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16 Cards in this Set
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Streptococcus pyogens |
-Bacteria -Gram +, coccus -causes strep throat, rheumatic fever, bacterial endocarditis |
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Staphylococcus aureus |
-Bacteria -Gram +, coccus -causes bacterial endocarditis |
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Bacillus anthracis |
-Bacteria -Gram +, spore forming rod shaped -causes anthrax |
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Francisella tularensis |
-Bacteria -Gram -, rod shaped -causes tularemia |
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Clostridium perfringens |
-Bacteria -Gram +, spore forming rod -causes gangrene |
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Yersinia pestis |
-Bacteria -causes plague |
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Borrelia burgdoferi |
-Bacteria -causes Lyme disease |
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What causes sepsis and septic shock... |
-can be caused by various bacteria -Gram - bacteria most likely to cause septic shock |
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Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) |
-Virus -causes infectious mononucleosis |
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human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) |
-Virus -causes AIDS |
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cytomegalovirus |
-Virus -carried by common cat -can be damaging to feetus |
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Viral hemorrhagic fevers |
-causes by variety of viruses ex, Marburg, Ebola, Hantavirus |
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Plasmodium |
-Protozoa -sporozoan -causes malaria |
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Toxoplasma gondii |
-Protozoa -sporozoan -toxoplasmosis |
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Schistosoma |
-helminth -causes schostosomiasis -200 million reported worldwide |
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Wuchereria bancrofti |
-Helminth -roundworm and other roundworms -filariasis sometimes leading to elephantiasis (infection of lymphatic system) |
