Bacterial Diseases: Streptococcus pyogenes
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What bacterium causes strep throat?
Streptococcus pyogenes.
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What is the Gram reaction of Streptococcus pyogenes?
Gram-positive.
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How are Streptococcus pyogenes cells arranged?
In chains.
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How is strep throat transmitted?
Respiratory droplets.
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What are common symptoms of strep throat?
Fever, sore throat, swollen lymph nodes, and tonsil exudate.
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What does M protein help Streptococcus pyogenes do?
Adhere to host cells and evade immune defenses.
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What does streptokinase do?
Breaks down blood clots.
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What do streptolysins do?
Damage and destroy blood cells.
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What causes scarlet fever?
An erythrogenic toxin from Streptococcus pyogenes.
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How does Streptococcus pyogenes acquire the scarlet fever toxin gene?
Through a bacteriophage.
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What causes erysipelas?
Usually Streptococcus pyogenes.
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What tissue does erysipelas affect?
The dermis and upper skin layers.
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What does erysipelas look like?
Raised, red, inflamed skin patches.
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What is necrotizing fasciitis?
A rapidly spreading infection that destroys fascia and deeper tissues.
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How do bacteria commonly enter to cause necrotizing fasciitis?
Through wounds or breaks in the skin.
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How is necrotizing fasciitis treated?
Urgent antibiotics and surgical removal of dead tissue.
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What is pneumonia?
Inflammation of the lungs involving fluid in the alveoli.
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What is a major cause of bacterial pneumonia?
Streptococcus pneumoniae.
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What is the Gram reaction of Streptococcus pneumoniae?
Gram-positive.
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What does the pneumococcal capsule do?
Protects the bacterium from phagocytosis.
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What does pneumolysin do?
Damages host cell membranes and ciliated cells.
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What does IgA protease do?
Breaks down secretory IgA antibodies.
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What are common symptoms of pneumococcal pneumonia?
Fever, fatigue, and persistent cough.
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How can pneumococcal pneumonia be prevented?
Vaccination against capsule polysaccharides.
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Which bacterium can cause pneumonia and meningitis?
Haemophilus influenzae.
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What type of pneumonia can Mycoplasma pneumoniae cause?
Atypical pneumonia.
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Why do beta-lactam antibiotics not work against Mycoplasma?
It lacks a typical peptidoglycan cell wall.
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What is food intoxication?
Illness caused by toxin already present in food.
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What is food infection?
Illness caused by consuming living bacteria that grow in the body.
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What bacterium causes staphylococcal food intoxication?
Staphylococcus aureus.
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What causes symptoms in staphylococcal food intoxication?
Preformed enterotoxin in food.
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What are symptoms of staphylococcal food intoxication?
Nausea, vomiting, cramps, and diarrhea.
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Why can symptoms begin quickly after eating contaminated food?
The toxin is already present in the food.
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Why may reheating food not prevent staphylococcal food intoxication?
The enterotoxin is heat-resistant.
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Are antibiotics usually useful for staphylococcal food intoxication?
No; the illness is caused by preformed toxin.
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What bacterium causes cholera?
Vibrio cholerae.
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What is the shape and Gram reaction of Vibrio cholerae?
A curved Gram-negative rod.
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How is cholera transmitted?
Contaminated food or water.
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What is the characteristic stool of cholera?
Rice-water stool.
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What causes cholera's severe watery diarrhea?
Cholera toxin.
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What are the two parts of cholera toxin?
A and B subunits.
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What does the B subunit of cholera toxin do?
Binds to intestinal host cells.
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What does the A subunit of cholera toxin do?
Activates adenylate cyclase.
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What happens to cAMP during cholera?
Intracellular cAMP increases.
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What does increased cAMP cause?
Increased electrolyte secretion into the intestine.
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Why does cholera cause dehydration?
Water follows secreted electrolytes into the intestine.
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What is the priority treatment for cholera?
Rapid fluid and electrolyte replacement.
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What antibiotic was discussed for cholera?
Tetracycline.
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How can cholera be prevented?
Safe water, sanitation, and proper food handling.
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What bacterium causes peptic ulcer disease?
Helicobacter pylori.
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What is the shape and Gram reaction of Helicobacter pylori?
A curved Gram-negative rod.
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How does Helicobacter pylori move through stomach mucus?
Using flagella.
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What enzyme helps Helicobacter pylori survive stomach acid?
Urease.
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What does urease break down?
Urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide.
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How does ammonia help Helicobacter pylori?
It raises the local pH around the bacterium.
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How does Helicobacter pylori contribute to ulcers?
It damages the protective stomach lining.
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What test can detect Helicobacter pylori?
The urea breath test.
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What medications were discussed for Helicobacter pylori treatment?
Clarithromycin and omeprazole.
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Which bacterium commonly causes staphylococcal skin infections?
Staphylococcus aureus.
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What is folliculitis?
Infection or inflammation of hair follicles.
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What is impetigo?
A superficial skin infection with crusty lesions.
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What causes scalded-skin syndrome?
Staphylococcal exfoliative toxins.
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What does Protein A do?
Binds antibody Fc regions and interferes with phagocytosis.
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What does coagulase do?
Promotes blood clot formation.
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What does the Staphylococcus aureus capsule help prevent?
Phagocytosis.
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What does staphylococcal lipase help bacteria do?
Grow on skin.
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What does beta-lactamase do?
Breaks down beta-lactam antibiotics.
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What does toxic shock syndrome toxin do?
Acts as a superantigen and triggers severe inflammation.
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What can toxic shock syndrome cause?
Severe low blood pressure and shock.
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What bacterium causes gas gangrene?
Clostridium perfringens.
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What is the Gram reaction of Clostridium perfringens?
Gram-positive.
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What is the oxygen requirement of Clostridium perfringens?
Obligate anaerobe.
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What important structure does Clostridium perfringens form?
Spores.
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How does gas gangrene develop?
Spores enter deep wounds and grow in low-oxygen tissue.
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What causes tissue destruction in gas gangrene?
Bacterial toxins.
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What are symptoms of gas gangrene?
Severe pain, swelling, foul odor, and gas in tissue.
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What causes crepitation in gas gangrene?
Gas trapped in infected tissue.
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How is gas gangrene treated?
Antibiotics and surgical debridement; amputation may be needed.
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Why can hyperbaric oxygen help gas gangrene?
High oxygen levels inhibit the obligate anaerobe.
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What bacterium causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever?
Rickettsia rickettsii.
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Is Rickettsia rickettsii intracellular?
Yes; it lives and reproduces inside host cells.
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How is Rocky Mountain spotted fever transmitted?
By an infected Dermacentor tick.
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What are common symptoms of Rocky Mountain spotted fever?
Fever, muscle pain, malaise, and rash.
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Where does the Rocky Mountain spotted fever rash usually begin?
At the extremities and spreads inward.
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What causes tissue damage in Rocky Mountain spotted fever?
Infection and damage to blood vessels.
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What antibiotic group treats Rocky Mountain spotted fever?
Tetracyclines.
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What bacterium causes epidemic typhus?
Rickettsia prowazekii.
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How is epidemic typhus transmitted?
By infected body lice.
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Where does the typhus rash usually begin?
On the trunk and spreads outward.
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What test was discussed for rickettsial diseases?
The Weil-Felix test.
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What does the Weil-Felix test detect?
Cross-reacting antibodies that agglutinate Proteus OX19.
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What antibiotic group treats typhus?
Tetracyclines.
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