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Definition
Salmonella
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Haemophilus influenzae
Neisseria meningitidis
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Group B Strep
"S SHiN" + GBS + Klebsiella" |
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Passive Immunity given to pts after exposure to?
(List 4)
-preformed abs |
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Definition
- Tetanus toxin
- Botulinum toxin
- HBV
- Rabies virus
"To Be Healed Rapidly"
*Note: premature babies are also given passive immunization for RSV in winter mo |
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Term
Stain used to Dx Whipple's dz |
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Definition
PAS
*Tropheryma whippelii |
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Term
Facultative Intracellular Bacteria |
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Definition
Salmonella, Neisseria, Brucella, Mycobacterium, Listeria, Francisella, Legionella, & Yersina (pestis and pseudotuberculosis)
"Some Nasty Bugs May Live FacultativeLY" |
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Term
Corynebacterium diphtheriae toxin |
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Definition
ADP ribosylating A-B toxin:
inactivates EF-2 |
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Definition
ADP ribosylating A-B toxin:
inactivates EF-2 |
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Term
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Definition
ADP ribosylation of Gs (permanent activation) → adenylate cyclase activation → ↑ cAMP → ↑ Cl secretion and ↓ Na absorption, water follows → voluminous rice-water diarrhea
-encoded in a lysogenic phage
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Definition
ADP ribosylating toxins:
heat-labile toxin stimulates adenylate cyclase → ↑ cAMP
heat-stabile toxin stimulates guanylate cyclase
*both cause watery diarrhea
"Labile like the Air, Stabile like the Ground" |
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Definition
ADP ribosylating toxin permanently disables Gαi → ↑ AC activation → ↑ cAMP
*whooping cough, inhibits chemokine receptor causing lymphocytosis
"turns the off off" |
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Term
Clostridium perfringes toxin |
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Definition
α toxin is a lecithinase that acts as a phospholipase to cleave cell membrane → gas gangrene
*double zone of hemolysis on blood agar |
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Definition
blocks the release of inhibitory neurotransmitters GABA and glycine |
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Term
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Definition
blocks release of ACh
-encoded in a lysogenic phage (certain strains)
*CNS paralysis, esp. Cranial nerves
*spores in canned foods
*baby who eats honey → floppy baby |
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Definition
edema factor (part of toxin complex) IS an adenylate cyclase itself → ↑ cAMP |
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Term
Shiga toxin
(& Shiga-like toxin - aka Vero cytotoxin) |
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Definition
cleaves host cell rRNA → inactivates 60S ribosome (inh. of protein syn.)
-encoded in a lysogenic phage
*also produced by EHEC
*also enhances cytokine release and toxic to renal endothelial cells → HUS
*production enhanced by Fe def.
*Is an A-B toxin |
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Term
Yersinia enterocolitica enterotoxin |
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Definition
activates guanylate cyclase
*watery diarrhea and electrolyte loss |
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Term
Clostridium difficile exotoxins |
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Definition
Toxin A (enterotoxin) - causes diarrhea; binds to brush border
Toxin B (cytotoxin) - cytotoxic; destroys cytoskeleton (depolymerization of actin → cell death; MOA by binding and inhibiting cytosolic GTPases??)
*Dx C. diff by detecting one or both toxins in stool |
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Term
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Definition
- generalized - "packaging event", lytic phage
- specialized - "excision event", lysogenic phage
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Term
Strep. pyogenes Erythrogenic toxin |
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Definition
super antigen
causes Scarlet Fever
-encoded in a lysogenic phage |
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Term
Is Staph. epidermidis Novobiocin sensitive or resistant? |
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Definition
Novobiocin sensitive
*Staph saprophyticus is novobiocin resistant
"Fticus puts up a Fight" |
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Term
Tell me about Listeria monocytogenes |
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Definition
- G+ rod
- beta hemolytic
- tumbling motility (@ 22°C)
- "actin rockets"
- only G+ w/ endotoxin
- meningitis in newborns
- unpasteurized milk/cheese and deli meats; vaginal transmission @ birth
- facultative intracellular microbe (CMI required for elim.)
- #3 cause of neonatal meningitis
- can cause spontaneous abortion
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Term
I say "rusty sputum", you say? |
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Definition
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only bacterium w/ a polypeptide capsule?
(what does it contain?) |
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Definition
Bacillus anthracis
*D-glutamate |
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Term
Actinomyces vs. Nocardia:
How to differentiate b/t long branching filaments resembling fungi |
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Definition
Actinomyces israelii: G+ anaerobe, normal oral flora, oral/facial abscesses (often after trauma), yellow "sulfur granules", tx w/ Penicillin
Nocardia asteroides: G+ but also weakly acid-fast, aerobe, soil resident, pulm. inf. in immunocompromised, Tx w/ sulfa |
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Term
M. avium-intracellulare prophylactic Tx in AIDS pts?
(don't want disseminated dz) |
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Definition
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Term
2 Disease types (leprosy) caused by Mycobacterium leprae:
-and Tx |
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Definition
Lepromatous: more serious (diffuse, can be lethal), pts have weak T-cell mediated immunity, Th2 (humoral), Leonine facies
Tuberculoid: just a few nodules, intact T-cell response, Th1 response (CMI!)
