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NBCE Part 1
LaRose Bacteria 1
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08/22/2012

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1.       4 characteristics about bacteria.
Definition
1) THEY ARE PROKARYOTIC, 2) HAVE A SINGLE CIRCULAR DNA, 3) PEPTIDOGLYCAN CELL WALL, 4) CONTAIN THE 70S RIBOSOME
Term
2.       These are the 3 different types of bacteria.
Definition
1) LACKING A CELL WALL, 2) FLEXIBLE CELL WALL, 3) RIGID CELL WALL
Term
3.       This is an example of a microorganism that lacks a cell wall.
Definition
MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE
Term
4.       This microorganism causes atypical “walking” pneumonia.
Definition
MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE
Term
5.       These 4 bacteria have a flexible cell wall.
Definition
1) LEPTOSPIRA INTEROGANS, 2) BORRELIA BURGDORFERI, 3) BORRELIA RECURRENTIS, 4) TREPONEMA PALLIDUM
Term
6.       This bacteria with a flexible cell wall causes weil disease which presents with jaundice and hemorrhage.
Definition
LEPTOSPIRA INTEROGANS
Term
7.       This bacteria with a flexible cell wall causes lyme disease which presents with erythema migrans (bulls eye rash) and joint pains.
Definition
BORRELIA BURGDORFERI
Term
8.       This bacteria with a flexible cell wall causes relapsing fever.
Definition
BORRELIA RECURRENTIS
Term
9.       This bacteria with a flexible cell wall causes syphilis which presents with a painless genital ulcer.
Definition
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM
Term
10.   All bacteria with flexible cell walls are _____.
Definition
SPIROCHETES
Term
11.   These 4 microorganisms have a rigid cell wall.
Definition
1) CHLAMYDIA PSITTACI, 2) CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS, 3) RICKETTSIA ORGANISMS, 4) BARTEONELLA HENSELAE
Term
12.   This bacteria with a rigid cell wall causes bird fancier’s disease characterized by cough and fever.
Definition
CHLAMYDIA PSITTACI
Term
13.   This bacteria with a rigid cell wall causes trachoma characterized by blindness and chronic disease.
Definition
CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS TYPE A, B AND C
Term
14.   This bacteria with a rigid cell wall causes reiter’s syndrome.
Definition
CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS TYPE D-K
Term
15.   Reiter’s syndrome causes these 3 conditions.
Definition
1) CONJUNCTIVITIS, 2) URETHRITITS, 3) ARTHRITIS
Term
16.   This bacteria causes lymphogranuloma venereum which is characterized by a transient genital ulcer followed by draining buboes.
Definition
CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS TYPE L1-L3
Term
17.   This bacteria with a rigid cell wall causes rocky mountain spotted fever.
Definition
RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII
Term
18.   What is the vector for the spread of rocky mountain spotted fever?
Definition
TICKS
Term
19.   This bacteria with a rigid cell wall cause epidemic typhus.
Definition
RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII
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20.   What is the vector for the spread of epidemic typhus.
Definition
LICE
Term
21.   This bacteria with a rigid cell wall causes murine endemic typhus.
Definition
RICKETTSIA TYPHI
Term
22.   What is the vector for murine endemic typhus.
Definition
RAT FLEAS
Term
23.   This bacteria with a rigid cell wall causes trench fever.
Definition
RICKETTSIA QUINTANA
Term
24.   What is the vector for trench fever.
Definition
LICE
Term
25.   This bacteria with a rigid cell wall causes scrub typhus.
Definition
RICKETTSIA TSUTSUGAMISHI
Term
26.   What is the vector for scrub typhus?
Definition
MITES
Term
27.   This bacteria with a rigid cell wall causes cat-scratch disease.
Definition
BARTEONELLA HENSELAE
Term
28.   This is a species of bacteria that is made up of gram positive, catalase positive bacteria that occur in bunches like grapes.
