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What three things make up the Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)   •Acute renal failure •Thrombocytopenia •Micro-angiopathichemolytic anemia  
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What do the B-units of Shiga Toxin 1 and 2 bind to?   1-intestinal epithelial cells 2-glomerular endothelial cells  
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why do antibodies make E_EC worse?   H; because shiga toxins are in the operon that is turned on by Ab.  
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________leading cause of septicemia caused by Gram-negative bacteria but is always the result of intestinal leakage due to trauma   E. coli  
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treatment for S.typhi?   quinolones  
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A bacteria that shows growth in APCs in lymph nodes can lead to very swollen “buboes” which can burst; septicemia.   Y.pestis  
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In Y.pestis fleas express __________ at 25 degrees and rats express __________ at 37 degress. What is the function of each virulence factor   hemagglutinin: clots blood plasminogen activator: lyses clots and spreads disease  
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treatment for Yersinia's?   macrolides or quinolones  
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US outbreaks of _________________ are mainly associated with consumption of raw oysters   V. parahaemolyticus  
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4 Things that cause necrotizing fasciitis:   1.Streptococcus pyogenes (Gram-positive coccus) 2.Clostridium perfringens (spore-forming, strictly anaerobic bacillus) 3.Acinetobacter baumannii (Gram-negative coccobacillus; extremely antibiotic resistant) 4.Vibrio vulnificius-Gram-negative curved rod  
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drug treatment for Vibrio's   Macrolides and tetracyclines most commonly used to treat infections  
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Toxin in Vibrio that allows bacteria to adhere to intestinal epithelial surface   toxin-coregulated pilus  
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What are the two bad strains of V. Cholerae   01, 0139  
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Why are the 01 and 0139 strains of V.cholerae more virlulent?   becasue they have dubplications of the A/B toxin genes which means more expression of the toxins  
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3-6 liters of rice water diarrhea per day can lead to these sxm's in people with v.cholerae   severe dehydration, possibly hypovolemic shock  
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is V. parahaemolyticus an infection or intoxication?   infection  
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__________________ requires high salt concentrations to grow and so can’t grow on standard media. Virulent strains make a hemolysin that’s effective against human blood cells but not other mammalian blood cells   V. parahaemolyticus  
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two ways a person can get necrotizing fasciitis from v. vulnificius   traumatic inoculation or as a sequela of a gastroenteritis  
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_________________ are very fastidious, and can only be cultured in a “campy jar” that creates a 5% O2, 10% CO2 environment. samples found in gram stained stool.   Campylobacters  
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B. burgdorferi 2 key virulence factors and their function   OspA leads to the colonization of tick guts, expressed at 25 C OspC leads to the spread from tick to mammals, expressed at 37 C  
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Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans is associated with what disease?   Lyme disease (more often seen in Europe)  
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Laboratory Criteria for Diagnosis of lyme disease   Isolation of Borrelia burgdorferi OR Demonstration of diagnostic levels of immunoglobulin M (IgM) or IgG antibodies to the spirochetes OR Significant increase in antibody titer between acute and convalescent serum samples  
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Clinical Case Definition of Lyme disease   Erythema migrans (≈5 cm in diameter) AND/OR At least one late manifestation (i.e., musculoskeletal, nervous system, or cardiovascular involvement) and laboratory confirmation of infection.  
