Microbiology TEST 1

Microbiology 4th Semester

Microbiology 4th Semester


E. B.
This flashcard set delves into university-level microbiology, focusing on infections, bacteria like streptococcus and staphylococcus, and their role in diseases. It covers virulence factors, cell structures, and clinical presentations, benefiting medical students and professionals seeking to understand bacterial infections and their impact on health.
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Englisch
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Biologie
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Universität
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23.11.2016 / 03.01.2026

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Gastroenteritis is caused by clostridium perfringes type C can cause a severe symptom name it 

Necrotizing enteritis is the severe endogenic infection of clostridium perfringes to what can it lead? 

  • SEPSIS
  • 50% mortality 

Clostridium perfringes has 3 toxins name them: 

  • 12x EXOTOXIN - alpha toxin- lecithinase - lyses RBC, Leukocytes and platelets 
  • Enterotoxin - in food-poisoning - causes fluid loss 
  • Degradative Enzyme - Collagenase, Proteases, Hyaluronidase, DNAase - promote spread of infection, liquefy tissue 

Necrotising enteritis is caused by clostridium perfringens type 

Soft tissue infections, Food-poisoning and Primary septicemia is caused by clostiridum perfringes type 

Food-poisoning in clostridium perfringes causes 

Necrotizing enteritis is caused by clostridium perfringes type C by the exotoxin 

Soft tissue infections in clostridium perfringes name the three 

Which of the soft tissue infections in clostridum perfringes is the gas gangrene forming one? 

Name major symptoms of myonecrosis 

Name symptoms of Cellulitis in clostridium perfringens 

Clostridium difficile is 

Clostridium difficile has 2 toxins 

  • enterotoxin - toxin A -diarrhea 
  • cytotoxin - toxin B - cytotoxic to colonic cells 

Clostridium difficle is part of natural flora of 

Clostridium Difficile infection develop due to 

Clostridium difficiles causes 

Which clostridia are part of natural flora /endogenous ? 

What does it mean pathogenicity?

 

  • ability of microorganism to cause disease 
  • degree of pathogenicity is determined by virulence factors 

 Name routes of transmission of microorganisms to humans 

 

  • air-born 
  • person-to-person 
  • vector
  • food-born
  • exposure to contaminated fomites (krankheitsüberträger)

Corynebacterium Diphtheria is endogenous or exogenous 

  • endogenous - Skin, GI, gentitourinary tract, upper respiratory tract 

Corynebacterium Diphtheriae is endogenous name the areas 

Corynebacterium Diphtheriae name its morphological structure: 

Corynebacterium Diphtheriae grows in aerobic or anaerobic conditions ? 

  • both, is facultative anaerobic 

Corynebacterium Diphtheriae is 

Corynebacterium diphtheriae name what happens to diphtheria toxin 

What is a lysogenic bacteria ? 

 

  • bacteria is infected with temporate bacteriophage 
  • bacteriophage's DNA is integrated into bacteria's chromosome 
  • forming new form of virulent bacteria  

Corynebacterium Diphtheria is only toxic when? 

  • when diphtheria toxin was lysed by ß-bacteriophage 
  • forming the A-B exotoxin of diphtheria toxin
  • thus forming the lysogenic C. diphtheriae 

RESERVOIR of Corynebacterium Diphtheriae 

TRANSMISSION of Corynebacterium Diphtheriae 

Which Corynebacterium species produce endogenous infections? 

 

endogenous infection is meant opportunistic infections 

Which Corynebacterium species are strict pathogens? 

 Name virulence factors responsible for all symptoms of diphtheria and explain pathomechanism of the disease.

 

  • the tox gene of diphtheria toxin must be lysed by ß-phage
  • by process of proteolytic cleavage 
  • froming A-B exotoxin 
  • A-B exotoxin has three regions 
  • A-subunit - catalytic region 
  • B-subunit -translocation region & receptor-binding region 
  • receptor for lysogenic diphteria toxin is the heparin-binding epidermal growth 
  • which is on many eukaryotic cell surfaces like HEART & NERVE CELLS 
  • therefore causing typical cardiac and neurological symptoms in diphtheria - a systemic spread

Corynebacterium Diphtheria causes in nonimmune patients: 

Respiratory Diphtheria causes 

Diphtheria toxin is produces at 1. ___________ and  then 2.__________through the blood to produce the 3._________signs of diphtheria.

  • 1. site of infection 
  • 2. disseminated 
  • 3. systemic 

Respiratory Diphtheria developed due to what type of transmission? 

air-borne route : 

inhaling saliva droplets containing bacteria 

Cutaneous Diphtheria developed due to what type of transmission? 

person-to-person: 

direct contact with skin lesion of an infected host 

Cutaneous Diphtheroia causes what type of symptoms 

Diphtheria should be considered in 

 Explain term toxoid - anatoxine

 

  • bacterial toxin whose toxicity has been supressed or weakend 
  • can be used for safe active immunization 

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