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gram positive with endotoxin
listeria
kind of toxin that's secreted from cell
exo not endo
which is lipopolysacccharide or polypeptide... endotoxin or exotoxin
endo is LPS; exo is poly
where are genes for endo and exotoxin
endo - chromosome
exo: plasmid or bacteriophage
which is more toxic, exo or endotoxin
exo>>> endo
which is more antigenic, exo or endotoxin
exo>>> endo
heat stability of endo vs exo
exo is rapidly destroyed at 60; endo is stable at 100 for an hour
which exotoxin is heat stable
strep enterotoxin
how does it avoid host immune response? staph aureus
Protein A binds Fc region of Ig
houw does it avoid host immune response? strep pneumo
IgA protease
houw does it avoid host immune response? h flu?
IgA protease
houw does it avoid host immune response? Neisserai
IgA
houw does it avoid host immune response? Group A strep
M protein prevents phagocytosis
mechanism of superantigens
bind MHCII and Tc cell receptor simultaneously, and can stimulate release of IFN gamma and IL-2

Super binds the structure
name two superantigens
s aureus TSST-1

S pyogenes - scarlet fever - erythrogenic toxin
poison that causes scalded skin syndrome
staph exfoliatin
how does an ADP ribosylating A-B toxin work?
B binds to a receptor to enable endocytosis
A attaches an ADP ribosyl to a host cell protein
function is altered
bugs that have ADP ribosylating A-B toxins
corynebacterium
vibrio cholerae
E coli heat labile toxin
Bordetella pertussis

aBCdEpV
what does c dpitheriae's ADP toxin do?
inactivates elongation factor EF-2 causing pharyngitis and pseudomembrane
what is cholera's ADP ribosylation
of G protein stimulating AC, causing increased Cl into gut lumen, more Na stays in lumen, etc
What does e coli's ADP ribosylating toxin do
Heat labile toxin stimulates AC
Heat stable stimulates GC

Labile like the Air; stable like the Ground
what does b pertussis' ADP ribosylating AB toxin do
increases cAMP by inhibiting the inhibitory Gi to cause whooping cough and lymphocytosis
costridium perfringens' toxin and mechanism
alpha toxin
gas gangrene
double zone of hemolysis on blood agar
clostridium perfringens alpha toxin
toxin tha tblocks release of inhibitory neurotransitters GABA andglycine
c tetani
toxin that blocks release of acetylcholine
botulinum
toxin in its complex is an AC
bacillus anthracis
this toxin cleaves host cell rRNA and enhances cytokine release, causing HUS
shiga toxin (Shigella and E coli 0157)
ASO
rheumatic fever
how does endotoxin deal with heat?
it's heat stable
what does endotoxin activate?
macrophages
complement (alternate pathway)
Hageman factor
what factors get the alternate complement pathway going
C3a C5a
blue green pigment
psudomonas
red pigment
erratia
novobicin resistant/sensitive
NO StRES
Saprophyticus resistant
Epidermidis sensitive
optochin resistant/sensitive
OVRPS
Viridans Resistant
Pneumoniae Sensitive
Bacitracin resistant/sensitive
B-BRAS
Group B Resistant
group A Sensitive
chocolate agar
h flu
Tellurite plate
C diphteriae
Loffler's media
C diphtheriawe
Lowenstein-jensen agar
M tuberculosis
pink colonies on MacConkey
lactose fermenting enterics
Charcoal yeast agar buffered with iron and cystein
Legionella
Sabouraud's agar
fungi
Giemsa stain
Borrelia
Plasmodium
trypanosomes
Chlamydia
Blast Past japanese giemsa Toward China
PAS stain is used to diagnose
Whipple's
PAS stains
glycogen
mucopolysaccharids
Ziehl-Neelsen
acid fast bacteria
India ink
cryptococcus
silver stain
fungi
legionella
DNA taken up directly from environment by competent prokaryotic an deukaryotic cells
transformation
lytic phage infects bacterium leading to cleavage of bacterial DNA and synthesis of viral proteins. Parts of bacterial chromosomal DNA may become packaged in viral capsid. Phage infects another bacterium, transferring these genes
Gneralized transduction
Lysogenic phage infects bacteriu; viral DNA incorporated into bacterial chromosome When phage DNA is excised, flanking bacterial genes may be excised with it. DNA is packaged into phage viral capsid and can infect another bacterium
Specialized transduction
segment of DNA jumps (excision and reincorporatin) from one location to another and can transfer genes from plasmid to chromosome and vice versa
transposition
bugs that do lysogeny
ABCDE
shigA like toxin
Botulinum toxin
Cholera toxin
Diphteria toxin
Erythrogenic toxin of strep pyogenes
Obligate aerobes
Nagging Pests Must Breathe
Nocardia
Pseudomonas
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Bacillus
Obligate anaerobes
anaerobes know their ABCs
Can't Breathe Anything

Actinomyces
Bacteroides
Clostridium
what do obligate anaerobes lack
catalase and /or superoxide dismutase
bugs that are generally foul smelling
obligate anaerobes
which kind of antibiotics are not effective against anaerobes
AminOgllycosides because they require Oxygen to enter into the bacterial cell
obligate intracelllular bugs
Stay inside when it's Really Cold
Rickettsia
Chlamydia
Facultative intracellular
Some Nasty Bugs May Live FacultativeLY
Salmonella, Neisseria, Brucella
Mycobacterium, Listeria, Francisella
Legionella, Yersinia
Encapsulated bacteria are indicated by what?
positive quellung reaction
Quellung Swellung
encapsulated bacteria
Space Kapsules Need Heat

