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34 Cards in this Set
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Staphylococcus aureus +/- |
Gram positive |
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Sturdy organism/skin abscesses |
Pathogenicity |
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A large site of staphylococcal infection containing purulent matter in deep, interconnecting subcutaneous pockets. |
Carbuncle-little coal |
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a localized supperative staphylococcal skin infection originating in a gland or hair follicle |
Furuncle- petty thief |
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Toxin that is heat stable and is formed in foods such as hand prepared mayonnaise and cream filled pastries |
Staphylococcal enterotoxin |
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Streptococcus pyogenes +/-, shape |
gram positive, coccus shaped chains |
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red rash that covers host, caused by erythogenic toxins |
Scarlet fever |
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Minute injection of diluted erythrogenic toxin. If antitoxins are present, no skin reactions. |
Dick test |
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Minute injection of antitoxin to erythrogenic toxin. If skin blanches, the rash is scarlet fever. |
Schultz-Charlton Test |
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Pharyngitis, high body temp |
Septic sore throat |
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An infection acquired during puerperium |
Puerperal Sepsis |
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An inflammatory disease of connective tissue, the joints, heart, and brain with fever and pain. |
Rheumatic fever |
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Inflammation of the glomerulus of the kidney characterized by proteinuria, hematuria, and edema |
Glomerulonephritis |
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Streptococcus pneumoniae |
Gram positive, coccus shaped, formed in pairs |
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Infection found around the lungs, death as result of asphyxiation |
Lobar pneumonia |
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Inflammation of the meninges |
Menengitis |
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Infection of the middle ear |
Otitis media |
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Neisseria Gonorrhoea |
gram negative |
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Venereal disease, pili are organelles that allow gonococcus to adhere to mucosal lingings |
Gonorrhea |
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Disease of the eyes of a new born who passes through a gonorrhea infected birth canal |
Ophthalmia neonatorum |
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Non venereal disease of the urogenital organs in prepubescent females |
Vulvovaginitis |
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meningococcus is a strict parasite of humans |
Epidemic meningitis |
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A condition resulting from the meningococcal organism entering the blood stream |
meningococcemia |
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a family of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria that includes both normal and pathogenic enteric microorganisms |
Enterobacteriaceae |
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Enterobacteriaceae +/- shape |
gram negative bacillus shapted |
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Salmonella species |
gram negative, bacillus |
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Pathogens found in the intestinal tract of both humans and animals |
Salmonella species |
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Cause shigellosis or bacillary dysentery |
Shigella |
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Shigella +/- shape |
Gram negative, bacilli shaped |
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common member of the intestional flora more likely to be beneficial than harmful. |
Escherchia coli- ecoli |
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Ecoli +/- |
gram negative |
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Klebsiella pneumoniae |
grow in the intestines, translocates to the lungs |
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Found in feces, sewage, and soil highly motile |
Proteus species |
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Pseudomonas |
gram negative, sound in soil and water. |
