Bacterial virulence factors US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Bacterial virulence factors Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: _____ is a coagulase-negative Staph that has the ability to synthesize extracellular polysaccharide matrix (biofilm).
Answer: Staph epidermidis
Flashcard 2: Immunodeficiencies with decreased B cells are susceptible to infection by _____ bacteria
Answer: encapsulated
Flashcard 3: Which S. aureus toxin nonspecifically binds MHC-II (on APCs) and the T-cell receptorproducing cytokine storm and toxic shock: _____
Answer: TSST-1 superantigen
Flashcard 4: Salmonella spp. contains a _____ secretion system that acts as a virulence factor
Answer: type III
Flashcard 5: What is the most important virulence factor of Pasteurella multocida?_____
Answer: Capsule
Flashcard 6: Yersinia enterocolitica is _____, protecting the bacteria from phagocytosis
Answer: encapsulated
Flashcard 7: Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Answer: Ricketsia rickettsii
Extra: headache; fever; rash beginning in wrists and ankles, progresses to trunk, palms, and soles doxycycline
Flashcard 8: epidemic typhus
Answer: Rickettsia prowazeckii
Extra: rash that begins centrally and spreads but spares palms and soles doxycycline
Flashcard 9: Erlichiosis
Answer: Erlichia chaffeensis
Extra: monocytes with morula inclusions
Flashcard 10: Anaplasmosis
Answer: Anaplasma spp.
Extra: granulocytes with morula inclusions
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