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1
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Symbiotic are

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living together

2
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Obligate symbiotic

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Need host

3
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Mutualism

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both are necessary and relation is positive for both

4
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Commensalism

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Good for one no problem for the other

5
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Parasitism

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One takes advantage of the other

6
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What is balanced pathogenicity

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Damage with recovery

7
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What is unbalanced pathogenicity

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High damage or death

8
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Infection

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Invasion and multiplication of micro organisms

9
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Disease (3)

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Structural and functional damage
Clinical or subclinical
Opportunistic

10
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What is adhesion

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Binding to surface of host’s cell

11
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How can adhesion be done

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Flagella

Pili/ Fimbrae

12
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Flagella (5)

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Listeria monocyte
Not in all bacteria
Helps with motility
H-antigens 
Mainly in Gran negative bacteria
13
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What types of antigens have flagella

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H antigens

14
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Composition of flagella

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Flagellin

15
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Pilli helps with

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Adhesion

16
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What type of antigens have Pili

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F antigens

17
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EC Invasion

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Thrombosis, local use of nutrients

Can cause an immunological reaction

18
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Facultative IC Invasion

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Cell Lysis

19
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Obligate IC invasion

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Cell lysis

20
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What are the virulence factors involved in invasion

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Capsule
Proteins that circumvent innate immunity
Iron uptake
Production of EC enzymes

21
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What type of EC enzymes are involved with invasion (6)

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Hyaluronidases
Collagenases
Fibrinolysins
Coagulases
Hemolysins
Leucocidins
22
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T or F

Capsule is present in ALL bacteria

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False

23
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Virulence factor of capsule (5)

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Colonization
Invasion
Adhesion
Protection
Capsular antigens (K-Antigens)
24
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Exotoxins are

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Bacterial metabolites

Proteins with general high molecular weight

25
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Example of bacterial metabolites of exotoxins

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Clostridium

26
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Anatoxins are

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Chemical treats toxins like formalin

27
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Types 1 exotoxins (2)

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Bind receptor

Disturbance of cell metabolism

28
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Examples of Type 1 exotoxins (3)

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STA of ETEC
Clostridium Perfringens
Staphylococci and Streptococci

29
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Type 2 exotoxins

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Cell wall damage

30
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Examples of type 2 exotoxin (2)

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Staphylococcus aerus (alpha toxin) 
Actinobacillus pleuropneumae (APX toxins) (pore forming)
31
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Type 3 exotoxins (3)

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IC toxins
A component- goes IC
B component- Binds to membrane

32
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Endotoxins (5) (Is and what causes)

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Cell wall components
Gram negative
Cause tissue damage
cardiovascular shock
Death
33
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T or F

LPS is Heat stable

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TRUE

34
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Functions of LPS

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Protection against toxin products and complement

35
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Toxin cell wall is what type of stain

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GRAM POSITIVE

36
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Components of the toxin cell wall (3)

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Lipotenoic Acid
Liporabinomannan (Mycobacteria) (LAM)
Peptidoglycan

37
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What is the general sickness of the toxin cell wall

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Fever

But causes tissue damage, cardiovascular shock, and death

38
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Hageman factor is

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Intravascular coagulation

39
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Secretion systems (3)

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Porin
Injection System
Membrane Vesicles

40
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Membrane vesicles are

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Spheric structures

41
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Membrane vesicles contain (4)

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Enzymes
Exotoxins
DNA (transformation)
Signal Molecules

42
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Roles of membrane vesicles (7)

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Pathogenicity
Signaling 
excretion of toxic products
Killing of competitors
Immunomodulation
Excretion of bacterial toxics
Transformation
43
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Composition of Biofilm

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Polysaccharides
Protein
DNA

44
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Endocarditis is

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Bacterial persistence

45
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Biofilm can cause

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Local damage

Reduced susceptibility to antibiotics

46
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Role of lipoproteins-porins of the outer membrane

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Pathogenicity

  • Adhesion
  • Iron uptake
47
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When does the iron uptake occurs

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In first line of defense

48
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Serum

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Transferrin

49
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Mucosae

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Lactoderm

50
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Virulence factors and innate immunity (4)

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No complement activation
No lysis of bacterium
Inhibition of the complement mediated inflammation
IC multiplication

51
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Phagocytes are

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Macrophages

Neutrophils

52
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Cellular mechanisms of Innate IS (2)

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Phagocytes

NK cells

53
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Virulence factors against phagocytes

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EC bacteria
Biofilm
Facultative IC

54
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What are attenuated vaccines

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With living organisms

55
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What are the vaccines without any living organisms

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DNA Vaccines

Vaccines based on antigens

56
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Toxoid

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Inactivated exotoxin

57
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Vaccines based on antigens

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Toxoid
Bacterins
Subunit vaccines

58
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Bacterins

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inactivated complete bacterium

59
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What are the subunit vaccines

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Fimbrae, surface antigens

Isolated fro; bacterium or recombinant

60
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Examples of attenuated vaccines

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BCG vaccine (TB)
Bordetella bronchioseptica
E. coli

61
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Attenuated vaccines (5)

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Not so frequent against bacteria
Both cellular and humoral immunity
One vaccination
Fast induction
Vectors vaccines
62
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T or F

For attenuated vaccines, several vaccines have to be administered

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FALSE

only one

63
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Vector vaccines (2)

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use attenuated salmonella

Expression of immunogen epitope

64
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Attenuation

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Serial passages in vitro

Genetic manipulation

65
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Vaccines based on antigens

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Needs more than one administration
Safe
Mainly produced of antibodies

66
Q

Toxoid of vaccines based of antigens

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Exotoxin and formol

Recombinant

67
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Bacterins of vaccines based of antigens

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Complete bacterium

Bacterium isolated from diseased animals and inactivation

68
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Subunits of vaccines based of antigens

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Fimbrae
Iron capture system
Transferrin binding proteins