spring 2012 – Flashcards

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gram positive cocci
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streptococcus pyogenes, staphylococcus aureus, s. pneumoniae, s. mutans
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streptococcus pyognes
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sore throat, scarlet fever, pheumatic fever. glomerular nephritis, pheumatoid arthritis
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staphylococcus aureus
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boils, carbuncles, furuncles, impetigo, toxic shock syndrome. capsule
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s. pneumoniae
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(diplococcus) pneumonia (often a secondary pathogen); polysaccharide capsule
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s. mutans
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dental caries--floss/brush
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gram negative diplococci
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neisseria meningitidis, n. gonorrohoeae
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neisseria meningitidis
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nasopharyngitis, bacteremia (meningococcemia), hemorrhagic rash, spinal (septic) meningitis, Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome
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n. gonorrhoeae
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(gonococcus) gonorrhea, pelvic inflammatory disease, desseminated gonococcal infection, gonococcal arthritis. antigenic variation
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gram positive sporeformers (aerobic and anaerobic)
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bacillus anthracis (aerobic), closbridium botulinum, c. tetani, c. perfringens (all anaerobic)
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bacillus anthracis
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anthrax. malignant pustule. zoonose.
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clostridium botulinum
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botulism (toxic disease)
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c. tetani
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tetanus (lockjaw) (toxic disease)
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c. perfringens
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food poisoning, gas gangrene
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corynebacterium diptheriae
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diptheria (sore throat/toxic disease)
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Acid-fast
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mycobacterium tuberculosis, m. leprae
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mycobacterium tuberculosis
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TB
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m. bovis stran bacillus calmette guerin (BCG)
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TB vaccine
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m. leprae
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leprosy (tuberculoid to lepromatous)
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Gram negative enteric (gut) bacteria
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escherichia coli, samonella typhi, s. typhimurium (enterica), shigella dysenteriae, vibrio cholerae
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escherichia coli
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enterohemorrhagic (EHEC)ground beef. diarrhea
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samonella typhi
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typhoid fever, rose spots on abdomen
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s. typhimurium (enterica)
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enterocolitis (fowl/POULTRY)
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shigella dysteriae
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bacillary dysentery
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vibrio cholerae
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severe diarrhea ("rice water stools")
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other gram negative bacteria
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pseudomonal aeruginosa, helicobacter pylori
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pseudomonal aeruginosa
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burn wounds (blue puss infection)
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helicobacter pylori
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ulcers
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gram negative coccobacilli
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hemophilus influenzae, h. aegptius, bordetella pertussis, brucella abortis, yersinea pestis, francisella tularensis
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hemophilus influenzae
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bacterial influenza, meningitis (haemophilus). secondary pathogen
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h. aegyptius
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pink eye
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bordetella pertussis
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whooping cough
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brucella abortis
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undulant fever (cow). zoonose
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yersinea pestis
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bubonic/pneumonic/sylvatic plague. zoonose
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francisella tularensis
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tularemia (rabbit fever). zoonose
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4 types francisella tularensis
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ulcerogradular (skin), oculograndular (eye), intestinal, pneumonic
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Spirochetes
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treponema pallidum, borrelia hermsii, b. burgdorferi, leptospira interrogans
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treponema pallidum
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primary, secondary, tertiary syphilis
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borrelia hermsii
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recurrent fever (antigenic variation). zoonose
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b. burgdorferi
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Lyme's disease. zoonose
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leptospira interrogans
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leptospirosis (autumnal fever). urine in stagnant water. zoonose
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mycoplasma pneumoniae
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primary atypical pneumonia
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rickettsia prowazekii
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epidemic typhus. humans and lice reservoir
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r. typhi
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endemic typhus. zoonose
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r. rickettsi
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rocky mountain spotted fever. zoonose
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coxiela burnetii
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q fever. zoonose
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chlamydia trachomatis
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trachoma, genital chlamydial infections (std), inclusion conjunctivitis, lymphogramuloma venereum (std)
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c. psittaci
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psittacosis
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c. pneumoniae
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pneumonitis
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legonella pneumophila
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legionnaire's disease
