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Enteric gram-bacilli

Produce diherreha


Can be normal or pathogenic of gi tract.


Facultative anaerobes--develope best anaerobic

Salmonella

Genious


Motile, possess flagella


Resides in chickens

What are different species of salmonella

S.enterritidis


S.typhi

Define s.enterritidis

Gastroenteritis

Define s.typhi

Typhoid fever


Lives in GB


Comes from water and fecal contamination


Lesions involve peyers patch


Symptoms fever 3wks headache maliasia rose spots

Define peyers patch

Lymphoid tissue in small intestine wall


Inflamed then necrosis


Ulceration

Define shigella

Genious


Nonmotile aerobic


Causes dysentery


Damage by invasion and exotoxin


Tropics

Define E.coli

Normal in bowel harmful when it invades bowel wall.


Endotoxins produce shock


Montezuma revenge

Define pseudomonas

Motile resistant to treatment


Uti


Burn patients

Vibrio cholera

Causes asiatic cholera


Bacteria is comma shaped


Diarrhea by toxins


Dehydration in 24 hours


Number 1 treatment electrolyte therapy and fluid replacement

Family of small gram- bacilli

Haemophilius influenza- flu


Bordatella pertussis whopping cough


Yesinia pestis- plague


Francisella tularensis rabbit fever


Brucella- undulant fever

Define haemophilius influenza

Flu in 1890s grows in blood


Causes meningitis otitis media


Vaccinate with hib


Acute epiglottis

Define Bordatella pertussis

Attaches to Cilla of bronchi


Prevent with dbt vaccine


Define yesinia pestis

Skin bites


Buboes Lesions. Inflamed lymph nodes


Die from septicemia in 24 hours

Define Francisella tularensis


Bites or cuts allow bacteria to invade.


Affect lymph nodes.


Num 1 treatment long convalescence


Affects farmers hunters and housewives

6 months

Define Brucella

Chronic systematic diseases with fever that comes and goes


In sheep cows hogs and goats


Most common animal diseases in human


Epidemic in Midwest and western us

Gram + bacilla

Anthrax


Klebs loffler bacillus


Clostridium


Define anthrax

Square rod


Reproduce by spores, aerobic


Contract from hides or wool inhaling


Skin lesion : pustule

Define Klebs:loffler bacillus

Exotoxin affects surface of throat, causing necrosis.


Death by suffocation nd nerve damage.


Immunity.... natural or toxiod

Clostridium anaerobic

Resist heat and antibiotics


Vaccinate

Species of Clostridium

C.perfringens-gas gangrene


C.terani


Define c.perfringens

Harbored in soil and gi


Has spores encapsulated


Causes fermentation of necrotic tissue


Treatment surgical removal

Define c.tetani

Anaerobic. powerful exotoxin


Grows in necrotic tissue


Toxin diffuse in body,acting on nerve muscle junction, causes rigidity.


Incubate 7 to 10 days


Treat with antioxin

Define treponema pallidum

Causes syphilis


Contract from coming in contact with highly infective lesion


3 week incubation


What are the 3 stages of syphilis

Primary stage


Secondary stage


Tertiary stage

Define primary stage of syphilis

chancre sore


Regional lymph nodes swell


Recover

What is the secondary stage of syphilis

2-3 months from initial infection


Rash on skin, white patches on mucous membrane


Recover

What is Tertiary stage of syphilis

Attacks CV and CNS

What tests did you diagnose tb with

Vdrl, tpha

What is mycobacterium tuberculosis

Spread by droplet


Invades by 3 routes


---lymphatic blood stream tissues

What is Primary tb

Clusters in periphery of lung


Autophagy


May infect hilar lymph nodes


Necrose heal by fibrosis


Called ghon complex


Can lie dormant

Define chlamydia

Intracellular parasite now thought to be bacteria

Define c.trachoma

Number 1std


Causes conjectivitis


Can cause eye infection in new born if mom infected

Legionella pneumophilia.

Legionnairs disease


Gram-bacilli


Lives in water resouvers


outbreak resulted in 15%fatality rate


2 out 10 incubate


Malaise headache muscle ach pain


Chest film shows multilobier

What are viruses

They are parasites because can't replicate without host


1901 yellow fever 1st person

What's the anatomy of a virus

Nucleic acid core within well-structred protein coat.


Take over a cells Nucleic acid for replication.


Exit by bursting into bloodstream.

What is the immune response to a virus

Provoke antibodies to circulate


----key to success of vaccination

what is a serotype

It is a form of a virus.


Reason why can't Vaccinate against common cold

What is an intereferon

Form of immunity


Produced by lymphocytes.


Blocks viral replication

what doesn't work against viruses

Antibiotics

What is the primary transmission of a virus

GI or respiratory tract


Skin contact


Function of a rna virus

Replication


Transmission


Assembly in cytoplasm


Virons are assembled by lysis

What are types of rna viruses

measles


Rubella


Mumps


Hep A


Rhinovirus


Yellow fever


Rabies

What are measles

Transmitted by droplet nose nd mouth.