*M. leprae infects skin and superficial nn., armadillo reservoir
Tx: long-term oral dapsone (hemolysis, methemoglobinemia), *watch for G6PD def.
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2 G- comma shaped bacteria:
what are they and how do you differentiate? |
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Definition
Campylobacter jejuni - grows in 42°C
Vibrio cholera - grows in alkaline media
*both are ox+ |
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Term
prophylaxis for close contacts of Meningococci? |
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Definition
Rifampin
*Rifampin prophylaxis is also used for close contacts of pts w/ H.inf type B meningitis |
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Term
Legionella pneumophila (facultative intracellular organism):
- Stain?
- Culture media?
- Detection?
- Transmission?
- Tx?
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Definition
- silver stain
- charcoal yeast extract w/ iron and cysteine
- presence of antigen in urine
- aerosol transmission from water source (NO person-to-person)
- Erythromycin (macrolides)
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Term
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Definition
"VDRL"
- V for viruses (mono, hepatitis)
- D for drugs
- R for Rheumatic dz (fever, arthritis too?)
- L for Lupus and Leprosy
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Term
Chlamydia trachomatis serotypes |
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Definition
A, B, & C: cause trachoma - blindness due to follicular conjunctivitis in Africa; chronic infection "ABC for Africa/Blindness/Chronic"
D-K: urethritis/PID, neonatal pneumonia (staccato cough), neonatal conjunctivitis
L1-3: lymphogranuloma venereum - swollen, painful inguinal nodes that coalesce, ulcerate, and rupture; leads to fibrosis and anogenital strictures (vs. donovanosis by Klebsiella granulomatis w/ painless, beefy red inguinal ulcers)
*Tx all w/ azithromycin |
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Term
Which systemic mycoses is the exception to being a yeast in tissue?
(not referring to cutaneous and opportunistic mycoses) |
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Definition
Coccidoides imitis
*spherule in tissue - filled w/ endospores, much larger than RBCs |
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Term
Classic Triad of Congenital Toxoplasmosis: |
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Definition
- chorioretinitis
- hydrocephalus
- intracranial calcifications
*Tx for Toxoplasmosis is Sulfadiazine + pyrimethamine
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Term
What is the only ssDNA virus? |
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Definition
Parvovirus B19
*ss, linear(-), and non-enveloped
*aplastic crises, "slapped cheeks" (5th dz), crosses placenta |
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Term
Live attenuated viral vaccines |
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Definition
Smallpox, yellow fever, chicken pox (VZV), Sabin's polio (oral), MMR, and intranasal influenza
"Live one night only! See small yellow chickens get vaccinated w/ Sabin's and MMR"
*influenza and yellow fever vaccines are egg based - allergic to egg?
*live attenuated - humoral and cell mediated immunity
*MMR is only live atten. that can be given to HIV+ pts |
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Term
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Definition
Rabies, Influenza (IM), Salk Polio, HAV
*humoral immunity only, need boosters
"RIP Always" |
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Term
Recombinant viral vaccines |
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Definition
HBV - antigen is HBsAg
HPV - types 6, 11, 16, & 18 |
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Term
3 DNA viruses that DON'T have linear genome |
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Definition
Circular DNA genome
- papilloma
- polyoma
- hepadnaviruses
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Term
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Definition
Reoviridae (R. coltivirus - colorado tick fever)
Rotavirus (#1 cause of fatal diarrhea in children)
*both are non-enveloped; linear genome |
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Term
Positive-stranded RNA viruses |
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Definition
"I went to a RETRO TOGA party, where I drank FLAVored CORONA and ate HIPPY CALIfornia PICKLES"
retrovirus, togavirus, flavivirus, coronavirus, hepevirus, calcivirus, picornavirus
*equate the party to a positive (stranded) experience
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Term
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Definition
Retroviruses
-2 identical ssRNA molecules
*all other viruses are haploid (1 copy of DNA or RNA) |
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Term
only DNA virus to not replicate in the nucleus |
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Definition
Poxvirus
*also note poxvirus purified dsDNA is not infectious (same for HBV) |
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Term
only RNA viruses to NOT replicate in the cytoplasm |
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Definition
influenza virus
retroviruses |
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Term
Naked (non-enveloped viruses) |
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Definition
"Naked CPR and PAPP smear + Hepevirus (HepE)"
Calicivirus, Picornavirus, Reovirus, Parvovirus, Adenovirus, Papilloma, Polyoma, and hepevirus
*Note Poxviruses and Paramyxoviruses are only 2 that start w/ P and are enveloped |
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Term
Enveloped viruses that acquire envelope from nuclear membrane
(vs. all other from plasma membrane) |
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Definition
Herpesviruses
1, 2, VZV, EBV, CMV, HHV-6 & 8 |
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Term
Where do you get Clostridium perfringens food poisoning from? |
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Definition
reheated meat dishes
*C. perfringens causes watery diarrhea and gas gangrene |
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Term