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what are the treatment of primary, secondary, tertiary lyme disease?   Primary and secondary: penicillin and doxycycline tertiary: Ab not useful, manage sxm's  
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what is Weil's Disease   A severe leptospirosis infection with liver, kidney, and meningeal involvement  
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_______________ is acquired by skin exposure to water containing urine from infected animals.   Leptospirosis  
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treatment for leptospirosis   Penicillin or penicillin + doxycycline  
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you get in a bar fight and pop the fucker in the teeth, what are you gonna get   Eikenella corrodens  
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two bacteria you can get from a cat or dog bite that have similar sxm's   Pasteurella multocida , Capnocytophaga  
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are very small, irregularly-shaped Gram-negative bacteria that can replicate inside of macrophages (Intracellular pathogen)   Francisella tularensis  
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Brucella _________: Most severe symptoms in humans, found in sheep and goats   melitensis  
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Brucella that is most likely to cause pneumonia and urdulant fevers. Most likely to disseminate to different body sites: joints, hearts   Brucella melitensis  
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____________ can replicate in alveolar macrophages’ cytoplasm because they can escape the phagosome   Legionella  
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_______________is a mild disease that is the most common consequence of a Legionella infection   Pontiac fever  
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Gram - pleomorphic coccibacilli that can cause Bi-lateral inflammation with little to no sputum produced from cough   Legionnaires’ Disease  
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Who gets Legionella infections and why?   Especially older people with a history of smoking (Reduced ciliary beating) and alcohol consumption (Reduced liver function)  
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treatment of legionella?   Treat with a macrolide or a quinolone, NOT a beta-lactam  
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are small, Gram-negative bacteria that are normal oral flora in humans, and very inflamed infection if traumatically inoculated under skin (like from a bite)   Eikenella corrodens  
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see this in little kids where they bite each other to resolve conflict   Eikenella corrodens  
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normal oral flora in carnivorous domestic animals, like cats and dogs   Pasteurella multocida  
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most common symptom of Pasteurella multocida   cellulitis and swollen lymph node closest to bite site  
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Pasteurella cultured best on what kind of media   blood or chocolate agar  
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intracellular bacteria that must have CO2 to grow in culture; contracted from cat/dogs with symptoms similar to Pasteurella   Capnocytophaga  
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causative agent of cat scratch fever; swollen, warty-like lesion at site of cat scratch or bite (or broken skin infected by cat flea feces) progresses to lymphadenopathy of region lymph node, slight fever   Bartonella henselae  
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abrupt onset of fever, headache, mylagias and joint pain 2-10 days following bite, and ~3-4 days after these symptoms, petechial progressing to purulent papular rash develops on hands and feet (even if distant from original bite site)   Streptobacillus monoliformis  
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criteria to diagnose Streptobacillus monoliformis   rodent bite + rash + arthralgias  
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gram stain of Streptobacillus monoliformis looks like what   plemorphic - lots of different shapes  
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treatment for Streptobacillus monoliformis?   treat with any drug (no resistance reported) ASAP  
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very small, irregularly-shaped Gram-negative bacteria that can replicate inside of macrophages   Francisella tularensis  
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which 2 bacteria escapes from the phagosome, replication in cytoplasm, and cause lots of NOD-protein activated inflammation & death of cells   Francisella, Brucella  
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3 key symptoms of Francisella tularemia   ulceroglandular tularemia, oculoglandular tularemia, pulmonary tularemia  
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what animals does Francisella infect?   infects rabbits, cats, and Ixodes ticks  
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where is Francisella most common   Southern Midwest  
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intracellular bacteria that grow in reproductive tissues of non-human mammals, can be aersolized from those body fluids, and then infect humans who inhale them   Brucella  
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can transition from “rough” strains that lack the O-polysaccharide of LPS to “smooth” strains that have lots of O-polysaccharide   Brucella  
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Undulant fever” of __________ due to immune responses to O-chain of smooth strain switch to rough switch to new O-chain new immune response….and the cycle repeats   Brucella  
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can’t survive outside of amoeba so you have to be able to inhale this as an infected amoeba   Legionella  
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create a double-layer phagosome, that never fuses with a lysosome (Wrapped up in layers of RER)   Legionella  
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mild disease that is the most common consequence of a Legionella infection   Pontiac Fever  
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a much more serious condition experienced by some Legionella-infected patients following their initial “Pontiac fever” symptoms   Legionnaire's Disease  
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Who gets Legionella infections?   older people with a history of smoking and alcohol consumption.  
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how do I get a legionella infection?   Anything that aerosolizes standing cool fresh (not chlorinated) water can inhalation of Legionella-infected amoebae  
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how to visualize/detect legionella   Fluorescent stains or “silver staining” used to visualize bacteria in sputum or BAL samples. Legionella-specific antigens passed in urine of infected patients for 1 month – 1 year. PCR for Legionella-specific genes in sputum or BAL sample also works.  
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how to grow legionella   Grow on buffered-charcoal yeast extract (BCYE) agar with antifungal additives. Legionella is very fastidious, and takes >1 week to grow into glossy white “ground glass” colonies.  
