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This autoimmune disease results in damage to kidney capillaries
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.glanerorphritis
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This disease is fairly rare in the Us, with most cases obtained through foreign travel
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typhus fever.
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This organism is known for causing many secondary infections, such as bronchopneumonia
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staphyloccous aureus.
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What is normal protal of entry for streptococcus pneumoniae
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mouth, nose.
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Spherical shaped bacteria are called
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cocci.
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The normal mode of transmission for neisseria meningitisdis is
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direct, indirect.
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When the Neisseria meningitidis organisms get into the bloodstream, causing a blood infection, it is called
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meningoccemia.
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The normal portal of entry for typhoid fever would be the
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mouth.
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Would the mode of transmission for bacillary dysentery more likely be direct or indirect contact
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indirect.
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Cocci which occur in chains are called
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streptococci.
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A common name for an abscess in the deep layers of the skin is
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boil.
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This term is used to refer to multiple, communicating abscesses in the skin
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carbunkle.
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What organism is the causative agent of gonorrhea
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neissiria gonorrhea.
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The normal mode of transmission for strep pneumoniae is
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direct or indirect.
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This organism is the normal causative afent in glomerulonephritis
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streptococcus pyrogenus.
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This organism causes the most common form of food poisoning
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staphylococcus aureus.
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these two organisms were both discussed as being important causes of infections in patients with wounds and burns
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psuedomonus species and proteus.
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This intestinal infection is often more severe that Salmonellosis, causing damage to the intestinal lining with bleeding into the stools
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bacillary dysentery.
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Getting an infection from the unclean hands of a nurse in the hospital would be considered what mode of transmission
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indirect.
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The causative agent for the disease epidemic meningitis is
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neissina meningitis.
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In females, gonorrhea infections which spread up into the pelvic cavity may be called
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PID.
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This bacillus is a common cause of urinary tract infections, especially in women
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E Coli.
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A second name for strep throat is
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Septic sore throat.
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bacterial enterotoxins would be found in what body area
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intestines.
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The organism salmonella typhi causes what specific disease
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typhus fever (rare).
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The most common causative agent in the disease strep throat is
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streptococcus pyogenus.
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Inflammation of the membranes covering over the brain and spinal cord is called
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epidemic menigitis.
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What is another common name for puerperal sepsis
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reproductive tract infection.
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Cocci which occur in clusters are called
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staphlococcus.
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What do the initals P.I.D stand for
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Pelvic inflammatory disease.
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Another name for bacillary dysentery is
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shigelloisis.
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The scientific name for pockets of pus down in the deeper layers of the skin is
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abcesses or furuncle.
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This organism is the one most likely to cause toxic shock syndrome
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staphylococcus areus.
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A drug resistant bacteria which can cause serious infections in the body is called MRSA, which stands for
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methiollan resistant staphlococcus arves.
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Bronchopneumonia is usually a secondary infection because
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spread to the lungs from somewhere else.
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This organism is very common cause of nosocomial enteritis in children
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klebisella pneumonial.
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What organism is the most common cause of lobar pneumonia
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strep pneumonial.
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The normal portal of entry for shigella infections is the
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mouth.
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This intestinal bacteria is not only common in the intestinal tract, but is also beneficial by making vitamins and crowding out other pathogens
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e. Coli.
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Getting a hospital acquired infection from eating off of unclean silverware would be what mode of transmission
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indirect.
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This disease is named for the fact that it normally is consolidated in one or two sections of the lungs
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lobar pneumonial.
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The most common portal of entry for strep pyogenes is
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mouth or mucous membrane.
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What specific disease is caused by Shigella
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bacillary dysentery.
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