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Carriers

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Have disease but not ill

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Fomite

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Inanimate object, ie phone

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What is the difference between a commensal and a pathogenic bacteria

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A commensal bacteria is non disease causing unlike a pathogenic bacteria which is disease causing

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Virulence

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The pathogenicty of an organism

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Nosocomial

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Hospital environment , ie ex epidemiologist

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Bacteremia

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Bacteria in the bloodstream

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Septicemia

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Toxins from the bacteria in circulation. Mia meaning blood

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Exotoxins

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Toxins produced and secreted by bacteria

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Endotoxins

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Toxins released from inside the organism when they die

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Pyogenic

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Bacteria causing pus

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Purulent

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Oozing pus

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Bones, leg , veins, surgical sites- hospital acquired, and can cause toxic shock syndrome if internal

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Staph aureus

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Otitis media, rhematic fever caused, glomerulonephritis which affects kidneys

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Group A Beta Strep

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This causes ear infections, pneumonia,

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Strep pnemonia

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This causes meningitis and neurological issues

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Neisseria meningitides

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A neg bacilli causes urinary tract infections, may be pathogenic in other places than the intestines and colon

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E coli

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This firm of E. coli can cause endotoxins shock

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E. Coli 015:H7

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A gastrointestinal enteritidis poisoning

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Salmonella sp.

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A gastrointestinal problem that causes dysentary

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Shigella sp.

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Gram negative diplocoxx, std

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N Gonorrhoeae

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The cause of Syphilis and the name of the test

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Trepnema is the cause, a spirochete. The test name is a RPR, rapid plasma region

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A test caused by spores of animal feces left in ground. This causes rigid muscles

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clostrium tetany, tetanus

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Anaerobes condition characterized by microorganism a growing in necrotic necrotic tissue of deep wounds causing gas

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Clostridium perfringens, gang green

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A condition caused by food grown in soil containing spores of bacteria causing paralysis of muscles in respiration

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Clostridium, botulinum, botulism

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This condition causes a pseudo membrane in a throat

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Corynebacterium diptheriae, diphtheria.

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A condition that causes a latent infection which primary site is the lungs. The test is PPD, protein from cell wall.

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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A condition that comes from animal intestines, humans get this from contaminated water

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Campylobacter enterocolitis

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A condition that is a major contributor to gastric ulcers

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Helicobacter pyloric

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This condition has a DPT vaccine which stands for diptheriae pertussis tetanus

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Whooping cough

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A viral disease pain in eyes, photophobia, cough, rash, measles is cause

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Rubeola

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Same as measles but also respiratory and also more mild. Vaccination and also causes birth defects

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German measles, rubella

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Symptoms are fever, malaise, skin eruption , harmful to fetus, shingles complication, caused varicella virus

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Chicken pox

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A herpes virus that affects the mouth

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Herpes 1

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Herpes virus that is venereal

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Herpes 2

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A disease in premature babies, fetuses, immhnesuppressed

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Cmv. Cytomegalovirus

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The cause of mononucleosis, doctors will order a serology test IM ( pus pockets in throat can develop strep)

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EBV, Epstein Barr Virus

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Conditions caused by Chlamydial sp.

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Caused by Chlamydial trachomatis, not disease and non virus

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Three forms of chlamydia

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Trachoma, venereal chlamydia, pneumonia caused by chlamydia psittaci

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Diseases of Rickettsial infections

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Typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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Rickettsial infections are caused and cause

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Causes hemorrhage in smAll vessels in skin and carried by ticks and fleas

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Fungus that is responsible for 80 percent of major organ fungal infections

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Candidiasis, Candida albicans

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Disease caused by trichomonas sp

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Std

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Disease caused by giardia sp

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Acute diarrhea

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Disease caused by plasmodium sp

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Malaria, causes rbc to rupture causing hemolysis

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Disease caused by enterobius sp

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Fecal oral, pinworms, children

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Cause of diphyllobothrium sp

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Tape worms in raw fish

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Cause of trichinella sp

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Source of uncooked pork

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4 venereal diseases and classify causes as virus, fungal, bacteria or parasite

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Gonehnerrea, bacteria: herpes, virus : candidia, fungus: trichinosis: parasite

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