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prokaryotic, cell wall, single chromosome, 70S ribsome

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bacteria characteristics

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stain, shape, oxygen requirements, temperature, others

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classification of bacteria

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3
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lag, log, stationary and death

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bacterial growth phases

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number of cells are constant as they prepare for growth; no multiplication

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lag growth phase

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exponential growth

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log growth phase

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new growth matches die off rate as nutrients run out of food

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stationary growth phase

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7
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gram positive (BLUE) or negative (RED)

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stain

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crystal violet, H2O, iodine, H2O, acetone alcohol wash, safranin, H2O

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gram stain

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iodine (mordant or fixer) and safranin (counterstain)

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mordant and counterstain

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coccus (round), bacillus (rod) or vibrio (comma-shaped)

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shape

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aerobic (grows in O2) or anaerobic (can grow without O2)

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oxygen requirement

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prefers to live without O2 but has the facility (ability) to live with oxygen

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facultative anaerobic

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13
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cannot live in the presence of O2

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obligate anaerobic

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cannot live without oxygen-mycobacteria, bacillus, and pseudomonas

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obligate aerobic

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15
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needs a very small amount of O2 - helicobacter pylori, treponema pallidum

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microaerophilic

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16
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thermophile (45-900), mesophile (20-450), or psychrophile (0-200)

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temperature preferences

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17
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urease, nitrite producing, catalase positive, specific sugar fermentation

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other ways of grouping bacteria

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18
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klebsiella, proteus, ureaplasma, nocardia, (cryptococcus), helicobacter

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urease (urea splitting)

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klebsiella, escherichia coli, enterobacter, pseudomonas, proteus, serratia

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nitrite-producing

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pseudomonas, listeria, escherichia coli, and staphylococcus

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catalase - positive

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staphylococcus aureus; all other staphylococci and coagulase negative

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coagulase - positive coccus

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22
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neisseria gonorrhea and neisseria meningitidis

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glucose - fermentation coccus

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23
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escherichia coli and klebsiella pneumoniae

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lactose - fermenting bacilli

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24
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neisseria meningitdis and proteus mirabilis

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maltose fermenting bacteria

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25
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mycoplasma

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bacteria without cell walls

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26
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chlamydia, rickettsiae, ehrlichia, bartonella, and coxiella

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obligate intracellular parasite

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27
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borrelia, leptospira, treponema

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flexible bacteria (spirochetes)

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28
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all bacteria have cell walls except MYCOPLASMA

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bacteria rule 1

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29
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all cocci are gram + except NEISSERIA

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bacteria rule 2

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30
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all bacilli are gram - except the baccilus group

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bacteria rule 3

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31
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bacillus, clostridium, corynebacterium, and listeria

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baccilus group

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32
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all gram + bacilli are spore forming except corynebacterium and listera

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bacteria rule 4

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33
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all gram - bacilli are enteric except 8

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bacteria rule 5

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34
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all UTI causing bacteria are nitrite + except STAPH, SAPROPHYTICUS

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bacteria rule 6

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35
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gram + spore forming rod causes woolsorter’s dz, malignant pustule

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baillus anthracis

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36
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gram + spore forming rod, food poisoning from eating reheated fried rice

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bacillus cereus

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37
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gram - non enteric rod causing cat scratch dz

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bartonella henselae

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38
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paroxysmal bouts of coughing followed by an inspiratory whoop

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bordetella pertussis

39
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spirochete, darkfield microscopy, ixodes vector deer tick, lyme dz

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borrelia burgdorferi

40
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gram -, non enteric, causes undulant fever, contaminated milk

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brucella abortus

41
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obligate intracellular parasite, causing lung infection in bird keepers

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chlamydia psittaci

42
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commonest cause of blindness in Africa, spread by flies

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chlamydia trachomatis ABC

43
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urethritis, PID, reiters syndrome: conjunctivitis, arthritis, urethritis

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chlamydia trachomatis D-K

44
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lymphogranuloma venereum - painful buboes, sign of the groove

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chlamydia trachomatis L1 L2 L3

45
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transmitted by contaminated honey and causes paralysis and diplopia

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clostridium botulinum

46
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pseudomembranous enterocolitis