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DNA respiratory viruses
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variola, varicella-zoster, epstein-barr, herpes simplex I
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variola
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small pox (inhalation of secretions from lesions/salivia; ERADICATED, VACCINIA VACCINE)
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varicella-zoster
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chicken pox/shingles, NEW VACCINE
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Epstein-barr
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mono, burkitt's lymphoma, nasopharyngeal cancer, CHRONIC FATIGURE SYNDROME, KISSING DISEASE
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herpes simplex I
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cold sores, keratconjuctivitis, encephalitis, NO VACCCINE, LATENT IN NERVES
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RNA respiratory viruses
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rubeola, rubella, mumps, influenza
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rubeola
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measles, MMR VACCINE
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rubella
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german measles FETAL DEFECTS N PREGNANT WOMEN
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mumps
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swollen glands, testicular damage
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influenza
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colds, a, b, c, VACCINES FOR NEW ANTIGENIC TYPES
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RNA bite viruses
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rabies
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rabies
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rabies (hydrophobia) (also transmittd by inhalation of bat guano) VACCINE ONLY AFTER EXPOSURE
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RNA fecal/oral viruses
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hep A, polio
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hep A
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accute liver disease (hepatitis) OYSTERS. VACCINE
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polio
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polio myelitis, enteric disease. SALK VACCINE vs SABIN VACCINE
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DNA sexual viruses
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herpes simplex II, hep B, human papilloma virus
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herpes simplex II
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genital lesions, LATENT IN NERVES, cervical cancer
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hepatitis B
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chronic liver disease (also transmitted fecal/oral route, direct contact, blood and blood products, etc) CLONED HBsAg VACCINE. liver cancer
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human papilloma virus
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HPV...
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RNA sexual viruses
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HIV, hep C
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HIV
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AIDS, CD4+, CELLS- T HELPER/SOME MACROPHAGE/SOME NEURAL CELLS
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hep C
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chronic liver disease. parenteral, sexual and horizontal transmission
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respiratory bacteria
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S: pyogenes, pneumonia, mutans. neisseria meningitidis, M: tuberculosis, leprae. hemophilus influenzae, bordetella pertussis, mycoplasma pneumonia, C: psittaci, pneumoniae. legionella pneumophila
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intestinal bacteria
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S: typhimurium, typhi. yersinia enterocolitica, escherichia coli, shigella dyssenteriae, viberio cholerae, helicobacter pylori, campylobacter jejuni
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sexual bacteria
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neisseria gonorrhoeae, treponema pallidum, chlamydia trachomatis
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direct contact/wounds/food bacteria
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s. aureus, hemophilus aegytius, C: tetani, botulinum, perfringens. corynebacterium diphtheriae, bacillus anthracis. B: suis, abortis, melitensis, canis. leptospiria interrogans
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arthropod bites (vector) bacteria
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R: rickettsii, prowazekii, typhi. B: hermsii, burgdorferi. yersinia pestis
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bacteria with many routes of transmission
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francisella tularensis, coxiella burnetii
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respiratory fungi
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histoplasma capsulatum, coccidioides immitis
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histoplasma capsulatum
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inhalation of arthrospores in bird feces, lung infection. MISSISSIPPI, TB like
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coccidioides immitis
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inhalation of arthrospores in rodent urine, lung infection. SOUTHWEST,BLACKS MORE SUSCEPTIBLE
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direct contact/wound fungi
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trichophyton rubum-t. mentagrophytes
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trichophyton rubum
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athlete's foot, jock itch, zoophilic
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dermatophytes fungi
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microsporium audouini, epidermophyton floccosum, sporothrix shenckii
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microsporium audouini
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ringworm, athlete's foot, tolnaftate/myconizol, geophilic. cats
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epidermophyton floccosum
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athlete's foot, jock itch, anthrophilic
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sporothrix shenckii
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subcutaneous infectins, puncture wounds, amphotericin B
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opportunistic fungi
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candida albicans
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candida albicans
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thrush, yeast vaginitis, mucocutaneous infecctin, endocarditis, myconizol, fluconozol, amphotericin B, ubiquitous
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toxic fungi
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alkaloid poisons, ergot poison, aflatoxin, psilocybin, etc
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protozoa parasites (2 sub units)
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amoeba- entamoeba histolytica. flagellates-giardia lamblia, trichomonas vaginalis
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entamoeba histolytica
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montezuma's revenge, "violet dysentery" CA-SA
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giardia lamblia
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giardiasis, diarrhea, flagyl, steatorhea
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trichomonas vaginalis
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sti, flagyl
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hemoglagellate parasites
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leishmania spp., T: cruzi, brucei
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leishmania spp.
