IMED2001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Neisseria, Obligate Anaerobe, Facultative Anaerobic Organism
30 Jun 2018
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IMED2001: Revision Notes 3
Prevalence vs incidence:
-P: TOTAL number of cases!
-I: number of NEW cases!
Granuloma:
= mass of granulation tissue!
-mechanism to contain the infection !
-Prevents spreading!
-Important bacteria associated with this formation is mycobacteria tuberculosis !
-= can be latent infection (in you, but asymptomatic) !
-= because contains in granuloma!
Inflammation:
= elevated WBC count = leukocytosis!
-eg. Neutrophil !
-= multi lobed nucleus!
-During bacterial infection!
ENTERO - GIT BACTERIAL: GN BACTERIA
•EHEC: associated with haemorrhage !
-undercooked burger patty !
-O157:H7 (this is a strain)!
-E. coli always associated with UTI!
•Vibrio cholerae:!
-Type: O1 !
-= most associated with epidemics and pandemics !
-(widespread cholera)!
-Produces cholera toxin !
•Shigella:!
-shigella dysenteriae!
-Causes dysentry !
-= bloody diarrhoea/stool!
Helicobactor pylori:
-peptic (stomach) ulcers!
-BJ MARSHALL**!
Legionella pneumophila:
-associated with AC vents/water pipes that haven’t been used!
