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WHAT TYPE OF GRAM NEGATIVE HUMAN PATHOGEN IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
a. Strict parasite b. Requires live cells for cultivation c. Found in oral cavity, intestinal tract, perigenital areas of humans and animals d. Human is natural host e. Can be spread transplacentally |
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM-SYPHILIS
GRAM NEGATIVE HUMAN PATHOGENS |
MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
GRAM NEGATIVE HUMAN PATHOGENS |
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WHAT ARE THE THREE STAGES OF SYPHILIS (aka TREPONEMA PALLIDUM)?
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i. Primary – sore appears and then heals (contagious)
ii. Secondary – fever, headache, sore throat, rash on skin of palms and feet. Rash disappears spontaneously (contagious) iii. Tertiary – long term infection in susceptible organs. Neurological and cardio vascular symptoms GRAM NEGATIVE HUMAN PATHOGENS |
MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
GRAM NEGATIVE HUMAN PATHOGENS |
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WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF CONGENITAL SYPHILIS?
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nasal discharge, sores, bone deformation, neurological symptoms
GRAM NEGATIVE HUMAN PATHOGENS |
MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
GRAM NEGATIVE HUMAN PATHOGENS |
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WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF ZOONOTIC LEPTOSPIROSIS?
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Leptospira interrogans
GRAM NEGATIVE HUMAN PATHOGENS |
MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
GRAM NEGATIVE HUMAN PATHOGENS |
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WHAT GRAM NEGATIVE HUMAN PATHOGEN HAS THE FOLLOWING TRAITS:
a. Bacteria are shed in the urine of animals and typically into a watershed b. Humans exposed through cuts or sores when they enter the water c. Fever, chills, headache, muscle aches, vomiting, conjunctivitis (if eye exposure occurs). |
LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS
GRAM NEGATIVE HUMAN PATHOGENS |
MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
GRAM NEGATIVE HUMAN PATHOGENS |
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WHAT TYPE OF GRAM NEGATIVE HUMAN PATHOGEN AND RELAPSING FEVER IS THE KEY IDENTIFIER?
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BORRELIA HERMSII
GRAM NEGATIVE HUMAN PATHOGENS |
MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
GRAM NEGATIVE HUMAN PATHOGENS |
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WHAT TYPE OF GRAM NEGATIVE HUMAN PATHOGEN IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
a. Transmitted by an arthropod (tick) b. Reservoirs are squirrels, chipmunks and other wild rodents c. Parasite undergoes changes, making it difficult for the immune system to target it resulting in relapsing fevers |
BORRELIA HERMSII
GRAM NEGATIVE HUMAN PATHOGENS |
MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
GRAM NEGATIVE HUMAN PATHOGENS |
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WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF LYME DISEASE?
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BORRELAI BURGDORFERI
GRAM NEGATIVE HUMAN PATHOGENS |
MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
GRAM NEGATIVE HUMAN PATHOGENS |
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WHAT TYPE OF GRAM NEGATIVE HUMAN PATHOGEN IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
a. Carried by white-footed mouse, transmitted by Ixodes ticks b. Complex 2-year cycle involving mice and deer c. Nonfatal, slowly progressive syndrome that mimics neuromuscular and rheumatoid conditions d. 50-70% get bull’s eye rash e. Fever, headache, stiff neck, and dizziness |
BORRELIA BURGDORFERI - Lyme disease
GRAM NEGATIVE HUMAN PATHOGENS |
MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
GRAM NEGATIVE HUMAN PATHOGENS |
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IF LYME DISEASE GOES UNTREATED WHAT OCCURS?
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If untreated can progress to cardiac and neurological symptoms, polyarthritis
GRAM NEGATIVE HUMAN PATHOGENS |
MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
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WHAT GRAM NEGATIVE ENTERIC HUMAN PATHOGEN HAS THE FOLLOWING TRAITS:
a. Large infectious dose (108) b. Noninvasive infection of the lining of the intestine c. Extreme dehydration d. Treated with electrolyte replacement therapy |
VIBRIOCHOLERA-CHOLERA
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MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
GRAM NEGATIVE ENTERIC HUMAN PATHOGENS |
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WHAT IS SIMILAR TO CHOLERA BUT CAN BE CONCEIVED FROM EATING RAW SEAFOOD?
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus
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MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
GRAM NEGATIVE ENTERIC HUMAN PATHOGENS |
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WHAT CAN GIVE YOU gastroenteritis from eating raw oysters. Serious complications for persons with liver disease and diabetes?
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Vibrio vulificans
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MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
GRAM NEGATIVE ENTERIC HUMAN PATHOGENS |
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WHAT GRAM NEGATIVE ENTERIC HUMAN PATHOGEN HAS THE FOLLOWING TRAITS:
a. Transmitted in drink and food b. Bloody and/or watery diarrhea c. Treated with electrolyte replacement therapy D. gastroenteritis |
Camphylobacter jejuni
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MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
GRAM NEGATIVE ENTERIC HUMAN PATHOGENS |
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WHAT GRAM NEGATIVE ENTERIC HUMAN PATHOGEN HAS THE FOLLOWING TRAITS:
a. opportunistic pathogen that infects debilitated persons or women late in pregnancy b. Meningitis, pneumonia, arthritis, septicemia in the newborn |
Camphylobacter fetus
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MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
GRAM NEGATIVE ENTERIC HUMAN PATHOGENS |
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WHAT KEY SIGN FOR A GRAM NEGATIVE ENTERIC HUMAN PATHOGEN IS GASTROENTERITIS?
