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What are the eight catorgies of pathogens
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virus, clamydiae, rickettsia, bacteria, fungus, protozoa, helminths
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Define pyogenic.
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pus causing
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What is special about clamydiae, rickettsiae, mycoplasmas?
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they are obligate intracellular pathogens
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What is kuku?
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spongiform encephalopathy caused by prion protein leads to human cannibalism
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What happens to normal PrP to make them a pathogen?
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The PrP undergoes a conformational change making it resistant to proteases
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Which respiratory virus is ds?
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adenovirus
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What does chlamydiae cause?
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GU infections, conjunctivitis in newborns, respiratory, STDs
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What does rickettsiae cause?
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rocky mountain spotted fever, q fever ehrlichiosis, scrub typhus
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What do mycoplamsas cause?
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atypical pneumonia, nongonococcal urethritis
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Where do fungal infection infect in skin?
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superficial layer
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What is a protozoa?
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a parasitic, single-celled organisms with motility, pliable plasma membranes, and complex cytoplasmic organelles
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What is giardia lamblia?
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a protozoa causing diarrhea and malabsorption
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What is trichomonas vaginalis?
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a protozoa causing urethritis and vaginitis
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What are the three types of helminth patogens?
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roundworms, flatworms, flukes
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What does vacterial virulence depend on?
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ability to adhere, invade and deliver toxic moieties
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What is one bacteria that causes suppurative inflammation?
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pneumococcal pneumonia
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What does pneumococcal pneumonia cause?
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suppurative inflammation with vasc perm and neutrophils
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What two things happen in granulomatous inflammation?
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MG go to epithiloid cells and form giant cells
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What can cause necrotizing inflammation?
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clostridium perferinges
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What does clostridium perferinges cause?
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necrotizing inflammation
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What can cause chronic inflammation with scarring?
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schistosoma haematosbium
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What does schistosoma haematosbium cause?
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chronic inflammation
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