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Microbiology, Bacterial Diseases

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boils, pimples, abscesses   skin; Staph aureus, Staph epidermidis; can develop into bacteremia, TSS  
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impetigo   skin; Strep pyogenes; treatment is hygeine, topical mupirocin; M protein anti-phagocytosis; Streptokinase dissolve blood clots, Hyaluronidase dissolve tissue cement  
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Pseudomonas infection   skin; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; burn patients and geriatrics; produces pyocyanin green toxin; coinfection w/ C. perfringins; can lead to gas gangrene  
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acne   skin; Propionibacter acnes  
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bacterial meningitis   NS; Hemophilis influenzae, Neisseria meningitidis, Strep pyogenes  
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listerosis   NS; Listeria monocytogenes; grows 4 degrees C, pregnant women, cancer patients, poultry and dairy  
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tetanus   NS; Clostridium tetani; lockjaw, spasmotic paralysis; wound infection; part of DPT vaccination  
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botulism   NS; Clostridium botulinum; toxin type A (USA), B (European), E (seafood); flaccid paralysis; Botox  
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leprosy   NS; Mycobacterium leprae; acid fast; peripheral nerves; not very contagious and requires long & intimate contact; cultivated in armadillos  
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bacteremia   presense of bacteria in blood  
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septicemia   blood poisoning; pathogens typically do not grow in blood (lymphocytes and low Fe+3)  
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lymphangitis   inflammation of lymph nodes  
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sepsis   toxic conditions from septicemia  
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septic shock   endotoxin; 1 millionth of a gram  
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Toxemia   presense of toxins in blood (i.e. as occurs in tetanus)  
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peripheral fever   CV system; disease of childbirth (Semmelweis, 1840's)disinfectant procedures; Strep pyogenes  
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endocarditis   CV system; acute = Staph aureus; inflammation of inner heart lining, destruction of heart valves  
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rheumatic fever   CV system; repeated infections of Strep pyogenes (strep throat); 4-18 yr olds; joint pain nodule and lumpy joints; M protein antigens, antibody response damages heart  
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tularemia   CV system; Franciella tularensis; rabbits & squirrels; small ulcers at primary site; ID50 = 10 organisms, survives in phagocyte  
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brucellosis   CV system; Brucella abortus; cattle/swine, secreted in milk, milk products/direct contact; infects uterus, undulating fever rises in evening 104 F; survives phagocytes, grows intracellulary  
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anthrax   CV system; Bacillus anthracis; sporeformer; long chains with squared ends; direct contact, wool, aerosol-spores; cutaneous- black necrotic dying center; inhalation- pulmonary form most severe; capsule, exotoxin  
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gas gangrene   CV system; Clostridium perfringens; sporeformer; death of soft tissue; seen in diabetics; toxin travels down muscle bundles; Pseudo aeruginosa coinfection; amputation, maggots, hyberbaric O2  
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plague   vector- rat fleas; Ysernia pestis, "Black Death" Bubonic Plague (bubos formation),pneumonic form spread person-person  
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relapsing fever   vector- soft ticks; Borrelia recurrensis (or hermsii); patient recovers and fever reappears due to surface antigens changing  
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lyme disease   vector- hard ticks; Borrelia burgdorferi; spirochete; rodent reservior, deer in lifecycle; "Bull's Eye" rash, later stages similar to syphilis heart neuro involvement, arthritis  
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endemic typhus   vector- body louse; Rickettsia prowazekii; louse gut growth excreted in feces; host scratches rubs in feces; high prolonged fever severe headache; killed Anne Frank  
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rocky mountain spotted fever   vector- ticks; Rickettsia rickettsii; rash appears 1st on palms, soles then entire body; mistaken for measles; kidney & heart failure  
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Streptococcal pharyngitis   respiratory; Strep pyogenes; can lead to otidis media; M protein makes resistant to phagocytosis  