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clostridium difficile

47
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deep puncture wound followed by muscle necrosis and gas bubbles

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clostridium perfringens

48
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causes lockjaw (trismus), produces exotoxin tetanospasmin

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clostridium tetani

49
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gram + rod, grey pseudomembrane in the throat and heat damage

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corynebacterium diphtheriae

50
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obligate intracellular parasite, unpasteurized mild, skin rash with Q fever

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coxiella burnetti

51
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gram -, enteric catalase + rod causing UTI

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enterobacter cloacae

52
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gram -, enteric lactose fermenting, commonest cause of UTI

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escherichia coli

53
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O and H types are used to identify pathogenic stains

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e coli typing

54
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causes hemolytic uremic syndrome

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e coli subtype O157:H7

55
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gram -, non enteric rod, fever from handling infected rabbit skin

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francisella tularensis

56
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gram -, urease + rod, causes peptic ulcer, gastritis, stomach cancer

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helicobacter pylori

57
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gram -, non enteric rod, pink eye dz

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hemophilus aegypti

58
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gram -, non enteric rod, causes chancroid painful yellow genital sore

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hemophilus ducreyi

59
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gram -, non enteric rod, pneumonia, otitis, epiglottis, meningitis

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hemophilus influenzae

60
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gram -, enteric, lactose fermenting bacillus pneumonia, UTI

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klebsiella pneumoniae

61
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gram -, non enteric, lung infection from infected air conditioners

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legionella pneumonphila

62
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spirchete, darkfield microscopy, weil’s dz. spread by rats

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leptospira interrogans

63
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gram + non spore forming, contaminated milk or cheese, meningitis

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listeria monocytogenes

64
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gram resistant, thick waxy wall, ziehl neelsen stain, lowenstein jensen m.

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mycobacterium tuberculosis

65
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gram resistant bacteria like cool places nerves and face

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mycobacterium leprae

66
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gram - intracellular glucose fermenting coccus urethritis

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neisseria gonorrhea

67
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gram - coccus which ferments maltose and glucose meningitis

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neisseria meningitidis

68
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gram -, enteric urea splitting bacillus causing UTI

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proteus mirabilis

69
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gram -, non enteric bacillus, infected burns with blue green pus

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pseudomonas aeruginosa

70
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gram -, enteric, causes rose colored spots and step ladder fever

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salmonella typhi

71
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gram - bacillus, produces red pigment

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serratia marcescens

72
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gram -, enteric, non lactose fermenting, causes bloody diarrhea

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shigella dysenteriae

73
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gram +, catalase and coagulase + coccus, infecting healthy valves

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staphylococcus aureus

74
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gram +, catalase +, coagulase - coccus causes UTI

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staphylococcus saprophyticus

75
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gram +, catalase -, alpha hemolytic coccus in strips

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streptococcus pneumoniae

76
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grame +, catalase -, beta hemolytic coccus, rheumatic fever

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streptococcus pyogenes

77
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gram +, catalase -, alpha hemolytic, previously damaged valves

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streptococcus viridans

78
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spirochete, darkfield microscopy, painless penile chancre

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treponema pallidum

79
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gram - enteric rod - causes severe diarrhea and rice water stool

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vibrio cholera

80
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gram - enteric rod - causes food poisoning and necrotizing fasciitis

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vibrio vulnificus

81
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gram - enteric rod- causes bubonic and pneumonic plague

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yersinia pestis

82
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dz transmitted from animals to humans in a specific occupation

83
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francisella tulanersis

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rabbit skinning

84
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brucella abortus

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abattoir worker

85
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bacillus anthracis

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sheep sharer

86
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vibrio vulnificus

87
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bartonella henseiae

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cat scratch

88
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leptospira interrogans

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rats in cane fields

89
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yersinia pestis

90
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allergic to meat after bit by a tick infected with ehrlichia chaffeensis

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lone star tick

91
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dead gram - bacteria, outer wall, heat stable, systemic effects

92
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live gram +, destroyed by heat, antigenic, targets specific tissue

93
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exotoxin which targets the nerves, stops GABA or glycine production

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tetanospasmin

94
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exotoxin which targets the acetylcholine receptor a the NMJ

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