MOD 6: Micro-3

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

[CA] Walking pneumonia

Elongation Factor 2 (EF-2)

C. diphtheriae blocks this certain factor, resulting in blockade of protein synthesis

Black Flies

Vector for River blindness

Onchocerca volvulus

[CA] River Blindness

Honey

Source of C. botulinum infection in babies/neonates

Clostridium is OBLIGATE ANAEROBE; Bacillus is OBLIGATE AEROBE

Main Difference between Clostridium and Bacillus

Ziehl-Neelsen Stain

Hot staining method for Acid-Fast bacteria

Kinyoun method

Cold staining method for Acid-Fast bacteria

Theory of ABIOGENESIS / Spontaneous Generation Theory

Theory that states that some forms of life could arise spontaneously from nonliving matter

Theory of BIOGENESIS

Theory that states that living cells can arise only from preexisting cells

Lowenstein-Jensen CM

CM for M. tuberculosis

Bordet-Gengou Agar

CM for B. pertussis

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

A gram-positive rod characterized with 'chinese-characters' colonies

BCG, Hepatitis B (according to DOH)

Vaccines given at birth (2)

Live, Attenuated

Type of Vaccine: Chickenpox

Live, Attenuated

Type of Vaccine: MMR

Live, Attenuated

Type of Vaccine: Yellow Fever

Live, Attenuated

Type of Vaccine: Sabin vaccine (poliovirus)

Killed / Inactivated

Type of Vaccine: Hepatitis A

Killed / Inactivated

Type of Vaccine: Influenza

Killed / Inactivated

Type of Vaccine: Rabies

Killed / Inactivated

Type of Vaccine: Salk vaccine (poliovirus)

M protein

Primary virulence factor of S. pyogenes

Neisseria

Gram-Negative Cocci which have IgA protease as its main virulence factor

Klebsiella, Escherichia, Enterobacter

Lactose-Fermenting Gram-Negative Bacilli (3)

Viridans Streptococci

[CA] Subacute Bacterial endocarditis

Streptococcus pyogenes

[CA] Rheumatic Fever and Scarlet Fever

Streptococcus agalactiae

[CA] Neonatal Meningitis and sepsis

Streptococcus pneumoniae

[CA] Most common cause of CAP in adults; causes otitis media and sinusitis in children

cAMP

Choleratoxin increases synthesis of ___________, causing rice-watery diarrhea