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37 Cards in this Set
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Gram Positive Bacilli
Endospore Forming |
2 Bacilli
Bacillus anthracis Bacillus cereus 4 Clostridiums Clostridium tetani Clostridium botulinum Clostridium perfringens Clostridium difficile |
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Non-Spore Forming
Gram Positive Bacilli |
Corynebacterium diptheriae
Listeria monocytogenes |
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Bacillus anthracis
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Gram pos
Aerobic Non motile found in chains D-glutamate capsule Cutaneous anthrax Pulmonary anthrax GI anthrax |
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Bacillus anthracis
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Cutaneous - malignant pustule, painless ulcer in skin with a black center
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Bacillus anthracis
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Pulmonary - begins with dry cough and substernal pressure
Rapidly leads to hemorrhagic mediastinitis, bloody pleural effusions, sepsis, death |
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Bacillis anthracis
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GI - vomiting, abdonminal pain, and bloody diarrhea
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Bacillus anthracis
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TX Ciprofloxacin
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Bacillis cereus
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Gram Positive bacillus
Aerobic Spore forming motile |
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Bacillis cereus
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Food Poisoning
2 forms Rapid onset nausea and vomiting watery, non-bloody diarrhea over longer incubation period |
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Clostridium tetani
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Gram Positive bacillus
Anaerobic Spore forming |
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Clostridium tetani
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Tetanus
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Clostridium tetani
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S/SX Strong muscle spasms=spastic paralysis
lockjaw risus sardonicus back arching=opisthotonus |
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Clostridium tetani
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Virulence factors
tetanospasmin=exotoxin carried to cns |
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Clostridium tetani
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Prevention
vaccine against formaldehyde treated tetanus toxoid-(DTaP) |
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Clostridium botulinum
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Gram Positive bacillus
Anaerobic and spore forming |
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Clostridium botulinum
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S/SX descending paralysis and weakness
dbl vision difficulty swallowing respiratory muscle failure |
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Clostridium botulinum
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TX Trivalent antitoxin
sx tx=respiratory support |
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Clostridium perfringens
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Gram positive bacillus
anaerobic spore forming |
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Clostridium perfringens
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S/SX gas gangrene
food poisoning |
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Clostridium perfringens
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Normal flora of vagina
Alphatoxin=damages cell membranes |
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Clostridium difficile
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Gram positive bacillus
anaerobic spore forming |
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Clostridium difficile
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Pseudomembranous (necrotizing) colitis
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Clostridium difficile
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Cdiff
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Clostridium difficile
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S/SX fever, abdominal pain, and profuse and bloody diarrhea
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Clostridium difficile
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Virulence factors
Cytotoxin damages colon mucosa |
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Corynebacterium diptheriae
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Gram positive bacillus'
club shaped and in palisades non spore forming non motile |
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Corynebacterium diptheriae
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Diphtheria
cutaneous diphtheria |
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Corynebacterium diptheriae
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S/SX throat inflammation
fever gray pseudomembrane over tonsils and throat heart and nervous system complications can occur presents with an ulceration of the skin with a gray membrane covering |
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Corynebacterium diptheriae
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Virulence factors
Diphtheria toxin inhibits protein elongation in eukaryotic cells |
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Corynebacterium diptheriae
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Vaccine
DTaP |
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Corynebacterium diptheriae
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penicillan G
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Listeria monocytogenes
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Gram postive bacillus
non spore forming VorL shaped tumbling motility Bhemolysis grows at cold temperatures grows intercellularly |
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Listeria monocytogenes
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Disease
meningitis and sepsis in newborns, pregnant women and immune suppressed individuals febrile gastoenteritis |
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Listeria monocytogenes
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Transmission
raw vegetables unpasteurized milk products incompletely cooked meats Recent cantaloupe outbreak killed 8 so far |
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Listeria monocytogenes
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S/SX during pregnancy can cause abortion, premature delivey or maternal sepsis
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Listeria monocytogenes
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S/SX gastroenteritis is characterized by watery diarrhea, fever, headache, pain, abdominal cramps, but little vomiting
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Listeria monocytogenes
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TX antibiotics
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