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Microbiology Q3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| involving or relating to the production of pus | pyogenic |
| pathogen that causes impetigo, scalded skin syndrome, toxic shock syndrome, nosocomial infections (pneumonia), food poisoning, MRSA, VRSA | Staphylococcus aureus |
| pathogen that causes strep throat, septic sore throat, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, puerperal sepsis, impetigo, erysipelas (St. Anthony's Fire) | Streptococcus pygenes |
| Shape: spherical Arrangement: grapelike clusters Causes pus-forming lesions Primary virulence factors: produces toxins & enzymes and resists phagocytosis | Staphylococcus aureus |
| Shape: spherical Arrangement: chainlike Causes pus-forming lesions Primary virulence factors: produces toxins & enzymes & resists phagocytosis | Streptococcus pyogenes |
| Shape: spherical Arrangement: chainlike Causes pus-forming lesions Primary virulence factors: produces a capsule & resists phagocytosis | Streptococcus pneumoniae |
| pathogen that causes lobar pneumonia, otitis media, meningitis | Streptococcus pneumoniae |
| Shape: spherical Arrangement: diplococcus Pus-forming Primary virulence factors: pili or fimbriae | Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
| pathogen that causes gonorrhea, pelvic inflammatory disease, ophthalmia neonatorum | Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
| Shape: spherical Pus-forming Primary virulence factors: pili or fimbriae; capsule | Neisseria meningitidis |