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16 Cards in this Set
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Give agent and description of anthrax
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Bacillus anthracis --Gram positive sporeforming bacteria
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How do humans aquire anthrax???
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workers who tan hides
inhale spores sheep goats horses contamination in meat |
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What is mortality rate of anthrax??
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80 %
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Symptoms of anthrax are ______???
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Pulmonary anthrax-severe blood infection with extensive hemorraging
Skin anthrax--boil like lesions covered with black crusts intestinal anthrax-diarrhea with blood |
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What is treatment for anthrax???
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Penicillin
Vaccine has been made for animals -from an attenuated strain of B. anthrax for people 6 inoculations over 18 month period. |
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How many cases of anthrax???
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12 cases from 1980 to 2000
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Agent for Tetanus
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clostridium tetani
Gram positive anaerobic sporeforming bacillus |
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describe how tetanus is gotten??
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Not highley invasive
spores enter deep wounds then germinate and make exotoxin-neurotoxin |
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Name bad toxin in tetanus
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tetanospasmin-- blocks relaxation pathway that follows muscle contraction
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How fast do symptoms come on in tetanus
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within hours
muscle stiffness trismus or lockjaw fixed smile arching of back |
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Treatment for tetanus and immunizatioin???
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sedatives
muscle relaxants dark rooms penecillin antitoxin immunize by DTap (diptheria-tetanus-acellular-pertussis)toxoid |
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Give agent of Gas gangrene and description
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clostridium perfringens(also the agent in clostridial food poisoning)
G + anaerobic sporeforming bacillus |
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Define dry gangrene
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blood flowm blocked by dead tissue and skin color turns to black or purple.oftn body part removed
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define moist gangrene
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occurs when soilborne bacteria(clostridium perfringes)from soil gets in wound ferments muscle carbo. and putrefying proteins.Large amounts of gas tear tissue apart----Also secretes Lecithinase
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Symptoms of gas gangrene???
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intense pain, swelling,foul odor,anemia,possible heart and nerve damage from toxins
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Treatment for Gas gangrene
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hyperbaric chamber
antibiotics debridement amputation |
