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title of the sketch (Camping Guy and the Bears) reminds you of a disease complication associated with Campylobacter jejuni. What is it? |
Guillan Barre |
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Campylobacter prefers to grow in the ______ (heat or cold). |
heat (fire) |
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Campylobacter's main reservoir is in what? |
the intestinal tract of most animals (especially poultry!) |
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Symptoms of campylobacter jejuni? |
bloody stool.. lots of it |
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What is the shape of the bacteria? |
curved gram-neg rod. (comma shaped) |
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Campylobacter is oxidase _______. |
positive (blue ring) (all of the three curved gram neg rods) |
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What else can you get from campylobacter? How? So campy is ______. |
bacteremia- enters the gut penetrates the mucosa and enters the bloodstream Invasive (little bear digging in the cooler) |
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________'s syndrome or _______ _______ is one of the seronegative spondylo ____________. |
Reiter's syndrome - reactive arthritis. (guy reacting to bears and slapping his knee) spondyloarthropathies. Can be precipitated by a campy infection |
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Guillan Barre can be precipitated by many bacterial or viral infection but ________ is the most classic. Explain what happens in Guillan Barre... (how does this compare to botulism?) |
campy. ascending paralysis due to autoimmune demyelination of peripheral nerves. (which is opposite of botulism, a descending paralysis) (sausage links tripping little bear) |
