Medical Microbiology made memorable - part 7 pot

... quinolones Glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus spp. (GRE) Multi-resistance including glycopeptides Multi-drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( MDR-TB) I soniazid, pyrazinamide, rifampicin and others Gram-negatives ... necrosis Fever, flu-like symptoms, rash, Louse bite World-wide Tetracycline Leprosy Mycobacterium meningoencephalitis, coma Lepromatous: (progressive) Person-to-person con...

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... such as IL-1, IL-6 and IFN-u. mainly promote non-specific immunity, whilst IL-2 mainly affects cells of the specific i mmune system. TNF and IFN-y tend to increase inflammation, whilst GM-CSF targets ... activation Hepatocytes Synthesis of acute-phase proteins I nterleukin-2 (IL-2) CD4' T lymphocytes T lymphocytes Proliferation and maturation Natural killer cells Activation Interferon -7...

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... viruses. Viroids cause, predominantly, plant diseases such as potato spindle-tuber disease. They consist of circular, single-stranded RNA, usually 250 to 370 nucleotides long. In plants they are found mainly ... reactions Type I mmunopathology Examples I Antigen binds to IgE - mast cell degranulation - release Helminth infections, II of cytokines - anaphylaxis, allergic type resp...

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... enterocolitica 1 -6 h 2-1 1 days 2 2-& gt;48 h 3-4 days 1 8-3 6 h 1 -5 days 1-5 days Unknown 1 8-3 6 h 7- 2 1 days 1-4 days 0. 5-6 h 2-3 days 8 h - 2 days 4 -7 days 2-2 4 h 3 days-3 weeks weeks-months several ... days-3 weeks weeks-months several weeks 24 h - 3 days 3-5 days 3-5 days Several weeks (with treatment) or chronic carriage 48 h -...

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... frothy foul-smelling yellow-green discharge, Bacterial vaginosis Vagina > 4.5 Malodour Clue cells vaginal petechiae Foul-smelling grey-white discharge, pruritus, dyspareunia +++ Gram-negative ... Asia I ncubation period of 2-4 months. 90% become Hepatitis D Blood-borne carriers Defective virus requiring hepatitis B or herpes Hepatitis E Faecal-oral simplex to replicate. Co-infection with...

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... 37. 3 Sources of hospital-acquired infection FIG 37. 4 Areas commonly missed by inadequate handwashing FIG 37. 2 Specialities with higher prevalence rates of hospital-acquired infections FIG 37. 1 Main ... microbial fouling and the presence of potentially pathogenic micro-organisms such as Legionella pneumophila in water-cooling towers. Chlorine-and phenolic-based disinfectants are most wide...

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... - dermatophyte, oral, cutaneous and vaginal candidiasis •  econazole nitrate - dermatophyte, cutaneous and vaginal candidiasis •  isoconazole - vaginal candidiasis •  sulconazole nitrate - ... contraceptive pill - they do not use condoms. 2. This includes urethritis caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis, as well as 'non-specific urethritis'...

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... disease. womi_V 5 /7/ 03 10:59 AM Page 571 W 5 87 • • WAKSMAN, SELMAN ABRAHAM (188 8-1 973 ) Waksman, Selman Abraham Russian-born American microbiologist Selman Waksman discovered life-saving antibacterial com- pounds ... genetics V ETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY Veterinary microbiology Veterinary microbiology is concerned with the microorgan- isms , both beneficial and disease causing, to...

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... vomiting or confusion ACUTE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: THE PRACTICAL APPROACH 300 20-AcuteMed-20-cpp 28/9/2000 4:43 pm Page 300 PART V SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES 20-AcuteMed-20-cpp 28/9/2000 4:43 pm Page ... hepatic encephalo- pathy ORGAN FAILURE 2 87 19-AcuteMed-19-cpp 28/9/2000 4:41 pm Page 2 87 Renal A “cold diuresis” occurs, due to increased central blood volume (peripheral vasocon- striction...

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