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causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, spread by American dog tick. Symptoms = high fever, classic rash, myalgias, headaches (possibly with photophobia)   Rickettsia rickettsii  
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what causes High fever, severe headache, mylagias + “rose spots” rash because of vasculitis from growth in endothelial cells High fever lasts ~2 weeks, mylagias can persist for 2 – 3 months   Rickettsia prowazekii  
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Spread by human body lice, (humans main host); also in squirrels in eastern US/Canada   Rickettsia prowazekii  
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which bacteria causes symptoms that can recur years after initial infection because of declining immune response, but are much milder on recurrence (=Brill-Zinsser disease)   R. prowazekii  
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demographic likely to get R. prowazekii   homeless  
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Endemic/murine typhus symptoms look similar to those caused by R. prowazekii but are less severe, with symptoms lasting <1 month and not recurring   R. typhi/R. felis  
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spread by Ixodes species ticks and by “Lone Star” ticks that fed on infected mice or deer   Ehrlichia and Anaplasma  
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“Morulae” are clumps of bacteria growing in vacuoles in _______ and _______ infected WBC cells that can be seen in Giemsa-stained samples of patient WBCs (sometimes).   Ehrlichia and Anaplasma  
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causes “Q fever”   Coxiella burnetii  
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asymptomatic; most common presentation mild flu-like symptoms. Can cause chronic endocarditis. Treat with doxycycline.   Coxiella burnetii  
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_____ can be inhaled but all _____ must be transmitted via arthropod bite   coxiella, rickettsia and erlichia  
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Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma can make their own ______, but Chlamydia and Chlamydophila can’t and must use____ made by their host cells.   ATP  
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the #1 cause of “atypical” or “walking” pneumonia and is also frequently carried asymptomatically.   Mycoplasma pneumoniae  
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: a conjunctivitis caused by Chlamydia trachomatis that can lead to corneal scarring and blindness   Trachoma  
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symptoms like gonorrhea, but with a thinner discharge. It’s more likely to be asymptomatic in both men and in women than gonorrhea is.   chlamydia  
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painless lesions accompanied by regional lymph node swelling and painful lymph nodes close to initial infection site 1 – 4 weeks post-infection.   lymphogranulum venerum  
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caused by the dimorphic Malassezia furfur, which infects skin and alters color.   Pityriasis (Tinea) versicolor  
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caused by Hortaea werneckii, causes skin to darken.   Tinea Nigra  
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superficial infection of the hair shaft caused by Piedra hortae.   Black piedra  
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fungal infection of fingernails and toenails caused by Trichophyton rubrum and T. mentagrophytes.   Onychomycosis  
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Dermatophytes don't typically penetrate deeper, and acquire nutrition because they are ______   keratinolytic  
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an infection that forms warty pigmented lesions which grow outward from site of introduction   Chromoblastomycosis  
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Mycetomas including the most common one, _________, may be painful or not, but even painless ones can do a lot of damage to deeper tissues and bones   Madura foot  
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Fungi are cultured on specialty media, especially   SDA  
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what are main stains used to visualze fungi with microscopy   Silver stain and Calcofluor White  
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bind to and lyse ergosterol in fungal cell membrane membrane destruction   polyenes i.e. amphotericin B  
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stop synthesis of ergosterol, can be used topically or taken orally   azole  
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stop synthesis of beta-glucans in fungal cell wall, can only be administered via IV   echinocandins like capsofungin  
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______ is converted to ________ in cell by cytosine deaminase, 5-FU stops DNA and RNA synthesis in fungi   flucytosine, 5fu  
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_______ interfere with ergosterol synthesis at an earlier step than triazoles do. Because of potential for renal damage, they’re typically only used topically   allylamines  
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Example of allylamine   Terabinafine, the active ingredient in the anti-Athlete’s foot infection Lamisil.  
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Inhaled mold spores go to alevoli, differentiate into yeast forms which avoid phagocytosis based on size and WI-1 shedding   Blastomyces  
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Disseminated disease most likely in pregnant women, Pacific islanders, those of African descent *and immunocompromised   Coccidioides  
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cultured and characterized microscopically as a mould producing both tuberculate macroconidia and microconidia   H. capsulatum  
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soil fungus endemic to river valleys worldwide, and to the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio river valleys in the US. This soil is enriched in nitrate from bird droppings.   Histoplasma capsulatum  
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Pulmonary infection flulike symptoms with fever, chills, headache, cough Disseminated disease can  ulcers on oral mucosa, skin, hepatosplenomegaly   Histoplasma  
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1,3 alpha-glucan in cell wall prevents killing by neutrophils   Paracoccidioides  
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May have very prolonged latency (>40 years) between initial infection and onset of disseminated disease.   Paracoccidioides  
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A KOH wet mount of pus or superficial scrapings from mucosal lesions detects "Pilot’s wheel" type yeast cells. The “Pilots wheel” is a mother cell producing multiple daughter cells by budding.     Paracoccidioides  
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A typical infection by _________ involves traumatic wounding and soil, such as with rose gardeners or people who work with sphagnum moss or wood.   Sporothrix schenckii  
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forms narrow-based yeast cells in tissue and delicate hyphae with a cluster (“flowerette”) of spores (spores) at the end of a narrow stalk.   S. schenckii  
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