Acid Fast Organisms Flashcards

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What is mycobacterium TB?

A

Obligate arrive, slender rod

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What is the genus for acid fast organisms?

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Mycobacterium

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Besides being acid fast why is TB difficult?

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Can survive weeks in dried sputum and is very resistant to chemical antimicrobials

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How is TB aquired?

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Inhalation

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What happens if the body is able to control TB?

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Lesion will become a rubric le which will then slowly heal and become calcified

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What are ghon complexes?

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Calcified tubercles

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What happens if the bodies defenses fall during a TB infection?

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Tubercle breaks down and releases virulent bacilli into the airways and cardiovascular system

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What is it called when the bodies defenses are over whelmed?

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Miliary TB or consumption

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What are the symptoms of military TB?

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Weight loss, coughing, loss of vigor

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9
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What species besides humans get TB?

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Birds and cattle

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