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Diphtheria
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Corynebacterium diphteria. DPT vaccine confers immunity to diphtheria...
* the bacterium is pathogenic because it produces AB type toxin. A is the toxic part that enters the cell. *Treament penicllin or erythromycin |
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Anthrax forms?
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* Inhalation
*Gastro-intestinal anthrax * Cutaneus anthrax Treatment: penicillin, tetracycline, cipro |
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Legionaire
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is an intracellular pathogen of phagocytic cells of the immune system.
* causes pneumonia Prevention: it is passed by inhalation of air contaminated by the organism. |
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Gonorrhoeae
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caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
why pathogenic? =pili attaches the cell to epithelial cells of the eyes, urinary tract... = exotoxin: protease that degrades IgA = penicillinase; degrades penicillin. * painful urination is a sign. Treatment: penicillin or spectinomycin, which inhibits protein synthesis. |
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Chlamydia trachomatis causes non-gonococcal urethritis
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*chlamydia has no cell wall, so penicillin and other inhibitors of peptidoglycan synnthesis will not cleear up a infection.
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Bronchitis
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chlamydia pneumoniae is found during infection
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heart disease
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C. pneumoniae is found in the plaque of the bloodstream.
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Plague
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caused by Yersinia pestis. transferred by bite of flea. No vaccine
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