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scarlet fever   respiratory; Strep pyogenes; erythrogenic toxin produces small red "goose bumps" entire body EXCEPT face, palms, soles  
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diphtheria   respiratory; Corynebacterium diphtheriae; club shaped/chinese characters; toxin inhibits protein syn; produces pseudomembrane at back of throat; part of DPT vaccine  
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otidis media   respiratory, earache; Strep pneumoniae (35%), Hemophilis influenzae (20-30%), Mycoplasma catarrhalis (10-15%), Strep pyogenes (8-10%), Staph aureus (1-2%)  
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pertussis (Whooping Cough)   respiratory; Bordetella pertusis; capsulated, destroys cilary cells; part of DPT vaccine  
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tuberculosis (consumption)   respiratory; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; acid fast; enters lungs -> alveoli; MAIS, AIDS patients  
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Legionaires disease   respiratory; Legionella pneumophila; naturally occurring in water, resistant to chlorine; high fever and pneumonia symptoms  
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bacterial pneumonias   respiratory; Strep pneumoniae (lung fluid, capsulated), Hemophilis influeniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae (fried egg appearance, "walking pneumonia"), Chlamydia pneumoniae (needs ATP, associated w/ atherosclerosis)  
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dental caries   digestive; Strep mutans; requires sucrose to make detrin cement; prevention best  
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peridontal disease   digestive; Treponema denticola (relative of Pallidum); gingivitis -> peridontidis  
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Intoxication   ingesting a toxin  
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Infection   pathogenesis due to organism  
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Staphylococcal poisoning   digestive; Staph aureus; found in custards, cream pies, potato salad, ham; toxin is heat stable  
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Shigellosis (Bacillary Dysentery)   digestive; Shigella dysentariae; cytotoxin Shiga; rarely involves bloodstream; blood & mucosal diarrhea; rehydration treatment  
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Typhoid Fever   digestive; Salmonella typhi; only in humans (i.e. Mary Mallon); 1-3% recovered are carriers colonize in gallbladder  
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Salmonellosis (Salmonella Gastroenteritis)   digestive; Salmonella typhimurium; rehydration treatment  
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Cholera   digestive; Vibrio cholerae; found in water sources, along Gulf, shellfish; "Rice Water" stool, usually no fever; severe dehydration lose of water and electrolytes; rehydration treatment w/ sugar water, electrolytes  
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E. coli gastroenteritis   digestive; E. coli (O157:H7); "Traveler's diarrhea"  
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peptic ulcers   disgestive; Helicobacter pylori; survives in stomach, urea ammonia neutralizes stomach acid; inflammation  
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Leptospirosis   urinary; Leptospira interogans; spirochete; animal reservior- animals shed in urine from infected kidneys; expand/spread in water such as lakes/ponds; infects kidneys and liver  
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Gonorrhoea   reproductive; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; requires extra CO2 for growth, fastidious; females- infects cervix (60-90% infection rate, 60-80% asymptomatic) males- infects urethra (80% infection rate, painful urination, blocks urethra, sterility; AgNO3 neonatal  
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Chlamydia (nongonoccal urethritis)   reproductive; Chlamydia trachomatis; most prevalent STD; 5 x more in females, infects uterine tubes leads to PID, males- epididymis  
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Pelvic inflammatory Disease (PID)   reproductive; N. gonorrhoeae, C. trachomatis, M. hominus, U. urelytica; leads to sterilty & ectopic pregnancy  
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Syphilis   reproductive; Treponema pallidum; spirochete, motile, fastidious; "stealth" pathogen; site of infection = SINGLE painless ulcer; secondary stage appears as rash (contagious)on trunk & spreads to palms and soles; systemic; tertiary 1-20 yrs, not contagious  
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Chancroid   reproductive; Hemophilis ducreyi; ID50 = 1-2 organisms; primary site can include MULTIPLE painful ulcers  
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bacterial vaginosis   reproductive; Candida albicans, Trichomonas vaginalis, Gardnerella vaginalis; normal flora Lactobacillus produces H2O2 keeps other flora supressed; Lactobacillus reduced other take over, cause vaginosis; milky white fluid, foul odor; re-est Lactobacillus  
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