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RSV (respiratory syncytial virus)
mild cold, SYNCYTIA - multinucleated giant cell
Rabies virus
NEGRI BODIES (cytoplasm)
Cytomegalovirus
OWL'S EYE (nucleus)
EBV
Burkitt's Lymphoma
HPV
cervical cancer
Hepatitis B virus
liver cancer (chronic infection)
Hepatitis C virus
liver cancer
HHV-8
Kaposi's sarcoma (AIDS pts)
HTLV-1
adult leukemia
Varicella-Zoster
latent infection
DS DNA
polyoma (N), adeno (N), herpes (E), hepadna (E), pox (E), pox (E)
SS DNA
parvo (N)
+RNA
picorna (N), calici (N), toga (E), flavi (E), corona (E), corona (E)
-RNA (all enveloped)
rhabdo, orthomyxo, bunya, arena, filo, filo
DS RNA (+/- RNA)
reo (double capsid)
retro
retro (E)
Scrapie
Fatal ataxia in SHEEP, brain = spongiform degeneration, CANNIBALISM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kuru
CANNIBALISM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, women/children prepared CONTAMINATED tissue, CORNEAS
Creutzfeldt-Jakob (CJD)
CORNEAS, 10% familial / 90% spontaneous, rapid progression to death (3-6 mon), cerebellar ATAXIA, VALINE insertion @ codon 129 = CJD, VALINE insertion @ codon 129 = CJD
Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI)
same as CJD - CANNOT SLEEP, METHIONINE insertion @ codon 129 = FFI
vCJD
beef w/ BSE, younger target age than CJD (19-24 years old), 6-24 month incubation, high plaque formation, polyoma (N), polyoma (N)
Giardia lamblia
BEAVER FEVER, malabsorption syndrome, steatorrhea, fecal/oral transmission - WATER
Cryptosporidium ("Crypto")
in water, watery diarrhea, vomiting, severe in AIDS patients
Plasmodia
MALARIA, Severe Malarial Anemia = ARDS, Cerebral Malaria = reversible coma, MOSQUITOES!!!!!
Babesia microti
Babesiosis, black-legged ticks, MALTESE CROSS - lethal in IC patients
Enterobius vermicularis
PINWORM, most common worm infection in US (children), perianal irritational, itching
Trichuris trichiura
WHIPWORM, bloody diarrhea, BARREL-SHAPED EGG - PLUGS AT END (KNOW PIC)
Paragonimus westermani
LUNG FLUKE, raw crab/crawfish (CAN SEE EGGS), eggs found in BLOODY SPUTUM, looks like strep pneumo
Taenia solium
PORK TAPEWORM, cysticercosis (humans eat eggs --> hatch and travel), Neurocysticercosis - can be lethal
Diphyllobothrium latum
Vit B12 deficiency
Pasteurella multocida
CAT BITES, rapidly progressive cellulitis, BI-POLAR STAINING = "SAFETY PIN"
Bartonella henselae
CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE, usually benign, chronic swollen lymph nodes, warthin starry silver stain, IC patients = BACILLARY ANGIOMATOSIS, purple nodules (resembles Kaposi sarcoma), systemic condition caused by B. quintana as well
Capnocytophaga canimorsus
DOG BITE SEPTICEMIA, worse than pasteurella
Streptobacillus moniliformis
RAT-BITE FEVER, in turkeys too!, RAT-BITE = maculopapular rash = can be severe, HAVERHILL FEVER = eat rat poop = GI symptoms, could have fried egg appearance = cell wall is defective
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
PIGS!, ERYSIPELOID (NOT erysipelas from S. pyogenes), purple rash on fingers/hand, must have break in skin
Brucella meletensis
GOATS/SHEEP (SYED - these 2 animals are different), most pathogenic, passed through STILLBORN SHEEP, unpasteurized milk, on bioterrorism list because it can be inhaled, PROFUSE SWEATING! (differentiates from Q-Fever)
Francisella tularensis
TULAREMIA = RABBIT FEVER, also can be tick borne, CHARCOAL AGAR (pick LEGIONELLA!), ULCEROGLANDULAR TULAREMIA - through skin, pulmonic tularemia - inhalation, oropharyngeal tularemia - ingestion, ULC. TUL. - enters via scratch - ulcer on hand, lymphadenopathy & ulcerated skin legion, rabbit associated - ulcer on hand, tick borne - ulcer on lower extremity / trunk, pneumonic form --> ARDS
