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Unit 4 Micro
Viruses, Fungus, Protozoa
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12/05/2011

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Term
rotovirus
Definition

reoviruses- segmented nonencapsulated RNA

nsp4- enterotoxin->watery diarrh

Term
norovirus
Definition

ssRNA

more infectious than rota

vomiting more than diarrhea

cruise ships

short, less dehydration

Term
coxsackie A
Definition

herpangina

small vesicular/ulcerous lesion on back of oropharynx

maybe from B, entero 71,

 

hand-foot-mouth- red blister spots (like chicken pox), more irregular lesion than ch p

 

acute hem conjunctivitis- also ev70, painful, SW, asia, self-limited

Term
coxsackie B
Definition

viral myocarditis

pleurodynia- lancinating chest pain, seasonal, fecal-oral

Term
hepatitis A
Definition
humans restr picornavirus (ev172)
fecal-oral, c: jaundice, dark urine, pale feces
d:EIA for IgM-acute, IgG-past/vacc, ALT->ongoing damage
Term
hep E
Definition
naked ss+RNA hepevirus, fecal/oral, not only human,
Asia/Africa/Mexico, one sero->new vaccine
more complications than A
d:only CDC
Term
hep B
Definition
hepadnavirus, dsDNA enveloped
reverse transcription for rep, leaves behind integrated copies,
t: blood
d: surface ant->surface Ig->core Ig->E ant
c:t cell against hepatocytes causes damage, ant-ab complex->kidney/jnts, cancer
spider angioma, palmar erythema, hepatomegaly
ground-glass cytopath
Term
hep D
Definition
coinfection with B only
circular RNA, only encodes d-antigen
cytotoxic
Term
acanthamoeba castellini
Definition

granulomatous ameobic encephalitis

chronic or subacute brain necrosis, keratitis of corneum, granulomatous sinusitis

 

no good treatment

 

Term
entamoeba histolytica
Definition

asymptomatic carrier: paromomycin or iodoquinol

 

metronidazole/tinidazole for diarrhea or extraGI

Term
naegleria fowleri
Definition

primary amoebic meningoencephalitis

 

acute, fulminating, rapidly fatal

 

ampho B?

Term
giardia lamblia
Definition

flagellated, beaver contaminated water

steatorrhea-->malnutr

epigastric pain, flatulence, belching

 

resistant to chlorine

 

tinidazole/metronidazole

Term
trichomonas vaginalis
Definition

STD, flagellated, aerotol anaer, no cyst stage (only live in human hosts)

 

can be malodorous discharge, can be asympt

 

metronidazole

Term
cryptosporidium parvum
Definition

cyst/trophozoites, sexual stage can occur in humans,

reservoirs pigs, calves

 

profuse watery diarrh, cramps

severe->dehydration in AIDS

 

animals, water-borne, resistant to water treatment

Term
pneumocystis jarovecii
Definition

protozoa/fungus, AIDS patient

airborne transmission?

 

trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (prophylaxis)

Term
tremotodes
Definition

can enter skin @ hair follicles

schistosomes: separate sexes, blood: flu-like, maybe chronic intestinal

praziquantal, oxamniquine

flukes: hermaphrodite

 

 

 

Term
fascioliasis
Definition

snail born, attach to aquatic vegetation

dyspepsia->abd pain/high fever

chronic- liver obstruction

 

praziquantal, bithionol, triclabendazole

 

chlonorchis sinensis: undercooked fish

Term
paragonimiasis
Definition

lung fluke, raw or undercooked freshwater shellfish

praziquantal, bithionol

prevention by cooking

Term
cestodes
Definition

live in GI, up to 10m, segmented, increased maturation as proglottids get farther from the head

hermaphr, cysticerosis can have neuro sympt

taenia solium: pork, saginata:beef,

praziquantal

echinococcus:hydatid, dogs as host, cysts in liver and elsewhere, anaphylaxis if cysts rupture, albendazole?

