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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
Clostridium botolinum's- exotoxin A
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Diplopia, dysphonia, dysarthria, dysphagia (4D)
Clostridium botolinum
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Floppy Baby syndrome
Clostridium botolinum
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Gas gangrene
Clostridium perfringens -a toxin
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Watery diarrhea with cramps and little vomiting
Clostridium perfringens
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Pseudomembranes
Clostridium difficile- exotoxin A and B
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Pseudomembranous colitis
Clostridium difficile
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Diphtheria
Cornybacterium diphtheriae
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Granulomatosis infantiseptics
Listeria monocytogenes
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Most common cause of meningitis among ages 2-18
N meningitidis
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Meningococcenia
N meningitidis
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Purpura fulminans
Meningococcemia- N meningitidis
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Waterhouse friderichsen syndrone
N meningitidis
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Ophthalmia neonatorum
N gonorrhea
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Mcc of urethritis
N gonorrhea
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Mcc of PID
N gonorrhea
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Mcc of septic arthritis in sexually active adults
N gonorrhea
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Culture negative subacute bacterial endocarditis
Eikenella corrodens; kingella kingae
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Mcc of epiglottitis
H influenzae
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Tuspirina
Bordtella perrussis- tracheal cytotoxin
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Pontiac fever, atypical pneumonia
Legionella pneumophilia
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Shiga-like; bloody diarrhea
E coli- verotixin
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Mcc of community acquired UTI
E coli
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2nd mcc of neonatal meningitis
E coli
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Mcc of traveler's diarrhea
ETEC
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Backpacker's diarrhea
Giardia
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Enterocolitis
Salmonella enteritidis/ s typhirum
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Typhoid fever
Salmonella typhi- vi capsular antigen
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Mcc of bacillary dysentery
Shigella - Sonnei duval's bacillus
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Most severe form of bacillary dysentery: mcc of epidemic dysentery
Shigella dysenteriae type I
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Bacillary dysentery
Shigellosis
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Mcc of bacterial GE
Campylobcter jejuni
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Gastric carcinoma; MALT lymphoma
H pylori
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Mcc of pneumonia in alcoholics
Klebsiella pneumoniae
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Staghorn calculi
Urease- proteus mirabilis
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Burn wound infections
Pseudomonas
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Hot tub folliculitis
Pseudomonas
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Skin graft loss due to infection
Pseudomonas
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Green nail infection
Pseudomonas
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Pubic osteomyelitis, puncture wound osteomyelitis
Pseudomonas
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Mcc of otitis externa (malignant)
Pseudomonas
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Ventilator acquired pneumonia
Pseudomonas
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Typhilitis
Pseudomonas
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Shanghai feber
Pseudomonas
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Peritonitis in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis
Pseudomonas
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Ecthyma gangronosun
Pseudomonas
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Febrile neutropenia
Pseudomonas
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Abdominal abscess, peritonitis, cerebral abscess
Bacteroides fragilis
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Undulating fever
Brucella abortus
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Tularemia
Francisella tularensis
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Bubonic,pneumonic, septicemic plague
Yersinia pestis
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Buboes
Yersinia pestis
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Mycetomas, lung and brain abscesses
Nocardia asteroides
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Sinus tracts draining sulfur granules
Actinomyces israelii
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Walking pneumonia
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
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Mcc cause of atypical pneumonia
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
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Mcc infectious cause of SJS
Mycoplasma pneumonia
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Chancroid
H ducreyi
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Relapsin fever
Borrelia recurrentis
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Jaundice, bleeding, uremia (triad)
Weil syndrome
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Most common STD overall
Chlamydia trachomatis
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Trachoma
C trachomatis A-C
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Neonatal pneumonia with stoccato cough
C trachomatis D-K
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Lymphogranuloma venereun
C trachomatis L1-L3
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Buboes
C trachomatis L1-L3 (lymphogranuloma venerum)
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Atypical pneumonia with atherosceloris
Chlamydia pneumoniae
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Bird fancier's disease
Chlamydia Psittaci
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Q fever
Rickettsia- coxiella burnetti
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Bacillary angiomatoais
Bartonella henselae
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Cat scratch disease
Bartonella henselae
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Bacterial vaginosis
Gardnerella vaginalis
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Granuloma inguinale (donovanosis)
Klebsiella granulomatis
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Beefy red ulcer; pseudobuboe
Granuloma inguinale

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