Strep pneumo
H flu (esp B)
Neisseria meningitidis
Klebsiella pneumonia
Spore formers
Bacillus anthracis
Clostridium perfringens
C tetani
B cereus
C botulinum
what do you have to do to kill spores
autoclave (like we do with surgical instruments
Urease positive bugs
PHUK
Proteus
H plori
Ureaplasma
Klebsiella
alpha hemolytic
strep penumonia
viridans strep
form green ring around colonies on blood agar
alpha hemolytic bacteria
beta hemolytic bacteria
beta BAMA

group B strep
group A strep
listeria Monocytogenes
staph Aureus
food poisoning due to ingestion of preformed toxin
staph aureus
rheumatic fever bug
Strep pyo
plus and minus of M protein antibodies
enhance host defenses but can give rise to rheumatic fever
Strep pneumo is the #1 cause of
MOPS
Meningitis
Otitis media in kids
Pneumonia
Sinusitis
evasion mechanisms of strep pneumo
Encapsulated
IgA
rusty sputum
strep pneumo
bug for sepsis in sickle cell and splenectomy
strep pneumo
Bacitracin resistant
Beta hemolytic
group B strep!
penicillin G resistant
Enterococci
bug for subacute endocarditis
e faecalis and E faecium
S sanguis
lancefield grouping applies to
enterococci
optochin resistant
Viridans -- live in the mouth because they are not afraid -of-the-chin
what is perfringens toxin
alpha toxin (lecithinase) that can cauge gangrene
what is c difficiles toxin
cytotoxin that can kill enterocytes and cause pseudomembranous colitis

Difficile causes Diarrhea
Rx to treat c difficile diarrhea
metronidazole
Diphtheria toxin
exotoxin encoded by beta prophage
ADP ribosylation of EF-2
Diphteria's feateures
ABCDEFG
ADP ribosylation
Beta-prophage
Corynebacterium
Diphtheriae
Elongation Factor 2
Granules (metachromic)
only bacterium with a protein capsuel
anthrax
form actin rockets
listeria monocytogenes
how to treat nocardia and actinomyces
SNAP
sulfa for nocardia; actinomyces with penicillin
actinomyces and nocardia: aerobe?
Actinomyces anaerobe
nocardia aerobe
penicillin resistance in gram negatives
gram negas are resistant to penicilling G but may be susceptibe to penicillin derivatives like ampicillin
causes waterhouse friderichsen
neisseria meningococci
compare gonococci and Meningococci
goNOcocci
No polysaccharide capsule
No maltose fermentation
No vaccine

Meningo is a yes on these
which neisseria is sexually transmitted
gonococci
what does H flue cause
haEMOPhilus
Epiglottitis
Meningitis
Otitis
Pneumonia
what does H flu vaccine contain
type B capsular polysaccharide conjugated to diphtheria toxioid or other protein
Enterobacteriaceae members
E coli
Salmonella
Shigella
Klebsiella
Enterobacter
Serratia
Proteus
Common features of Enterobacteriaceae
COFFEe
Capsular
O antigen
Flagellar antigen
Ferment glucoase
Enterobacteriaceae
what does Klebsiella cause
3As
Aspiration pneumonia
Abscess in luns
Alcoholics
Lactose fermenters
Lactose is KEE. Test with MacConKEE
Citrobacter
Klebsiella
E coli
Enterobacter
what comes up on MacConkey
Lactose is KEE; shcekc iwht MacConKEE
produces HsS
Salmonella
which has flagellae: salmonella or shigella
salmonella
bug that can mimic Crohn's or appendicitis
yersinia enterocolitica
contaminated seafood
V parahaemolyticus or vulnificus
reheated rice
bacillus sereus
mayonnaise
staph aureus
custard
staph aureus
reheated meat dishes
clostridium perfringes
poultry and eggs
salmonella
comma shaped
campylobacter
bloody diarrhea
day care outbreaks
yersinia
bloody diarrhea
pseudomembranous colitis
C difficile
can cause watery and bloody diarrhea
c difficile
bloody diarea
flagellar motility
salmonella
bloody diarrhea
HUS
E coli 0157
bloody diarrhea
protozoan
entamoeba histolytica
watery diarrhea
traveler's diarrhea
enterotoxigenic E coli
watery diarrhea
comma shaped
vibrio cholerae
watery diarrhea
gas gangrene
c perfringens
watery diarrhea
protozoa
Giardia
Cryptosporidium in immunocompromized
watery diarrhea
viruses
rotavirus
adenovirus
nowalk virus
cAMP inducers
Cholera turns the on on ; pertussis turns the off off
v cholerae activates Gs (ADP)
Pertussis disables Gi (ADP)
E coli - heat labile toxin (ADP)
Bacillus antracis has an AC
rx for legionella
erythromycin
swimmers ear
pseudomonas
diabetic osteomyelitis
pseudomonas
pycyanin (blue green) pigment
pseudomonas
grapelike odor
pseudomonas
watery diarrhea
comma shaped
vibrio cholerae
watery diarrhea
gas gangrene
c perfringens
watery diarrhea
protozoa
Giardia
Cryptosporidium in immunocompromized
watery diarrhea
viruses
rotavirus
adenovirus
nowalk virus
cAMP inducers
Cholera turns the on on ; pertussis turns the off off
v cholerae activates Gs (ADP)
Pertussis disables Gi (ADP)
E coli - heat labile toxin (ADP)
Bacillus antracis has an AC
rx for legionella
erythromycin
swimmers ear
pseudomonas
diabetic osteomyelitis
pseudomonas
pycyanin (blue green) pigment
pseudomonas
grapelike odor
pseudomonas
watery diarrhea
comma shaped
vibrio cholerae
watery diarrhea
gas gangrene
c perfringens
watery diarrhea
protozoa
Giardia
Cryptosporidium in immunocompromized
watery diarrhea
viruses
the watery diarrhea RAN right out of me