diphyllobothrium latum: fish tapeworm, 15m long, fatigue, diarrh, pernicious anemia

praziquantal, niclosamide

Term
nematodes
Definition
nonsegmented roundworms, oral or unbroken skin
Term
enterobiasis
Definition

pinworm

female migrates to perianal skin and lays eggs

 

perianal pruritis

pyrantel pamoate, mebendazole, or albendazole

Term
ascariasis
Definition

ingested-> small intestine->blood stream->liver->lungs->coughed and swallowed

eggs survive in soil

cough, dyspnea, fever, GI obstruction, granulomas

albendazole, mebendazole

Term
hookworm
Definition

necator and ancylostoma

actively penetrate through skin, maybe @ hair follicle

migrate to lungs, trachea and swallowed, adult stage in intestine

hypochromic microcytic anemia, rash/pruritis, gi pain, edema

albendazole, mebendazole, pyrental pamoate

Term
strongyloidiasis
Definition

fecal contamination of soil, direct penetration thru skin

lungs to GI, lives embedded in col epi,

gi symptoms depending on burden

ivermectin, albendazole

Term
whipworm
Definition

trichuriasis, strictly GI to large intestine to soil

abd pain, distension, bloody diarrh, appendicitis, prolapsed rectum

albendazole, mebendazole

Term
dracunculiasis
Definition

swallows copepod infected water,

migrate for year in walls of small gi, releases larvae into water via ulcer, picked up by copepod

 

blister erupts a 100 cm worm emerges, abcesses, cellulitis

roll it up, mebendazole

Term
filariasis
Definition

wuncheria bancrofti, elephantiasis

human-human via arthropod

immune mediated, blood or skin biopsy,

diethylcarbamazine, ivermectin

 

Term
loa loa
Definition
flies, subcutaneous tissue, adults in eye
Term
trichinellosis
Definition

swine, intracellular, nurse cell complex,

undercooked meat

infl in brain, eyes, peri/endocardium, lungs, muscles,

albendazole, mebendazole

Term
toxoplasmosis
Definition

cat feces

asexual stage in man

pseudocyst- many thousand

congenital/perinatal, posterior chorioretinitis, hiv

t: pyrimethamine, sulfadiazine and leucovorin

Term
leishmaniasis
Definition

flagellated, cutan, mucocutan, visceral forms

cutaneous at site of sandfly bite

muco- metastasis to oral->destruction

visc:anorexia, hepatosplenomeg

sodium stibogluconate

Term
trypanosomes
Definition

african sleeping sickness, tsetse fly, t.cruzi- chagas disease, kissing bug,

antigenic variation, invades by scratching the bite

african: torpor and death, nagana in cows

american: cardiac damage

live in macrophage

african:pentamidine, suramin, melarsoprol, eflornithine,

american: nifurtimox, benznidole

Term
allylamines
Definition

terbinafine and naftifine

inh squalene epoxidase

Term
imidazoles/triazoles
Definition
inh lanosterol synthase
Term
echinocandins
Definition

inh glucan (cell wall) synth

caspofungin, micafungin, anidulafungin

Term
dermatophytes
Definition

microsporum, tricophyton, epidermophyton

 

azoles, terbinafine, griseofulvin

Term
chromoblastomycosis
Definition

cauliflower infection of skin

 

terbinafine or itraconazole/flucytosine

 

 

Term
eumycotic mycetoma
Definition

maduromycosis

indolent swollen deformed lesions with draining sinus tracts

nocardia-bactrim

actinomyces-penicillin

Term
histoplasmosis
Definition

river valleys, bats

intracellular yeast w.in macrophages, dimorphism

amphoB then fluconazole

Term
blastomycosis
Definition

river valleys, dogs horses, soil?

single budding broad based yeast

amphoB if sever

itra or fluconazole

Term
paracoccidiodomycosis
Definition

(south american blastomycosis)

soil?

