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Staphylococcus aureus
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skin pathogen bacteria
MRSA opportunistic pathogen=nosocomial infections secrete endotoxin= toxic shock, food poisoning |
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streptococcus pyogenes
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skin pathogen bacteria
causes group A strep infections Capsule hyaluonic acid protects from phagocytois Produce M proteins=heat resistant, attach to cell, resistant to phagocytosis |
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Variola
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skin pahtogen
dsDNA virus Major vehicle of contagion Vacination established by injection of pus from cowpox sores dsDNA |
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Varicella
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skin pathogen
dsDNA virus Transmitted through respiratory Remains dormant in affected people Varicella and zoster are separate ocurrences of the virus cold-like symptoms |
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Rubeola
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skin pathogen
(-)ssRNA virus measles virus human and monkey hosts Hallmark sign of measles, spots in mouth |
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Chlamydia trachomatis
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skin pathogen
gram negative nonproteobacteria Cannont be gram stained unable to make its own ATP Trachoma: eye infection, contagious by direct contact, will make blind |
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Haemophilus influenza
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nervous system pathogen
gram negative rod meningitis complication 2 in 100,000 children native americans 3 times risk than general public |
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Cryptococcus neoformans
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nervous system pathogen
Basidimycotina fungus found in pigeon droppings infects mostly immunodeficient pt encapsulated, unicellular, yeast-like fungi |
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Poliovirus
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nervous system pathogen
(+)ssRNA virus poliomyelitis human or chimpanzees host non-enveloped picornaveridae |
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Naegleria fowleri
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protozoa
nervous system pathogen free-living amoeba found in freshwater serious infection of the CNS symtoms produced rapidly and pt dies in 72 hrs |
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clostridium tetani
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nervous system pathogen
gram positive rod can appear as gram (-) from a not fresh culture neurotoxin=tetanospasmin kill 30 people obligate anaerobe |
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TSE
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prion
nervous system pathogen fatal brain disease 40 year incubaton period caused by ingestion of altered protein cause holes in the brain |
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Bacillus anthracis
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Cardiovascular/lymph pathogen
low gc gram positive rod found in soil and infect farm animals 2 major exotoxins: blood poisoning and edema cause anthrax |
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ebola
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cardio/lymph pathogen
(-)ssRNA virus mostly found in Africa Zoonotic (transmited from animal to human) cause severe hemorrhagic fever (90%) fatal destroy endothelial cells |
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Eipstein Barr
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dsDNA virus
cardio/lymph pathogen mononucleosis=kissing disease 95% adult gets virus before 40 years old once infected, individual is a lifelong carrier |
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yersenia pestis
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cardio/lymp pathogen
gram negative rod enterobacteraceae comes from the oriental rat flea Uses lymphatic system to infect whole body absent in Antarctica and australia bubonic plague |
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Plasmodium falciparium
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protozoa malaria
cardio/lymp pathogen complex stage life cycle female mosquito is vector, human is intermediate host cyclic chills and sweating with high fever are some symptoms |
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pseudomonas aeroginosa
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gram (-) rod proteobacteria
cardo/lymph pathogen isolated from wound and urinary tract infection simple nutritional requirements, grow in distilled water opportunistic pathogen septic shock |
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Rhinovirus
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respiratory pathogen
(+)ssRNA virus common cold extremely contagious spread through direct contact and airborne no antibiotics or cures for this virus. just relieve symptoms |
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pneumocystis jiroveci
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respiratory pathogen
fungi ascomycota opportunistic pathogen attacks interstatial fibrous tissues of the lungs cause hypoxia |
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influenza
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(-)ssRNA
respiratory pathogen main transmission feces wild birds are carriers all 15 subtypes found in birds |
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Respiratory syncytial virus
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respiratory pathogen
(-)ssRNA spherical shape weak immune system are more susceptible highly contagious through droplet transmission |
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mycoplasma pneumoniae
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gram (+) low GC
respiratory pathogen transmission through droplets from infected person not defined morphology "fried egg" most common cause of upper or lower respiratory infections |
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mycobacterium tuberculosis
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gram (+) rod High GC
respiratory pathogen slow generation time (14-15 hrs) waxy coating of mycolic acid, difficult to classify spreads airborne manner |
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Vibrio cholerae
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digestive pathogen
gram (-) rod proteobacteria facultative anaerobic motorized flagella enterotoxin byproducts grow in nutrient broth without NaCl |
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helicobacter pylori
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digestive pathogen
gram (-) proteobacteria non spore forming and motile responsible for most ulcers infects more than 50% of worlds populations |
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E coli
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digestive pathogen
gram (-)rod proteobacteria shiga like toxin (most potent toxin) hemolytic uremic syndrome in young children does not ferment sorbitol |
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campylobacter pylori
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digestive pathogen
gram (-) rod enterobacteria resistant to floxacin, cause enteric disease sensitive to penicillin cause nerulogical disorder |
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hepatitis C
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digestive pathogen
ss(+)RNA spread through bodily fluid, blood transfussions must attach to and infect liver cells cytopathogenic |
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neiserria gonorrhoae
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urinary/reproductive pathogen
gram negative cocci proteobacteria considered aerobic can grow under reduced oxygen resistance to penicillin and tetracycline through plasma membrane pili are responsible for attachemnt to host cells |
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Treponema pallidum
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urinary/reproductive pathogen
4 known types that cause syphilis caught within the 1st year of exposure in 2006, 36000 new cases of syphilis |
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HIV
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urinary/reproductive pathogen
(+)ssRNA perinatal transmission most common HIV positive can infect another HIV positive individual transmitted by unprotected sex, blood transfussions |
