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Myobacterium I Flashcards

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Thin, rod shaped (0.2 to 0.4 x 10 um)

-non-motile

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Myobacterium

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What is the aerobic classification of myobacterium?

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Obligate anaerobes

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Cell wall contains N-glucolylmuramic acid (instead of N-acetylmuramic acid) and has a very high lipid content

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Myobacterium

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Has a slow growing doubling time. Anywhere from 30 h to 4-8 weeks

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Myobacterium

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What are the four myobacterial-specific features of the myobacterial outer wall?

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  1. ) Acyl lipids
  2. ) Mycolate
  3. ) Arabinogalactan
  4. ) Lipoarabinomannan (LAM)
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The lipid-rich myobacterial wall is highly impermeable. It shows up in

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Acid fast stain

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Effective therapeutic target for anti-TBs

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Lipid-rich wall

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What are the two faces of myobacterium on Gram stain sputum?

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Ghosts (complete lack of staining) and Beaded GPR

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Binding of Carbol Fuchsin to mycolic acid is resistant to destrain by acid-alcohol; tissue and non-acid-fast organisms are counterstained with

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Methylene blue

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Fluorochromes auramine O (green) and auramine-Rhodamine (orange) bind

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Mycolic acid

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What is more sensitive fluorochrome stain or ZN stain?

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Fluorochrome stain

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M. tuberculosis, M. bovis, M. bovis BCG, M. africanum, M. microti, and M. canettii make up the

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Mtb complex

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All components of the complex cause TB so species level ID is not necessary for routine clinical purposes

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Mtb complex

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What type of colonies does the Mtb complex form?

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Non-pigmented colonies

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1/3 of the world’s population is infected

-8 million new cases and 2.9 million deaths annually in the world

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Mtb disease

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TB is spread person to person through the air via

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Droplet nuclei

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17
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Mtb may be expelled when an infectious person:

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Coughs, sneezes, speaks, or sings

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Occurs when another person inhales droplet nuclei and the bacilli reach the alveoli of the lungs

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Mtb transmission

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Approximately 5% of Mtb infected patients develop transmissable

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Pulmonary disease

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Chronic clinical course with delays in diagnosis and treatment contribute to

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Mtb transmission

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M. bovis BCG is less transmissible than

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M. tuberculosis

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Droplet nuclei containing tubercle bacilli are inhaled, enter the lungs, and travel to

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Alveoli

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Then, tubercle bacilli multiply in

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Alveolar macrophages

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Within 2 to 8 weeks, cell mediated immunity develops and activated macrophages surround the tubercle bacilli; these cells form a

-Keeps the bacilli contained and under control

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Barrier Shell (granuloma)

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The presence of slender acid-fast positive, slightly curved and beaded bacilli, is suggestive of

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Myobacteria

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In most individuals, TB infection remains latent due to

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Immunity (delayed type hypersensitivity)

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Can be demonstrated by positive interferon-γ release assay or tuberculin skin test

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DTH

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The tuberculin skin test (TST) is also known as the

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Mantoux test

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The antigenic reagent of the Mantoux test is tuberculin (Mtb extract) or a

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Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) of Mtb

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In the PPD test, at 48-72 hours, we measure the ring of

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Induration (not redness)

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A PPD test > 15mm: considered positive for

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Any persons

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A PPD test > 5 mm: considered positive for

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High risk populations

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33
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Like TSTs, these measure a person’s immune reactivity to Mtb

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Interferon-γ release assays (IGRAs)

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Blood T-lymphocytes from most persons that have been infected with Mtb will release

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Interferon-γ (IFN-γ)

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35
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Whole blood alone: provides baseline level of

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IFN-γ

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36
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Whole blood plus Mtb peptides: measures stimulated IFN-γ release in response to

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Recombinant specific Mtb antigens

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Whole blood plus a non-specific activator of WBCs (mitogen): demonstrates that WBCs are present and capable of secreting

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IFN-γ

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Performing a second diagnostic test when the initial test is negative is a strategy to increase

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Sensitivity

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Performing a second diagnostic test when the initial test is negative is a strategy to increase sensitivity, but this may reduce

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Specificity

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Performing a confirmatory test following an initial positive result is based upon both the evidence that

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False positives are common

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If the immune system CANNOT keep tubercle bacilli under control, or later becomes compromised (HIV, iatrogenic, age), focal granulomata break down and organisms

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Escape, replicate, and can disseminate

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Active disease may represent reactivation, reinfection or progressive

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Primary infection

43
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What are the intermediate risk factors for disease progression to TB?

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Diabetes, Chronic renal failure, and Intravenous drug use

44
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What are some of the high risk factors for disease progression to TB?

