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New FA Micro 8

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salmonella or shigella: motile and can disseminate hematogenously?   salmonella  
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salmonella or shigella: which is more virulent?   shigella  
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salmonella or shigella: symptoms may be prolonged with antibiotic treatments   salmonella  
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salmonella or shigella: animal reservoir   salmonella  
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this is usually transmitted from pet feces, contaminated milk, or pork; outbreaks common in daycare centers   yersinia enterocolitica  
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this can mimic Crohn's or appendicitis & can disseminate to produce lymphadenitis   yersinia enterocolitica  
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arthritis can develop with yersinia infection in patients with what?   HLA-B27  
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vibrio parahaemolyticus and v. vulnificus   contaminated seafood  
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reheated rice   B. cereus  
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meats, mayonase, custard   s. aureus  
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reheated meat dishes   c. perfringens  
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undercooked meat   e. coli 0157:H7  
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poultry, meat, eggs   salmonella  
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bloody diarrhea; comma or S-shaped organisms   campylobacter  
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is campylobacter motile?   yes  
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e. coli producing shiga-like toxin; can cause HUS   enterohemorrhagic  
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day-care outbreaks, pseudoappendicitis   yersinia  
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protazoan causing bloody diarrhea   entamoeba histolytica  
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protaozoa causing watery diarrhea   giardia, cryptosporidium (in immunocompromised)  
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treatment for legionella?   erythromycin  
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UTI - urine with alkaline pH   proteus - very motile - able to break down urea  
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pneumonia in CF   pseudomonas  
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wound and burn infections   pseudomonas  
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treatment for pseudomonas?   amnoglycoside plus extended-spectrum penicillin (piperacillin, ticarcillin)  
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aerobic gram-negative rod; oxidase positive, non-lactose fermenting; pyocyanin pigment   pseudomonas  
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hot tub folliculitis   pseudomonas  
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pneumonia, sepsis, UTI, drug use and diabetic osteomyelitis   pseudomonas  
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cellulitis from animal bite, cats, dogs   pasteurella  
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dairy products, contact with animals   brucella  
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ghon complex   TB granulomas (Ghon focus) with lobar and perihilar LN involvement; reflects primary infection or exposure  
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mycobacterium scrofulaceum   cervical lymphadenitis in kids  
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mycobacterium kansasii   pulmonary TB-like symptoms  
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acid-fast bacillus that likes cold temperatures and cannot be grown in vitro   mycobacterium leprae  
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reservoir for m. leprae in U.S.?   armadillos  
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what does m. leprae infect?   skin and superficial nerves  
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treatment for leprosy?   long-term oral dapsone - toxicity is hemolysis and methemoglobinemia  
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which type of Hanson's diseaseiis worse?   lepromatous worse than tuberculoid  
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the chlamydial petidoglycan wall is unusual in that it lacks what?   muramic acid  
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treatment for chlamydia?   erythromycin or tetracycline  
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cytoplasmic inclusions seen on Giemsa or fluorescent antibody-stained smear   chlamydia  
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infection of liver capsule with RUQ pain; associated with chlamydial or gonococcal infection   Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome  
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how do the reticulate bodies of chlamydia replicate?   binary fission  
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types A, B, and C of chlamydia   Africa/Blindness/Chronic infection  
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types D-K of chlamydia   urethritis/PID, ectopic pregnancy, neonatal pneumonia or conjunctivitis  
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types L1, L2, and L3 of chlamydia   lymphogranuloma venereum (acute lymphadenitis - positive Frei test)  
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treatment for neonate after passage through chlamydia-infected birth canal?   erythromycin eye drops  
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most common STD in U.S.?   chlamydia  
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only spirochete that can be visualized using analine dyes (Wright's or Giemsa stan) in light microscopy   borrelia  
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shepherd's crook-shaped spirochete   leptospira  
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Wal's disease   fatal from of leptospira infection - jaundice, bleeding, renal failure, skeletal muscle necrosis  
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treatment for Borrelia recurrentis?   doxycycline, erythromycin  
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treatment for Lyme disease?   doxycycline  
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what causes yaws?   tremonema pertenue - tropical infection that is not an STD, although VDRL test is positive  
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what are important reservoirs for ixodes? what is required for tick life cycle?   mice; deer  
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signs of tertiary syphilis?   broad-based ataxia; positive Romberg; Charcot joints; stroke without hypertension  
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congenital syphilis?   saber shins, saddle nose, deafness  
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primary syphilis?   painless chancre  
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secondary syphilis?   disseminated isease with constitutional symptoms, maculopapular rash (palms and soles), condylomata lata  
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VDRL positive, FTA positive?   active infection  
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VDRL positive, FTA negative?   probably false positive  
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VDRL negative, FTA positive?   successfully treated  
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VDRL false positives?   Viruses (mono, hepatitis), Drugs, Rheumatic fever, Rheumatic arthritis, SLE, leprosy  
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