Definition
STAPHYLOCOCCUS
Term
29.   Staphylococcus aureus grows as _____ colonies on _____ culture.
Definition
GOLDEN COLONIES; BLOOD AGAR CULTURE
Term
30.   Staphylococcus aureus causes these 6 diseases.
Definition
1) SCALDED SKIN SYNDROME, 2) TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME, 3) INPETIGO, 4) OSTEOMYELITIS, 5) CARBUNCLES, 6) ACUTE BTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS
Term
31.   _____ is the common cause of UTI in teenagers due to the lack of nitrates in the urine.
Definition
STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS
Term
32.   This group of bacteria are gram positive, catalase negative bacteria that occur in strips.
Definition
STREPTOCOCCUS
Term
33.   _____ is a lancefield group A beta-hemolytic diplococci.
Definition
STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES
Term
34.   These 5 conditions are caused by streptococcus pyogenes.
Definition
1) RHEUMATIC FEVER, 2) IMPETIGO, 3) ERYSIPELAS, 4) GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, 5) SCARLET FEVER
Term
35.   This is an example of an alpha hemolytic streptococcus.
Definition
STREPTOCOCCUS VIRIDANS
Term
36.   _____ causes dental cavities and affects damages heart valves (SBE).
Definition
STREPTOCOCCUS VIRIDANS
Term
37.   This is an example of an alpha-hemolytic streptococcus.
Definition
STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE
Term
38.   4 diseases caused by streptococcus pneumoniae.
Definition
1) MENINGITIS, 2) OTITIS MEDIA, 3) PNEUMONIA ASSOCIATED WITH RUST COLORED SPUTUM, 4) SINUSITIS
Term
39.   This is an example of a lancefield group B Beta hemolytic cocci found in the vagina of female carriers.
Definition
STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE
Term
40.   Streptococcus agalactiae causes _____ and _____ in the newborn.
Definition
MENINGITIS AND SEPTICEMIA
Term
41.   this is an example of a gram negative intracellular diplococci.
Definition
NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE
Term
42.   Neisseria gonorrhoeae grows on _____ agar and is _____ fermenting.
Definition
CHOCOLATE AGAR; GLUCOSE
Term
43.   3 conditions caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
Definition
1) GONORRHEA, 2) SEPTIC ARTHRITIS, 3) OPTHALMIA NEONATORUM
Term
44.   This is a gram negative diplococcic that causes meningitis and meningococcemia.
Definition
NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS
Term
45.   Neisseria meningitidis grows in _____ agar and is _____ and _____ fermenting.
Definition
THAYER-MARTIN AGAR; MALTOSE AND GLUCOSE
Term
46.   _____ is an example of a faintly gram stainable bacteria due to a thick waxy wall of mycolic acid.
Definition
MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS
Term
47.   Mycobacterium tuberculosis is grown on this medium.
Definition
LOWENSTEIN-JENSEN MEDIUM
Term
48.   Mycobacterium tuberculosis is stained with _____ stain and causes _____.
Definition
ZIEHL NEELSEN STAIN; TUBERCULOSIS
Term
49.   _____ is a bacteria that is only grown in armadillos and on the foot pads of suckling mice. It attacks the skin and peripheral nerves and causes leprosy.
Definition
MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE
Term
50.   All bacilli are gram native except these 4 bacilli which are gram positive.
Definition
1) BACILLUS, 2) CLOSTRIDIUM, 3) CORYNEBACTERIUM, 4) LISTERIA
Term
51.   _____ is a spore forming rod that causes woolsorters disease and malignant pustules.
Definition
BACILLUS ANTHRASIS
Term
52.   Bacillus anthrasis causes _____ which is a lung infection spread by inhalation.
Definition
WOORSORTER’S DISEASE
Term
53.   Bacillus anthrasis causes _____ which is a skin infection that leads to bacteremia and death.
Definition
MALIGNANT PUSTULES
Term
54.   _____is a bacteria that causes food poisoning from eating contaminated fried rice.
