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organism in gas gangrene
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clostridium perfringens
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c perfringens is gram .....
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c perfringes need an aerobic or anaerobic environment
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anaerobic
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what organism is in brucellosis
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brucella
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what is brucellosis
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infection that causes infectious abortions in farm animals and fever in humans. treated with doxy.
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what's the fatality rate bubonic plague
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100%
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what's the infectious organism in lyme's diseases
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borrelia burgdorferi, spirochete
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how do humans get lyme's disease
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tick bite
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what is bullseye rash indicitive of and what is it's name
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lyme's disease, EMR erythema migrans rash
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what is the other name for epstein barr virus
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human herpesvirus 4 HHV4
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what disease can epstein barr virus cause
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infectious mononucleosis
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what kind of cells does epstein-barr virus affect
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b cell (b-lymphocytes) - wbc's that produce antibodies
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gram positive BLS-SEC (basic life support and security exchange commission) are positive things
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bacillus listeria staph strep enterococcus clostridium
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what is lipid A
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endotoxin released from dying gram negative bacteria
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2 examples of gram negative nosocomials
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pseudomonas aeruginosa and neisseria meningitidis
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what is complement
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set of serum proteins that trigger inflammation and fever to lyse foreign cells
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how is complement activated
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antibodies/antigen or pathogen-activated
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what's a cytokine
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proteins that release chemical signals to other cells
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what is occult septicemia
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septicemia that ha
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