124 - Intracellular Bugs

What bugs are obligate intracellular?

What is the mnemonic phrase to help you remember Obligate Intracellular bugs?

What bugs are facultative intracellular?

What is the mnemonic phrase to help you remember facultative intracellular?

Is the following bug obligate intracellular or facultative intracellular?

Rickettsia

Is the following bug obligate intracellular or facultative intracellular?

Chlamydia

Is the following bug obligate intracellular or facultative intracellular?

Coxiella

Is the following bug obligate intracellular or facultative intracellular?

Salmonella

Is the following bug obligate intracellular or facultative intracellular?

Neisseria

Is the following bug obligate intracellular or facultative intracellular?

Brucella

Is the following bug obligate intracellular or facultative intracellular?

Mycobacterium

Is the following bug obligate intracellular or facultative intracellular?

Listeria

Is the following bug obligate intracellular or facultative intracellular?

Francisella

Is the following bug obligate intracellular or facultative intracellular?

Legionella

Is the following bug obligate intracellular or facultative intracellular?

Yersinia pestis

What are examples of encapsulated bacteria?

What is the mnemonic device to help you remember examples of encapsulated bacteria?

What to the capsules of encapsulated bacteria serve as?

Encapsulated Bacteria

Capsular polysaccharide + what serves as an antigen in vaccines?

Encapsulated bacteria are opsonized and then cleared by what?

Why do Asplenics increase risk for severe infections? What should be given?

Some encapsulated bacteria vaccines containing polysaccaride capsule antigens are conjugated to a carrier protein, enhancing what? How is it enhanced?

True or False

A polysaccharide antigen alone cannot be presented to T cells.

What vaccines are encapsulated bacteria vaccines?

What are urease-positive organisms?

What is the mnemonic device to help you remember urease-positive organisms?

Urease hydrolyzes urea to release what? What does that lead to?

Urease-positive organisms

Predisposes to what?

What are examples of catalase-positive organisms?

What is the mnemonic device to help you remember catalase-positive organisms?

Catalase degrades H202 into what?

Catalase degrades H2O2 into H2O and O2 before it can be converted to what?

Catalase degrades H2O2 into H2O and O2 before it can be converted to microbicidal products by what?

People with what have recurrent infections with certain catalase+ organisms?