Ch.12 Interactive glossary Flashcards
A characteristic of Yersinia and Francisella species in which stain gathers at the poles of the cells, yielding the appearance of safety pins.
Bipolar staining
A common name for tetanus, based on the spasms of the jaw muscles; also called trismus.
Lockjaw
A form of plague in which Yersinia pestis invades the lung tissues and causes severe respiratory symptoms.
Pneumonic plague
A microscopic fiber located along cell walls in certain species of spirochetes; contractions of the filaments yield undulating motion in the cell.
Endoflagellum
A mild arthropodborne bacterial disease, transmitted by the tick and by contact, caused by Francisella tularensis; characterized by mild fever and vague symptoms of malaise.
Tularemia
A physiological process in which the enzymes from wounded tissue digest the surrounding layer of cells, inducing a spreading death to the tissue cells.
Gangrene
A pink pimple on the skin.
Papule
A rash consisting of pink-red spots that later become dark red before fading; occurs in rickettsial diseases.
Maculopapular rash
A relatively serious tickborne disease of the blood caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, characterized by high fever and a skin rash beginning on the body extremities and proceeding toward the body trunk.
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
A serious arthropodborne bacterial disease transmitted by the flea, caused by Yersinia pestis and characterized by severe blood hemorrhaging.
Plague
A serious arthropodborne bacterial disease transmitted by ticks, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi; characterized by a skin rash (EM) and malaise, and later a swelling and degeneration of the large joints.
Lyme disease
A serious bacterial disease caused by Bacillus anthracis, characterized by severe blood hemorrhaging; the inhalation form also called woolsorter’s disease.
Anthrax
A serious soilborne bacterial disease caused by Clostridium perfringens, characterized by gas accumulation in the muscle tissues and gangrene; often called myonecrosis.
Gas gangrene
A soilborne bacterial disease caused by Leptospira interrogans, characterized by mild fever.
Leptospirosis
A soilborne bacterial disease of the muscles and nerves, caused by toxins produced by Clostridium tetani; characterized by uncontrolled muscle spasms.
Tetanus
