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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.94103 cm} x{3.03597 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Terms Used in Medical Bacteriology}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Pathogenic}} & organism that can cause disease \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Opportunistic pathogen}} & microbes that generally do not cause harm -{}-\textgreater{} ex:// HIV, AIDS, chemo patients, long-term antibiotics \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 5) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Normal microbiota}} & microbes that generally do not cause harm -{}-\textgreater{} ex:// {\emph{Lactobacillus}} spp., {\emph{E. coli}} (gut) \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Virulence}} & severity of disease/degree of harm -{}-\textgreater{} quantitave measure of the ability to cause disease \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Toxicity/toxigenicity}} & ability to produce toxins \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Invasiveness}} & ability to enter into host tissues, multiply and spread \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{LD\_50}} & Measure of virulence -{}-\textgreater{} number of organisms or number of ug toxin needed to kill 50\% of animals \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 4) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Virulence factor}} & properties of bacteria that can contribute to the ability of the bacteria to cause disease -{}-\textgreater{} ex:// toxins, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), flagella \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 6) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.94103 cm} x{3.03597 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Terms Used in Medical Bacteriology (cont)}} \tn % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Infection}} & colonization of bacteria (microbe has entered host and replicated) \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Disease}} & follows infection, occurs when host cells are damaged \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Overview of Steps to Infection and Disease}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{1.) How do pathogens enter human host?}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}respiratory tract, GI tract, bloodstream (through broken skin), sexually transmitted, transplacental, eyes} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{2.) Pathogens penetrate host defenses and multiply}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}sd} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{3.) Some basic host defense mechanisms}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}- Resistance of host depends on age, immune system health, antibiotic/drug use, and lifestyle of host\{\{nl\}\} - normal flora -{}-\textgreater{} takes up space, compete w/ pathogens for space and nutrients, some secrete inhibitory compounds that prevent growth of pathogens} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 7) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Factors that Influence Potential Risk of Infection}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{1.) Host immune system and host defenses} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}- strong vs. compromised\{\{nl\}\} - infects -{}-\textgreater{} weak, poorly developed immune systems} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{2.) Ability of pathogen to adhere to, colonize and replicate} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}- can it remain in host?} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{3.) Ability of organism to cause disease} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Factors That Influence Potential Risk of Infection}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{1.) Host immune system and host defenses} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}- strong vs. compromised - infects -{}-\textgreater{} weak, poorly developed immune systems} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{2.) Ability of pathogen to adhere to, colonize and replicate} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}- can it remain in host?} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{3.) Ability of organism to cause disease} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}- are the appropriate virulence factors expressed?\{\{nl\}\} - ex:// {\emph{Corynebacterium diphtheriae}} causes diptheria when it has a gene encoding DT (diphtheria toxin)} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 5) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{4.) Number of pathogens} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}- highly virulent pathogen vs. avirulent pathogen\{\{nl\}\} - ex:// {\emph{Salmonella}} needs 1000s of cells to cause disease vs. {\emph{Shigella}} which only needs 10 cells} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Normally Sterile Areas of the Body}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Central nervous system, bone/marrow, organs (brain, heart, spleen, liver, kidney, pancreas, ovary), fluids (joint, pericardial, peritoneal, pleural) muscle% Row Count 4 (+ 4) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Urinary Tract}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Vagina}} \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1) - {\emph{Lactobacillus}} spp. is part of the normal microbiota \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 2) - {\emph{Lactobacillus}} produces lactic acid, which lowers pH \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 2) - it also produces hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) (decomposes into toxic oxygen radicals)% Row Count 7 (+ 2) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}