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68 Cards in this Set
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Campylobacter jejuni
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dysentery
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Clostridium difficile
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diarrhea
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Clostridium perfringens
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Gangrene
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Escherichia coli
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gastroenteritis, nosocomial pneumonia
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Salmonella enterica
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food poisoning
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Shigella sonnei
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dysentery
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Staphylococcus aureus
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nosocomial pneumonia (most common cause)
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Vibrio cholerae
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cholera; gastroenteritis
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Cryptosporidium parvum
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dysentery
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Entamoeba histoltica
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dysentery
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Giardia intestinalis
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dysentery
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Rotavirus
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gastroenteritis
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Ebola virus (a filovirus)
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hemorrhagic fever, viral
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Lassa Fever virus (an arenavirus)
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hemorrhagic fever, viral; Lassa Fever
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Marburg virus (a filovirus)
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hemorrhagic fever, viral
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Yellow Fever virus
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Hemorrhagic fever, viral; Yellow Fever
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Haemophilus influenzae
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meningitis, bacteremia, epiglottitis or pneumonia
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Neisseriae meningitides (meningococcus)
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N. meningitis
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Nosocomial pneumonia and wound infections, dermatitis, otitis externa, utis, burns; can cause septicemia, abscesses, and meningitis
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Streptococcus pneumoniae
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Pneumonia, meningitis, otitis media, nosocomial pneumonia, and wound infections
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Streptococcus pyogenes
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Strep Throat (may be accompanied by scarlet fever or rheumatic fever), impetigo, otitis media, and erysipelas. Pneumonia, bacteremia, cellulitis, myositis, necrotizing fasciitis, etc
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Cryptococcus neoformans
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Cryptococcosis-severe meninigitis
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Prions
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spongiform encephalitis
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Naegleria fowleri
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meningoencephalitis
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Chlamydophila pneumoniae
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pneumonia (chlamydial)
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Enterobacter species
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nosocomial pneumonia and wound infections
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Klebsiella pneumoniae
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Pneumonia, most common cause of surgical wound infections
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Legionella pneumophila
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Legionellosis (pneumonia)
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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tuberculosis
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Mycoplasma pneumonia
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pneumonia (mycoplasmal)
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Aspergillus flavus
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Aflatoxin poisoning may contribute to cirrhosis and liver cancer, also may cause serious respiratory infections.
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Blastomyces dermatidis
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Blastomycosis-respiratory infection resembles bacterial pneumonia, may spread from lungs, causing severe abscesses.
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Coccidiodies immitis
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Coccidioidomycosis - progressive disease resembles TB
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Histoplasma capsulatum
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Histoplasmosis - respiratory, usually subclinical, resembles TB, if progressive
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Influenza viruses
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Influenza: Types A, B, and C
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Chlamydia trachomatis
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Urethritis, Pelvic inflammatory disease
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Neisseriae gonorrhea (gonococcus)
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gonorrhea
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Treponema pallidum
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syphilis
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Trichomonas vaginalis
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Trichomoniasis (vaginitis)
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Herpes Simplex 1
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Cold sores, may cause genital herpes depending on transmission
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Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
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AIDS
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Papillomavirus spp. (Papovaviruses)
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Warts, including genital warts
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae
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diptheria
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Clostridium tetani
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tetanus
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Bordatella pertussis
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pertussis (whooping cough)
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Herpes Varicella Zoster
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chicken pox; shingles
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Yersinia pestis
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plague
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Clostridium botulinum
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botulism
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Bartonella henselae
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cat-scratch disease
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Toxoplasma gondii
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toxoplasmosis
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Poliomyelitis
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polio virus
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Poxvirus (smallpox (variola) virus)
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smallpox
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Rubeola (paramyxovirus)
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measles
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Listeria monocytogenes
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Listeriosis
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Mycobacterium leprae
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leprosy
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rabies virus
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rabies
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Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
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African Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
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Brucella species
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Brucellosis
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Bacillus anthracis
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Anthrax
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Epstein-Barr virus
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infectious mononucleosis
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Borrelia burgdorferi
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Lyme disease
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Plasmodium
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malaria
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rhinoviruses
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common cold
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Salmonella bacteria
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Salmonellosis
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Salmonella typhi
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Typhoid fever
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Giardia lamblia
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Giardiasis
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Taenia species
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tapeworm
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Trichinella spiralis
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trichinosis
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