Micro Trigger Words 3

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Acid Fast Bacilli

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Mycobacteria

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Waxy cell wall w/ mycolic acids and high lipid content

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Mycobacteria

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Contains peptidoglycan but w/ N-glycolylmuramic acid rather than N-acetylmuramic acid

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Mycobacteria

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Lipid components of cell wall include the glycolipid lipoarabinomannan (LAM)

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Mycobacteria

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Mycolic acids block fusion of phagosome to lysosome

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Mycobacteria

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Cord Factor

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M. tuberculosis

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Acid Fast Bacilli showing "cording" in enriched media

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M. tuberculosis

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Mycolic acid-containing bacteria causing caseous necrosis

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M. tuberculosis

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The Ghon Complex

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M. tuberculosis

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Tuberculosis

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M. tuberculosis

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Leprosy

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M. leprae

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Phenolic glycolipid I (PGL-I) is unique mycoside

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M. leprae

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Cultured in foot pads of animals (mice, armadillos)

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M. leprae

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Leonine facies and nodular ulcerated lesions

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M. leprae

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Two major forms: Tuberculoid & Lepromatous

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M. leprae

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Opportunistic AFB (w/ mycolic acid cell wall) in AIDS and immunocompromised patients

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M. avium-intracellulare

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Smallest, free-living bacteria

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Mycoplasma

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Bacteria lacking peptidoglycan cell wall

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Mycoplasma

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Bacteria requiring sterol-containing media for growth

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Mycoplasma

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Bacteria observed as "Fried Egg" colonies in media

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Mycoplasma

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Tiny bacteria capable of acting as superantigens

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Mycoplasma

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Patients may produce cold agglutinins

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M. pneumoniae

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Bacteria lacking PG causing persistent, non-productive, hacking cough

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M. pneumoniae

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Bacteria lacking PG spread via contact with human coughing and sneezing

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M. pneumoniae

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Adhesins localized at tip of this bacteria bind to respiratory epithelium and result in impaired ciliary escalator and dry cough

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M. pneumoniae

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Bacteria lacking PG causing non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) and PID

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M. genitalium

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Urease + bacteria lacking PG

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Ureaplasma urealyticum

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Urease + bacteria causing non-gonococcal urethritis

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Ureaplasma urealyticum

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Obligate intracellular bacteria that cannot make ATP

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Chlamydia

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Life cycle with elementary and reticulate bodies

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Chlamydia

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Infective EB is phagocytized

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Chlamydia

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Intra-cytoplasmic inclusion drape around infected cell's nucleus

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Chlamydia

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Culture in McCoy cells

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Chlamydia

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Leading microbial cause of blindness from ocular trachoma worldwide

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C. trachomatis serotype A-C

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Obligate intracellular bacteria causing granular conjunctivitis

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C. trachomatis serotype A-C

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Most frequently reported STD in USA

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C. trachomatis serotype D-K

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Major STD causing non-gonococcal urethritis and fallopian tube damage

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C. trachomatis serotype D-K

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Responsible for over 50% of all cases of PID

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C. trachomatis serotype D-K

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STD leading to cervicitis, endometritis, epididymitis and inclusion conjuctivitis of the newborn

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C. trachomatis serotype D-K

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STD causing lymphogranuloma venereum

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C. trachomatis serotype L1-L3

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Invasive STD causing protocolitis and lymphadenopathy that endemic in Asia, Africa and S. America

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C. trachomatis serotype L1-3

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Walking (atypical) pneumonia from bacteria requiring host ATP

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C. pneumoniae

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Energy bacterial parasite spread by respiratory droplets

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C.pneumoniae

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Parrot Fever

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C. psittaci

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Psittacosis or Ornithosis

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C. psittaci

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Atypical pneumonia from inhaling dried bird feces

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C. psittaci

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Weil-Felix diagnostic test

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Rickettsia

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Obligate intracellular pleomorphic bacteria that stain G- poorly due to their small size

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Rickettsia

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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

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R. rickettsii

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Most common rickettsial disease in the US

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R. rickettsii

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Centripetal rash which starts distal (palms and soles) then moves to trunk

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R. rickettsii

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Tick bite with Transovarian passage

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R. rickettsii

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Tick borne disease characterized by rash resulting from hemorrrhagic petechiae spots due to RBC leakage of dialated blood vessels

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R. rickettsii

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Epidemic Typhus

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R. prowazekii

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Rickettsial disease transmitted to man via feces of human body louse

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R. prowazekii

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Louse borne disease causing petechial rash on the trunk

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R. prowazekii

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Tick borne infection producing severe leucopenia and thrombocytopenia

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Ehrlichia & Anaplasma

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Monocyte and Granulocyte rickettsiosis

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Ehrlichia & Anaplasma

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Q fever

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Coxiella burnetii

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Atypical pneumonia from inhalation of dust or aerosols of domestic livestock urine, feces, amniotic fluid or placental tissue

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Coxiella burnetii

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Atypical pneumonia involving farmers, veterinarians, and slaughterhouse workers

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Coxiella burnetii

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Inhalation of contaminated aerosols from domesticated farm animal urine, feces, milk, and especially birth products

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Coxiella burnetii

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Bacillary angiomatosis from fastidious, slow0growing G- bacteria

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Bartonella

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Cat Scratch Fever

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B. henselae

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Abscess at site and lymphadenopathy from cat scratch

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B. henselae

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Trench Fever

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B. quintana

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Louse borne infection causing fever and endocarditis in homeless and alcoholics

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B. quintana