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Micro 05

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Pertussis toxin   A and B subunits; G protein --> andenylate cyclase --> inc cAMP --> inhibits macrophage and neutrophil phagocytosis  
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When is patient with whooping cough contagious?   1. catarrhal stage - regular cold like sx's, most contagious; 2. paroxysmal stage - big cough; 3. convalescent - recovering, no longer contagious  
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What to collect whooping cough specimens with? Why?   Calcium alginate swab because B. Pertussis won't grow on cotton.  
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Bordet-Gengou medium   potato blood,and glycerol agar; B. pertussis.  
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Patient over 50 yo, smoker, with pneumonia   Legionella pneumophila  
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Water-loving bacteria   Pseudomonas and Legionella  
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Mists - grocery stores, restaurants   Legionella pneumophila  
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atypical pneumonia with kidney problem (hypoNa, hyperK, metabolic acidosis   Legionella pneumophila  
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How can a patient with Legionella atypical pneumonia get hyponatremia?   Legionella pneumophila affects kidneys --> interstitial nephritis --> knocks off juxtaglomerular apparatus --> low renin, low aldosterone --> lose salt in urine --> hyponatremia  
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How to treat Legionella atypical pneumonia?   Erythromycin  
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Bipolar staining pattern   Yersinia pestis  
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Patient with red hot painful lymph nodes, esp inguinal LNs, blackish discoloration from hemmorrhaging under skin   Yersinia pestis, bubonic plague  
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well demarcated hole in skin with black base, red hot painful lymph nodes   Tularemia; Francisella tularensis  
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Handling rabbits --> pneumonia   Tularemia; Francisella tularensis  
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What is the vector for tularemia?   tick; Francisella tularensis  
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drinking unpasteurized milk, worker in meat packing industry   Brucella  
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aborted animal placenta   Brucella  
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camping in Arizona or Mexico, swollen LNs   Yersinia pestis, bubonic plague  
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Camping in Western U.S., rustic mountain cabin, fever that relapses   Borrelia recurrentis (relapsing fever). This bug is a master at changing its antigens --> cause of the relapses. Must get blood samples during fever episodes only.  
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Consuming cow or goat products in Mexico   Brucella  
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Illness with rise in temp during the day, declining at night   Undulant fever --> Brucellosis, Brucella  
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Cat bite   Pasteurella multocida (don't close the wound! --> anaerobic environment good for P multocida)  
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Cat bite --> low grade fever and malaise   Bartonella henselae, cat scratch disease. Causes a mixed T and T cell hyperplasia in the lymph nodes --> granulomatous microabscesses. See with silver stain. Can also cause bacillary angiomatosis.  
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Stellate granulomas with central necrosis   Bartonella henselae, cat scratch disease. Causes a mixed T and T cell hyperplasia in the lymph nodes --> granulomatous microabscesses. See with silver stain. Can also cause bacillary angiomatosis.  
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Why are Chlamydia and Rickettsia not considered viruses?   They have both DNA and RNA while viruses have either or  
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Diagnosis of conjunctivitis in babies born to moms with Chlamydia infection   inclusion bodies in the cytoplasm of conjunctival cells (initial bodies -- the ones that inhibit phagocytosis and reproduces itself)  
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Organisms that cause atypical pneumonia   viruses, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydia psittaci, Chlamydia pneumoniae  
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What is atypical pneumonia vs. regular pneumonia   Regular (Strep pneumoniae): appears very sick, coughs up lots of pus, lungs have infiltrate, rales; Atypical: fever, headache, dry cough, no pus, normal lung exam, streaky infiltrate on lung X-ray.  
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Typical pneumonia in elderly   Moraxella catarrhalis (G-diplococcus)  
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Where do Rickettsia replicate vs. Chlamydia?   Rickettsia: cytoplasm of ENDOthelial cells. Chlamydia: endosomes of columnar EPIthelial cells.  
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Rickettsia - ticks (arthropod)   Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Rickettsia rickettsii  
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Rickettsia - louse   Epidemic typhus  
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Rickettsia - flea   Endemic typhus  
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Patient from SouthEastern US (Appalachian range) comes in with fever, conjunctival redness, headache and rash on wrists, palms, ankles, soles.   Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Rickettsia rickettsii  
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Why would removing a tick early lead to prevention of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?   Tick transmits the Rickettsia within its first 6 to 10 hours of feeding, so if you remove before the transmission, you can prevent the disease  
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Exposure to flying squirrel in Texas --> abrupt fever 2 weeks later, small pink macules on trunk, palms and soles spared   Epidemic typhus  
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Soldier in the trenches, febrile episodes every 5 days   Bartonella quintana  
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Work with cow hides, pneumonia, no rash   Q Fever, Coxiella burnetti, has endospore, must use host's ATP  
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Name the three genera of spirochetes   1. Treponema, 2. Borrelia, 3. Leptospira  
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Painless chancre with nontender LN swelling, rash on palms and soles and mouth   Treponema pallidum (syphilis)  
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T or F: Antimicrobial therapy can make gummatous syphilis in bones resolve.   TRUE  
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T or F: Antimicrobial therapy can make cardiovascular syphilis (aortic aneurysm and aortic valve insufficiency) resolve.   FALSE  
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CSF analysis yeilds: high neutrophil count, high protein, low glucose   Acute bacterial meningitis  
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CSF analysis yeilds: high lumphocyte count, high protein, low glucose   Subacute meningitis: Mycobacterium TB and Treponema pallidum (neurosyphilis)  
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Hx of syphilis, loss of reflexes and loss of pain and T sensation   Tabes dorsalis, damage to posterior columns and dorsal roots of the spinal cord  
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Pupil constructs during accommodation (near vision) but does not react to light   Argyll-Robertson pupils, midbrain lesion, suggests syphilitic Tabes dorsalis or general paresis  
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In mom that has syphilis, can congenital syphilis be prevented?   Treponema pallidum infxn doesn't damage fetus until 4th month, so treating the mother before then can prevent congenital syphilis.  
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VDRL/RPR   Nonspecific tests for Treponema pallidum. Infection --> cellular damage --> release lipids including cardiolipin and lecithin --> measure the abs that bind to these lipids (in blood and CSF). May have false +  
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FTA-ABS   Specific tests for Treponema pallidum --> soak up all abs against non-pathogenic Treponema strains, then use killed pathogenic Treponema as antigen and see if patient serum has the abs to bind to these antigens  
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Why would patients with syphilis seem to get worse with abx treatment?   killed Treponema releases pyrogen. Sx's should resolve.  
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Condyloma latum   painless wartlike lesion, vulva or scrotum, packed with spirochetes that ulcerates --> extremely contagious  
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