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what is the term for “making us sick”

pathogenesis

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what are the 3 mechanisms of pathogenesis

ingestion of pre-formed toxins, toxin production in situ, and invasion of host tissues

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an example of ingestion of pre-formed toxins is

food poisoning

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what are two common food poisoning bacteria

clostridium botulinum and staphylococcus aureus

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situ also means

in place

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What are two types of toxin producer bacteria

vibrio cholerae and escherichia coli

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toxin production bacteria cause food /water________

infections

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salmonella is a food

infection

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What are 3 bacteria that typically invade host tissues

mycobacterium tuberculosis, salmonella, and enteroinvasice E.coli e

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entero means

gut

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Where do you find Staph. aureus

mayo/ dairy

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What are the 3 steps to establishing and infection (for bacteria)

adhereance, colonization, and invasion

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what structures help with adhereance

adhesions and pili-fimbriae

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bacteria adhere with a specific _____ and/or ______ tropism

species, tissue

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bacteria adhere to things deeper than the

shedding surface

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adhesions are _____ on _____ that bind receptors

proteins; pili

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pilus turnover is _____ to change the ______ of the pilus

recombination; antigenicity

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What are 4 mechanisms bacteria use to evade the host immune system?

pilus turnover, antigenic variation, IgA proteases, and FC receptors

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bacteria can act on FC receptors by binding ____ and _______

FC receptors and turning them around

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normal micorbiotia can prevent colonization by using up ____

nutrients

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how do bacteria get iron

siderophores

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what are 6 types of bacteria invasion

penetration of skin, penetration of mucosa, hiding within host cell, avoiding phagocytosis, surviving within the phagocyte, and avoiding antibodies

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the skin is a______/ _______ boundary

physical/ chemical

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what are the factors of severity of penetration of the skin by bacteria

where on body, did object interoduce foreign bodies, any internal complications

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is skin or mucosa easier to penetrate for microbes?

mucosa

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What microbes stimulate antigen sampling ?

Listeria and Shigella

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penetration of mucosa involves macrophage ____ via ____ cells

transcytosis ; M cells

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Shigella can causes macrophages to undergo ____ in________

apoptosis ; peyer’s patches

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how do some bacteria move into adjacent cells

they polymerize actin

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how do bacteria avoid pahgocytosis (3)

destroy complement proteins, destroy pahgocytes, and avoid recognition/ attachment

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How do bacteria avoid recognition?

effect complement opsonization

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what bacteria uses capsules to avoid attachment/ recognition

strep. pneumoniae

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what bacteria use an M protein to avoid recognition/ attachment

strep. pyrogenes

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M protein blocks ____ acitvation

c3

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What is the risk of the humoral response to M proteins

rheumatic feaver (heart valve damage) due to antibodie corss reactions

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What 2 things are used to prevent encounters with phagocytes

C5a peptidase and cytolytic toxins

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What three things help avoid recognition and attachment

capsules, M protein, and Fc receptors

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what are 3 ways bacteria can survive within phagocytes

escape from the phagosome, prevent phagosome lysosome fusion, and survive within the phagosome

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What is the exotoxin on strep. pyrogenes (GAS) that destroys phagocytes

streptolysin O

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Which bacteria escapes prior to lysosome formation?

Listeria

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Salmonella can block ______ fusion

phago-lysosome

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M.tuberculosis can induce uptake by ______ phagocytes to survive

non-activated

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_______ can also block endosome-lysosome fusion and directly prevent ____ of vesicle

M.tuberculosis; acidification

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which bacteria can disrupt anitbody binding

Staph. aureus

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An Ig protease is a good

virulence factor

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Which bacteria can avoid anitbodies by antigenic variation?

neisseria pili

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Which bacteria mimic host strucutres to avoid antibodies and how?

Strep.pyrogenes by making a hylauronic acid capsule

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why does the immune system respond to bacteria in hyaluronic acid capsules

it is a major extracellular carb and an important molecule in connective tissue (self structure)

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What are the 3 types of exotoxins?

