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38 Cards in this Set

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Mouth Infections
Streptococcus mutans
Streptococcus mutans
Dental caries
Gingivitis
oAble to form a capsule
oBacteria use sugar to produce acids that lead to the disease of teeth and gums
Fluoride helps teeth to be resistant to bacteria acid
Stomach infections
= Helicobacter pylori
= Vibrio
cholera
= Shigella
dysenteriae
= Salmonella
enterica
= Escherichia
coli
= Clostridium
aureus
= Staphylococcus
difficile
Helicobacter pylori
– stomach ulcers
o Causes the amount of stomach acid to decrease.
Vibrio cholera
- cholera
o Spread through feces/ feces infected water
o “comma” shaped rods – gram-negative
o Massive diarrhea
 20L per day
o Not common in U.S.
Shigella dysenteriae
- dysentery
o Spread through feces/feces infected water
o Abdominal cramps
o Diarrhea
o *Blood in the stool*
Tissue destruction
o Not common in U.S.
Salmonella enterica
- typhoid fever
o Not seen often in the U.S. because of cleanliness
o Pathogenic – causes more disease and mortality
o Carried throughout the whole body
o Affects different/various organs
Escherichia coli
- E. coli
o Various strains of E. coli
Pathogenic & non-pathogenic
o O157:H7
 Most pathogenic of E. coli
Clostridium difficile
- colitis
o 10% of adults carry this in their intestines
o Prevalent in the presence of antibiotics
Staphylococcus aureus
o Food poisoning
o Quick onset after eating
o Generally over in a short duration
Viral disease of the Gastrointestinal Tract
- Herpes (HSV 1)
- Mumps
- Hepatitis (HAV,HBV,HCV)
Herpes
– HSV-1
o Cold sores and fever blisters
Hepatitis
– HAV, HBV, HCV
o Liver infection
o Jaundice – yellowing of skin and eyes
Hepatitis A (HAV)
Infectious hepatitis
Contact with feces
Hepatitis B (HBV)
A-systematic – carriers who don’t know
Serum hepatitis
10% liver failure
Blood to blood contact
Sexual contact
Unsterile piercing/tattooing
Hepatitis C (HCV)
 Blood to blood contact
 Unsterile piercing/tattooing
 Mild virus
 3 million carries in the U.S.
Streptococcus pyogenes
– strep throat
Rheumatic fever
untreated strep throat
 Inflammation of various organs
• Heart – heart damage
• Brain
Glomerulonephritis
untreated strep throat/ strep skin infection
Kidney disorder
Scarlet fever
– untreated strep throat
Toxins produced by streptococcus pyogenes get into the blood and travel throughout the body
• Red Rash
• White coating on the tongue
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- diphtheria
- DPT vaccine
DPT vaccine
D – diphtheria
P – pertussis
T – tetnus
Haemophilus influenza
- sinusitis
- otitis media
- conjunctivitis
Sinusitis
 Sinus infection
Otitis media
 Ear infection
Conjunctivitis
 “Pink” eye
Bordetella pertussis
“whooping Cough”
Mycobacterium
tuberculosis
o Tubercle/granuloma
o TB
 60% mortality rate
Pneumonia
- Klebsiella pnemoniae
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Mycoplasma pneumonia
Mycoplasma pneumonia
Mild
“walking” pneumonia
Easily spread
Influenza
Viral
o Flu
 Headache, fever, muscle aches, etc.
• Week long duration
Treponema pallidum
– syphilis
1° - chancre – painless red ulcer with a hard rim that will appear at the sight of the infection. (1st few weeks)
•2° - (2-10 wks later) flu like symptoms, rash on hands and feet (can be transferred by kissing)
•3° - (5-20 years later) – hypersensitivity
•Can cross the placenta
Antigenic shift
Lead to a flu epidemic
Genital warts
- Viral
– human papilloma virus (HPV)
Cervical cancer
Herpes (genital)
Herpes Simplex virus II
- viral
Chlamydia trachomatis
– Chlamydia
• Obligate intracellular
o Mimics symptoms of gonorrhea
90% cause of yeast infections
Escherichia coli
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
– gonorrhea