Facts Flashcards
(19 cards)
7 DNA viruses
Hep B: vaccine, interferon alpha 2b, NTRI (lamivudire) Herpes: Ovir zoster: vaccine, ovir Mastadenovirus HPV: vaccine, interferon alpha 2b fifths disease small pox: vaccine
4 special bacteria jobs within the cell
inc cytokine: B anthracis turn off protein synthesis: C. diptheria, P. aeruginosa dec NT release: C. botulinum Disrupt Gs protein: E coli, Vibrio digest membrane: leukocidin (staph) dec phagocytosis
6 microaerophilic bacteria
S. pyogenes
S. agalactiae
C. jejun
H. pylori
7 capsule bacteria
S. agalactiae S. pneumonia B. Anthracis N. Meningitidis K. pneumonia H. influenza Salmonella
5 biofilm bacteria
S. aureus S. epidermidis listeria P. aeruginosa Candida
5 coccobacilli
listeria acinetobacter H. influenza Bordatella pertussis legionella pneumonia
9 virulence factors
capsule adhesins invasins toxins siderophores biofilms pili obligate intracellular pathogen hypha formation (candida)
2 obligate intracellular pathogen
chlamydia
rickettsii (Bartonella, Coxiella, Ehrlichia)
8 non-obligate intracellular pathogen
- Salmonella
- Shigella
- Invasive E. coli
- Neisseria
- Bordetella pertussis
- Legionella
- Listeria
- Mycobacterium
3 obligate aerobe
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Non-typical mycobacterium (leprosy)
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
4 pili
- E. coli = UTIs!
- Salmonella
- Neisseria
- Strep pyogenes
11 zoonotic BUGS
- Listeria monocytogenes (farm animals)
- Yersinia
- Salmonella
- E. coli
- Campylobacter jejuni
- Brucela melitensis
- Francisella tularemia (tularemina)
- **Pasteurella muttocida animal bite wounds
- Vibrio (shellfish)
- Bartonella cats (cat scratch fever)
- Coxiella “Q fever”
5 diseases due to exotoxins
Pertussis/whopping cough E coli Cholera Botulism Tetanus
The transmission of penicillin resistance from viridans Streptococci to Streptococcus pneumonia occurred by which process listed below:
transformation
The resistance determinants encoding for beta-lactamases in one bacterial pathogen are typically transferred to another bacterium by:
conjugation
Which pathways listed below for resistance development may involve horizontal transmission of a resistance determinant?
conjugation, transduction, and transformation
The vertical transmission of resistance determinants from Serratia species to Escherichia coli in the GI tract would most likely occur by?
conjugation
The transmission of a resistance determinant from a plasmid to the bacterial chromosome is accomplished by the process of:
transposition
Which variables listed below (I-V) are included in the calculation of a breakpoint for a particular drug and bug pair?
Peak serum concentration of the drug
Plasma protein binding of the drug
Half-life factor for the drug
MIC90 of the drug versus the specific organism