rotavirus
adenovirus
nowalk virus
cAMP inducers
Cholera turns the on on ; pertussis turns the off off
v cholerae activates Gs (ADP)
Pertussis disables Gi (ADP)
E coli - heat labile toxin (ADP)
Bacillus antracis has an AC
rx for legionella
erythromycin
swimmers ear
pseudomonas
diabetic osteomyelitis
pseudomonas
pycyanin (blue green) pigment
pseudomonas
grapelike odor
pseudomonas
endo and exotoxin
pseudomonas
zoonotic bacteria
Big Bad Bugs From Your Pet
Bartonella henselae
Borrelia burgdorferi
Brucella spp
Francisella tularensis
Yersinia pestis
Pasteurella multocida
cat schratch fever
bartonella henselae
Undulant fever
Brucella spp in Unpasteurized dairy
rabbits
francisella tularensis
cellulitis
pasteurella multocida
ghon focus with lobar and perihilar lymph node involvement
ghon complex
reflexts primary infection or exposure
cervical lymphadenitis in kids
M scrofulaceum
armadillos
leprosy
leprosy tx
long term oral dapsone
dapsone toxicity
hemolysi and methemoglobinemia
what do rickettsiae need
they Need Colorado

CoA and NAD
tx for most rickettsial infections
tetracycline
why is coxiella an atypical rickettsia
transmitted by aerosol and causes pneumonia
vector for RMSF
tick
vector for typhus
human body louse
epidemic typhus
R. prowazekii
Q fever bug
Coxiella burnetii
vector for ehrlichiosis
tick
vector for Q fever
inhaled aerosols
a Rickettsia that has no rash, no vector, no Weil Felix, its causative organism can survive outside for a long time and it does not have Rickettsia in its name
Q fever is Queer
RMSF vs typhus rash
Rickettsia on teh sRists; Typhus on the Trunk
Weil Felix
Rickettsial antibodies that cross-react with Proteus antigen

positive for RMSF, negative for Q fever
elementary body and reticulate body
chlamydia
Elementary Enters; Reticulate Replicates
avian reservoir
chlamydia psittaci
cell wall lacks muramic acid
chlamydia
causes reactive arthritis
conjunctivitis
nongonococcal urethritis
pelvic inflammatory disease
chlamydia trachomatis
treating chlamydiae
erythromycin or tetracycline
Chlamydia serotypes
ABC - Africa blindness chronic
D-K urethritis/PID, ectopic pregnancy, neonatal pneumonia or conjunctivitis
L1, 2, 3 - lymphogranuloma venereum
lymphogranuloma venereum
chlamydia trachomatis serotypes L1-3
Frei tests
for acute lymphadenitis with chlamydia trachomatis
spirochetes
BLT. and B is Big
Borrelia (big size)
Leptospira
Treponema
visualized with aniline dyes in light microscopy
Borellia
question mark shaped bacteria
leptospira interrogans
flulike symptoms
fever
headache
abdominal pain
juundice
in tropics
leptospira interrogans
middle stage of Lyme disease
iN the Center of the disease

neurologic and cardiac manifestations
yaws
treponema pertenue
positive VDRL
not an STD
yaws - t pertenue
gummas
aortitis
tabes dorsalis
tertiary syphilis
saber shins
saddle nose
VIII deafness
Hutchinsons' teeth
congenital syphilis
FTA-ABS
treponemes
better than VDRL
most specific
earliest positive
remains positive the longest
problem with VDRL test for?
syphillis

many false positives (mono hepatitis, drugs, rheumatic fever, sle, leprsoy)
VDRL possible positives
Viruses (mono, hepatitis)
Drugs
Rheumatic fever
Lupus and leprosy
does mycoplasma have a cell wall?
no
only bacterial membrane containing cholesterol
mycoplasma
pneumonia in military barracks
mycoplasma
insidious onset pneumonia
headache
nonproductive cough
diffuse interstitial infiltrate
mycoplasma
cold agglutinins
mycoplasma
Eaton's agar
mycoplasma
why is mycoplasma penicillin resistant
no cell wall
germ tube test
candida albicans
fungus that is not dimorphic
aspergillus
cryptococcus
heavily encapsulated yeast
cryptococcus neoformans
cultured on Sabouraud's agar
cryptococcus
detected by latex agglutination
cryptococus
soap bubble lesion on brian
cryptococus
branching at 90 degrees
Right Mangle

mucor
rhyizopus
rhinocerebral frontal lobe abscesses
mucor an drhizopus
rare fruiting bodes
aspergilus
IDd by methenamine silve stain of lung tissue
pneumocystis jiroveci
tx for pneumocystis
TMP-SMX
pentamidine
dapsone

To Deal with Pneumocystis
unequally budding blobby yeast forms
sporothrix schenckii
rose gardener's disease
sporothrix schenckii
tx for sporothrix schenckii
Itraconazole
KI (potassium iodide)

sporothrix schencKII
tx for giardia
metronidazole
cysts in water
giardia
cryptosporidium
entamoeba histolytica
diagnose from trophozoites
giardia
trichomoas
tx for trichomonas
metronidazole
tx for Chagas
nifurtimox
carried by tsetse fly
African sleeping sickness
diagnosed by macrophages containing amastigotes
Leishmania donovani
tx with sodium stibogluconate
Leishmania
where is plasmodiu in trophozoite ring form
RBC
where is plasmodium in merozoites
RBC schizont
severe cerebral malaria associated with
falciparum
which malaria have ddormant forms in liver (hypnozoites)
vivax
ovale
tx for babesia
quinine
clindamycin

