Eukaryotes Of Microbiology

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Another Harry Potter Mnemonic (yayyy!!!)

So, whenever I read about this fungi Sporothrix schenckii I think about Bellatrix Lestrange… geti it? 

Sporothrix - Bellatrix

That evil deatheater that killed Sirius Black. But they actually got it wrong in the movie, she doesn’t “Avada Kedavra” him, she just knocked him through that veil where you could hear death people….

Ok, enough with the Harry Potter fact.

To diagnose an infection from Sporothrix schenckii, you have to see this cigar shaped yeasts (from the pus of the lesions), which are the tissue form of the fungi. 

So to remember this, just picture:

“Bellatrix Lestrange smoking a cigar”

(Sporothrix: cigar shaped yeast in pus)

My revised pnemonic for ADP ribosylation A-B toxins

Boring     and      serious      people score high in usmle…

Bordetella pertussis and B.cereus  increases   cAMP by inhibiting Gi

Cool    and     Vibrant   people  also score high…

E. coli  and Vibreo cholerae increases cAMP by  activating Gs

Exception: Please please please remember that  Bacillus anthracis has an edema factor which it self acts as adenylate cyclase…. no ADP ribosylation involved..so hence  cAMP level increases.

I made this because I can never get it right! Hope this helps others. 

If you think of Km as strength and affinity as attraction it makes it easier to remember 

Microbio lab work 📖

Tick-Borne Diseases

Live, attenuated Vaccines Available in the US

Live vaccines induce HUMORAL & CELL-MEDIATED immunity

MRS.  V.Z.  FYI  MAP

M umps / M easles

R ubella

S mallpox

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V aricella Z oster

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F rancisella tularensis

Y ellow Fever

In fluenza (intranasal)

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M icobaterium bovis (BCG)

A denovirus

P olio (sabin)

Medically Important Bacteria: Clasification

Leukocyes (WBCs) & Defence

A summary

Neutrophils -  non-specific defence against bacteria and fungi

Eosinophils -Defence against parasites; dampen allergic response

Basophils  - Anaphylactic & inflammation response

Monocytes - Mature into macrophages, engulf foreign substances;  remove aged RBCs and other debris

Lymphocyes - Recognise antigens, various roles