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Camphylobacter jejuni
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MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
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WHAT KEY SIGN FOR A GRAM NEGATIVE ENTERIC HUMAN PATHOGEN IS ULCERS AND STOMACH CANCER?
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HELICOBACTER PYLORI
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MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
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WHAT BLOOD TYPE HAS A HIGHER CHANCE OF GETTING THE ULCER WITH HELICOBACTER PYLORI?
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PEOPLE WITH BLOOD TYPE O
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MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
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WHAT GRAM NEGATIVE ENTERIC HUMAN PATHOGEN IS CARRIED BY
dog and wood ticks; most cases in Southeast and on eastern seaboard; distinct spotted rash; may damage heart and CNS |
Rocky Mountain spotted fever – R. rickettsii zoonosis
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MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
GRAM NEGATIVE ENTERIC HUMAN PATHOGENS |
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WHAT GRAM NEGATIVE ENTERIC HUMAN PATHOGEN IS HARBOURED BY mice and rats; occurs sporadically in areas of high flea infestation; milder symptoms
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Endemic typhus – R. typhi
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MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
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WHAT HUMAN PATHOGENS OF UNIQUE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY HAS THE FOLLOWING TRAITS:a. Obligate intracellular parasites
b. Gram-negative cell wall c. Among the smallest bacteria d. Nonmotile pleomorphic rods or coccobacilli e. Ticks, fleas, and lice are involved in their life cycle f. Bacteria enter endothelial cells and cause necrosis of the vascular lining – vasculitis, vascular leakage, and thrombosis |
RICKETTSI
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MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
HUMAN PATHOGENS OF UNIQUE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY |
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WHAT HUMAN PATHOGENS OF UNIQUE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY HAS THE FOLLOWING TRAITS:
a. Causes Q fever b. Intracellular parasite c. Produces an unusual resistant spore d. Harbored by a wide assortment of vertebrates and arthropods e. Infectious material includes urine, feces, milk, and airborne particles f. Usually inhaled causing pneumonitis, fever, hepatitis |
COXIELLA BURNETTI
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MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
HUMAN PATHOGENS OF UNIQUE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY |
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WHAT HUMAN PATHOGENS OF UNIQUE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY HAS THE FOLLOWING TRAITS:
a. Small gram-negative, fastidious b. Trench fever, spread by lice |
BARTONELLA
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MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
HUMAN PATHOGENS OF UNIQUE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY |
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WHAT DISEASE IS A lymphatic infection associated with a clawing injury by cats?
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Cat-scratch disease,
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MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
HUMAN PATHOGENS OF UNIQUE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY |
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WHAT HUMAN PATHOGENS OF UNIQUE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY ALTERNATES BETWEEN TWO STAGES?
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Clamydiaceae
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MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
HUMAN PATHOGENS OF UNIQUE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY |
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WHAT ARE THE TWO STAGES OF CLAMYDIACEAE?
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i. Elementary body – small metabolically inactive, extracellular, infectious form released by the infected host
ii. Reticulate body – noninfectious, actively dividing form, grows within host cell vacuoles |
MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
HUMAN PATHOGENS OF UNIQUE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY |
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WHAT HUMAN PATHOGENS OF UNIQUE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY HAS THE FOLLOWING TRAITS:
a. Obligate intracellular parasites b. Small, gram-negative cell wall c. Alternate between 2 stages |
CLAMYDIACEAE
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MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
HUMAN PATHOGENS OF UNIQUE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY |
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WHAT HUMAN PATHOGENS OF UNIQUE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY AS THE FOLLOWING TRAITS:
a. Contains members that used to be members of genus Chlamydia b. Causes an atypical pneumonia that is serious in asthma patients c. Causes ornithosis, |
CLAMYDOPHILA
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MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
HUMAN PATHOGENS OF UNIQUE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY |
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WHAT HUMAN PATHOGENS OF UNIQUE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY IS a zoonosis transmitted to humans from bird vectors; highly communicable among all birds; pneumonia or flulike infection with fever, lung congesti?
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CLAMYDOPHILA
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MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
HUMAN PATHOGENS OF UNIQUE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY |
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WHAT HUMAN PATHOGENS OF UNIQUE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY AS THE FOLLOWING TRAITS:
a. Naturally lack cell walls, highly pleomorphic (PLEOMORPHIC MEANS HAVING MANY SHAPES). Require special lipids from host membranes c. Treated with tetracycline, erthyromycin |
MYCOPLASMAS
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MISC. BACTERIAL AGENTS OF DISEASE
HUMAN PATHOGENS OF UNIQUE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY |
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WHAT HUMAN PATHOGENS OF UNIQUE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY AS THE FOLLOWING TRAITS:
primary atypical pneumonia; pathogen slowly spreads over interior respiratory surfaces, causing fever, chest pain, and sore throat |
MYCOPLASMAS pneumoniae
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HUMAN PATHOGENS OF UNIQUE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY
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WHAT TWO HUMAN PATHOGENS OF UNIQUE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY IS WEAK SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED PATHOGENS?
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MYCOPLASMAS GENITALIUM AND UREPLASMA UREALYTICUM
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HUMAN PATHOGENS OF UNIQUE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY
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