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Grimsley
Microbiology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| SN for whooping cough | bordetella pertusis |
| describe mild cases of whooping cough. Often misdiagnosed as? | persistant cough. Bronchitis |
| describe serious pertussis cases | pneumonia, convulsions, bacteremia, encephalopathy, death from cyanosis respiratory compromise, vomiting |
| What group is at highest risk with haemophilus influenza? | children |
| where is H. influenzae normal flora? | nasopharynx |
| describe the two types of plague? | Bubonic- lymph nodes swell (buboes), fever delirium. Pneumonic-secondary, heavy cough, disperses bacteria into the air |
| Causative agent of the plague | yersinia pestis |
| which 3 systems are involved with the plague? | lymphatic, circulatory, lower respiratory |
| why is it called the black plague? | you eventually become septic, and you begin to hemmorhage, causing the black appearance on the skin. |
| genus and species name of the fleas | xenopsylla cheopis |
| how does yersinia pestis end up in the lymph nodes? | Blood is circulated through the lymphnodes and is then introduced. |
| How can the plague be eliminated? | eliminating slums and garbage heaps that support populations of rats and limiting squirrel contact. |
| Symptoms and transmission of TULAREMIA (AKA?) | Rabbit fever. Symptoms are ulcers at site of contact, fever, chills, malaise, eye infection, enteritis, swollen lymph nodes transmission is bite of infected vector, animal urine, saliva. Contaminated rabbit or deer meat. contaminated water, inhaling it |
| GN, SN of Legionnaires diseas | Legionella pneumophilia |
| symptoms of Legionellosis | not communicable from person to person fever, chillas, dry nonproductive cough, headache, pneumonia, GI problems, abdominal pain, diarrhea, liver and kidney problems. |
| Legionairres transmission | Human acquire it from aerosols such as showers, vaporizer, spa, whirlpools, air conditioning, grocery store mists. |
| Genus and species name of bacteroides | bacteroides fragillis |
| Where are bacteroides found as normal flora? | colon, mouth, genitals, URT |
| are they serious or not when they enter broken skin? | Serious, causes myonecrosis |
| Klebsiella symptoms and species name and transmission | Klebsiella pneumoniae, pneumonia but may also include bacteremia, meningitis, wound infections and UTIS. |
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