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Erysipelas

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GABHS- Strep pyogenes

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Impetigo contagiosa

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GABHS- Strep pyogenes

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Necrotizing fascitid

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GABHS- Strep pyogenes - exotoxin B

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Most common bacterial cause of pharyngitis

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GABHS- Strep pyogenes

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Scarlet fever

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GABHS- Strep pyogenes

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Streptococcal toxic shock syndrom

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GABHS- Strep pyogenes- pyogenic exotoxin A

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Acute rheumatic fever

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GABHS- Strep pyogenes

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Postpharyngitic or post impetigo GN

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GABHS- Strep pyogenes

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Mcc of neonatal sepsis, pneumonia and meningitis

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Group B strep -Strep agalactiae

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UTI in pregnant women

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Group B strep -Strep agalactiae

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UTIs due to indwelling urinary catheters

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Group D strep -Enterococcus faecalis

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Biliary tract infection

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Group D strep- Enterococcus faecalis

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Endocarditis in patients who underwent GI surgery

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Group D strep- Enterococcus faecalis

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Marantic endocarditis in patients with abdominal malignancy

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Group D strep -Streptococcus bovis

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Mcc of CAP

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S Pneumoniae

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Mcc of OM, sinusitis, bacterial meningtis

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S Pneumoniae

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Dental caries

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S mutans -S Viridians

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Mcc of subacute and native valve endocarditis

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S Viridians- S sanguis

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Brain abscesses

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S Viridians- S intermedius

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Woolsorter’s disease

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Bacillus anthracis

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Malignant pustule

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Bacillus anthracis

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Watery nonbloody diarrhea resembling clostridial gastroenteritis

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Bacillus cereus -Diarrheal form

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N and V, similar to staphylococcal food poisoning

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Bacillus cereus- emetic form

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Ophthalmitis post penetrating eye injury

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Bacillus cereus

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Botox

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Clostridium botolinum’s- exotoxin A

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Diplopia, dysphonia, dysarthria, dysphagia (4D)

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Clostridium botolinum

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Floppy Baby syndrome

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Clostridium botolinum

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Gas gangrene

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Clostridium perfringens -a toxin

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Watery diarrhea with cramps and little vomiting

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Clostridium perfringens

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Pseudomembranes

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Clostridium difficile- exotoxin A and B

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Pseudomembranous colitis

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Clostridium difficile

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Diphtheria

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Cornybacterium diphtheriae

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Granulomatosis infantiseptics

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Listeria monocytogenes

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Most common cause of meningitis among ages 2-18

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N meningitidis

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Meningococcenia

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N meningitidis

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Purpura fulminans

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Meningococcemia- N meningitidis

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Waterhouse friderichsen syndrone

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N meningitidis

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Ophthalmia neonatorum

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N gonorrhea

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Mcc of urethritis

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N gonorrhea

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Mcc of PID

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N gonorrhea

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Mcc of septic arthritis in sexually active adults

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N gonorrhea

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Culture negative subacute bacterial endocarditis

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Eikenella corrodens; kingella kingae

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Mcc of epiglottitis

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H influenzae

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Tuspirina

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Bordtella perrussis- tracheal cytotoxin

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Pontiac fever, atypical pneumonia

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Legionella pneumophilia

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Shiga-like; bloody diarrhea

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E coli- verotixin

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Mcc of community acquired UTI

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E coli

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2nd mcc of neonatal meningitis

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E coli

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Mcc of traveler’s diarrhea

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ETEC

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Backpacker’s diarrhea

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Giardia

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Enterocolitis

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Salmonella enteritidis/ s typhirum

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Typhoid fever

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Salmonella typhi- vi capsular antigen

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Mcc of bacillary dysentery

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Shigella - Sonnei duval’s bacillus

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Most severe form of bacillary dysentery: mcc of epidemic dysentery

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Shigella dysenteriae type I

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Bacillary dysentery

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Shigellosis

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Mcc of bacterial GE

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Campylobcter jejuni

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Gastric carcinoma; MALT lymphoma

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H pylori

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Mcc of pneumonia in alcoholics

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Staghorn calculi

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Urease- proteus mirabilis

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Burn wound infections

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Pseudomonas

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Hot tub folliculitis

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Pseudomonas

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Skin graft loss due to infection

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Pseudomonas

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Green nail infection

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Pseudomonas

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Pubic osteomyelitis, puncture wound osteomyelitis

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Pseudomonas

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Mcc of otitis externa (malignant)

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Pseudomonas

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Ventilator acquired pneumonia

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Pseudomonas

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Typhilitis

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Pseudomonas

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Shanghai feber

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Pseudomonas

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Peritonitis in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis

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Pseudomonas

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Ecthyma gangronosun

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Pseudomonas

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Febrile neutropenia

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Pseudomonas

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Abdominal abscess, peritonitis, cerebral abscess

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Bacteroides fragilis

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Undulating fever

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Brucella abortus

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Tularemia

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Francisella tularensis

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Bubonic,pneumonic, septicemic plague

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Yersinia pestis

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Buboes

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Yersinia pestis

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Mycetomas, lung and brain abscesses

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Nocardia asteroides

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Sinus tracts draining sulfur granules

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Actinomyces israelii

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Walking pneumonia

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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Mcc cause of atypical pneumonia

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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Mcc infectious cause of SJS

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Mycoplasma pneumonia

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Chancroid

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H ducreyi

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Relapsin fever

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Borrelia recurrentis

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Jaundice, bleeding, uremia (triad)

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Weil syndrome

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Most common STD overall

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Chlamydia trachomatis

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Trachoma

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C trachomatis A-C

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Neonatal pneumonia with stoccato cough

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C trachomatis D-K

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Lymphogranuloma venereun

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C trachomatis L1-L3

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Buboes

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C trachomatis L1-L3 (lymphogranuloma venerum)

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Atypical pneumonia with atherosceloris

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Chlamydia pneumoniae

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Bird fancier’s disease

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Chlamydia Psittaci

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Q fever

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Rickettsia- coxiella burnetti

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Bacillary angiomatoais

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Bartonella henselae

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Cat scratch disease

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Bartonella henselae

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Bacterial vaginosis

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Gardnerella vaginalis

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Granuloma inguinale (donovanosis)

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Klebsiella granulomatis

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Beefy red ulcer; pseudobuboe

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Granuloma inguinale

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