridazole (prolonged extraction) |
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Term
What is the transmission/disease caused by onchocerca voluvlus? |
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Definition
transmitted by female blackflies; causes hyperpigmented skin and river blindness; can have allergic reaction to microfilaria |
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What is the treatment for onchocerca volvulus? |
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Definition
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Term
What is the transmission/disease of loa loa? |
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Definition
transmitted by deer fly, horse fly, and mango fly; causes swelling in skin (can see worm crawling in conjunctiva) |
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What is the treatment of loa loa. |
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Definition
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What is the transmission/disease caused by wuchereria bancrofti? |
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Definition
female mosquito; causes blockage of lymphatic vessels (elephatniasis); takes 9 months to 1 year after bit to get elephantiasis symptoms |
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Term
What is the treatment for quchereria bancrofti? |
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Definition
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What is transmission/disease of toxocara canis? |
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Definition
food contaminated with eggs: causes granulomas (if in retina --> blindness); and visceral larva migrans |
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Term
How is taenia solium transmitted? |
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Definition
ingestion of larvae encysted in undercooked pork leads to intestinal tapeworms |
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Term
What is the disease caused by taenia solium? |
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Definition
ingestion of eggs causes cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis, mass lesions in brain ("swiss cheese" appearance) |
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Term
What is the treatment for taenia solium? |
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Definition
praziquantel (use bendazoels for neurocysticercosis) |
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Term
How do you get diphyllobothrium latum? |
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Definition
ingestion of larvae in raw freshwater fish |
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Term
What organism leads to vitamin B12 deficiency? |
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Definition
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Term
What is the treatment for diphyllobothrium latum? |
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Definition
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How do you get echinococcus granulosus? |
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Definition
eggs in dog feces are ingested |
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Term
What is the disease caused by echinococcus granulosus? |
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Definition
cysts in liver; causes anaphylaxis if echinococcal antigens are released from cysts (surgeons inject ethanol before removal to kill daughter cysts) |
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Term
What is the treatment for echinoccocus granulosus? |
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Definition
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Term
Name the cestodes (tapeworms). |
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Definition
taenia solium, diphyllobothrium latum; echinococcus granulosus |
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Term
Name teh trematodes (flukes). |
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Definition
schistosoma, clonorchis sinensis, paragonimus westermani |
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What is the disease caused by schistosoma? |
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Definition
swimmer's itch; granulomas, fibrosis and inflammation of the spleen and liver; can lead to portal hypertension from eggs stuck in portal vein or squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder |
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How do you get clonorchis sinensis? |
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Definition
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What is the disease caused by clonorchis sinensis? |
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Definition
inflammation of the biliary tract leading to pigmented gallstones and cholangiocarcinoma |
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How is clonorchis sinensis infection treated? |
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Definition
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What is the disease caused by paragonimus westermani? |
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Definition
inflammation and secondary bacterial infection of the lung; causing hemoptysis |
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Term
Where do you get paragonimus westermani from? |
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Definition
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How do you treat paragonimus westermani? |
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