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"kala-azar" (visceral leishmaniasis), mid-far east.
-tropical ulcer: mid-far east, one of first "vaccines"
-espundia: SA-cartilage damage
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trypanosoma cruzi
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chagus disease (megacolon, megaesophagus), CA-SA, CONE NOSE BUG
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sorozoa parasites
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plasmodium spp., toxoplasma gondii
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plasmodium spp.
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malaria. TROPICS/SUBTROPICS, MOSQUITO, EXO-ERYTHROCYTIC, ERYTHEROCYTIC STAGES, PRIMAQUINE/CHLOROQUINE
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toxoplasma gondii
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toxoplasmosis, fetal damage. CAT FECES. WORLDWIDE.
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fluke parasites
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paragonimus westermanii, schistosoma spp.
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paragonimus westermanii
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lung fluke. snail, crustaceans
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schistosoma spp.
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blood fluke, schistosomiasis (liver or bladder damage), SA, CARIBBEAN, AFRICA, ORIENTAL. snail-furcosercous larva.
bird schistosome: swimmer's itch (MT)
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tape worms (parasites)
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taenia solium (t. saginata), hymenolepis nana, echinococcus granulosis
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taenia solium
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t. saginata. gut infection. pig/cow, tapeworm, "measly" pork
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hymenolepis nana
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gut infection, dwarf tapeworm. larvae develop in gut to adult
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echinococcus granulosis
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hydatid cyst. dog-tapeworm, dog feces
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nematodes (parasites)
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ascaris lumbercoides, necator americanus, enterobius vermicularis, trichinella spiralis, wuchereria bancrofti
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ascaris lumbercoides
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giant round worm gut infection. piperizine citrate, FECAL/ORAL
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necator americanus
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hookworm, geophagy, tissue damage. EAST COAST/SO. US, CREEPING ERUPTIONS, LARVAE IN SOIL
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enterobius vermicularis
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pin worm, anal infection, cellophane tape test, urban parasite, kids
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truchinella spiralis
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trichinosis. CONTAMINATED MEAT
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wuchereria bancrofti
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elephantiasis, filariasis, mosquito, dead adults block lymph nodes
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3 mechanisms of antibiotic structure
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cell wall biosynthesis, nucleic acid metabolism, protein synthesis, disruption of membrane structure
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gram negative vs gram positive
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gram negative don't retain violet die, other die must be added that turns them pink
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when tissue is damaged, mast cells release...
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histamine
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b-cell
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bone marrow derived lymphocyte, matured in pancreas, have antibody of predetermined specificity on surface, if activated by antigen excretes antibody
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t cell
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lymphocyte that matured in thymus gland, have receptors of predetermined specificity, responsible for cell immunity and regulation of immune response
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helper/DTH
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CD4+
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suppressor/cytotoxic
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CD8+
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IgM
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largest antibody. surface of b cells. produced in immune response
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IgG
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main serum antibody. secondary immune response
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IgA
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found on mucosal surfaces mono, tri, di structure
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IgD
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receptor antibody. surface of immunocompetent b cells. functions only in the afferent branch of the immune response
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IgE
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reaginic antibody. binds to surface of mast cells. dumps histamine resulting in allergies. very low concentration in blood
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conjugation
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bacterial sex. genes are transferred from the donor cell through conjugal pilus and integrated into the recipient genome
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transformation
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bacteria can absorb and integrate naked foreign bacterial DNA under certain circumstances, bringing new resistance genes into the recipient genome
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transduction
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a bacteriophage (bacterial virus) when it excises its DNA from the host DNA, takes a piece of the host DNA with it and transfers it to the next host
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transportation
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transposons (jumping genes) are fragments of DNA that are able to integrae and excise themselves from bacterial genomes
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