Qualtese Cross
acid fast cysts
cryptosporidium
tx for cryptosporidium
none
tx for toxoplasma gondii
sulfadiazine
and
pyrimethamine

spoling pussies
cyst with four nuclei
entamoeba histolytica
bloody diarrhea
liver abscess
RUQ pain
entamoeba histolytica
severe diarrhea in AIDS
watery diarrhea in non-immunocompromised
crypto
fever and hemolytic anemia
NE United States
Babesia
rapidly fatal meningoencephalitis
naeglerio fowleri
enters via cribriform plate
naegleria fowleri
amoebas in spinal fluid
naeglerioa fowleri
tx for entamoeba histolytica
metronidazole
and
iodoquinol
scotch tape test
enterobius vermicularis
effs visible in feces
ascaris lumbricoides (giant roundworm)
periorbital edema from helminth infection
trichinella spiralis
tx for trichinella
Thiabendazole

T for T
inflammation of muscle
picked up from undercooked pork
Trichinella
larvae from soil penetrate skin
stongyloides stercoralis
tx for strongyloides
Ivermectin/thiabendasole

Ivermectin is a strong name
larvae penetrate skin of feet. possible anemia
ancyostoma duodelae, Necator americanus

(hookworms)
transmitted by female blackflies
river blindness (which is black!) = onchocerca volvulus
lizard skin
onchocerca volvulus
river blindness
microfilaria
onchocerca volvulus
river blindness
worm crawling in conjunctiva
loa loa
carried by mosquite and causes blockage of lymphatic vessels (elephantiasis)
Wuchereria bancrofti
tx for loa loa
diethylcarbamazine
tx for Wuchereria bancrofti
diethylcarbamazine
tx for toxocara canis
diethylcarbamazine
causes blindness by granulomas in retina
toxocara canis
tx for neurocysticercosis
albendazole
swiss cheese brain
taenia solium - neurocysticercosis
larvae in undercooked pork
taenia solium
eggs in dog feces
echinococcus granulosus
anaaphylaxis if antigens are released from cysts
echinococcus granulosus
tx for echinococcus
albendazole
snails are host
schistosoma
helmnth that causes pigmented gallstones and cholangiocarcinoma
clonorchis sinensis
helpmnth from undercooked crab meet
paragonimus westermani
ingested nematodes
Enterobius
Ascarsi
Trichinella

EAT
cutaneous nematodes
Strongyloides
Ancylostoma
Necator

feet in the SANd
brain cysts, seizures
taenia solium (neuro cysticercosis)
liver cysts
echinococcus granulosus
B12 deficiency with parasite
diphylloborhtrium latum
biliary tract disease with parasite
clonorchis sinensis
hemoptysis with parasite
paragonimus westermani
portal hypertension owith parasite
schistosoma mansoni
hematuria, bladder cancer with parsite
schistosoma haematobium
microcytic anemia with parasite
ancylostoma, Necator
cause of Typhoid fever? Typhus
Salmolnella typhi

Richettsia typhi (endemic) and Rickettsia prowazekii( epidemic)
source of trichinella spiralis
undercooked meat
dsDNA viruses
all DNAs except parvovirus (part-of-virus)
linear DNA viruses
all except these circular ones:

papilloma
polyoma
hebadnaviruses
ssRNA viruses
all RNA viruses except Reoviridae

reovirus is repeatovirus (2 strands)
naked (nonenveloped viruses)
Naked CPR and PAPP smear
Calicivirus, Picornavirus, Reovirus
Parvovirus, Adenovirus, Papilloma
Polyoma
only virus that acquires its envelope from nuclear membrane
herpesvirus
which viruses are haploid
all except retroviruses which have 2 indentical ssRNA molecules
where do DNA viruses replicate
all in nucleus, except pox

no Privacy for Pox (which has its own DNA-dependent RNA polymerase)
where do RNA viruses replicate
all in cytoplasm, except

influenza
retrovirus

In the Room of the nucleus
DNA viruses
HHAPPPPy

Hepadna Herpes
Adeno
Pox Parvo Papilloma Polyoma
HHV6
roseola
echovirus
aseptic meningitis
reovirus
colorado tick fever
viral family of
HCV
Yellow fever
Dengue
St. Louis encephalitis
West Nile virus
Flavivirus
virus family of
Rubella
Eastern equine encephalitis
Western equine encephalitis
Toavirus
viruses with reverse transcriptase
HIV
HTLV
2 coronavirus illnesses
common cold
SARS
Paramyxovirus ailments
PaRaMyxovirus
Parainfluenza - croup
RSV - bonchiolitis in babies
Measles (Rubeola)
Mumps
live attenuated vaccines
Sabin Made Vital Saves of Youth
MMR
Sabin polio
VZV
yellow fever
Smallpox
Killed viruses
RIP Always
Rabies
Influenza
Polio Salk (salK Killed)
hepatitis A
recombinant viruses
HBV
recombination or reassortment, which is the cause of flue virus pandemics
reassortment
Negative stranded viruses that need RNA polymerase
Always Bring Polymerase Or Fail Replication Horribly
Arenaviruses
Bunyaviruses
Paramyxoviruses
Orthomyxoviruses
Filoviruses
Rhabdoviruses
Hepatitis delta virus
Negative stranded viruses that must transcribe negative strand to positive using RNA polymerase
Always Bring Polymerase Or Fail Replication Horribly
Arenavirus
Bunyavirus
Paramyxovirus
Orthomyxovirus
Filovirus
Rhabdovirus
Hepatitis delta virus
Segmented viruses
BOAR - THe boar can tear you up into segments....

