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35 Cards in this Set
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CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPTHERIA IS GRAM?
SHAPE? |
POSITIVE!
ROD SHAPED! |
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WHAT KIND OF AGAR? AND WHAT STAIN YEILDS?
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LOEFFLER'S AGAR!
METHYLENE BLUE! |
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WHAT HAS METACHROMATIC GRANUELES , VOLUTIN?
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BABES-ERNST BODIES
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CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPTHERIA HAS NO?AND NON?
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MOTILE
SPORES CAPSULES |
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VIRULENCE FACTOR?
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EXOTOXIN (LYSOGENIC)
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EXOTOXIN
FRAGMENT B? FRAGMENT A? |
BINDS BACTERIA! B
STOPS PROTEIN SYNTHESIS! A |
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CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPTHERIA
CARRIERS AND INFECTED PATIENTS HAVE IT WHERE? AND REMAINS? |
THROAT AND NASOPHARNYX
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CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPTHERIA
TRANSMISSION |
INFECTIOUS AEROSOLS
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CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPTHERIA
HALLMARK? OBSTRUCTION OF? |
PSEUDOMEMBRANE!
AIRPASSAGES! |
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EXOTOXIN EFFECTS?
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HEART AND PERIPHERAL NERVES
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LOEFFLER'S =
SELECTIVE AGAR? GRAM STAIN ? ELEKS TEST? |
BABES-ERNST BODIES!
TINSDALE (TELLURITE)! BIOCHEMICAL TESTS! TOXIN PRODUCTION! |
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DIPTHERIA IMMUNITY VACCINE?
TREATMENT? |
TOXOID & DPT VACCINE!
ANT-ITOXIN AND ANTIBIOTICS! |
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(CUTANEOUS DIPTHERIA)
TRANSMISSION? THEORY? DEATH IS? |
TRAUMA TO SKIN INTO SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE!
POSS. BAD MAINT. OF BACTERIA IN POPULATION! POSSIBLE! |
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(BACILLUS ANTHRACIS)
DISEASE? |
ANTHRAX
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(BACILLUS ANTHRACIS)
MORPHOLOGY? |
GRAM+ RODS LARGE SQAURE ENDS STRINGS OF PEARLS
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(BACILLUS ANTHRACIS)
SPORES CHARACTERISTICS? |
OVAL, HIGHLY RESISTANT TO HEAT, COLD, DRYNESS, LIVE MORE THAN 30 YRS
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(BACILLUS ANTHRACIS)
CAPSULE? |
PROTEIN, D GLUTAMIC ACID, NEEDED 4 VIRULENCE, ANTIPHAGOCYTIC,
NOT IMMUNOGENIC |
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(BACILLUS ANTHRACIS)
WHICH ANAROBE? IN LAB? |
FACULATIVE! GROWS AEROBIC IN LAB!
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(BACILLUS ANTHRACIS)
EXOTOXINS ARE? |
EDEMA FACTOR! LETHAL TOXIN!
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(BACILLUS ANTHRACIS)
BACTERIA USED FOR? IN WHAT ANIMALS? |
KOCHS'S POSTULATES!
LOWER ANIMALS( SHEEP CATTLE HORSES) |
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(ANTHRAX)
3 TYPES? |
1. PULMONARY 2. CUTANEOUS 3. GASTRO
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(ANTHRAX)
INHALATION SPORES PULMONARY NECROSIS THEN SPREADS 100% FATAL DISEASE? |
WOOLSORTER'S DISEASE
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(ANTHRAX)
CUTANEOUS DOES WHAT? |
SPORES ENTER SKIN - MALIGNANT-
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(ANTHRAX)
PUSTLE AKA? STAYS LOCAL OR SPREADS(SEPTICEMIA) |
BLACK ESCHAR
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(ANTHRAX)
WHAT KIND? INGEST SPORES/ FROM POORLY COOKED MEAT FROM INFECTED ANIMAL |
(ANTHRAX)
GASTROINTESTINAL |
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GASTROINTESTINAL(ANTHRAX)
TREATMENT? PREVENTION? |
ANTIBIOTICS(EARLY)!
HUMAN VACCINE! |
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GASTROINTESTINAL(ANTHRAX)
LAB DIAGNOSIS? |
BLOOD AGAR, AEROBICALLY, NON-MOTILE, BIOCHEMICALS, DIRECT IF
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BACILLUS CEREUS?
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FOOD POISONING!
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(GENUS CLOSTRIDIUM)
PRODUCERS? WHAT TYPE? |
HISTOXINS!
PEFRINGERS, SEPTICUM, NOVYL, DIFFICILE |
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(GENUS CLOSTRIDIUM)
GRAM? CHARACTERISTICS? |
GRAM+ RODS!
ANAEROBES, SPOREFORMERS, FERMENTATIVE METABOLISM ONLY, OFTEN FOUND IN SOIL AND NORMAL FLORA OF HUMANS |
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NON-MOTILE HISTOTOXIN PRODUCER; INTESTINES OF HUMANS;
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(C. PERFRINGENS)
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ALPHA TOXIN? AKA?
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(C. PERFRINGENS)!
LECITHINASE |
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LECTHINASE AKA?
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(C. PERFRINGENS)!
PHOSPHOLIPASE! |
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COLLAGENASE, HYLURONIDASE, DNASE, ENTEROTOXIN
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(C. PERFRINGENS)
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GAS GANGRENE
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(C. PERFRINGENS)
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