Microbiology

Front 1

Who is most at risk for candida albicans?

Back 1

cancer patients

Front 2

how can candidasis be transmitted?

Back 2

through sexual intercourse, but is also part of normal flora

Front 3

candida albicans is what kind of infection?

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fungal

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describe yeast to hypae and name on molecule that it causes:

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needs to develop hypal to escape blood vessels and invade organs. it creates farnesole.

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candida like to live in dark, moist, warm environment?

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true

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candida albicans most commonly effects what part of the body?

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vagina

Front 7

thrush

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grows in mouth

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diaper rash

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red, inflammed, scaly rash

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yeast infection

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commonly found in the vagina

Front 10

paronychia

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red swollen infection around the nails

Front 11

anaplasma phagocytophilum lives in RBC? True or False?

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False

Front 12

tick bites emerge from indirect contact infection: true or false?

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False

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A.phagocytophilum is a gram negative bacterium that lacks what two components?

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prptidoglycan layers in outer membrane and biosynthesis of Lipid A

Front 14

due to the lack of peptidoglycan what does the cell rely on?

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cholesterol

Front 15

what tetracycline med is used to treat A.Phagocytophilum?

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Doxycyline

Front 16

mechanisms of A.phagocytophilum (3 steps)

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1) inhibits NADPH oxidase of
(prevent killing of bacteria by ROS
2) prevent destruction by lysomal enzymes
3) delays neutrophil apoptosis- important for prolonged intracellular staying

Front 17

what is the distinctive physical characteristics of a leptospire?

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hooked ends

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what climate does leptospire thrive best in?

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warm/moist

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leptospires are gram-negative streptococcus? True or false

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FALSE they are spirochetes

Front 20

the pathogenesis of leptospirosis is not well understood

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true

Front 21

leptospires specifically target which organ

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kidney

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com up with a situation as to how a person would acquire leptosperosis and what two occupations are most at risk for infection.

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farmers and vets are at risk and they aquire it through direct contact or through water by indirect contact

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in the presence of EEE, humans are considered..

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a "dead end" host

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an infected vector that transmits a virus to the vertebrate host during feeding is an

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arbovirus

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which of the following is NOT a virulence factor for EEE

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blood type

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which mosquitoes are the blood feeder vectors

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females

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infacts infected with EEE have..

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abrupt onset of symptoms

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when infected by EEE a systemic infectin is worse than encephalitic infection

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false

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when does antibody synthesis begin after being first infected

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5-7 days after

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how is EEE transmitted?

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it needs to be warm out because the birds are the ones who are infected with EEE and are able to live with it. then the mosquitos get it from getting the blood of the birds and they then transmit it to humans through a vector borne.

Front 31

what is OM and where is it located?

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middle ear infection and in the middle ear

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otitis media is a _________infection

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bacterial and viral infection

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who is at risk for OM?

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children because of their eustachian tube

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alloiococcus otitidis is a gram_______

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positive

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where are most of the OM pathogens located before the middle ear infection?

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nasopharynx

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how is OM transmitted?

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direct contact