Bunyaviruses
Orthomyxoviruses
Arenaviruses
Reoviruses
temporal lobe encephalitis
HSV1
herpes viruses
get herpes in a CHEVrolet
CMV
HSV
EBV
VZV
negative monospont mono
CMV
posterior auricular node lymphadenopathy
EBV
heterophil antibodies
EBV
picronaviruses
PERCH on a peak-o
Polio
Echo
Rhino
Coxcackie
HAV
Aedes mosquito
yellow fever virus
high fever
black vomitus
jaunduice
yellow fever
councilman bodies in liver
yellow fever virus
segmented dsRNA virus that causes villous destruction and leads to poor absorption of Na and water
rota virus
reassortment
influenza virus
amantadine and rimantadine
for influenza A only
a lot of resistance
zanamivir and oseltamivir
used for A and B flu
rubeola
measles virus
red spots with blue-white center on buccal mucosa
Koplik spots
measels
rash from head to toe
measles
bullet-shaped capsid
rabies virus
pharyngeal spasm
rabies virus
virus family of rubella
togavirus
virus family of rubeola
paramyxovirus; mea
Hep A is in what family
RNA picornavirus

Acorn Picorn
Heb B is what kind of virus
DNA hepadna

Hep Badna hepadna
how is heb b transmitted
Blood Borne B
which heps have carriers?
BCD
which Hep has reverse transcriptase
B
what is the key enzyme in the Hep B virion
DNA dependent DNA polymerase
type of virus C is
RNA flavivirus

Citrus has Flava
hep that is common among drug users
C

C for cocaine
which hepatitis virus is dependent and defective
HDV
what kind odf virus is hep E
RNA calicivirus
which hep has a high mortality in pregnant women
E

babE
Expectant
hepatitis that can have epidemics
E, of course, for Epidemics
which heps can become chronic
B and C

Become Chronic
what does this hepatitis marker mean:
IgG HAVAb
prior A infection

IgG aGo
what does this hepatitis marker mean:
IgM HAVAb
active hep A

IgM Manifesting
what does this hepatitis marker mean:
HBsAg
carrier state

S sticks like Glue
what does this hepatitis marker mean:
HBsAb
immunity to heb B

Stops B
what does this hepatitis marker mean:
HBcAg
core antigen
not sure it means anything, but its antibody means window period, recent diseae or chronic disease, depending on associated Ig
what does this hepatitis marker mean:
HBcAb
window period
IgG HBcAb
chronic disease

core chronic G glue
what does this hepatitis marker mean:
HBcAb IgM
recent hep C

IgM is about Manifesting disease
which Heb antigen is positive in the windown period
HBcAg

windows to the Core of the Soul
HBeAg
another antigenic determinant of HBV core
indicates Active rEplication and transmissibilitE

BEware of Be
HBeAb
indicates antibody to the e antigen and therefore low transmissibilitE

(vs HBeAg with indicated possibility of transmissibility)
HBeAb - transmissilbe Body to Body
HBeAg - not transmissible Glue
hep diagnostic test during the incubation period
HBsAg

s for soon
hep diagnostic test during the prodrome acute disease
HBsAg and antiHBc
hep diagnostic test during the early convalescence
Anti HBc (window period)
hep diagnostic test during the late convalexcence
Anti HBs (which is about immunity
AST and ALT in viral vs alcoholic hepatitis
ALT>AST in viral
AST>ALT in alcoholic

alcoholic is toASTed
antibodie that develpes form hep B immunization
HBsAb
what is the HIV genome
double stranded RNA
rectangular capsid protein of HIV
p24 (nice dimensions for a rectangle)
HIV envelope proteins
41 and 120
CXCR4 is on
T cells
CCR5 is on
macrophages
what mutation gives you HIV immunity
homozygous CCR5

heterozygotes get slower course
test for presumptive HIV diagnosis
ELISA

puts you on the LISt
problem with ELISA for HIV
high false positives to only useful to rule out HIV
what is used to confirm the ELISA test for HIV
Western blot
what is the weakness of the western blot test for HIV
high false negatives

(but ok because you precede it with ELISA with high false positive)
what are HIV PCR tests used for
to monitor viral load and drug effectivness
at what CD4 count do you have AIDS
200
which HIV protein can cross placenta
anti-gp120

gestational protein

this can lead to false positive diagnoses in babies born to infected mothers
why are there so many false negatives in first 1-2 months of HIV infections
antibodies to viral proteins aren't always there yet
where does HIV replicate in latent phase
lymph nodes

Latent Lymph
what antigen rises in immunodeficient period when counts are falling
p 24 antigen
HIV patient is at a CD count below what when he/she gets oral thrush
400
HIV patient is at a CD count below what when he/she gets tinea pedis
400
HIV patient is at a CD count below what when he/she gets shingles
400
HIV patient is at a CD count below what when he/she gets reactivationTB
400
HIV patient is at a CD count below what when he/she gets bacterial infections
400
HIV patient is at a CD count below what when he/she gets reactivation HSV
200
HIV patient is at a CD count below what when he/she gets crytosporidiosis
200
HIV patient is at a CD count below what when he/she gets Isospora
200
HIV patient is at a CD count below what when he/she gets coccidioidomycosis
200
HIV patient is at a CD count below what when he/she gets pneumocystis
200
HIV patient is at a CD count below what when he/she gets candidal esophagitis
100

THE (toxo histo eso) at 100 because you're getting close to THE end
HIV patient is at a CD count below what when he/she gets toxoplasmosis
100

THE (toxo histo eso) at 100 because you're getting close to THE end
HIV patient is at a CD count below what when he/she gets histoplasmosis
100

