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Bacterial Deseases of the Blood

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Bacteremia   bacteria in the blood  
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bubo   bobonic comes from this--intensley painful, swollen lymph node packed with immune cells and dying tissue  
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Bobonic plague   Yersinia pestis, gram-neg rods, first phase bubo--2nd phase bacteria spread through bloodstream- dark purple to black hemorrhages occur--black death--  
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Endemic typhus   Richettsia typhi prevalent in rodent populations and uncommon to humans  
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Fungemia   fungi in the blood  
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Lyme disease   spirochete bacteria, transmitted by tecks--Borrelia burgdorferi--transmitted by Ixodes tick--mice primary carrier--3 phases-red rash, red ring slowly expands with red spot remaining at bite site--bulls eye rash--may be 15" in diameter--enters bloodstream-  
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Pneumonic plague   extrememly contagious--100% mortality if not tx early--spread via resp aerosols  
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Q fever   caused by Coxiella burnetii--gram-neg coccobacilli, obligate intracellular bacteria, transmitted by insects or fluids--acquired from aerosole/contaminated animal fluids(milk)--flu-like sx may progress to headache fever, pneumonia, and endocarditis  
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Rocky mountain spotted fever   rickettsia rickettsii--gram-neg coccobacilli, obligate intracellular bacteria, transmitted by ticks--begins with headache, muscle/joint pain, fever--pink rash on hands/soles of feet appears in about 1 week, spreads to body--hemorrhagic--leads shock/death  
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Septic shock   agent/toxins cause infected person's blood pressure drop below level required for normal organ functioning  
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Septicemia   agent/toxins in blood cause disease--normally involves active growth of microbes in bloodstream  
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Systemic diseases   diseases spread throughout the body  
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Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)   enterotoxin produced by S. aureus--bacteria grow in and around tampons--enterotoxin cross into bloodstream and affect neural centers cause confusion and shock--ABT necessary--gram-pos--Staphylococci, Aureus  
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Tularemia   gram-neg rods---known as rabbit fever--Francisella tularensis--common via mucous membranes who skin rabbits--ulcer at bite location, swollen lymph nodes, fever, chills, aches,--majority need no tx  
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Typhus   Rickettsia prowazekii--gram-neg coccobacilli, obligate intracellular bacteria, transmitted by lice--bathing and physical removal of lice important measures in disease prevention  
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Viremia   Viruses in the blood  
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