MT4 - Brucella Flashcards

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Rose-Bengal test is used for the detection of antibodies against brucellae

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Slide agglutination test (Rose-Bengal test)

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Brucella species cannot tolerate high temperature (60 °C) and low pH (pH: 4).

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Brucellae can be detected by staining in the placenta of aborted foetuses in the case of brucellosis.

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Köster-staining (MZN), Brucella: red, B. ovis & B. canis NO = blue

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Humans can acquire brucellosis from raw milk.

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raw milk or dairy products from unpasteurized milk: infected animals.

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5
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Europe is free from Brucella ovis

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Undulant fever, malaise, inappetence, fatigue, and muscle and joint pains can be the clinical sings of human brucellosis.

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Brucella species are generally zoonotic agents

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  1. B. melitensis
  2. B. abortus
  3. B.suis
  4. B.canis

B. ovis = NOT ZOONOTIC

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8
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Brucella are facultative IC agents.

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Facultative intracellular pathogens

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9
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Brucella is generally a notifiable disease

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10
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Among Brucella species Brucella melitensis is the most pathogenic species for humans.

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  1. B. melitensis
  2. B. abortus
  3. B.suis
  4. B.canis
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11
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More than one serological test must be carried out from one serum sample at the same time in the case of serodiagnostics of brucellosis

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12
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Brucellosis is generally a notifiable disease.

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13
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Brucellosis is a chronic disease:

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14
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Brucella species are gram-negative, fastidious, coccoid rod-shaped bacteria

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15
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There is a serological relationship among some brucella species, because of the same polysaccharides in the cell wall

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16
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Worldwide distribution is characteristic for brucellosis

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17
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Köster staining is used for staining of brucellae

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18
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Brucella can be both acute or chronic in human

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19
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Brucella melitensis is endemic in Mediterranean area

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Endemic :Middle-East, Central Asia, Latin America, Mediterranean Region

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20
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Brucella species are widely distributed all over the world.

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21
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Brucella species are serologically uniform

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variations in antigenic structures among different Brucella species.

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22
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Brucella species need cysteine or cystine as an additive for the culture

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23
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Brucella species are not zoonotic agents.

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B.ovis: not zoonotic

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24
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Susceptibility of humans to different Brucella species is different.

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25
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Consumption of raw milk is an important route of human Brucella infection

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26
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Brucella need chocolate agar to culture.

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F

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27
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There is a close antigenic relationship between B. ovis and B. melitensis.

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F

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28
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B. suis is a zoonotic agent.

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29
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Brucella ovis needs CO2 to culture.

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30
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Brucella are Gram-positive and Koster-positive bacteria

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Gram - , koster + bacteria

31
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The antigens of Brucella are uniform.

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F

32
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The majority of the Brucella species can infect humans.

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33
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Brucella are not fastidious bacteria, they can be cultured on simple nutrient agar

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Facultative intracellular pathogens

34
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Brucella species are non-motile, Gram-negative, small coccoid rods

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35
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There is a serological relationship among B. abortus, B. melitensis and B. ovis, because of the same surface polysaccharides

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F

36
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There are no brucellosis-free countries in the world.

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Free: Canada, Japan, Australia, New-Zealand, Israel
EU countries: most of them free

37
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Most of the Brucella species are zoonotic agents.

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T

38
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There is close antigenic relationship between Brucella bovis and Brucella ovis.

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F

39
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Brucella suis is a zoonotic agent.

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40
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Brucella canis is stained red as a result of Koster-staining.

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B. ovis & B. canis NO , everything else is blue

41
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Brucella species are not fastidious bacteria, we can use nutrient agar in diagnostic work.

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fastidious bacteria = specific nutritional requirements for growth

42
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There is a strong relationship in antigenic structure of Brucella canis and Brucella ovis.

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F

43
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Fetus, fetal membrane and blood sample from the dam must be send to the diagnostic institute in abortion case.

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fetus, fetal membranes (placenta), and blood samples from the dam

44
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Human brucellosis was described for the first time by David Bruce in Malta Island in 1886

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45
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Brucella abortus stains red as a result of Koster-staining.

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B. ovis & B. canis no

46
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There is a strong relationship in the antigenic structure of B. melitensis and B. suis

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T

47
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All of the Brucella species are zoonotic agents.

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F

B.ovis is not

48
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Vaccination is a regularly used prevention method in the brucellosis free countries of EU

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F

49
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In the case of a same serum sample it is advisable to carry out more serological tests for the detection of antibodies against Brucella species, because different serological tests can show
different results

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T

50
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Rev I. is an inactivated vaccine strain.

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F

live vaccine

51
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There are no differences in serological features of Brucella species with veterinary importance.

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F

52
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Brucella are facultative intracellular bacteria

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53
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With Koster-staining all Brucella are positive.

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F

54
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Sheep and goat are the reservoirs for Brucella

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F

55
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Hungary is Brucella free.

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T

56
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Humans are resistant to Brucella melitensis.

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F

57
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Raw milk consumption can be the source of human brucellosis

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58
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Vaccination against brucellosis is common in the EU

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F

59
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Attenuated vaccine strains can cause abortion in pregnant animals

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60
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Focal necrosis and inflammation are seen in fetuses aborted due to Brucella

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61
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Brucella is an obligate pathogen.

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obligate aerobe

62
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Brucella are a notifiable disease.

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63
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Brucella can be found on the mucous membranes of the genital tract.

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T

64
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All Brucella can be stained with Koster staining.

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F

65
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There will be cross-reactions between S-type colonies in case of Brucella

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F?

66
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Brucellosis is found in most parts of the world.

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T

67
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In sexually immature animals, Brucella multiplies in the lymph nodes.

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68
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Brucellosis is usually introduced by infected asymptomatic animals.

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69
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Abortion caused by brucellosis is followed by retained fetal membranes.

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T

70
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An attenuated vaccine is used in Hungary for prevention of B. melitensis.

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F

71
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Brucella has average resistance

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T

72
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Brucella is seen only in the northern hemisphere.

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F

73
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Brucella species can propagate in the soil

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F