Quizlet - Microbiology - Clinical Patterns Flashcards
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Tricky T’s: Typhoid fever
caused by bacterium Salmonella typhi.
Tricky T’s: Typhus
caused by bacteria Rickettsia prowazekii (epidemic), Rickettsia typhi (endemic), and Rickettsia tsutsugamushi (scrub typhus)
Tricky T’s: Chlamydia trachomatis
Bacteria, STD
Tricky T’s: Treponema
Spirochete; causes syphilis (T. pallidum) or yaws (T. pertenue)
Tricky T’s: Trichomonas vaginalis
Protozoan, STD.
Tricky T’s: Typanosoma
Protozoan, causes Chagas’ dz (T. cruzi) or African sleeping sickness.
Tricky T’s: Toxoplasma
protozoan, a TORCH infxn.
Tricky T’s: Trichinella spiralis
Nematode in undercooked meat.
Prions What are they? What dz’s do they cause? Normal vs. pathologic prions?
Infectious agents that do not contain RNA or DNA (consist only of proteins); encoded by cellular genes. Dz’s: Creutzfeldt-Jakob dz (CJD – rapidly progressive dementia), kuru, srapie (sheep), mad cow dz Associated w/ spongiform encephalopathy . Normal prions have alpha-helix conformation; pathologic prions (like CJD) are beta-pleated sheets. Pathologic conformation accumulates b/c it is resistant to proteinase digestion.
Dominant normal flora of the: Skin
Staphylococcus epidermis
Dominant normal flora of the: Nose
S. epidermis; colonized by S. aureus
Dominant normal flora of the: Oropharynx
Viridans group streptococci
Dominant normal flora of the: Dental plaque
Streptococcus mutans
Dominant normal flora of the: Colon
Bacteroides fragilis > E. coli
Dominant normal flora of the: Vagina
Lactobacillus, colonized by E. coli and GBS
Neonates and normal flora
Neonates delivered by cesarean section havve no flora, but are rapidly colonized after birth.
Food poisoning from: Vibrio parahemolyticus and V. vulnificus
Food: Contaminated seafood (V. vulnificus can also cause wound infxn from contact w/ contaminated water or shellfish)
Food poisoning from: Bacillus cereus
Food: reheated rice. (Food poisoning from reheated rice? Be Serious! [B. cereus])
Food poisoning from: S. aureus
Food: Meats, mayonnaise, custard (pre-formed toxin)
Food poisoning from: Clostridium perfringens
Food: reheated meat dishes
Food poisoning from: Clostridium botulinum
Food: improperly canned foods (bulging cans)
Food poisoning from: E. coli O157:H7
Food: Undercooked meat
Food poisoning from: Salmonella
Food: poultry, meat, and eggs.
What are two bacteria that cause a food poisoning that starts quickly and ends quickly?
S. aureus and B. cereus