(07) Strep Flashcards
1
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(Genus: Streptococcus)
- big thing to remember?

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- strep is catalase negative

2
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this doesn’t have catalase like staph - so it can’t resist macrophages - this is why capuslle is oso importnatn.
big things to remember are CAPSULE and M PROTEIN

3
Q
more or less invasive than staph?
due to what?

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more
streptokinase (digest fibrin clots - inhibits walling off)

4
Q
just know that path caused by immune response - and that m protein disrupts phags by interfereing with complemtn

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protein m disrupts this enzyme

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