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| Unique to gram positive organisms |
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| Lipoteichoic acid and Cell wall |
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| Unique to gram negative organisms |
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| Gram postive bacillus (rods) |
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| Clostridium, Corynebacterium, Mycobacterium, Listeria, Bacillus |
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| Gram positive branching filaments |
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| Enterics, haemophilus, legionella, bordetella, brucella, pasteurella, bartonella, gardernella |
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| Pleomorphic gram negatives |
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| leptospria, borrelia, treponema |
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| Sterols with no cell wall |
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| Mycolic acid with high lipid content |
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| What five bugs do not stain well with Gram staining? (These rascals may microscopically lack color) |
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| Trepnema, Rickettsia (intracellular), mycobacteria (needs acid fast stain), Mycoplasma (no cell wall), Legionella (intracellular), Chlamydia (intracellular and lacks muramic acid) |
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| Borellia, Plasmodium, trypanosomes, Chlamydia |
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| Tropheryma whippelii (stains due to glycogen and mps) |
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| Which organisms are acid fast? |
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| Mycobacterium and nocardia (weak) |
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| H Influenza culture special |
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| Chocolate Agar with factors X and V |
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| N. gonorrhoeae culture special |
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Definition
| Thayer-Martin agar or VPN (vanco,polymyxin,nystatin) |
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| Bortella pertussis special culture |
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| Telluright agar, Loffler's media |
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| Charcoal yeast extract agar buffered with cystein and iron |
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Nocardia, P.aeruginosa, Myco tb, and bacillus
(Nagging pests must breath) |
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Clostridium, bacteroides, actinomyces
Cant breath Air |
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Term
| Obligate intracellular bugs |
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Definition
Rickettsia, Chlamydia
Stay inside when its Really Cold |
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Term
| Facultative intracellular |
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Definition
Salmonella, neisseria, brucella, mycobacterium, listeria, francisella, legionella, yersina pestis
Some nasty bugs may live FacultativeLY |
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Term
| Inactivate EF2 leading to no protein synthesis |
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Definition
| Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Diptheria toxin) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Exotoxin A) |
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Term
| Inactivate 60s ribosome by cleaving rRNA |
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Definition
| Sigella and Enterohemorrhagic E. Coli |
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Term
Over activates cAMP leading to Cl- and
H20 loss into the gut |
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Definition
| LT- Heat Liable toxin of Enterotoxigenic E. Coli |
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| Overactivates cGMP leading to decreased reaborbtion of NACL and H20 in the gut |
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Definition
| ST- Heat Stable toxin of enterotoxigenic E. Coli |
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Term
| Yersinia enterocolitica exotoxin |
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Definition
| ST-Heat stable Toxin- leads to dysentery |
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Term
| Bacillus anthracis exotoxin leading to black eschar on skin |
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Definition
| Edema factor- elevates cAMP |
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| Over-activates G(stim) protein leading to excessive cAMP production: Cholerae Toxin |
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Definition
| overactivates adenylate cyclase by blocking G(inhib) and blocking phagocytosis |
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Term
| Clostridium tetani: Tetanospasmin |
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Definition
| prevents release of GABA and Glycine |
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Term
| Clostridium botulinum: Botulinum toxin |
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Definition
| Blocks the release of Ach at musculoskeletal junction leading to paralysis |
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Term
| Clostridium perfringens: Alpha toxin |
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Definition
| degrades tissue and cell membranes |
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Term
| Strep. pyogens: Streptolysin O |
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Definition
| Protein degrades cell membrane by introducing holes |
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| Streptococcus pyogens: Exotonin A |
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Definition
| Brings MHCII and TCR close to increase IFN-gamma and IL-2 leading to shock |
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| Where do you find endotoxins |
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| Gram negative outer membranes |
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| fever, hemorrhagic tissue necrosis |
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| Activation of Hageman factor |
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| Green Rings on blood agar |
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Definition
Alpha hemolysis (streptococcus pneumoniae
and viridans streptococci: both catalase negative) |
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Term
| Clear hemolysis on blood agar: Beta hemolysis |
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Definition
| S.Aureus, S. pyogens, S. agalactiae, listeria monocytogenes |
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