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Define a pathogen

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A disease causing micro-organism

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Define a commensal

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Organism which colonises the host but doesn’t cause disease

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Define virulence

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Degree to which an organism is pathogenic

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Define opportunist pathogen

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Microbe that causes disease only if host is compromised

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Define an asymptomatic carriage

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Pathogen harmlessly carried at tissue site that doesn’t cause disease

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What is the hierarchy of microbial size?

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Protozoa –> Bacteria –> Viruses

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How do you tell the difference between gram positive and negative bacteria including stain?

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Positive: Thick peptidoglycan coating with single membrane, stains purple. Can also form spores
Negative: Thin peptidoglycan coating, double membrane carrying endotoxin

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What organism is the Ziehl-Neesen used to stain for?

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Mycobacteria

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How is the stain carried out?

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1) Apply crystal violet to heat fixed bacteria
2) Treat with iodine
3) Decolourise sample
4) Counterstain

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What environmental factors affect bacterial growth?

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Temp: -80 –> +80 degrees
pH: <4 - 9
Water/Desiccation
Light: UV

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What are the 3 phases of bacterial growth?

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Lag
Exponential
Stationary

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What are 2 functions of pili and function of flagelli?

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Pili: a) Plasmid exchange b) Adhere to surfaces
Flagelli: Locomotion propulsion

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Which bacteria release exo and endo toxins?

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Exotoxins: Both gram positive and negative
Endotoxins: Gram negative

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What are endo and exotoxins?

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En: Outer membrane component released when bacteria damaged (Heat stable, toxic to host and less specific)
Exo: Specific and heat labile proteins secreted by gram positive and negative

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What are plasmids special ability?

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Circular fragments of DNA that are able to carry genes for antibiotic resistance

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How are staphylococci and streptococci arranged?

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Sta: Clusters of Cocci
Str: Chains of Cocci (S Aureus –> G +ve)

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What is the chemical test to distinguish the two types of gram positive bacteria?

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Catalase Test: Detects for presence of catalase enzyme using hydrogen
peroxide
a) Sta: Cat +ve b) Str: Cat -ve

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How do you distinguish further between the 2 sub types of bacteria:

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Str: Blood Agar haemolysis (Serougrouping done if in B haemolysis group)
Sta: Coagulase Test: See if a fibrin clot has been produced

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Where is staphylococcus found, spread and virulence factors?

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Found: Nose and Skin
Spread: Aerosols and Touch
VF: Toxins, Proteases, Toxic shock syndrome toxin, Protein A

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What are the 3 shapes of single cell bacteria?

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1) Rod (Bacillus)
2) Cocci (+ve are Str and Sta)
3) Spirochetes

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How is bacterial variation brought about?

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1) Mutation: Del, Base Sub, Ins

2) Gene Tech: Transformation, Translation and Conjugation

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What are examples of gram negative and positive bacilli?

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-: Shigella, salmonella, E. Coli, etc

+: Clostridium, bacillium, Corynebacterium

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What bacteria uses MacKonkey agar?

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Gram negative bacilli

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What is found in MacKonkey agar?

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Bile Salts, Lactose, pH indicator. (If lactose produced by organism, lactic acid produced and agar will be red/pink)

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What are 2 gram negative bacteria that produce a positive result for MacKonkey agar?
1) E. Coli | 2) Klebsiella pneumoniae
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How does c.diptheriae spread?
Droplet
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Does shigella have an H antigen?
Has no flagellum as non-mobile therefore has no H antigen | No MacKonkey result as doesn't ferment lactose
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Does salmonella contain an H antigen?
Salmonella motile, so has flagellum and an H antigen | No MacKonkey as doesn't ferment
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Does E. Coli produce a positive MacKonkey agar result?
Ferments lactose --> Red/pink result (+ve) | Contains flagellum so motile and H antigen
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How do you detect differences between the different gram negative bacilli?
MacKonkey agar and Serology to detect presence of H antigen
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Why does E.Coli have pathogenic strains?
Due to recombinant strands of DNA from acquisition of other bacteria
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How does ETEC cause traveller's diarrhoea?
1) ETEC heat labile toxin modifies Gs protein in "locked on" state 2) Adenylate cyclase activated so increased cAMP production 3) Increased Cl- secretion in the intestinal lumen 4) H2O follows down osmotic gradient causing traveller's diarrhoea
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What effects do EPEC and EHEC e.coli have on mucosa?
Adhere to microvilli, rearrange actin leading to pedestal formation EPEC: Chronic water diarrhoea EHEC: Bloody diarrhoea
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What is the transmission, symptoms, AT advantage and action of Shigella?
T: Contaminated food/water, or person:person S: Frequent passage, severe bloody diarrhoea AT: Moves through V stomach pH without being destoryed and can infect the stomach A: Induction of self uptake > Apoptosis > Cytokines released and neutrophils attracted causing inflammation then occurs in adjacent cells
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What bacteria causes salmonella and what are the 3 types of salmonella?
Bacteria: S. enterica 1) Gastroenteritis 2) Enteric fever 3) Bacteraemia
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What are gastroenteritis and enteric fever?
G: Freq. cause of food poisoning w/ 24 hr incubation period -> Highly infective dose E: Typhoid fever (Systemic dose)
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What are the symptoms and dangers of v. cholerae?
S: Huge volumes of watery stools D: Large amounts of water loss leads to hypovolemic and severe dehydration - Grows at 18-42 degrees so withstands fever - 8 alkaline pH sensitive so sensitive to the pH of the stomach
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How would haemophilus influenzae grow and what diseases does it cause?
Grow: Chocolate Agar (Needs Haem and NAD) Diseases: Meningitis and Pneumonia
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What happens in the pathogenesis of gastro-enteritis?
1) Endocytosis 2) Chemokine release 3) Neutrophil recruitment and migration 4) Neutrophil induced tissue injury 5) Fluid and electrolyte loss --> Diarrhoea
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What happens in pathogenesis of enteric-fever?
1) Endocytosis 2) Migration to basolateral membrane 3) Survival in macrophage --> Systemic Spread
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What disease does Legionella cause?
Legionnaires disease (Immunocompromised Individuals)
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What type of bacteria are Neisseria? And what are 2 examples?
Gram negative diplocci | N. meningitidis and N. gonorrhoeae
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What is the transmission, pathogenesis and virulence of N.meningitidis?
T: Aerosol, with high risk in colonised P: 1) Cross N-P epithelium and cross blood stream 2) Asymptomatic bacteraemia or septicaemia V: Capsule (A-P), LPS and Pili (adherence to host cell)
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What are bacteroides?
Opportunistic, obligate anaerobes
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What are the consequences of N.gonorrhoeae infection?
STI - rectal, vaginal or oral inflammation.
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How is Chlamydia detected and how is it grown?
D: Serum antibodies/PCR G: Not grown as an intracellular obligate parasite
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What are the 2 developmental stages of chlamydia's unique growth cycle?
1) Elementary bodies (infective). 2) Reticulate bodies (intracellular multiplication). (Reticulate bodies are converted back into elementary bodies and are released. The cycle continues)
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What are 2 bacteria found in the chlamydophila genre?
1) C.pneumoniae - respiratory tract infection. | 2) C.psittaci - associated with birds.
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What sort of flagellum do spirochaete have?
Endoflagellum: Found between I and E membrane
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What spirochaete causes: a) Lyme Disease b) Syphillis
a) B. burgdoferi | b) T. pallidum
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What are the 3 stages of syphillis?
1. Primary stage: localised infection. 2. Secondary stage: systemic - skin, lymph nodes etc. 3. Tertiary stage: CV syphilis and neuro syphilis.

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