oral/nasal lesion, ship's wheel yeast

amphoB

itracon

Term
coccidiodomycosis
Definition

valley fever

from soil, arthrospores inhaled

40% exposure->infection (mild pulm)

spherules filled w/ endospores

mostly no tx reqd

Term
cryptococcosis
Definition

leading fungal meningitis

mucopolysacch capsule, pigeon crap, ubiq

diffuse pulm infil pneum-->meningitis spread

india ink, crypto antigen on CSF**,

amphoB

flucytosine

Term
p. marneffei
Definition

HIV, SE asia, bamboo rats, soil

mimic TB or other HIV opp inf

culture and ID

amphoB

flucyt

Term
oral hairy leukoplakia
Definition

EBV, epithelial overgrowth, nonpainful

HIV association

Term
CMV
Definition

congenital CMV syndrome: primary inf of mom,

only 10% of babies are symptomatic, leading cause infant hearing loss

CMV mono like EBV inf mono exc missing sore throat

and has petechial rash and jaundice

Term
roseola
Definition

exanthem subitum

HHV 6b/7

CD4 cells, by age 2 have had it 2x

3-day illness, fever->trunk rash

Term
monkey pox
Definition

10-15% mortality, indistinguishable from small pox

squirrels natural host

Term
measles
Definition

paramyxo, enveloped -RNA,

koplik's spots on buccal mucosa

Term
rubella
Definition

toga, env +RNA

severe congenital: hearing loss, heart, ophth

Term
TORCH
Definition

toxoplasma, other, rubella, CMV, HSV

 

syph, hepB, VZV, parvoB19, HIV, HTLV-1

 

rash, chorioretinits, microcephaly, hepatospleno, IUGR

Term
congenital HSV
Definition

most severe if primary HSV2 during pregnancy and fetus is born with dissem virus

acyclovir

c-section, prophylaxis

 

congenital VZV, bad, vaccinate naive women @ childbearing age, acyclovir

Term
congenital HIV
Definition
3 part ZVZ (zidovudine)tx
Term
bunyavirus
Definition

-RNA segmented, VHFs

CCHF: wide distribution, nonspecific symptoms (lumbar pain, petechiae between d3-5), ticks,

 

RVF: ruminants, mosq, carcasses, nosocomial

hepato, renal, hemm, late:meningoenc, retin

 

HFRS:multiple types, febrile->hypotens->oliguric (mortalities)->diuretic (weeks)->convalescent

abrupt fever, severe headache/myalgia, hemm: acute liver/renal failure, renal necrosis,

supportive, dialysis, ribavarin

Term
rabies
Definition

rhabdovirus, enveloped rodlike -RNA

 

hydrophobia- nucleus ambiguus

20% paralytic rabies->coma

pupillary dilation, salivation/sweating, ejaculation

antidiuresis or diabetes insipidus

periodic respiration, arrythmias

DFA staining, neck skin biopsy w/in hairline

benzodiazepines, NOT MORPHINE, isolate, CLEAN WOUND

milwaukee: ketamine, ribavarin, amantadine

Term
togaviridae
Definition

ss+RNA, EEE, WEE, VEE, everglades

EEE:highest mortality

 

also rubella and chikingunya

Term
japanese encephalitis
Definition

flavivirus, arbovirus

meningoencephalomyelitis

high morbid/mortality, several endemic areas

pigs, migrating birds

vaccine possible

Term
yellow fever
Definition

flavivirus +ssRNA

south america/africa

coffee ground hematemesis

vaccine

Term
dengue hf
Definition

flavivirus

urban mosq: aedes

break-bone: bone pain

pos tourniquet test, myocarditis, neuro

petechia on chest

supportive

cand vaccine

Term
chikugunya
Definition

togavirus

joint pain, aedes, India, parts of africa

"that which bends up"

cand vaccine

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