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15 Cards in this Set
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List three pathogens of Yersinia that are of clinical importance.
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Y. pestis
Y. enterocolitica Y. pseudotuberculosis |
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Yersinia:
- gram what - shape - oxygen utilization - sensitive to what? |
Negative
Rod Facultative anaerobe Drying |
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What is Yersinia's relationship
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Replicates inside them
Kills them by disrupting actin |
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Y. pestis:
- reservoir - transmission - diseases x2 |
Rats and squirrels
Fleas Bubonic plague Pneumonic plague |
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Y. enterocolitica:
- source - transmission |
Pigs
Contaminated foods |
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Y. pseudotuberculosis:
- source |
Game birds
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What are the symptoms of bubonic plague? x2
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High fever
Pain at regional lymph nodes |
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What are the symptoms of pulmonary plague? x3
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Hemorrhagic changes in skin
Cyanosis Coughing fits (spreads disease) |
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What is the treatment for Y.pestis?
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Streptomycin
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Should buboes be incised?
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NO
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What is the disease associated with Y. enterocolitica and Y. pseudotuberculosis in YOUNG CHILDREN?
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Gastroenteritis
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In what population group, and what pathogen(s) cause pseudoappendicitis?
What are the symptoms? |
Older children and adults
Y. enterocolitica Y. pseudotuberculosis Fever Right sided pain |
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Intestinal yersinioses is caused by what pathogens?
List the diseases |
Y. enterocolotica
Y. psuedotuberculosis Gastroenteritis Psuedoappendicitis |
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Extraintestinal yersinioses:
- describe - pathogens |
Opportunistic infection
Y. enterocolitica Y. pseudotuberculosis |
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What are the complications of diseases associated with Y. enterocolitica and Y. pseudotuberculosis?
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Arthritis
Erythema Nodosum |
