(07) Strep Flashcards
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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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