AB toxins, Membrane-damaging toxins, and superantigens

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AB toxins are ___ subunits

2

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The A toxin is ____ and the B toxin is for _____

enzymatic; binding

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AB toxins work by ____ the host cell, the toxin is taken up by _____ and toxin subunits seperate allowing the ____ sununit to enter the cytoplasm

binding; endocytosis; A

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What are 5 species that use AB toxins?

clostridium botulinum, clostridium tetani, bacillus anthracis, corynebacterium diptheriae, and E.coli (O157:H7)

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what are 3 species with membrane damaging toxins?

clostridium perfringens, staphylcoccus aureus, and streptococcus pyrogenes

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superantigens interfere with ___ presentation

MHC II

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superanitgens cause a ____ immune response

hyperactive

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what are two bacteria genus that make superantigens

staphylococcus aureus and streptococcus pyrogenes

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endotoxins do not make good ____

toxoids

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what is an example of an endotoxin

LPS and lipid A

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a massice release of endotoxins in the bnloodstream can cause

endotoxic shock

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endotoxins are/ are not destroyed by autoclave

ARE NOT

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endotoxins are ____ stable

heat

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what species make endotoxins

gram negetive

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systemic distribution of endotoxins can be

deadly

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____ blood is blue due to ______

limulus; hemacyanin

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hemacyanin uses ____ atoms to reversiby carry oxygen in place of hemoglobin which uses ___

Cu; Fe

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what are 4 upper respiratory bacterial infections?

strep throat, scarlet fever, acute glomerulonephritis , and rheumatic fever

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what bacteria causes strep throat

streptococcus pyogenes

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what is a major irulence factor of strep?

hemolysins

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beta-hemolysis is when hemolysisns destroy ____ to get _____

RBCs; iron

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Group A strep has a ____ designation of _____ carbohydrates

serological; wall

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What are the 9 virulence factors of strep?

hemolysins, complement pepridase, HA capsule, M protein, adhereance facots, Fc receptor, superantigens, DNase, streptokinase

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what is the superanitgen of strep

streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins (SpeA and B )

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the superantigens of strep complex with ___ then interact with ___ and non-specifically activate ____

MHC II ; TCR; T cells

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Strep antigens can activate T cells causing an innappropriate ____ response and causing massive ____ release

inflammatory; cytokine

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DNase and streptokinase are _____ for strep

spreading factors

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strepokinase is a ____ toxin

fibrinolytic

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what is the term for a condition which is the consequence of a previous disease?

sequelae

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What are 3 sequelae of Strep

scarlet fever, acute glomerulonephritis, and rheumatic fever

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what was the original treatment for scarlet fever? and what is it now

antitoxin; penicillin

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acute GMP is specific to ceratin serotypes of ___ and ____

M protein, exotoxin

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acute GMP is triggered by _____ in _______

Agb complexes in glomerulus

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acute GMP has a similar number of deaths per year to

influenza

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what is the a risk of rhuematic fever

rhuematic heart disease

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rhuematic fever is due to an untreated/ poorly treated ____ infection of Strep

primary

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autoreactice ____ cause damage to heart vessels in rheumatic fever

anti-M protein immunoglobulin s

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what is the treatment for Strep and all of its sequela?

throat swab, Ag swab rapid test, and penicillins

-*prevention and pounce on primary infection

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what is the challenge to strep vaccines?

antigenic variety

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What bacteria causes Diphtheria?

Corynebacterium diptheriae

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What is the diptheria vaccine called?

DTaP

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What are the combinations of in the diphtheria vaccine?

diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxin, and B.pertussis culture

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diphtheria is an example of an ____ toxin

AB

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diptheria creates a ____ in the larynx

pseudomembrane

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The diphtheria toxin gene is actually a part of the genome of. a specific ____ which is integrated in the chromosome of some strains of ______

phage; C. diphtheria

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What provides diphtheria with a survival advantage?

lysogenic conversion

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What are ear infections technically called?

otis media

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conjungtivitis can be caused by what bacterias

strep.pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Staph. aureus

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What can cause conjunctivitis in newborns?

chlamydia and N. gonorrhoeae

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neonatal Gonnorrhea causes severe _____

corneal scarring

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what are viral causes of conjunctivitis?

adenovirus and herpes simplex

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