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Microbiology 9: Mycobacterial Disease Flashcards

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What % of the world’s population are infected with TB?

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About 33% (1.8bn) of the world’s population is infected with TB

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How are mycobacteria classified?

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Mycobacteria are divided into slow-growing and rapid-growing mycobacteria

  • <7 days = rapid grower
  • >7 days = slow grower
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Which mycobacteria form the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex?

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  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis*
  • Mycobacterium bovis (BCG)*
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Which mycobacteria form the Mycobacterium Avium Complex?

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  • Mycobacterium avium*
  • Mycobacterium intracellulare*
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Which mycobacteria form the Mycobacterium Abscessus Complex?

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  • Mycobacterium abscessus*
  • Mycobacterium massiliense*
  • Mycobacterium bolletii*
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What is the structure of mycobacterium?

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  • Non-motile rod-shaped bacteria (structurally gram +ve)
  • Relatively slow growing compared to other bacteria
  • Long-chain fatty (mycolic) acids, complex waxes and glycoproteins in cell wall
    • Structural rigidity
    • Complete Freund’s adjuvant
    • Staining characteristics
  • Acid-alcohol fast bacilli (AAFBs)
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Which stains are used for mycobacterium?

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What are the features of Non-tuberculous Mycobacterium [NTB]?

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Name some slow growing non-tuberculous mycobacterium (and give their features)

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Name some rapid growing non-tuberculous mycobacterium (and give their features)

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Give the epidemiology of non-tuberculous mycobacterium

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  • Ontario (MAC incidence high)
  • Netherlands (incidence NTM increasing over MTB)
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What are the risk factors for non-tuberculous mycobacterium?

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  • Age
  • Underlying lung diseas
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Which guidelines are used to diagnose non-tubercolous mycobacterium?

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  • BTS Guidelines 2017
  • American Thoracic Society Guidelines
  • Combines clinical findings with microbiology findings (blood culture, bronchoalveolar lavage, biopsy)
  • Exclude other diagnoses
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What is the Tx for non-tuberculous mycobacterium?

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What are the 2 main types of Mycobacterium leprae?

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Paucibacillary tuberculoid

  • Few skin lesions + less joint infiltration
  • Robust T cell response

Multibacillary lepromatous

  • Abundance of bacilli
  • Multiple skin lesions + joint infiltration o Poor T cell response
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What are the 2 main types of Mycobacterium leprae?

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Paucibacillary tuberculoid

  • Few skin lesions + less joint infiltration
  • Robust T cell response

Multibacillary lepromatous

  • Abundance of bacilli
  • Multiple skin lesions + joint infiltration o Poor T cell response
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Describe the infection caused bu

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  • Multisystem disease
  • Obligate aerobe [cannot survive without O2]
  • Generation time 15-20hrs
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Summarise the epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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  • 2nd most common cause of death by infectious agent (after HIV) → 2m/year
  • Increasing incidence since the 1980s
  • 9000 cases per year in the UK
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What are the 3 stages of disease of TB?

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  1. Infected
  2. Latently infected (10% → active)
  3. Not become infected at all
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How many closely related species are there in the MTB complex? Which are the most important ones?

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7 closely related species, 3 important ones

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Mycobacterium bovis
  • Mycobacterium africanum
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What is the lifetime risk of developing active TB from latent?

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10% lifetime risk

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How is TB transmitted?

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  • Droplet/airborne, suspended in air
  • Reaches the lower airway macrophages
  • Infectious dose is 1-10 bacilli (3,000 bacilli in a cough or 5 minutes talking)
  • Air remains infectious for 30 mins
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How can TB be prevented?

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What is the natural history of TB infection?

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What is Post-Primary TB?
= a reactivation or exogenous re-infection: * Happens \>5 years after initial infection * 5-10% lifetime risk
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What are the risk factors for Post-Primary TB?
* Immunosuppression * Chronicalcoholexcess * Malnutrition * Ageing
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What is the clinical presentation of Post-Primary TB?
* Pulmonary or extra-pulmonary * Host immune response shapes the clinical outcome– *see image*
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Summarise the different stages of TB infection and their clinical findings, etc
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What can Pulmonary TB cause? Which lobes of the lung is Pulmonary TB usually found in?
* Causes caseating granulomata: * Lung parenchyma * Mediastinal lymph nodes * Commonly found in the upper lobes
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Describe Extra-pulmonary TB
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What is the Clinical Approach to MTB?
Index of suspicion (ethnicity, recent travel, contacts, BCG vaccination, non-specific exam findings, etc.) Suggestive symptoms (fever, WL, night sweats, \>2 weeks) Investigations Treatment Preventing onwards transmission
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What are the risk factors for MTB?
* Non-UK born * Homeless * Close contacts * HIV or other immunocompromise * Drug users * Young adults
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What is the presentation of MTB?
fever, WL, night sweats and... * Pulmonary (cough, haemoptysis) * Malaise * Anorexia
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What are the Ix for ?MTB?
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Summarise the smear test for MTB
* Sputum (60% sensitivity, but increases with additional samples → hence, 3 samples) o Gastric aspirated in children * Rapid * Operator-dependent
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What is the Tx of TB?
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What are the side effects of TB Tx?
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How is TB Tx adherence monitored?
* Direct observation therapy / DOTS * Video observed therapy / VOTS
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What are the types of resistance to TB treatment?
* Due to spontaneous mutation + inadequate treatment * They require a 4/5-drug regimen of longer duration (9-12m) * Quinolones + aminoglycosides + para-aminosalicylic acid (PAS) + cycloserine + ethionamide * Current WHO recommendations state that 7 drugs should be used for 9-12 months * Risks side effects for longer...
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When does risk of drug-resistant TB increase?
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Is HIV and TB co-infection common?
yes
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What are the diagnostic challenges of HIV and TB co-infection?
Clinical presentation is less likely to be classical with symptoms and signs absent if low CD4+ CXR may be normal (more likely to have extra-pulmonary manifestations) Smear microscopy and culture is less sensitive Tuberculin skin test is more likely to be negative Low sensitivity of IGRAs
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What are the Tx challenges of HIV and TB co-infection?
* Timing of treatment initiation * Drug interactions * Overlapping toxicity * Duration of treatment (adherence) * Healthcare resources

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