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| what N. Men capsules cause meningitis | A, B, C
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| what does Endotoxin LPS do? | releases endotoxin for blood vessel distruction
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| how does Endotoxin LPS do? | causes petechial rash and may cause damage to adrenals
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| what does IgA protease do? | cleaves IgA in two
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| What does Iron clavage factor do? | gets iron from human transferrin
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| what percent of the population has asymptomatic carriage of n. meingitis | 5-10%
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| what are the virulence factors of N. Meningitis | Capsule, Endotoxin LPS, IgA1 protease, Iron cleavage
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| Acute purulent meningitis is what percent of percentage of meningitis are acute purulent | 20%
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| what causes acute purulent meningitis | serotype b
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| Acute bacterial meningitis has a mortality of? | 10-15%
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| Meningococcemia is caused by | Disseminated intravascular coagulation DIC
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| Waterhouse fredrichsen syndrome is ? | N. men causes bilateral hemorrhagic destruction of the adrenals and shock
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| what causes chronic meningococcemia | transient bacteremia by Serotype Y
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| how do you treat N. Meningitis infection | My need reconstructive surgery, pen G, cephalosporin (gets meninges) and rifampin for prophylaxis
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| vaccines for N. Meningitis | Menomune against A, C, Y, W-135 NOT B
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| why is there no vaccine against Serotype B neisseria meningitis | because it has a sialic acid capsule which is self-like
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| how does N. Meningitis initially colonize? | Pili (sticks its nose in)
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| How does N. meningitis get closer? | opa protein
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| what part of N. Meningitis interferes with prolonged carriage | capsule and pili prevent extremely close attachment (get in the way) but they are essential
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| how long does it take to launch an Ab response to N. Meningitis? | 7-10 days
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| what does N. Meningitis grow on | Thayer martin or chocholate agar
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| what temp does. N. meningitis like? | 35-37
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| catalase status | positive
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| oxidase status | positive
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| how many serotypes are there of n. meningitis | 16
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| how can you diagnose n. meningitis | Thayer martin plates, latex bead agglutination, CSF or Blood culture
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| what polysaccharide capsule is common in africa | Group A
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| what capsule is common in the US | Group B and C
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| what is special about Group B capsule | it is sialic acid (non-immunogenic)
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| what is special about Group C capsule | antiphagocytic
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| how does N. meningitis avoid the immune system | capsule and opa/pili variation
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| where does N. meningitis bind | non-ciliated cells of the Nasopharynx
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| what causes the symptoms of N. meningitis | LOS activated coagulation system
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| what can you do to encourage Neiserria growth | add CO2
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| what are two signs of n. meningitis in infants | bulging fontenelles and kernigs brudzinski's sign
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| waht does vancomycin kill | gram positive
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| what does colistin kill | all gram neg. but neisseria
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| what does nystatin kill | fungi
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| how can you tell n. men from n gon | maltose fermentor
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