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clinically i think
loa loa( eye worm) ____________ pruritus + no blindness
Onchocerca volvulus__________ river blindness + itchy leopard rash
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Haemoplilus ( haemoplilus = blood loving)
gram -ve rod
pleomorphic
no exotpxin
need specific factors for growth ( found in the blood)
1/ H.ducreyi
require only x factor (hematin) for growth
STD
painfull chancroid (syphilis is painless chancroid)
macrolide OR 3rd generation cephalocporine
2/ H.influezae type B
obliquate human parasite
respiratory route
requre both factor X and factor V
attachment pili + igA protease
capsule (+ve Quelling test)
ENcapsulated H. influenza cause______
meningitis epidemic in un vaccinated (3mo- 2 yrs)
acute epiglottitis
septic arthritis
sepsis (pt with non functioning spleen)
pneumonia
NON capsulated H. influenza cause______
otitis media
sinusitis
ttt_____________
2nd or 3rd generation cephalosporine
HIb vaccine
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to day is our last group of gram -ve rods the
ENTEROBACTERIACEAE ..........
two sub group
1/lactose fermenter _______
( E.coli , klebsiella )
2/ non lactose fermenters________
( motile and producing H2S are salmonella ,proteus )
(non motile and not producing H2S are shigella and yersinia )
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E.coli
Gram -ve rod
Facultative anaerobe
Lactose fermenter
Indole +ve
B-hemolytic
3 Ag✈✈✈✈✈✈✈
K Ag (capsule ) ,O Ag ( component of LPS ) , H Ag (flagella )
3 toxin ✈✈✈✈✈✈✈
LT (increase cAMP) , ST (increase cGMP ) ,shiga like toxin (inactivate s60 ribosomal subunit)
4 main infections ✈✈✈✈✈✈✈
1/UTI .....ttt by fluroquinolone
2/Neonatal meningitis/sepsis (2nd most common cause) ttt by 3rd generation cephalosporin
3/septicemia in hospitalized pt . ttt by fluroquinolone or 3rd generation cephalosporin
4/Gastroentritis...4 main subgroups......ttt rehydration+antibiotic
✈✈✈✈ETEC✈✈✈✈traveler diarrhea... non inflammatory ttt by TMP/SMX
✈✈✈✈EPEC✈✈✈✈ 2nd most common cause of infantile diarrhea ttt by flouroquinolone
✈✈✈✈EIEC✈✈✈✈✈inflammatory diarrhea (blood +pus+fever)
✈✈✈✈EHEC✈✈✈✈0157:H7 non inflammatory (blood ,no pus ,no fever), HUS
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Thank you for the important addition
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Klebsiella species
1/ K.granulomatis_______
gram -ve rod
capsule
obligate intracellular
granuloma inguinale (subcutenous genital nodule + beefy red ulcer that bleed easily)
sexual contact, fecal contamination
scraping of lesion +gimsa stain shows Donovan bodies
TMP/SMX OR tetracycline
2/K.pneumonia_________________
gram -ve rod
capsule
non motile
mucoid colonies
lactose fermenting
pneumonia in alcholic, ( currant jelly sputum , usually rt upper lobe, cavity formation )
nosocomial infections__ UTI
sepsis immunocopromized
ttt 3rd generation cephalosporine or ciprofloxacin