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Exam 3 pathogens
Staphylococcus aureus Disease
- Skin Infections
- Impetigo
- Abscesses
- Exfoliative Toxin
- Scalded Skin Syndrome
- Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSST 1)
- Binds to MHC II and T Cell Receptor
- Food Poisoning
- Acute Bacterial Endocarditis
- Pneumonia
- Osteomyelitis
2 mins
Staphylococcus aureus Characteristics
- Characteristics
- Gram-Positive
- Cocci
- Catalase-Positive
- Coagulase-Positive
- Beta-Hemolytic
- Protein A Virulence Factor
- Inhibits Phagocytosis
- MRSA
- Resistant to Beta Lactams Due to Altered Penicillin Binding Proteins (PBPs)
2 mins
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
- Characteristics
- Gram-Positive
- Cocci
- Catalase-Positive
- Coagulase-Negative
- Novobiocin-Resistant
- Urease-Positive
- Disease
- Urinary Tract Infections (UTI's)
1 min
Staphylococcus epidermidis
- Characteristics
- Cocci
- Gram-Positive
- Catalase-Positive
- Urease-Positive
- Coagulase-Negative
- Novobiocin-Sensitive
- Component of Normal Skin Flora
- Infects Prosthetic Devices and IV Catheters
- Contaminates Blood Cultures
- Produces Adherent Biofilms
2 mins
Clostridium perfringens
- Characteristics
- Gram-Positive
- Rod-Shaped
- Anaerobe
- Spore-Forming
- Alpha Toxin Lecithinase
- Phospholipase
- Double-Zone Hemolysis
- Heat Labile Enterotoxin
- Signs and Symptoms
- Myonecrosis
- Gas Gangrene
- Food Poisoning and Diarrhea
- Treatment
- Hyperbaric O2 Chamber
2 mins
Clostridium tetani
- Characteristics
- Gram-Positive
- Bacilli
- Obligate Anaerobic
- Exotoxin
- Spore-Forming
- Renshaw Cells in the Spinal Cord
- Blocks Glycine and GABA Release
- Signs and Symptoms
- Spasms
- Risus Sardonicus
- Lockjaw
- Opisthotonus
3 mins
Clostridium botulinum
- Characteristics
- Bacillus
- Gram-positive
- Anaerobe
- Spore-forming
- Heat Labile Toxin
- Inhibits Acetylcholine (Ach) Release at Neuromuscular Junction (NMJ)
- Canned Food in Adults
- Spores in Honey
- Signs and Symptoms
- Descending Flaccid Paralysis
- Diplopia
- Ptosis
- Floppy Baby
- Constipation
2 mins
Clostridioides difficile (Clostridium difficile)
- Characteristics
- Gram-Positive
- Bacillus
- Anaerobe
- Clindamycin and Ampicillin
- Toxin A Enterotoxin
- Damages Brush Border of Gut
- Toxin B Cytotoxin
- Damages Cytoskeletal Structure
- Signs and Symptoms
- Diarrhea
- Pseudomembranous Colitis
- Toxic Megacolon
- Diagnosis
- Detect Toxins in Stool
- Treatment
- Metronidazole
- Vancomycin
3 mins
Trichomonas vaginalis
- Characteristics
- Protozoa
- Signs and Symptoms
- Vaginitis
- Pruritus
- Foul-smelling Greenish Frothy Discharge
- Strawberry Cervix
- Diagnosis
- Corkscrew Motility on Wet Prep
- Treatment
- Metronidazole
2 mins
Plasmodium General
- Characteristics
- Protozoa
- Malaria
- Anopheles Mosquito
- Signs and Symptoms
- Cyclic Fever
- Headache
- Anemia
- Splenomegaly
- Diagnosis
- Blood Smear
- Treatment
- Chloroquine
- Mefloquine for Resistant Types
3 mins
Babesia
- Characteristics
- Protozoa
- Ixodes Tick
- Same vector as Borrelia
- Northeastern US
- Asplenia
- Signs and Symptoms
- Fever
- Hemolytic Anemia
- Diagnosis
- Blood Smear
- Maltese Cross
- Treatments
- Atovaquone
- Azithromycin
3 mins
Toxoplasma gondii
- Characteristics
- Protozoa
- Cysts in Meat or Cat Feces
- Signs and Symptoms
- Brain Abscess in HIV Patients
- Ring-enhancing Brain Lesions
- Crosses Placenta in Pregnant Women
- Congenital TORCH Infection
- Treatment
- Pyrimethamine
- Sulfadiazine
2 mins
Entamoeba histolytica
- Pathophysiology
- Protozoa
- Amebiasis
- Ingestion of Cysts in Food and Water
- Signs and Symptoms
- Bloody Diarrhea
- Flask-Shaped Ulcer
- Liver Abscess
- Anchovy Paste
- RUQ Pain
- Diagnosis
- RBCs in Cytoplasm of Trophozoite
- Cyst With Four Nuclei
- Treatment
- Metronidazole
- Iodoquinol
3 mins
Giardia lamblia
- Characteristics
- Protozoa
- Ingestion of Cysts
- Seen in Campers
- Daycare Centers
- Mental Hospitals
- Infects Small Intestine
- Signs and Symptoms
- Bloating
- Flatulence
- Fatty Diarrhea
- Diagnosis
- Crescent-shaped Protozoa Adjacent to Epithelial Brush Border
- Predisposed if Low IgA
- Treatment
- Metronidazole
3 mins
Cryptosporidium
- Characteristics
- Protozoa
- Ingestion of Oocysts in Food or Water
- Acid Fast Cysts
- Signs and Symptoms
- Outbreaks of Diarrhea from Contaminated Water Supply
- Mild Disease in Non-immunocompromised
- Severe Diarrhea in AIDS
- Treatment
- Nitazoxanide for Immunocompetent
2 mins
Norovirus
- Characteristics
- Calicivirus
- RNA Virus
- Non-enveloped
- Icosahedral
- SS Positive Linear
- Symptoms
- Acute Gastroenteritis
- Treatment
- Supportive Therapy
- Considerations
- Often found in Cruise Ships
1 min
Rotavirus
- Characteristics
- Reovirus
- Non-enveloped
- Double-Stranded
- RNA Virus
- Linear
- 11 Segments
- Triple Icosahedral Capsid
- Most Common Cause of Diarrhea Worldwide
- Villous Atrophy
- Winter Months
- Day Care Centers
- Treatment
- Oral Rehydration
2 mins
Adenovirus
- Characteristics
- Non-enveloped
- Icosahedral
- Linear
- Double Stranded DNA
- Signs and Symptoms
- Pharyngitis
- Conjunctivitis
- Fever
- Summer Swimming
- Day Care Centers
- Acute Hemorrhagic Cystitis
- Pneumonia
1 min
Enterohemorrhagic E. Coli (EHEC)
- Characteristics
- O157:H7
- Non-Sorbitol Fermenting
- Hamburger Meat
- Produces Shiga-like Toxin
- Gram-negative
- Lysogeny
- Inactivates 60S Ribosome
- Disease
- Bloody Diarrhea
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)
- Hemolytic Anemia
- Acute Renal Failure
- Thrombocytopenia
2 mins
Shigella
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Bacilli
- Non Lactose Fermenting
- White on Macconkey Agar
- Oxidase Negative
- Non H2S Producing
- Day Care Centers
- High Virulence
- Replicates Intracellularly
- Actin Rocket
- Signs and Symptoms
- Bloody Diarrhea
- Shiga Toxin
- Inhibits 60S Ribosome
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)
- Hemolytic Anemia
- Thrombocytopenia
- Kidney Failure
3 mins
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