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Streptococcal Diseases
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Streptococcus pyrogenes
Causes: SONRS |
Causes:
Strep Throat Otitis Media Necrotizing fascitis Rheumatic Fever - cardiac sequalae Scarlet Fever - Strep + Rash Hemolytic Ability: Alpha - Some Beta - All |
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Diptheria
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Corynebacterium diptheriae
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Generates exotoxin
Pseudomembrane - accumulation of dead tissue + white blood cells Asphyxiation |
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Whooping Cough
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Bordatella pertussis
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Dangerous childhood disease
Distinctive cough |
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Meningococcal Meningitis
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Neisseria meningitides
"meningococcus" Can lead to... M |
Meningococcemia - rapidly fatal septicemia
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Haemophilus Meningitis
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Haemophilus influenzae
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Childhood disease - 6 mos. - 2 years
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Tuberculosis
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Problem again due to AIDS
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Pneumococcal Pneumonia
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Streptococcus pneumoniae
"pneumococcus" Disease of? Different types? LDBS |
Pneumonia - Microbial disease of bronchial tubes and lungs
Lobar - Entire lobe Double - Both lungs Bronchopneumonia - scattered patches of infection in resp. passageways Strep pneumoniae - serious cause of meningitis |
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Primary Atypical Pneumonia
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae
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Pleomorphic - no Gram rx
"Walking pneumonia" Atypical = not Strep pneumoniae. Viral-like symptoms |
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Klebsiella Pneumonia
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Klebsiella pneumoniae
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Dangerous misdiagnosis
-more aggressive than Strep -not susceptible to penicillin |
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Botulism
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Clostridium botulinum
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MOST DANGEROUS FOOD POISONING
Exotoxin inhibits release of acetylcholine - NO MUSCLE CONTRACTION - respiratory paralysis |
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Staphylococcal Food Poisoning
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Second most common food poisoning in the US
Exotoxin = enterotoxin |
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Clostridial Food Poisoning
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Clostridium perfringens***
Three steps |
Spores contaminate food - germinate - exotoxin
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Typhoid Fever
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Salmonella typhi
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Survives stomach, highly invasive, leads to septicemic state
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Salmonellosis
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Salmonella typhimurium
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#1 food-borne disease in US
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Shigellosis
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Shigella sonnei
Shigella dysenteriae Shigella flexneri Shigella boydii |
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Cholera
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Vibrio cholerae
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Unrelenting loss of fluids
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Escherichia coli Diarrheas
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E. coli O157:H7
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Undercooked hamburger
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Peptic Ulcer Disease
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Helicobacter pylori
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Brucellosis
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Brucella abortus
Brucella suis Brucella mellitensis Brucella cansis |
Occupational hazard for individuals working with animals or animal products
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Anthrax
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Bacillus anthracis
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Tetanus
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Clostridium tetani
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Asphyxiation
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Gas Gangrene
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Clostridium perfringens
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Bubonic Plague
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Yersinia pestis
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Orgs multiply in bloodstream, localize in lymph nodes: "Buboes"
Become septicemic, becoming "pneumonic plague" |
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Lyme Disease
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Borrelia burgdorferi
E.c.m. = ??? |
MOST COMMON TICK-BORNE DISEASE IN THE US
Erythema chronicum migrans - "bulls-eye" rash that expands from point of origin |
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Relapsing Fever
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Borrelia recurrentis
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Transmitted via lice or ticks
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
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Rickettsia rickettsii
Physiology of rash M P M |
Macules - pink spots
Papules - pink-red pimples Maculopapular rash - fusion of spots Dark red then fade. |
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Epidemic Typhus
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Rickettsia prowazekii
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Characteristic fever and maculopapular rash
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Endemic Typhus
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Rickettsia typhi
Transmitted by? |
Transmitted by fleas
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