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16 Cards in this Set
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What are the initials for the virulence factor?
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Vi
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What type of antigen is the virulence factor? (KOH)
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O antigen
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Salmonella typhi zoonotic or not?
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not
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4 Salmonella disease states in humans?
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Typhi, carrier, sepsis and gastroenteritis
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Salmonella typhi no invasion, invasion or lymph/blood invasion?
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lymph/blood
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Which cells phagocytose Salmonella typhi?
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monocytes so they're facultative intracellular paracyte
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What disease of LRQ does typhi mimic? (symptoms)
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Appendicitis
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What appears on abdomen of light-skinned people in typhus?
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Rose spots
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How diagnose S. typhi?
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Culture blood, urine or stool
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Treatment of S. typhi?
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Ciproflaxacin or ceftriaxone.
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Where S. typhi harbored?
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Gallbladder
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In S. typhi sepsis, where does pathogen migrate?
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Lung, brain bone.
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Since our bodies make Ab's to O antigen (Vi in salm.) how does S. evade?
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phagocytosis protects it.
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Salmonella diarrhea bloody?
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Yes but apparently not to a large degree
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Is S. typhi found in animals?
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No. only humans
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Salmonella produces H2S? Y/N
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Y
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