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Septicemia |
systemic infection with pathogens present in the circulating bloodstream |
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Sepsis |
infection in multiple systems as a result of microorganisms or their toxins circulating in the blood |
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infection |
invasion of the body by pathogenic organisms that reproduce and multiply causing disease |
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colonization |
localized presence and multiplication ofmicroorganisms without invasion or damage |
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bacteremia |
bacteria in the bloodstream |
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Staphylococcus |
gram positive cocci |
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Streptococcus |
gram positive cocci |
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E. Coli |
gram negative rod |
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Propionbacterium
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gram positive rod |
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Corynebacterium |
gram positive rod |
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Neisseria |
gram negative rod |
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Enterobacter |
enteric gram negative rod |
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Klebsiella |
enteric gram negative rod |
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Proteus |
enteric gram negative rod |
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Haemophilus |
gram negative rod |
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Pseudomonas |
gram negative rod |
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Clostridium |
gram positive anaerobe |
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Bacteroides |
gram negative anaerobe |
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Acid-fast bacilli |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium avium |
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Mycoplasma pneumonia |
mycoplasma |
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Treponema pallidum |
spirochete |
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Fungi |
Aspergillus Candida Cryptococcus |
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Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance |
production of enzymes that degrade antibiotics altering drug's target sites on bacteria eliminating entry points for antibiotics manufacturing pumps that export antibiotics before they find intracellular targets |
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Major mechanisms of spreading antibiotic resistance |
heavy use of antibiotics (hospitals) international travel skin on family members of tetracycline users |
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Ways antibiotics are misused that can lead to resistance |
doctors acquiescing to patients sub therapeutic use of antibiotics (low compliance, unregulated self-medication) unnecessary use of antibiotics (30% unnecessary, 50% not used on humans) |
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Best use for penicillinase-resistant drugs |
staph aureus |
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Best use for nafcillin |
best CNS penetration |
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Best use for cloxacillin |
best oral absorption |