THE (toxo histo eso) at 100 because you're getting close to THE end
HIV patient is at a CD count below what when he/she gets CMV retinitis and esophagitis
50

CMC (CMV, MAC, Cryto) - you end up in the hospital for sure when you are at 50
HIV patient is at a CD count below what when he/she gets disseminated MAC
50

get to CMC (CMV, MAC, Crypto) when you're below 50
HIV patient is at a CD count below what when he/she gets cryptococcal meningitis
50

get to CMC (CMV, MAC, Crypto) when you're below 50
neoplasms associated with HIV
Kaposi
HPV
primary CNS lymphoma
non-Hodgkins lymphoma
how does HIV get brain access
infected macrophages
difference between normal and pathologic prions
alpha pleated sheets - normal
Beta is Bad
normal flora on skin
staph epidermidis
normal flor on nose
epidermidis (colonized by aureus sometiems)
normal flor in oropharynx
viridans
normal flora in dental plaqu
strep mutans
normal flora in colon
bacteroides > E coli

Bowel Entrants
normal flor in vagina
lactobacillus
colonized by E coli and group B strep
common causes of pneumonia in neonates
group B strep
E coli

BabE
common causes of pneumonia in children up to 18
Runts May Cough Sputum
RSV
Mycoplasma
Chlamydia
Strep pneumo

top two are RSV and Myco
common causes of pneumonia in adults
Mycoplasma
C pneumoniae
S pneumoniae

a grown Man Coughs Sputum
top two are Myco and Pneumo
common causes of pneumonia in adults
S penumo
H flu
Anaerobes
Viruses
Mycoplasm

SHAVe M
Top two are pneumo and flu
common causes of pneumonia in eldernly
S pneumo
Viruses
Anaerobes
H flu
Gram negative rods

Top two are pneumo and viruses
nosocomial pneumonias
staph, gram - rods
pneumo in HIV
pneumocystis jiroveci
aspiration pneumo bug
anaerobes
alcoholic pneumonia bug
strep pneumo
Klebsiella
Staphylococcus
postviral pneumonias
staph
H flu
atypical pneumonias
mycoplasma
legionella
chlamydia
thrombocytopenia
eczema
immunodefieincy with recurrent pulmonary infectiosn
Wiskott Aldrich

Wiskott Aldrich is a PEPpy old bastard

Platelts down
Eczema
Pulmonary infections
common causes of meningitis in newborns
group B strep
E coli
common causes of meningitis in childre 6 mos to 6 years
Strep pneumo
Neisseria
common causes of meningitis in 6 - 60 yeas
Neisseria
Enteroviruses
common causes of meningitis in over 60
strep pneumo
Gram negatives
viral causes of meningitis
entero virus (esp coxsackie
HSV

HIV
West Nile
VZV
Meningitis in HIV
Crypto
CMV
toxo
JC
normal pressure meningitis
viral
most common viral meningitis
HSV
normal protein meningitis
Viral
normal sugar meningitis
Viral
osteomyelitis in diabetics and drug addicts
pseudomonas
most common cause of osteomyelitis
staph

you need a staph to walk with if your bones are infected
osteomyelitis in sickle cell patients
salmonella

salmonella sickle
bug that causes osteomyelitis from cat or dog bites
pasteurella multocida
common caues of nosocomial UTIs
E coli
Proteus
Klebsiella
Serratia
Pseudomoonas
positive leukocyte esterase
bacterial UTI
positive nitrite test
gram negative UTI
metallic sheet on EMB agar
E coli
large mucoid capsule and viscous colonies
klebsiella
swarming motility on agar
proteus mirabilis
bug associated with struvite stones
proteus
blue green pigment
pseudomonas
chorioretinitis
intracranial calcifications
hydrocephalus
congenital toxoplasma gondii (can be asymptomatic at birth)
PDA
pulmonary arter stenosis
mother had infection
rubella
petechial rash
intracranial calcificaions
jaundice
CMV (asymptomatic at birth 90%)
baby born with hepatosplenomegaly
frequent infectiosn
HIV congenital
symptoms of secondary syphilis
fever
lymphadenopathy
skin rash
condylomata lata
urethritis
cervicitis
conjunctivitis
Reiter's
PID
clamydia
bug for rectal strictures
lymhogranuloma venereum, caused by Trichomonas vaginalis
HPV types for condylomata acuminata
6 and 11
HPV types for cervical cancer
16 and 18
positive whiff test
gardnerella vaginalis
clue cells
gardnerella vaginalis
bugs in nosocomial nurseries
CMV
RSV
nosocomial urinary catheterization bugs
E coli
Proteus
nosocomial with respiratory therapy equipment
pseudomonas
nosocomial with work in renal dialsysi unit
HBV