Definition
BACILLUS CEREUS
Term
55.   _____ is a gram positive bacteria that causes botulism due to improperly canned foods and honey in infants.
Definition
CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM
Term
56.   Clostridium botulinum causes botulism due to a preformed toxin that blocks _____ release.
Definition
ACETYLCHOLINE
Term
57.   The botulism caused by clostridium botulinum leads to these 3 conditions.
Definition
1) DIPLOPIA, 2) DYSPHAGIA, 3) FLACCID PARALYSIS
Term
58.   Is a gram positive bacteria that causes pseudomembranous colitis after the use of antibiotics that kill off the normal flora in the gut.
Definition
CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE
Term
59.   _____ is a gram positive bacteria that causes tetanus through the use of terminal spores.
Definition
CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI
Term
60.   Clostridium tetani causes tetanus through an exotoxin that affects the _____.
Definition
NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS
Term
61.   Tetanus is characterized by both _____ and _____.
Definition
MUSCLE SPASMS AND LOCK JAW (TRISMUS)
Term
62.   _____ causes gas gangrene following infection of deep puncture wounds.
Definition
CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS
Term
63.   Clostridium perfringens produces _____ which causes _____.
Definition
LECITHINASE; MUSCLE NECROSIS WITH BUBBLES
Term
64.   _____ is a gram positive bacteria that causes diphtheria caused by club-shaped bacilli. It leads to a grey pseudo-membrane in the throat causing suffocation.
Definition
CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE
Term
65.   When one is infected with corynebacterium diphtheria/diphtheria the _____ test is positive.
Definition
SCHICK TEST
Term
66.   _____ is the only gram positive bacteria that produces an endotoxin.
Definition
LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES
Term
67.   _____ is a bacteria found in unpasteurized milk and cheese that causes meningitis in neonates due to vaginal transmission at birth.
Definition
LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES
Term
68.   _____ is a gran negative enteric bacilli that is urease positive and produces ammonia to neutralize gastric acid leading to gastric and duodenal ulcers.
Definition
HELICOBACTER PYLORI
Term
69.   _____ is a gram negative enteric bacilli that causes fever, diarrhea, and blood and pus in stool.
Definition
CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI
Term
70.   _____ is a gram negative enteric bacilli that caused the bubonic plague (black death).
Definition
YERSINIA PESTIS
Term
71.   What is the vector that spreads Yersinia pestis?
Definition
RAT FLEAS
Term
72.   _____ is an example of a gram negative enteric bacilli that causes food poisoning 1-2 days after ingestion.
Definition
SALMONELLA ENTERIDES
Term
73.   _____ is a non-lactose fermenting enteric bacillus that causes bloody diarrhea (dysentery).
Definition
SHIGELLA DYSENTERIA
Term
74.   _____ is a non-lactose fermenting motile enteric bacillus transmitted by food, fingers, feces, and flies.
Definition
SALMONELLA TYPHI
Term
75.   4 disorders caused by salmonella typhi.
Definition
1) THYPHOID FEVER, 2) STEP-LADDER FEVER, 3) DIARRHEA, 4) ROSE SPOTS ON THE ABDOMEN
Term
76.   _____ is a lactose fermenting catalase positive enteric bacillus that is the main cause of traveler’s diarrhea.
Definition
E.COLI
Term
77.   E.coli contains the _____, _____and _____ antigens.
Definition
O, H AND K
Term
78.   _____ can cause hemolytic uremic syndrome that causes liver and kidney failure. It is found mainly in contaminated hamburger meat.
Definition
E. COLI 0157:H7
Term
79.   _____ is a urea splitting, maltose fermenting enteric bacillus that causes urinary tract infections.
Definition
PROTEUS MIRABILIS
Term
80.   _____ is a bacteria that causes nosocomial infections leading to UTI.
Definition
SERRATIA MARCESCENS
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