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| tiny gram negative coccobacilli, aerobic, non-motile, do NOT ferment carbs |
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| filamentous hemagglutinin protein - binds to and agglutinates erythrocytes |
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| upper respiratory tract infection, colonizes only ciliated mucosal cells |
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| pertussis toxin, adenylate cyclase/hemolysin (bifunctional), tracheal, dermonecrotic, endotoxin |
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Catarrhal - common cold, most infectious
Paroxysmal - whooping cough, ciliated cells extruded
Convalescent - decrease in coughing |
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| Treatment in stage 1 (catarrhal) vs stage 2 |
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stage 1: erythromycin
stage 2: supportive |
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| Primary pertussis prevention mechanism |
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| aquatic saprophyte that causes lower respiratory track infection |
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| facultative intracellular pathogen, cannot be digested by macrophages |
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| slender, gram negative aerobic coccobacilli, nutrionally fastidious, respiratory infection |
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| found in water tanks, multiplies inside protozoa |
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| severe pneumonia, multiorgan disease, bacteremia and potential mortality |
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| Flu-like, normal chest x-ray, hypersensitivity reaction |
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| Intra-alveolar exudate of both PMNs and macrophages |
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| Legionnaire's disease (l. pneumonphila) |
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| culture: gram negative, aerobic, optimal growth at 35C, non-fermenting, pleomorphic |
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| Treatment for pontiac fever |
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| prevention of legionellosis |
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| ID of environmental source w/ hyperchlorination, superheating, copper/silver ionization |
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| high percentage of lymphocytes |
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