Heb B wiith diaBetics
pus
empyema
abscess
staph aureus
pediatric infection
epiglottitis
h flu
pneuoni in CF, burns
pseudomonas
branching rods in oral infection
actinomyces
traumatic open wound
clostridium
surgical wound
staph aureus
dog or cat bite
pasteurella
currant jelly sputum
klebsiella
block peptidoglycan synthesis
bacitracin
vancomycin
disrupt bacterial cell membranes
polymixins
MOA of sulfonamides
block nucleotide synthesis via DHPA synthase and folic acids
MOA of trimethoprim
blocks nucleotide synthesis via DHFR and FH4
MOA of quinolones
block DNA topoisomerase
MOA of rifampin
blocks mRNA synthesis by piercing beta subunit
MOA of metronidazole
nitro radical producer
MOA of chloramphenicol
50S ribosome
transpeptidase
MOA of macrolides
50S ribosome
translocation inhibitor
MOA of clindamycin
50S ribosome
translocation inhibitor
MOA of streptogramins
50S ribosome
quinipristin blocks translocation
Dalfopristin blocks peptide bond formation
MOA of linezolid
initiation inhibitor
blocks 50S birosome
bacteriostatic antibiotics
ECSTaTiC about bacteriostatics
Erythromycin
Clindamycin
sulfa methoxazole
Trimethoprim
Tetracclines
Chloramphenicol
bactericidal antibiotics
Very Finely Proficient At Cell Murder
Vanco
Fluroquinolones
Penicillin
Aminoglycosides
Cephalosporins
Metronidazole
MOA of penicillin
1. bind penicillin binding proteins
2. block transpeptidase
3. activate autolytic enzymes
Penicillinase resistant penicillins
methicillin
nafcillin
dicloxacillin
what confers penicillinase resistance to penicillins
bulkier R group
toxicity of methicillin
interstitial nephritis
MOA of ampicillin and amoxicillin
same as penicillin, just wider spectrum than penicillin
bug coverage of ampicillin/amoxicillin
HELPS
H flu
E coli
Listeria
Proteus
Salmonella
amoxicillin/ampicillin side effect that penicillins don't have
pseudomembranous colitis
use of ticarcillin, carbenicillin, piperacillin
antipseudomanls
TCP takes care of pseudomonas
1st generation cephalosporins cover
PEcK

Proteus
E coli
Klebsiella
2nd generation cephalosporins cover
HEN PEcKS

H flu
Enterobacter
Neisserias
Proteius
E colia
Klebsiella
Serratia
3rd generation cephalosporins cover
serious gram negatives resistant
ceftazidime fo rpseudomonas
ceftriaxone for gonorrhea
4th generation cephalosphorin
increased pseudomonas activity
use ceftazidime for
pseudomnas
use ceftriaxone for
gonorrhea
use cefipime for
pseudomans
side effect of cefamandole
disulfirmal-like reaction with enthanol
use aztreonam for
gram negative rods
what is administered with Cilastin
imipenem
drug of choice for enterobacter
imipenem
side effect of imipenem
CNS toxicity/ seizures

Meropenem has less risk
drug that binds d-ala
vancomycin
vancomycin side effects
NOT Many

Nephrotoxicity
Ototoxicity
Thrombophlebitis
Red man syndrome - flushing

but generally well tolerated
which drugs are aminoclycosides
all the mycins except macrolides
Amikasin
which antibiotics require O2 for uptake adn so can't work agasint anaerobes
aminOglcyOsides
drug that's used for bowel surgery
neomycin
which antibiotics are a teratogen
aminoglycosides
which antibiotic can't be used in renal failure patients
doxycycline
which antibiotics can't be taken with milk, atnacids, or iron containing preparations
tetracyclines
use for tetracyclines
VACUUM THeBedRoom
Vibrio cholerae, Acne, Chlamydia, reaplasma, Urealyticum, Mycoplasma, Tularemia, H pylori, Borrelia burdgorferi, Rickettsia
macrolides
ACE
Azithromycin
ClarithromycinErythromycin

the THROMYCINs
antibiotics that bind to the 23S rRNA of the 50S ribosome
macrolides
antibiotics that increase serum concentration of theophyllines
macrolides
antibiotics that aincrease serum concentration of oral anticoagulants
macrolides
choloramphenicol is ussed for
meningitis
toxicities of chloramphenicol
anemia
aplastic anemia
gray baby sundrome (lack UDP glucuronyl transferase)
trimethoprim side effects
TMP Treats Marrow Poorly

megloblastic anemia
leukopenia
granulocytopenia

(folic acid might help)
lindamycin side effect
pseudomembranous colitis
clindamycin use
anaerobes above the diaphragm

bacteroides
clostridium perfringens
SMX use
Nocardia
Chlamydia
UTI
sulfonamide toxicity
hemolysis if G6PD deficient
photosensitivity
kernicterus in infants
displaces other drugs from albumin (e.g., warfarin)
antibiotic that displaces other drugs from albumin
sulfonamides
antibiotic that causes kernicterus in infants
sulfonamides
fluoroquinolone toxicity
FluoroquinoloneS hurt attachments to your BONES
use of fluoroquinolones
Pseudomonas
Neisseria
used on anaerobic infections below the diaphragm
Metronidazole
Metronidazole used for
GET GAP on teh METRO
Giarida
Entamoeba
Trichomonas
Gardnerella vaginalis
Anaerobes (Bacteroides Clostridium)
hPylori
toxicity of metronidazole
Disulfiram like reaction

Drinking alcohol on the metro
toxiity of polymyxins
acute renal tubular necrosis
MOA of polymyxins
MYXins MIX up membranes
drug for TB prophylaxis
isoniazid
TB treatment
RIPE
rifampin
Isoniazid
Pyrazinamide
Ethambutol
drug for MAC prophylaxis
azithromycin

My AZ for MAC
drug for MAC tx
get your burger SEARed at MACdonalds

Streptomycin
Ethambutol
Azithromycin
Rifampin
drug for leprosy prophylaxis
none
drugs for leprosy tx
dapsone
rifampin
clofazimine