10 day incubation


Begins with conjectivitis and photosensitive


Red rash cough fever

Define Rubella

German measles


Mild disease with red rash, fever, lymphadenopathy


If a woman is pregnant and contracts Rubella what happens??

If it occurs during 1st trimester


Festus subject to heart defects, blindness, deafness


Known as ratogenic-interefere with embryonic development

What are mumps

Viral parotitis- affects the portoid salvery gland

Define Hep A

most benign form


Prod by fecal contamination of food and water


2 to 6 week incubation period.


Pt. Carry for 2 weeks prior to illness and 1 week after.

What is Rhinovirus


Most common viral infection in man.


Cause of the common cold

What is yellow fever

Vector spread


Spreads in Tropics


Grows in rbcs then destroy it

What are Rabies

Spread through Salvia of animals


Affects cns

What are DNA viruses

Replicate in greater variety of cell location


Oncogenic potential in animals

What is hbv

Long incubation 1 to 6 months


Acute or chronic stage


Spread by feces, mostly blood

Who are more at risk for hbv

I've drug users


Blood recipients


Dentists


Adenovirus

Respiratory illness


Tonsillitis

Papovirus

Warts


Venereal Warts


What is type 1 herpes virus

Oral and skin Lesions

What is type 2 herpes virus

Genital Lesions

What happens after initial infection of herpes virus

Lies dormant and flares up

What is Varicella zoster

Chicken pox


Part of the herpes family

How is it transmitted

Thru the respiratory tract

What is ebv

Infectious mononucleosis

When was small pox eradicated

1980

What does hiv stand for

Human immunodeficiency virus

How long must it be present before antibody test comes up positive

3 to 17 weeks

How does hiv begin

Malaise, fever, lymphadenopathy pain

Symptoms of full blown aids

Weight loss


Diarrhea


Fatigue


pneumonia


Kaposi sarcoma



What happens to T lymphocytes in aids

Decrease

What happens to lymphocytes growth in aids

Decrease

What is the route of entry

Blood stream

What group is high risk

Iv drug users


Homos


Sexually active

What is rickettsia

Small organisms , vector borne

How does rickettsia divide

Divide by fission

How do you control rickettsia

With antibiotics

Where do they exist

Live in insect intestinal tract

What epidemics are they responsible for

Rocky Mountain spotted fever


Typhus


Q fever


Trench fever

What family is fungal infections part of

Mycosis

What are fungal infections

Small


Unicellular organism


How do they invade

In yeast bud phase


Hyphae stem stage

What are cutaneous fungal infections

Bothersome skin conditions

Define tineas

Group of fungal infections caused by dermatophytes

What is a scalp ring worm

Tinea capitis

What is jock itch

Tinea cruris

What is athletes foot

Tinea pedis

What systemic fungal infections do you get from bird droppings

Histoplasmosis capsulatum

How do you get it and what does it cause

Inhale and fungal pneumonia


What is a protoza

Lowest form of animal life


More complex then bacteria

What specific functions do they carry

Locomotion


Nutrition


Excretion


Respiration


How many are pathogenic to men

30

What is toxoplasmosis

A type of protozoa


What does the congenital form cause of toxoplasmosis

Liver and brain involvement


Brain calcification


Convulsions


Mental retardation


Birth defects

Where does it reside

Soil small animals esp cats

toxoplasmosis causes what

Rash


Lymphadenopathy


Fever


Myocarditis


Pneumonitis


How is it transmitted

Cat feces


Human ingestion of improperly cooked meat

What is malaria

Protozoa plasmodium

How is malaria transmitted

By anopheles mosquito


Blood transfusion

What does the bite release

Sporozoites into blood


Aka invades liver

What are the symptoms

Fever


Chills


Anemia


Splenomegaly


Tendency to reoccur

How does malaria spread in the body

Penetrate erythrocyte grow and burst forth

How long does malaria last

1 to 4 weeks

What is helminth

Worms

What is trichinella spiralis

Roundworm

How do you get it

Cooked meat


Esp bear and pork

Where do the larvae reside

In muscle of meat


Then mature in human stomach

Where do they encyst

Diaphragms and chest muscle

What causes the condition of trichinosis

Abdominal pain nausea


Fever


Diarrhea


Tenderness


Fatigue

Hire long does it take to encyst

2 to 3 months


Cause no further symptoms

How is a tapeworm aquired

Thru poorly cooked meat or fish


What does it cause

Intestinal disease

What happens if you cut a tapeworm in half

It regrows


sagmental reproducer

What is neisseriae

Gram-cocci


Bean shaped diplococci

Where is it found

In neutrophil pus

Where did it grow

Grows in enriched media

What are 2 different species of neisseriae

N.meningitides


N.gonorrhoeae

Where is N.meningitides found in

Normally found in nasopharynx

What is the common age of meningitis in kids

3 to 5 years

How do you check for N.meningitides

Check csf

What do you treat it with

Penicillin

What is N.gonorrhoeae

Complete parasite


Can pass to infant in delivery

Where does N.gonorrhoeae survive

In mucus membrane


Can't exist out of body

What is pili

Hair like fibers that help attach to membrane and burrow in it

What is the percentage of sterility in male and female

20 in men


30 to 50 in women