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The proteus group is gram ______ _______ rods found in __________

negative, resistant, feces

The proteus group is responsible for ___% of nosocomial infections

12

4 strains of the proteus group

Proteus mirabilis, proteus vulgaris, morganella morganii, providencia stuartii

the most commonly isolated strain of proteus found in the feces that causes uncomplicated and complicated UTI's and is also involve in burn infections

proteus mirabilis

Proteus mirabilis is the #____ cause of complicated UTI's and #____ cause of uncomplicated UTI's

1,2

DOC/'s for Proteus mirabilis

Ampicillin

causes the same type of infections as proteus mirabilis, but not as frequently isolated

proteus vulgaris

proteus species involved in infantile diarrhea

morganella morganii

proteus species involved in burn infections

providencia stuartii

DOC/'s for providencia stuartii

Ceftriaxone, Cefotaxime, Cefepime

3 species of the haemophilus group

haemophilus influenzae, haemophilus aegyptius, haemophilus ducreyi

haemophilus influenzae doesn't cause the _____ because its a bacteria not a virus

flu

Haemophilus influenzae is a gram _________ _____ that has a _____________

negative, rod, capsule

Haemphilus influenzae is _____________ like gonorrhea and needs to be grown on __________________

Chocolate Agar (Thayer Martin Selective Agar)

Common in oral and nasopharynx and colonizes in the upper respiratory tract

haemophilus influenzae

Like gonorrhea, haemophilus influenzae requires ___________ ___________

capneic incubation

3 main diseases caused by haemophilus influenzae

Meningitis, Otitis Media, Acute bacteria meningitis

Haemophilus influenzae is the ______ most common cause of bacterial meningitis

3rd

#1 cause of bacterial meningitis

Streptococcus pneumonia

#2 cause of bacterial meningitis

Neisseria gonorrhea

_______________ used to be #1 cause of bacterial meningitis in children under 1.5 years of age with ______% mortality rate

Heamophilus influenzae; 90

_____% of children who survived from haemophilis influenzae induced meningitis suffered from a neurological disorder

25-35

The targeted population of haemophilus influenzae induced meningitis

65+

DOC/'s for haemophilus influenzae induced meningitis

Ceftriazone or Cefotaxime

Caused by haemophilus influenzae and child can get this after having a cold from improperly blowing their nose and can lead to hearing loss

Otitis Media

#1 cause of otitis media

strep pneumoniae

DOC/'s of otitis media induced by haemophilus influenzae

Bactrim

Life threatening disease where the epiglottis can swell and cause suffocation in child

Acute bacterial epiglottis

DOC/'s for acute bacterial epiglottis

Ceftriaxone or Cefotaxime

Secondary infection caused by haemophilus influenzae

pneumonia

Causes pink eye, where eye swells to size of gold ball, and highly contagious

Haemophilus aegyptius

Pink eye is a form of ______________

Conjuctivitis

DOC/'s for haemophilus aegyptius

Tetracycline or sulfonamide

Causes something called chancroid

Haemophilus ducreyi

soft chancres

chancroid

Haemophilus ducreyi is usually found in ________ climates but is not very common in _______

warm, US

How many cases of haemophilus ducreyi in US per year?

about 25

DOC/'s for haemophilus ducreyi

Ceftriaxone or Azithromycin

vibrio cholerae is a gram _______ ______ that looks like a ___________

negative, rod, comma

A severe type of diarrhea transferred through feces

cholera

Causes cholera

vibrio cholerae

in the 19th century meaning it was worldwide and on every continent (in regards to vibrio cholerae)

pandemic

confined to one area (in regards in vibrio cholerae)

endemic

Endemic's were confined to parts of _____ and _______ ( _______ River)

Asia, India, Ganges

Vibrio cholerae likes _______________ soil and water and

salty/alkaline

Will survive almost indefinitely and doesn't have spores

vibrio cholerae

Can happen occasionally due to spreading through people traveling/airplanes (in regards to vibrio cholerae)

Epidemic

Vibrio cholerae cause ___________ with usually a high __________ content

diarrhea, mucuous

Vibrio cholerae produces a _______ toxin (which is a type of ______________)

cholera, enterotoxin

The high mucous content in diarrhea caused by vibrio cholerae cause you to ___________________

lose a lot of fluids

When boiling rice, looked like there was mucous in the water and can lead to collapse and death

Rice water stools

Rice water stools has ___% mortality rate without treatment

50

Treatment of vibrio cholerae is ______ & ________ replacement, as well as a type of ______________

fluid, electrolyte, tetracycline

DOC/'s for vibrio cholerae in US

Doxycycline

causes the Black Plague/Black Death

Yersinia pestis

The Black Plague killed ____________ people which was _________ of the world's population

100 million, 1/3-1/4

Yersinia pestis was spread through __________ infection and infections the ____________ system

droplet, lymphatic

Causes lymph nodes to swell and tissues to turn black

Bubonic Plague

The bubonic plague has a ________% mortality rate if untreated

80-90

Goes from lymphatic system to the lungs and digests away the lung tissue and turns black

Pneumonic plague

With the pneumonic plague, patients become _______________, where they turn blue and can't breathe

cyanotic

The pneumonic plague has a ________% mortality rate if untreated

100

Immunity to pneumonic plague was thought to be caused by _______ mutation in the ______ gene

Delta 32, CCR5

DOC/'s of Yersinia pestis in US

Streptomycin, +/- tetracycline (Doxycycline)