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What are the results of ingesting viable salmonella bacteria?

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Gastroenteritis

Typhoid Fever

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What is the most common Gram Negative Bacteria?

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Salmonella

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Which bacteria cause Enteric Fever?

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Salmonella Paratyphi

Salmonella Typhi

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What are the symptoms of Bacillary Dysentery?

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Abdominal cramps
Tenesmus
Diarrhoea

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Which bacteria causes Bacillary Dysentery?

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Shigella

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What form does Escherichia coli take?

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Gram negative rod

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Give some examples of diseases caused by E.coli

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Urinary Tract infections
Neonatal meningitis
Intestinal infections
Bacteraemia

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What are the types of diarrhoegic E.coli?

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Enterotoxigenic
Enterohaemorrhagic
Enteropathogenic
Enteroinvasive

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The 0157 strain of E.coli causes…

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Mild gastroenteritis
Haemorrhagic colitis
Haemolytic Uremic syndrome (renal failure)

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What is a urinary tract infection that has spread to the kidneys called?

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Pyelonephritis

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Other than E.coli, what is the most common bacteria that causes UTIs?

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Staphylococcus saprophyticus

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Which bacteria is responsible for encrustations of catheters?

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Proteus mirabilis

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What is bacteraemia?

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Bacteria in the blood

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What are the symptoms of sepsis?

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Fever/Hypothermia
Raised heart rate
Fast breathing
Nausea
Confusion
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What are the three types of sepsis?

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Uncomplicated sepsis
Severe sepsis
Septic shock

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Which bacteria causes Whooping Cough?

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Bordetella pertussis

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What does infected cerebrospinal fluid look like?

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Cloudy and yellow

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What does normal CSF look like?

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Clear fluid

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Which bacteria cause bacterial meningitis?

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Haemophilius influenzae

Neisseria meningitis

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What do Haemophilius influenzae bacteria look like?

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Gram negative rods

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What do Neisseria meningitis bacteria look like?

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Gram negative diplococci

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Which type of Haemophilius influenzae causes the most infections?

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Type B

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Which bacteria causes Gonorrhoea?

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Neisseria gonnorhoeae

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What is usually used to treat Gonorrhoea?

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A single dose of ceftriaxone

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What structure is unique to gram negative bacteria?

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An outer membrane

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