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HIV infection, immunosuppressive therapy, Silicosis, and abnormal CXR

45
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A person has no symptoms if they have a

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Latent TB Infection (LTBI)

46
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Occurs when a TB infected lymph node erodes a vessel wall and tubercle bacilli are spread through the blood stream to other parts of the body and the rest of the lung

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Miliary TB

47
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Diffuse miliary pattern is associated with appearance of

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Millet Seeds

48
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Tissue injury is a consequence of immune response instead of specific

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Toxins virulence factors

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Sputum*, aspirate, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), gastric lavage (GL) are respiratory specimens for

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TB testing

50
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TB can also be tested for in the

-Does not require 24 hour test

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Urine

51
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High volume of urine and tissue and body fluids to test for

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TB

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In an immunocompromised patient, we can test for TB by testing the

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Blood

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Specimens collected from normally sterile sites can be directly stained and inoculated to media, typically following a

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Concentration step

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Specimens from non-sterile sites must first be decontaminated before further

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Analysis

55
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Responsible for Liquefaction of non-sterile specimens

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N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NALC)

56
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Kills contaminating bacteria

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NaOH

57
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What are the two ways for direct pathogen visualization of TB?

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Acid-fast stain and Fluorochrome stain

58
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The detection limit of the acid-fast stain is 10^4 AFB. What is the sensitivity of this test?

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20-80%

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More sensitive than Acid-fast stain

-All positives must be confirmed using acid-fast stain or by another observer

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Fluorochrome stain

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Some AFB do not stain well with

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Fluorochromes

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Contamination should be an important consideration with

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Direct pathogen visualization

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A characteristic of Mtb in the acid-fast stain is

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Cording

63
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A virulence factor (toxic to phagocytes and other cells)

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Cord factor (trehalose dimycolate)

64
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It fluorescences only in lipid environment (e.g., after metabolic incorporation into the outer membrane of mycobacteria) and not in aqueous solutions

-Artificial precursor of mycolic acids

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Solvatochromic Trehalose

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Very fast and does not require any washes

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Solvatochromic Trehalose

66
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Staining with Solvatochromic Trehalose requires

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Bacterial metabolic activity

67
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What kind of staining will we see with

  1. ) Life Mtb
  2. ) Dead Mtb
  3. ) Effective antibiotic-treated Mtb
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  1. ) Strong staining
  2. ) No signal
  3. ) Weak staining
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2017 ATS/IDSA/CDC guidelines recommend that both solid media and liquid media be inoculated for all specimens and incubated for

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8 weeks

69
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Liquid media reduces

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Average turn around time (TAT)

70
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Nucleid acid probes can be used for

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Identification of TB

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All US clinicians and public health TB programs should have access to molecular tests to aid in the diagnosis of TB. Standard practice should include

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NAA testing

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Should be performed on at least one respiratory specimen from each patient with signs and symptoms of pulmonary TB

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NAAT testing

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For NAATs, is similar to that for smear examination but weeks faster than culture

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Turn-Around-Time (TAT)

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NAATs are superior to smear examinations because they have greater

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Specificity (`95% PPV) and Sensitivity

75
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~50-80% of smear negative, culture positive specimens are

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NAAT positive

76
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It is recommend that acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear microscopy be performed in all patients suspected of having

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Pulmonary TB

77
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Should both be performed for every specimen obtained from an individual with suspected TB disease

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Liquid and solid myobacterial cultures

78
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CDC suggests performing a diagnostic nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) on the initial respiratory specimen from patients suspected of having

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Pulmonary TB

79
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In AFB smear-negative patients with an intermediate to high level of suspicion for disease, what can we use as presumptive evidence of TB disease?

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Positive NAAT

80
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Appropriate NAAT include the

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MTD test and MTB/Rif test

81
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Ubiquitous environmental organisms that may colonize or infect humans

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Non-tuberculous Myobacteria (NTMs)

82
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Pathogenesis may include trauma, inhalation of infectious aerosols or ingestion

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NTMs

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What are the four clinically important NTMs and Runyon classification?

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Group 1: Photochromogens
Group 2: Scotochromogens
Group 3: Nonphotochromogens
Group 4: Rapid growers

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M. kansasii and M. marinum (low temp) are two examples of

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Photochromogens

85
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M. gordonae, M. xenopi, and M. scrofulaceum are two examples of

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Scotochromogens

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M. avium complex (MAC) and M. ulcerans (low temp) are two examples of

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Nonphotochromogens

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M. abscessus, M. chelonae, and M. fortuitum are the three

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Rapid growers

88
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Causes chronic pulmonary infection involving upper lobes of the lungs, resembles Mtb clinically

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M. Kansasii

89
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A major reservoir for M. Kansasii is

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Tap water

90
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Dissemination is rare except in AIDS

-Responds quickly to antimicrobial therapy

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M. Kansasii

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Sometimes cording is observed with M. kansasii but it is ID’d by

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DNA probe

92
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M. Kansasii is classified as a

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Photochromogen

93
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Cutaneous infection associated with exposure to salt/freshwater following trauma

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M. marinum

94
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M. marinum causes which two granulomas?

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Swimming pool granuloma and fish tank granuloma

95
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Most common in southern coastal states

  • Grows slowly at 30 ⁰C (no growth at 37 ⁰C)
  • Photochromogenic
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M. marinum

96
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How do we ID M. marinum?

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Biochemical/molecular ID

97
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Most commonly recovered nonpathogenic NTM (no treatment needed)

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M. gordonae

98
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Found in soil and water, and it colonizes the respiratrory tract

-Long, wide, branching, beaded AFB

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M. gordonae

99
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M. gordonae is classified as a

-i.e. it has pigmentation in the dark or in the light

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Scotochromogen

100
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We use a DNA probe for ID of

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M. gordonae

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