Yersinia pestis
PLAGUE!, found in prairie dogs/squirrels, spread by FLEAS, URBAN PLAGUE - RAT FLEAS --> HUMANS (not in USA), YOP GENES = VIRULENCE FACTOR, type III secretion, BUBONIC PLAGUE - buboes, SEPTICEMIC PLAGUE - "BLACK DEATH", - DIC, PNEUMONIC PLAGUE - hemorrhagic, - transmitted b/w ppl - 90% mortality, BI-POLAR STAINING - "safety pin"
Actinomyces israelii
Gram +; Not acid-fast (diff than NOCARDIA); resembles fungi; branching rod; SULFUR GRANULES; post-oral surgery; LUMPY JAW; "molar" colonies; strict anaerobe
Bacteroides fragilis
80% of Bacteroides infections; intraabdominal infections; skin/soft tissue infection; GI ABSCESSES; Foul odor; Bile esculin agar (same as enterococci); Gram - ; non-toxic LPS
C. perfringens
GAS GANGRENE; alpha-toxin - LECTITHINASE (phospholipase C); Type A - in USA (has alpha-toxin only); Type A - most infections; Type C - pig-bel (enteritis necrotican); cellulitis w/ gas formation; suppurative myositis; SHINY BRONZE COLOR (gas gangrene); alpha-toxin = CAPILLARY THROMBOCYTOPENIA; Type A is an intoxication; pig-bel = undercooked pork & sweet potatoes; pig-bel caused by beta-toxin (part of Type C); Nagler rxn on egg-yolk agar; stormy fermentation
C. tetani
DRUMSTICK spores; TETANOLYSIN (oxygen-labile hemolysin); TETANOSPASMIN (heat-labile neurotoxin); TETANUS = TETANOSPASMIN; AB toxin; prevents release of GABA & GLYCINE; LOCK-JAW (TRISMUS); risus sardonicus; neutralize with TIG (necessary 1st step)
C. botulinum
HOME CANNING (intoxication); INFANTS w/ HONEY; Heat-labile neurotoxin (inhibits ACh); inhalation - bioterrorism; BOTULINUM TOXIN = classic AB toxin; FLACCID PARALYSIS (opposite of tetanus); FLOPPY BABY SYNDROME; CONSTIPATION; mouse bioassay for toxin activity
C. difficile
Antibiotic-associated GI diseases; TOXIN A: enterotoxin; NOSOCOMIAL - TV REMOTE!!; Pseudomembranous colitis; Clindamycin treatment; Foul-smelling GREEN diarrhea; PSEUDOMEMBRANE contains FIBRIN; immunoassays for toxin in stool
C. psittaci
PARROT FEVER; BIRDS; similar to walking pneumonia; dry hacking cough
C. pneumoniae
walking pneumonia (not as common as mycoplasma); age group: 50-60; linked to atherosclerosis; milder than strep pneumo
C. trachomatis
Trachoma (A, B, Ba, C); Inclusion conjunctivitis (D-K); Non-Gonococcal Urethritis - NGU (D-K); Lymphogranuloma vererum (LGV) (L1, L2, L2a, L3); BLINDNESS (trachoma); spread by children; eyelashes abrade cornea; NGU - most common bacterial STD; NGU - PID, ectopic pregnancy; NGU - infant pneumonia syndrome; LGV - gays; LGV - papules on genitals --> swollen lymph nodes; CYTOPLASMIC INCLUSIONS
M. pneumoniae
P1 adhesion; ciliostatis - dry, hacking cough; Superantigen; 20% of pneumonia in US - age group: 5-15; WALKING PNEUMONIA; COLD AGGLUTININS; STRICT AEROBE; "MULBERRY" APPEARANCE; Pleomorphic; lack cell wall
M. hominis, M. genitalium
genitourinary tract; fried-egg appearance on mycoplasma agar; facultative anaerobe; hominis - increases with sexual activity; hominis - postpartum fever; genitalium - NGU; Pleomorphic; lack cell wall; have fried egg appearance
U. urealyticum
UREASE activity; grows downward into the agar; found in 80% of ppl with 3+ sexual partners; 1/2 of NGC in men; Pleomorphic; lack cell wall; have fried egg appearance
Cryptococcus neoformans
#1 cause of meningitis in AIDS patients
Candida albicans
Pseudohyphae
Coccidioides immitis
Dimorphic; Yeast in lung / mold in the soil; Desert Southwest US; VALLEY FEVER; SABOURAUD DEXTROSE AGAR