Organism - Mycoplasma pneumoniae (aerobic, "walking pneumonia")
Virulence - Pleomorphic, encapsulated, no cell wall, adhesion protein, sterols in cell
membrane, smallest fee living microbe (.1 to .8 um)
Signs/Symptoms - fever, malaise, sore throat, excessive sweating
Epidemiology - spread by nasal secretion, leading pneumonia in children and young
adults
Treatment - hard to treat, can be asymptomatic; Tetracycline and Erythromycin
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Primary Atypical Pneumonia
Lower Respiratory Tract
Bacterial
Organism - various Papillomaviruses
Virulence - mainly harmless
Signs/Symptoms - epithelial growths on skin and mucous membranes
Epidemiology - skin to skin or fomite contact
Treatment - freeze, burn, chemical, excise
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Warts
Skin and Wounds
Viral
Organism - Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Virulence - Adhesins, Endotoxin (mediate fever vasodilation and shock), Exotoxin
A/Exoenzyme S (inhibit protein synthesis) Elastase (break down elastic fibers, IgA,
and IgG), Pyocyanin (triggers reactive forms of oxygen to cause tissue damage),
polysacc. capsule
,Signs/Symptoms - swimmers ear (otitis externa); grow under burn surface, kills cells,
destroy tissue, trigger shock
Epidemiology - burn or Cystic Fibrosis patients cause infections inside (bacteremia,
endocarditis, urinary, eye, ear, CNS, GI, muscle, and skeletal)
Treatment - MDR so Aminoglycosides and Beta-Lactams
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Pseudomonas Infection
Organism - Streptococcus pyogenes (Gram pos.)
Virulence - M protein blocks phagocytosis, hyaluronic acid capsule, pyrogenic toxins
Signs/Symptoms - infection spread to lymph nodes and causes painful inflammation
in face arms and legs; swollen lymph nodes, pain, fever, chills, leukocytosis, death
Epidemiology - redness with margins, person to person or fomite, mainly elderly
Treatment - Mupirocin and oral Erythromycin /Dicloxacillin
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Erysipelas
Skin and Wounds
Bacterial
Organism - Mumps virus(Paramyxovirus)
, Virulence - humans are only natural host
Signs/Symptoms - swelling of Parotid salivary gland, face pain, fever, headache, sore
throat/testes (orchitis) meningitis, pancreatitis, hearing affected
Epidemiology - common in kids 2-12 but now is almost gone due to vaccine
Treatment - no specific treatment, infected develop life long immunity, MMR Vaccine
(12 mo. and 4/6 yrs.)
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Mumps (Parotitis)
Digestive System
Viral
Organism - Orthomyxoviridae named based on Type (A/B), Location, date of index
case, and antigens
Virulence - Hemagglutinin to attach, Neuraminidase to release, 8 -ssRNA segments
can mutate in new hosts (drift within a strain ~2 years, shift is new strains ~10 years)
Signs/Symptoms - Sudden fever, pharyngitis, cough, myalgia, congestion; due to
immune response
Treatment - antigen test diagnostic, relieve only (tamiflu/Relenza) ;70% effective
vaccine ~6mo live and attenuated
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Virulence - Pleomorphic, encapsulated, no cell wall, adhesion protein, sterols in cell
membrane, smallest fee living microbe (.1 to .8 um)
Signs/Symptoms - fever, malaise, sore throat, excessive sweating
Epidemiology - spread by nasal secretion, leading pneumonia in children and young
adults
Treatment - hard to treat, can be asymptomatic; Tetracycline and Erythromycin
,Give this one a try later!
Primary Atypical Pneumonia
Lower Respiratory Tract
Bacterial
Organism - various Papillomaviruses
Virulence - mainly harmless
Signs/Symptoms - epithelial growths on skin and mucous membranes
Epidemiology - skin to skin or fomite contact
Treatment - freeze, burn, chemical, excise
Give this one a try later!
Warts
Skin and Wounds
Viral
Organism - Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Virulence - Adhesins, Endotoxin (mediate fever vasodilation and shock), Exotoxin
A/Exoenzyme S (inhibit protein synthesis) Elastase (break down elastic fibers, IgA,
and IgG), Pyocyanin (triggers reactive forms of oxygen to cause tissue damage),
polysacc. capsule
,Signs/Symptoms - swimmers ear (otitis externa); grow under burn surface, kills cells,
destroy tissue, trigger shock
Epidemiology - burn or Cystic Fibrosis patients cause infections inside (bacteremia,
endocarditis, urinary, eye, ear, CNS, GI, muscle, and skeletal)
Treatment - MDR so Aminoglycosides and Beta-Lactams
Give this one a try later!
Pseudomonas Infection
Organism - Streptococcus pyogenes (Gram pos.)
Virulence - M protein blocks phagocytosis, hyaluronic acid capsule, pyrogenic toxins
Signs/Symptoms - infection spread to lymph nodes and causes painful inflammation
in face arms and legs; swollen lymph nodes, pain, fever, chills, leukocytosis, death
Epidemiology - redness with margins, person to person or fomite, mainly elderly
Treatment - Mupirocin and oral Erythromycin /Dicloxacillin
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Erysipelas
Skin and Wounds
Bacterial
Organism - Mumps virus(Paramyxovirus)
, Virulence - humans are only natural host
Signs/Symptoms - swelling of Parotid salivary gland, face pain, fever, headache, sore
throat/testes (orchitis) meningitis, pancreatitis, hearing affected
Epidemiology - common in kids 2-12 but now is almost gone due to vaccine
Treatment - no specific treatment, infected develop life long immunity, MMR Vaccine
(12 mo. and 4/6 yrs.)
Give this one a try later!
Mumps (Parotitis)
Digestive System
Viral
Organism - Orthomyxoviridae named based on Type (A/B), Location, date of index
case, and antigens
Virulence - Hemagglutinin to attach, Neuraminidase to release, 8 -ssRNA segments
can mutate in new hosts (drift within a strain ~2 years, shift is new strains ~10 years)
Signs/Symptoms - Sudden fever, pharyngitis, cough, myalgia, congestion; due to
immune response
Treatment - antigen test diagnostic, relieve only (tamiflu/Relenza) ;70% effective
vaccine ~6mo live and attenuated
Give this one a try later!
