misc bacteria paperchase charts - 4.3

Mycoplasma pneumoniae - gram Classification/Shape:

Small Pleomorph - mp

Mycoplasma pneumoniae - Virulence/Toxins:

• Respiratory Distress Toxin

• Adherence factors

• Depletes nutrition & destabilizes membranes of host cells

Mycoplasma pneumoniae - Disease(s):

• Atypical (Walking) Pneumonia

Ureaplasma urealyticum - Gram Classification/Shape:

Small Pleomorph - uu

Ureaplasma urealyticum - Virulence/Toxins:

• Phospholipases (for breaking down cell membranes)

• IgA protease

• Urease (breaks down urea, releases toxic NH4+)

Ureaplasma urealyticum - disease(s):

• Non-gonococcal urethritis

Rickettsiae sp. - Gram Classification/Shape:

G – Pleomorphic Rods

-Obligate Intracellular bc of presumed leaky membranes

Rickettsiae sp. - Virulence/Toxins:

• LPS

• Adhesion Factors

• Phospholipases

• Actin-based Motility

Rickettsiae sp. - Disease(s):

• Rickettsiae rickettsii: Rocky mountain spotted fever

• Vector is the tick

• Rickettsiae prowazekii: epidemic typhus

• Vector is the louse

• Rickettsiae typhi: murine/endemic typhus

• Vector is the flea

Chlamydia trachomatis - Gram Classification/Shape:

G – Pleomorphic Rods

-Obligate Intracellular b/c of inability to make ATP - ct

Chlamydia trachomatis - disease(s):

• Trachoma

• Non-gonococcal urethritis

• Lymphogranuloma venereum

Chlamydia pneumoniae - Gram Classification/Shape:

G – Pleomorphic Rods

-Obligate Intracellular b/c of inability to make ATP - cp

Chlamydia pneumoniae & trachomatis- Virulence/Toxins:

• LPS

• Cytotoxin

Chlamydia pneumoniae - Disease(s):

• URI

• Atypical Pneumonia