Pertussis toxin - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Bacillus anthracis Disease Anthrax. Primarily disease of herbivores/ruminants- cows. Cutaneous anthrax most common; GI and inhalation possible but not common. Those have 100% fatality. Bacillus anthracis Characteristics Aerobic, gram-positive, spore-forming rods. Capsule composed of poly-D-glutamate. B. anthracis is the only medically important organism that has a capsule composed of amino acids rather than polysaccharides. Bacillus anthracis Habitat and Transmission Habitat is ...

Bordetella Pertussis (Whooping cough) - Answer- Gram - Coccobacilli -Acute Respiratory, Severe coughing episodes (Bronchial pneumonia, acute encephalopothy -killed 5-10,000/yr before vaccine (available 2013/2014) -S&S: runny nose, sneezing, mild cough, low-grade fever, pneumonia, whoop sound inhaling, cyanosis, vomiting -Petrussis toxin a-b subunit - attaches/blocks cilia movement, increases cAMP levels (mucous secretions) -Filamentous hemagglutinin - attaches to human cilia -Transmission ...

Intro to Microbiology Final Exam | Questions and Correct Answers | Latest Update 2024/2025 | Graded A+ Helicobacter pylori survives in the? How? - Answer -stomach, using urease to protect itself from acid Staphylococcus aureus causes? - Answer -pathogen that produces an exotoxin that causes exfoliation (loss of the outer layers) in infants Staph auerus virulence factor(s)? - Answer -afimbrial adhesin toxin (alpha toxin) exfoliatin protease TSST The alpha toxin in staph auerus does wh...

Bordetella Pertussis (Whooping cough) - ansGram - Coccobacilli -Acute Respiratory, Severe coughing episodes (Bronchial pneumonia, acute encephalopothy -killed 5-10,000/yr before vaccine (available 2013/2014) -S&S: runny nose, sneezing, mild cough, low-grade fever, pneumonia, whoop sound inhaling, cyanosis, vomiting -Petrussis toxin a-b subunit - attaches/blocks cilia movement, increases cAMP levels (mucous secretions) -Filamentous hemagglutinin - attaches to human cilia

Bordetella Pertussis (Whooping cough) - ansGram - Coccobacilli -Acute Respiratory, Severe coughing episodes (Bronchial pneumonia, acute encephalopothy -killed 5-10,000/yr before vaccine (available 2013/2014) -S&S: runny nose, sneezing, mild cough, low-grade fever, pneumonia, whoop sound inhaling, cyanosis, vomiting -Petrussis toxin a-b subunit - attaches/blocks cilia movement, increases cAMP levels (mucous secretions) -Filamentous hemagglutinin - attaches to human cilia -Transmission - p...

Which of the following is a characteristic of all enterics? Ans: glucose fermentation Gonorrhea is often asymptomatic in women because __________. Ans: The cervix is usually the site of infection The major sign of pertussis occurs during which of the following phases of the disease? Ans: paroxysmal phase Of the pathogenic forms of Escherichia coli, the strain O157:H7 is the primary cause of hemorrhagic colitis, or bloody diarrhea, and can progress to the often fatal hemolytic uremic sy...

Down syndrome Correct Answer (trisomy 21) is characterized by mental retardation, short stature, stubby appendages, congenital heart malformations, and other defects. Klinefelter syndrome Correct Answer (XXY) is aneuploidy of the sex chromosomes, characterized by infertility, variable degrees of masculinization, and small testes. Turner syndrome Correct Answer (XO) is monosomy of the sex chromosomes, characterized by short stature, sterility, and various other abnormalities. Transfor...

Which type of immune preparation, made from donated blood, contains antibodies that provide passive immunity? Toxoid Killed vaccine Live attenuated vaccine Specific Immune Globulin - ANSWER-Specific immune globulins contain a high concentration of antibodies directed at specific antigens. Toxoid vaccines contain a bacterial toxin that has been changed to a nontoxic form. Killed vaccines contain killed microbes or isolated microbes. Live attenuated vaccines are composed of live microbes that ...

sterile locations of the body correct answers Blood, deep tissues, lungs, synovial fluid, and cytoskeletal fluid staphylococci characteristics (>6) correct answers Gram+; hardy facultative anaerobes; mesophilic (temp/pH); resistant to drying, salt (10%), heat; membrane: peptidoglycan is lysozyme-resistant but lysostaphin-sensitive, techoic acids trigger inflammation; MRSA and VRSA diseases caused by staphylococci (6) correct answers skin abscesses (on the surface); cellulitis (in the ti...

NURS 307 - FINAL REVIEW. FINAL REVIEW (40:39 on BB Collab) 1. Treatment for Pulmonary Atresia • Prostagladin E to keep PDA • Treat symptoms of CHF • Surgery 2. Where to give intramuscular injection Infants = vastus lateralis Peds = deltoid 3. Anatomy and physiology of infant’s heart 4. Childhood patent ductus arteriosus... What to find on assessment? • dyspnea , tachycardia • Full, bounding pulses • Hypotension • “Machine” murmur 5. Know what pertussi...