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24 Cards in this Set
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Syphilis |
Treponema pallidum Not Gram + or Gram - Not highly contagious Ulcers or chancres on genitals Can be transmitted from mother to fetus Penicillin |
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Whooping cough
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Bordetella pertussis Gram negative coccobacillus Highly contagious Coughing Erythromycin |
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The Plague
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Yersinia pestis Streptomycin Gram- negative rod facultative anaerobe Endotoxin Exotoxin |
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Food poisoning Gram positive cocci (grape clusters) Heat Stable Symptoms in 1-8 hours Furuncles Carbuncles No treatment |
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E. Coli
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Food Poisoning Beef, spinach, tomatoes, lettuce |
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Salmonella Typhimirium
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Food poisoning Outdoor picnic 8-48 hours incubation No toxin Replacement of fluids |
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Botulism
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Clostridium botulinum Gram positive rod Obligate anaerobe Neurotoxin Antitoxin |
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Diptheria
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Corynebacterium diptheriare Antitoxin Gram-positive rods Irregular Shape Club Shape Sneezing Exotoxin Antitoxin Antimicrobial |
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Gonorrhea
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae STD Blindness "the clap" Gram negative diplococcus Inside white blood cells Pus filled discharge Usually no symptoms in female antibiotic/ amoxicillin |
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Strep throat
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Streptococcus pyogenes Beta-hemolytic Coughing, sneezing, conversation Penicilin Antimicrobial Streptococcal Pyrogenic exotoxin |
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Post-Strep throat
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Scarlet fever Strawberry- colored tongue Glomerulonephritis Rheumaric fever |
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Chlamydia Pneumoniae
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Major cause of pneumonia
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Chlamydia
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Chlamydia trachomatis
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Mycoplasma pneumonia
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"Walking pneumonia"
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Rickettsia Rickettsii
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
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Tetanus
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Clostridium Tetani
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Tuberculosis
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Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
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Mycobacterium Leprae
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Leprosy
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Viruses
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Capsid Segmented genome Virion Icosahedral shape Helical Enveloped Virus |
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Urban Plague
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Rat flea |
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Pneumonic Plague
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Can be spread from human to human Can kill within 12 -24 hours |
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Sylvatic plague
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Flea
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Bubo
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Enlarged lymph node
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4F's
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Feces Fingers Food Flies |
