(07) Strep Flashcards

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(Genus: Streptococcus)

  1. big thing to remember?
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  1. strep is catalase negative
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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

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more or less invasive than staph?

due to what?

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more

streptokinase (digest fibrin clots - inhibits walling off)

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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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