TC4. genetics, antibiotic resistance, oral & stomach, UTI Flashcards

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transformation vs transfection

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transfOrmation = for prOkaryotes. with plasmids
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transfEction = for Eukaryotes. in lab. using viral DNA or + ssRNA

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what’s special about treating a person with Enterohemorrhagic E.coli (EHEC)?

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DONT GIVE THEM ANTIBIOTICS the damage they cause to the cell will trigger production of more shigalike toxin -> more severe case

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the 5 examples of lysogenic conversion

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  1. Salmonella- O antigen
  2. botulinum toxin
  3. strep pyogenes toxins for scarlet fever
  4. corynebacteria infected with cornephage B make diphtheria
  5. phage CTX(flux) makes V. cholerae make cholera toxin
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gram negative, lactose positive, 
alpha hemolytic
motile
facultative anaerobic
bacilli
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E. coli

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the 4 virulence factor in E. coli and what they do

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  1. type 1 fimbriae - bind to mannose on glycoproteins that line the bladder.
  2. P fimbriae is specific to bad E. coli and is required for pyelonephritis. bind to galactose disaccharides on renal cells
  3. endotoxin
  4. a-hemolysin
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to ID e.coli what do you look for in urine? what 2 agars?

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urine - nitrite. bc e.coli turns nitrate -> nitrite
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MacConkey agar - lactose positive. pink colonies
eosin-methylene blue (EMB) agar - green metallic sheen

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gram positive
non hemolytic
coagulase negative
cocci in clusters

UTIs especialy in young newly sexually active females

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Staph. saprophyticus

remember, the coagulase negative is important bc thats all the staph besides staph aureus. hemolytic activity varies among the staphs

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resistant to novobiocin

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staph saprophyticus
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important for differentiating it between staph aureus and epidermidis

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the ones that can cause complicated UTI/pyelonephritis

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Proteus mirabilis
Proteus vulgaris
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Serratia marcescens
Pseudomnas aeruginosa
enterococcus faecalis
Strep agalectiae (group B strep)
Candida albicans
Polyomaviridae: BK virus
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gram negative bacilli
lactose negative
can swim or even swarm/crawl
produces H2S (hydrogen sulfide) and urease

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Proteus mirabilis and Proteus vulgaris

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what does the virulance factor urease do and who has it

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P. mirabilis and vulgaris have it
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it cleaves urea to form ammonia -> increase pH (~8) -> protects bacteria from immune system and antibiotics, causes stones, and makes urine smell like ammonia

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gram negative bacilli
nonmotile
lactose fermenting
weakly urease positive
hospital equipment easily contaminated
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Klebsiella penumoniae

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what about klebsiella pneumoniae helps it escape phagocytosis?

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very large polysaccharide capsule (remember picture)

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gram negative bacilli
salmon red pigment
likes damp places like showers and soap

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Serratia marcescens

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gram negative bacilli
in water and soil
biofilms.
grape smell
makes pyocyanin and pyoverdine -> green on plate
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what is it and what virulence factor does it have?

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

has exotoxin A = ADP ribosylates EF-2. stops protein synthesis

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gram positive cocci in chains
catalase negative
very hardy
grow in bile, turn bile esculin agar black

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Enterococcus faecalis

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gram positive diplococci in chains
catalase negative
Beta-hemolytic
bile soluble
bacitracin resistant
can hydrolyze hippurate
positive CAMP test with staph aureus
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what is it. who does it affect. clinical implications
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Strep agalactiae (group B strep)
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infects pregnant women. need to screen women at 35-37 weeks gestation and give antibiotics if necessary so it doesn't affect baby and cause bacteremia, pneumonia, and meningitis
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has both yeast and hyphae in infected tissues

true hyphae during invasion, pseudohyphae in infections

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candida albicans

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enters through respiratory tract -> latent infection in kidney, especially in immunosuppressed
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what is it and what infections does it cause in each patient group

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polyomaviridae: BK virus
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infections:
1. tubulointerstitial nephritis and ureteric stenosis in kidney transplant patients,
2. hemorrhagic cystitis in bone marrow transplant patients

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gram negative spirochete
use silver stain
reservoir is wild and domestic animals, transmitted by animal urine in water
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what is it and what infection does it cause?

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Leptospira interrogans
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causes leptospirosis (weil’s dz) - flu like illness, conjunctival suffusion (crazy red looking eye)***,
if untreated can lead to hepatitis, renal failure, meningitis

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gram positive cocci in chains
beta hemolytic
catalase negative
bacitracin sensitive
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what precedes infection of this organism and what is it
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strep pyogenes (group A strep)
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preceded by pharyngitis or impetigo (skin infection with golden crust). throat or skin, throat or skin.
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it causes glomerulonephritis. post strep GN.

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what are the most problematic antibiotic resistant organisms? ESKAPE

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Enterococcus faecium (Vancomycin resistant)
Staph aureus (MRSA) (SSmec)
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Acinetobacter
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Enterobacter species

bonus: mycobacterium

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what “thing” gives staph methicillin resistance, turning them from MSSA to MRSA

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SCCmec. staphylococcal cassette chromosome. it’s a gene cassette. it makes alternative PBP2a transpeptidase that is not inhibited by antiobiotics

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gram positive cocci
catalse negative
alpha hemolytic
optochin resistant
normal oral microbiota
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viridans streptococci, S. mutans

btw strep pneumoniae is optochin SENSITIVE

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spiral bacterial with endoflagella anaerobe what is it, what does it cause
treponema denticola causes ginigivits, periodontitis, and VINCENT'S ANGINA aka acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (ANUG) aka trench mouth. your gums gut effed up.
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Gramnegative bacilli | spindle shaped anaerobe in oral cavity
Fusobacterium . it also causes ANUG/vincent's angina (as in so does tremponema denticola, remember)
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high risk HPV types low risk types
high risk: 16, 18, 31, 45 low risk: 6, 11 (these cause squamous papillomas and oral condylomata acuminata)
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syncytia and cowdry tape A nuclear inclusions, found in Tzanck smears (from base of lesion) caused by which virus?
HSV. herpesveridae
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presentation of measles. what is the pathognomic finding?
cough, coryza, conjunctivitis, photophobia (CCCB) + fever pathognomic finding: Koplik spots = gray weight lesions w/ red base in mouth near parotid duct (inner cheek). can then spread to face, then to body and extremities. don't get mixed up with and foot mouth dz which has vesicular lesions w/ vesicular fluid
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which form of lesihmania braziliensis would you find to diagnose? and how is it transmitted (form and which animal)
sand fly bite as flagellated promastigote . diagnosed by finding amastigotes
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candida prepared in what solution will grow budding yeast +- pseudohyphae?
KOH preparation