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________ __________ defenses limit microbe colonization of the ____________ _____________ _______. |
Upper respiratory / lower respiratory tract. |
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In the lower respiratory tract, there is not ciliated surface. What are the defenses? |
Alveolar macrophages recruit neutrophils |
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________ ___________ traps microbes and particulates larger than 2 micrometers |
mucociliary clearance |
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Inflammation of the throat |
pharyngitis |
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Strep throat is caused by what organism? |
S. Pyogenes |
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How is strep throat contracted ? |
respiratory droplets (coughing in wound causes systemic) |
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S&S of strep throat |
fever/ sore throat /headache swollen lymph nodes |
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Treatment and prevention of strep |
Treat wth penicillin /prevent by wash hands |
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Untreated Strep can lead to _____ _____. |
Rheumatic Fever. |
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Signs of rheumatic fever |
fever and joint pain. Can cause permanent heart damage. |
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What is acute glomerulonephritis? |
acute inflammation of the kidneys cause by immunoresponse to rheumatic fever |
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A life threatening illness that causes a pseudomembrane... |
Diphtheria |
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What organism causes diptheria and how is it transmitted? |
Corynebacterium diphtheriae/respiratory droplets |
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Diseases transmitted through respiratory droplets |
Strep Sinusitis Diptheria bacterial meningitis Pertussis |
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What causes pseudomembrane? |
wbcs, dead tissue and mucus; can cause resp. blockage |
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Treatment and prevention for diptheria? |
Antibiotics and antitoxins / tdap dtap |
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Most commonly infected part of the upper resp tract? |
Nose |
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T or F: Sinusitis is caused by indigenous microbiota? |
T |
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Swimmers ear is caused by what three organisms? (Pss) |
Pseudomonas, Strep, Staph |
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Why do children commonly get ear infections |
short eustachian tube |
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Middle ear infections are also called otitis media. How are they treated? |
ANTIBIOTICS |
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What is the organism that causes the most dangerous type of meningitis |
N. Meningitidis |
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What is the route N. Meningitidis takes from respiratory drop to infection? |
1. attaches in the nasopharyngeal cavity with pili 2. travels through epithelial cell barrier 3. enters blood vessels 4. can travel across BBB |
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HOw is meningitis treated diagnosed and prevented? |
Treated with antibiotics diagnosed with spinal tap prevented with vaccine |
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Disease is also known as whooping cough |
pertussis |
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Pertussis is caused by what organism |
Bordetella pertussis |
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How is pertussis prevented |
tdap dtap |
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B. Pertussis is a gram negative rod that adheres to cilia and produces an exotoxin. What are symptoms of this infection? |
100 day cough Paroxysm (coughing git) low grade fever
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the a in TDaP means? |
acellular |
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TB is caused by what organism |
mycobacterium tuberculosis |
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How is a person diagnosed with TB? |
1. mantoux skin test 2. chest xray 3. acid fast stain the sputum |
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What is an induration? |
It is a welt from a positive tb test |
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Is the infectious dose for TB small or large? how is it transmitted? |
small dose / aerosolized droplets |
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How is TB prevented ? Treated? |
Prevented with vaccine in areas where prevalent.
Treated with a year of antibiotics |
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Steps of TB include: 1. inhale droplets 2. bets into lower lungs, bronchioles and alveoli 3. Body rejects; WBCs form _______________ .
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tubercles |
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This form of TB is accompanied by millet seed rash |
military tb |
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What does MDR-TB stand for |
Multi Drug Resistant TB |
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How is bronchitis prevented? |
Annual flu vaccines/good hygiene |
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Classic signs of inflammation 1. dolor 2. tumor 3. rubor 4. Calor |
Pain swelling redness heat |
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HCAP affects patients who have been on what type of devices in a hospital? |
respiratory |
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What organism causes HCAP? |
Staph Pneumonia....hospital is covered in staph!!! |
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Symptoms of HCAP |
Flu like |
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CAP (community acquired pneumonia) is caused by what organism? |
Strep Pneumonia (hospital is staph pneumonia. Strep is common in the community) |
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CAP can be located in what regions of the respiratory system? |
1. lobar (one lobe of lung) 2. Double (both lungs) 3. Broncho - patches in passageways |
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Prevention and treatment of CAP? |
vaccine/antibiotics |
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Another name for atypical pneumonia.. |
walking pneumonia |
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diagnosis of atypical pneumonia? |
isolation of organism on blood agar and appearance of fried egg colony |
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organism and transmission of atypical pneumonia? |
mycoplasma pneumoniae; resp droplets |
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Legionella pneumophila causes what disease? |
Legionnaires |
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T or F: Necrotizing pneumonia can develop after contracting legionnaires? |
t |
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Prevention for legionnaires? |
chlorinate or filter water |
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The organism Coxiella Burnetii causes what disease? |
Q Fever (burnetii burning up fever) |
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How is q fever transmitted? prevented? treated? |
consuming raw or improperly pasteurized milk (and from touching fur)
vaccine
antibiotic |
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This zoonotic disease is transmitted from infected birds. What is the organism and disease name? |
Chlamydophila Psittaci / Psittacosis |
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This zoonotic disease is caused by a spore forming organism that lives in the soil. What is the name of the disease and the organism |
Anthrax Bacillus Anthracis |