Salmonella food poisoning sources |
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Definition
poultry, meat, eggs
*assoc. w/ pet reptiles (turtles, snakes) |
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Term
Osteomyelitis in diabetics and drug addicts |
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Definition
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Term
Osteomyelitis w/ a Hx of cat or dog bite/scratch |
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Definition
Pasteurella multocida
*"my bones hurt from chasing animals in the pasture" |
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Term
Positive nitrite test on urine analysis signifies? |
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Definition
Gram negative bacterial UTI |
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Term
TORCHeS
& their classic neonatal manifestations |
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Definition
- T - Toxoplasma gondii - chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications
- O - Other (=Parvovirus B19) - hydrops fetalis
- R - Rubella - PDA or pulmonary artery hypoplasia, cataracts, deafness, +/- "blueberry muffin" rash (purpura)
- C - CMV - most common; hearing loss (unilateral), seizures, petechial rash
- H - HIV (recurrent inf. & chronic diarrhea; use zidovudine) & HSV -temporal encephalitis, herpetic (vesicular) lesions
- S - Syphilis - usu stillbirth, hydrops fetalis; if child survives: notched teeth, saddle nose, short maxilla, saber shins
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Term
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Definition
Tropheryma whippelii (a Gram+ actinomycete)
MC Sx: arthralgias, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and weight loss; CNS involvement can occur
***small intestinal biopsy with periodic acid-Schiff (PAS)–positive, and diatase-resistant granules in macrophages with characteristic bacillus |
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Term
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Definition
Vancomycin, Fluoroquinolones, Penicillin, Aminoglycosides, Cephalosporins, Metronidazole
"Very Finely Proficient At Cell Murder" |
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Term
Tetracyclines used for?
(tetracycline, doxycycline, demeclocycline, minocycline) |
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Definition
"VACUUM THe BedRoom"
Vibrio cholerae, Acne, Chlamydia, Ureaplasma Urealyticum, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Tularemia, H. pylori, Borrelia burgdorferi, Rickettsia
*use doxy in pts w/ renal failure (is fecally eliminated) |
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Term
Trimethoprim toxicities?
How do you alleviate them? |
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Definition
-megaloblastic anemia, leukopenia, granulocytopenia
-leucovorin rescue - supplemental folinic acid (bypasses DHFR step) |
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Term
Polymyxins
Examples?
MOA?
Use?
Toxicity? |
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Definition
-Polymyxin B, Colistin
-Binds cell membranes and disrupts osmotic integrity (are cationic basic proteins acting like detergents)
-resistant G- inf. ("last resort against multidrug resistant Pseudomonas"
-neurotoxicity, acute renal tubular necrosis (ATN) |
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TB prophylaxis and treatment |
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Definition
Prophylaxis: isoniazid
Treatment:
- Rifampin - inhibits DNA-dep RNA polymerase, orange body fluids; also prophylactic for HinfB and meningococcus
- Isoniazid - inhibits syn. of mycolic acids (bacterial catalase-peroxidase has to activate it); lupus, neurotoxic due to pyridoxine def, hepatotoxic
- Pyrazinamide - requires acidic environ. (engulfed TB in phagolysomes); hepatoxic, arthralgias
- Ethambutol - inhibits arabinosyltransferase (carb. polymerization of cell wall); optic neuropathy (red-green color blindness, central scotoma; reversible)
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MAI prophylaxis and treatment |
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Definition
Prophylaxis: azithromycin (start when CD4 <100)
Tx: azithromycin, rifampin, ethambutol, streptomycin
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Term
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Definition
Dapsone (same MOA as sulfonamides - PABA antimetabolite inhibiting dihyropteroate synthetase)
rifampin
clofazimine (binds guanine bases of DNA preventing DNA use as a template, increases PLA2 activity) |
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Term
DOC for oral or esophageal Candidiasis (thrush)? |
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Definition
Nystatin
"swish and swallow" |
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Term
Tx for cryptococcal meningitis in AIDS pts? |
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Definition
Initial Tx upon Dx is Amphotericin B, usu w/ addition of Flucytosine
(ampho B does NOT cross BBB and must be given intrathecally)
Maintenance Therapy for Life: Fluconazole
-the azole that can cross the BBB |
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Term
The 3 NNRTIs in HIV therapy |
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Definition
Nevirapine, Efavirenz, Delaviridine
*non-competitive, do NOT require phosphorylation |
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Term
Superantigens and the bugs that produce them |
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Definition
S. aureus: TSST-1 (TSS), enterotoxins (food poisoning), exfoliatin (SSSS)
S. pyogenes: erythrogenic toxen (toxic shock-like syndrome) |
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Term
Common presentation of Legionnaire's Dz |
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Definition
very HIGH fever in a smoker accompanied by diarrhea, confusion, and cough causing chest pain; radiographic evidence of pneumonia
Tx w/ erythromycin
*Legionella is a G- rod, but often no bacteria seen in sputum gram stain; test for anitgen in urine
*more in eldery vs. Mycoplasma in young
*NOT always going to see the assoc. w/ water in the ? |
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