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20 Cards in this Set
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bacterium produces spores that can be viable for decades
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bacillus anthracis
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severe respiratory distress, septicemia, hemorrhagic meningitis, shock
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inhaled anthrax
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therapy for anthrax
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ciprofloxacin and doxycycline
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potentially fatal disease caused by one of most infectious bacteria known
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tularemia caused by francisella tularensis
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characterized by pneumonia, pleuritis that can progress to respiratory failure, shock, death
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tularemia
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treatment for tularemia
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streptomycin
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potentially fatal disease acquired by inhaling aerosolized bacteria, characterized by high fever, cough, dyspnea, hemoptysis
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pneumonic plague caused by yersinia pestis
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treatment for pneumonic plague
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streptomycin (IM), and gentamicin (IM or IV)
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contagious, potentially fatal disease, only resevoir is humans, there is not treatment
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smallpox caused by variola virus
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the most potent poison known, acts on cholinergic nerve terminals and blocks release of acetylcholine
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botulinum toxin from clostridium botulinum
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characterized by flaccid paralysis, disturbed vision, drooping eyelids, slurred speech, dry mouth, difficulty swallowing, respiratory paralysis
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botulinum toxin
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causes injury by inhibiting protein synthesis, there is no antidote
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ricin toxin from castor beans
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characterized by edema and inflammation of airway
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inhaled ricin
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characterized by gastric and intestinal hemorrhage, vomiting, and bloody diarrhea, liver, spleen, and kidney failure
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ingested ricin
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inhibition of cholinesterase, produces cholinergic crisis, muscarinic stimulation and depolarizing of neuromuscular blockade
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nerve agents
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treatment of nerve agent poisoning
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oxygen, atropine to reduce muscarinic stimulation, pralidoxime, and diazepam to suppress convulsions
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alkylating agent that can injure any tissue it reaches
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sulfur mustard (mustard gas)
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characterized by large skin blisters, corneal burns, hemorrhage and necrosis of lung tissue, GI distrubance, neutropenia, thrombocytopenia (2ndary to bone marrow suppression)
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sulfur mustard poisoning
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poses risk of thyroid cancer
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iodine-131 fallout
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3 compounds that hasten excretion of certain radioactive isotopes
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zinc trisodium, calcium trisodium, and Prussian blue
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