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Term
Bacillus Anthracis
Definition

Gram Positive

Rods

Spore Former

Poly-Peptide capsule

 

PX01 Deadly Toxin

PX02 Capsule

Term
Clostridum Difficile
Definition

Gram Positive

Anearobic rod spore Former

 

Antibiotic associated pseudomembranous colitis

Two Toxin (cytotoxin & enterotoxin)

 

 

Term
Streptococcus Pneumoniae
Definition

Gram Positive

diplococci

 

Capsule;interferes w/ phqgocytosis

 

IgA protease

Term
Clostridium Botulinim
Definition

Gram Positive

Anaerobic Rod

Spore former

Heat labile toxin

12-72 incubation period

Neurotoxin=Flaccid parylsis

Intoxication 

Give Anti-toxin

Term
Staphlyococcus aureus
Definition

grape like cluster cocci

anearobic

 

Heat Stable enterotoxin transmitted via food

rapid food poisioning 1-6 hours

 

intoxication

Term
Corynebacterium Diptheriae
Definition

Gram positive

aerobic rod

 Normal Flora

Diptheria Toxin (Exotoxin) same as P. aeruginosa

 

Toxin cells with beta prophage

 

 

Term
Clostridium Tetani
Definition

Gram Positive

Anaerobic Rods, forms spores

 

Tetanus Toxin causes spastic paralysis

 

 

Term
Group A streptococci
Definition

Gram positive

beta-hemolytic

 

Rheumatic Fever

Term
Enteococcus Faecalis
Definition

Gram Positive

 

Diplococcus

 

GI of normal flora animals & humans

 

Develops antibiotic reisistance to nosocomial infections

Term
Camplyobacter Jejuni
Definition

gram negative

gull wing shaped enterid rod

Animal are Reservoirs Raw Food (poultry)

 

Low infectious dose, LPS (endotoxin), entertoxin

 

 

Term
Haemophilus Influenzae
Definition

Gram negative

Coccibacilli

Chocolate Agar

 Fastidius needs Factor X(hematin) V(NAD)

 Encapsulated and non-encapsulated

PRP Capsule looks like RNA

Term
Helicobacter pylori
Definition

Gram Negative

Rod

Urease,mucinase,cytotoxin, LPS, flagella, adhesins

 

Peptic Ulcers

 

Term
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Definition

Gram negative

Rod

 Found Everywhere

 Exotoxin A (same as cornyebacterium diptheriae)

 

Term

Neiserria Meningitidis

Definition

gram negative

non-motile diplococci

Conjugated vaccine (not for B) polysialic acid

Term

Neiserria Gonorrhoeae

Definition

gram negative

diplococci

STD

conjuctivits and pharyngitis

quasispecies

coinfection w/ chlaymydia

 

Term
Shigella spp.
Definition

gram negative

rods

fecal oral route

low infectious dose

shiga toxin

Term
Bordetella pertussis
Definition

gram negative

strict aerobe

whooping cough

 

Vaccine Controversy

DTaP

 

 

Term

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia

ETEC

Definition

Gram Negative

"traveler's diarrhea"

coccabacilli

ingestion

 

Term

Enterohemmorhagic E. Coli

EHEC

Definition

"Jack in the Box"

coccabacilli

ingestion

 

Hemorrhagic Colitis

copious bloody stool, no fever

Term

Salmonella spp.

 

Definition

Gram Negative

coccabacilli

fecal contaminated foods

 

Requires a large innoculum

Term
Chlamydia Trachomatis
Definition

gram weird

obligate intracellular pathogen

 

EB infectious form

RB metabolic form

 

Conjuctivitis

STD

Term
Treponema pallidum
Definition

gram weird

spirochete

syphylis

Three stages

1.painless chancre

2. flu-like symptoms, rash

3. neurosyphilis etc

Term
Borrelia Burgdorferi
Definition

gram weird

spirochete

lyme disease

vector=tick reservoir=deer/mouse

Three stages

1. ECM bullseye

2. blood stream & throughout the body

3. oligoarthritis; autoimmune response

Term
Giardia Lamblia
Definition

parasite

1. vegetative cells(trophocytes)

2. Cysts

 

untreated H20

 

Flagella for moving,

Term
Rotavirus
Definition

segmented dsRNA genome

non-enveloped

 

fecal-oral route

human colon

entererotoxin- extensive diarrhea

Vaccine- rotatrix/rotateq

Term
Hepatitis A Virus
Definition

positive ssRNA

non-enveloped

 

contaminated foods

tropism for hepatocytes

Term

West Nile Virus

Flavivirus

Definition

positive ssRNA

enveloped linear

 

birds(reservoirs) mosquitos (vectors)

 

viral meningitis

Term
HIV
Definition

positive ssRNA

enveloped

"quasispecies"

 

progresses to AIDS and destroys CD4 T cells

 

Term
Hepatitis C Virus
Definition

Positive ssRNA

high mutation rate

quasispecies

 

chronic infection
tropism for hepatocytes

liver transplants

 

Term
Hepatitis Delta Virus
Definition

 defective RNA virus

requires HBV for coinfection

 

can activate latent HBV

 

HBV vaccine protects agains HDV

liver transplant endstage

Term
Hepatitis B Virus
Definition

circular dsDNA virus

enveloped 

 

uses RT

Review the graph

 

Term
Adenovirus
Definition

dsDNA virus

non-enveloped

 

fecal-oral transmisison

only in humans

conjuctivitis

 

Term
Epstein Barr Virus
Definition

dsDNA virus

enveloped

infect B cells

 

Transplants

no vaccine

Term
Herpes Virus (1&2)
Definition

dsDNA

enveloped

primary and recurrent infections

primary(surface lesions)

spreads to nerve cells (goes latent)

Term
Varicella Zoster Virus
Definition

dsDNA genome

enveloped

chicken pox

 

nuceloside analogs (acyclovir & valaycovir)

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