Rid the Diseased from the City
key side effect of etheambutol
optic neuropathy (red green color blindness)
key side effect for all tb drugs except ethambutol
hepatotoxicity
Isoniazid side effects
Hemolysis (G6PD)
Neurotoxicity
Hepatotoxicity (prevent with B6)
SLE-like syndrome
the Four R's of Rifampin
RNA polymerase inhibitor
Revs up microsomal P450
Red/orange body fluids
Rapid Resistance if used alone
what drug can be used for meningococcal prophylaxis and chemoprophylaxis in contacts of children with H flu B
Rifampin
how do we get resistance to penicillins?
beta lactamase cleavage of beta lactam ring
altered PBP in the case of MRSA
how do we get resistance to cephalosporins
beta lactamase cleavage of beta lactam ring
altered PBP in the case of MRSA
how do we get resistance to aminoglycosides
modification via acetylation, adenylation or phosphorylation
how do we get resistance to vancomycin
D-ala replaced with D-lac
decreased affinity
how do we get resistance to chlorampheniol
acetylation
how do we get resistance to macrolides?
methylation of rRNA near erythromycin's ribosome-binding site
how do we get resistance to tetracycline
decreased uptake or increased transport out of cell
how do we get resistance to sulfonamides
altered enzyme, dihydropterooate synthetase
decreased uptake
increased PABA synthesis
how do we get resistance to quinolones
altered gyrase or reduced uptake
rx for prophylaxis of meningococcal infection
rifampin (or minocycline)
rx for prophylaxis of gonorrhea
Ceftriaxone
rx for prophylaxis of syphilis
benzathine penicillin G
rx for prophylaxis of TMP-SMX
recurrent UTIs
rx for prophylaxis of penumocystis pneumonia
TMP-SMX
rx for prophylaxis of endocarditis with surgical or dental procudures
penicillins
tx for MRSA
vancomycin
rx for VRE
linezolid
streptogramins
Amphotericin toxicity
Amphoterrible!

Shake and bake
hypotnesion
nephrotoxicity
arrhythmias
anemia
IV phlebitis
nystatis used for
oral candidiasis
rx for Blasto
amphotericin
Ketoconazole
rx for Crypto
amphotericin
and
Fucytosine
rx for Coccidio
Amphotericin
Azoles
rx for Aspergillus
Amphotericin

Aspergillis is Amphotericin Alone
rx for Histo
Amphotericin
Azole
rx for Candida
amphotericin and flycytosine
Azoles

oral with nystatin
flucytosine is used for
Candida and Crypto
in combo with
Amphotericin
rx for Mucor
Amphotericin
rx for tinea, ringworm
griseofulvin
Azole toxicities
gynecomastia
liver dysfunction - inhibits P450
fever
chills
caspofungin toxicity
flushing

caspoFLUSHgin
rx for onychomycosis
terbinafine
toxicity for griseofulvin
teratogenic
carcinogenic
increases P450
increases warfarin metabolism
Amantadine - mnemonic for use and toxicity
Amatadine blocks influenza A and rubellA and causes problems with the cerebellA
mechanism of Amantadine resistance
aMantadine Mutated M2
uses for amantadine
influenza A
Parkinsons
which crosses BBB: Amantadine or rimantadine
Amantadine
what kind of nucleotide analog is ribavirin
guanine
MOA of ribavirin
competitively inhibits IMP dehydrogenase to inhibit synthesis fo guanine nucleotides
use of rivabirin
RSV
chronic hep C
toxicity of ribivirin
hemolytic anemia
severe teratogen
acyclovir used for
HSV
vZV
EBV
med for zoster
famciclovir
mechanism of resistance to acyclovir
no thymidine kinase
toxicity of acyclovir and ganciclovir
acyclovir has none to speak of
Ganciclovir (used for CMV) causes pancytoppenia and renal toxicity!
mechanism of resistance to ganciclovir
mutated CMV DNA polymerase or lack of viral kinase
direct viral DNA polymerase inhibitor
foscarnet
use of foscarnet
CMV retinitis when ganciclovir fails
acyclovir-resistant HSV
use of ganciclovir
CMV
which drugs are protease inhibitors
-Navirs

NAVIR TEASE a proTEASE
toxicity of indinavir
thrombocytopenia
what kind of drug is zidovudine
NNRTI
what kind of drug is didanosine
NNRTI (ddI)
what kind of drug is salcitabine
NNRTI (ddC)
what kind of drug is stavudine
NNRTI 9d4T)
what kind of drug is lamivudine
nucleoside analog (3TC)
what kind of drug is abacavir
NNRTI
non nucleoside RTIs
Never Ever Deliver nucleosides
Nevirapin
Efavirenz
Delavirdine
what can you give to reduce the bone marrow suppression caused by NNRTIs
GM-CSF
EPO
rx for HIV prophylaxis and to prevent fetal transmission
ZDV (the drug formerly known as AZT)
Efavirenz vs Enfuvirtide
Efavirenz in an NNRTI
Enfuvirtide is a gp41 binder that blocks fusion
what is IFN alpha used for as a drug
chronic hep B and C
Kaposi sarcoma
what is IFN beta used for as a drug
MS

Lets Beat MS
what is IFN gamma used for as a drug
NADPH oxidase deficiency
Antibiotics to avoid in pregnancy
SAFE Moms Take Really Good Care
Sulfonamides
Aminoglycosides
Fluoquinoloes
Erythromycin
Metronidazole
Tetracyclines
Ribavirin
Griseofulvin
Chloramphenicol
teratogenic antibiotics
Ribavirin
Griseofulvin
what results if a pregnant mother takes sulfonamides
kernicterus

SulK
what results if a pregnant mother takes aminoglycosides
ototoxicity
what results if a pregnant mother takes fluoroquinolones
cartilage damage
what results if a pregnant mother takes erythromycin
acute cholestatic hepatitis in the mOM
what results if a pregnant mother takes metronidazole
mutagenesis

Metro Mutagenesis
what results if a pregnant mother takes tetracyclines
discolored teeth
inhibition of bone growth
what results if a pregnant mother takes ribavarin
teratogenic
what results if a pregnant mother takes griseofulvin
teratogenic
what results if a pregnant mother takes chloramphenicol
gray baby