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Gram Negative Bacteria B Flashcards

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Neisseria Species

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Gram Negative
Aerobic Diplococci
sex pili, non motile

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Gram neg cocci
Gonorrhea
NON capsulated

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Neisseria meningitidis

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Meningitis
Encapsulated
Gram neg cocci

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How is gonorrhea transmitted?

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Between humans through intimate contact of mucous membrane

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pyogenic in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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pus like discharge containing polymorphonuclear leukocyte

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Which antibiotic is recommended to N. gonorrhoeae and why?

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Cephalosporins because it is resistant to several antibiotics

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Symptoms of N. gonorrhoeae in males

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urethral like discharge, prostatitis and periurethral abscess

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Symptoms of N. gonorrhoeae in females

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vaginal discharge, abdominal pain, abnormal menstrual bleeding

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Enterobacteriaceae characteristics

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gram negative rods; most pathogenic and encountered
Glucose fermenters, oxidase negative

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Haemophilus influenzae

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Normal microflora of upper respiratory tract

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What can H. influenzae cause? (3)

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Otitis media
Sinusitis
Bronchitis

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large gram negative rods of Enterobacteriaceae are associated with

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intestinal infections, found in almost all natural habitats

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what does Enterobacteriaceae cause?

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Meningitis, bacillary dysentery, typhoid and food poisoning

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Treatment of H. influenzae

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Quinolones, Aminoglycosides, Cephalosporins

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Which bacteria is most common cause of acute bacterial meningitis in infants and young children?

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H. influenzae

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E. coli is the number one

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cause of UTIs

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What diseases are E. coli linked to?

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pneumonia, meningitis and traveler’s diarrhea

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Opportunistic gram negative
Strictly aerobic
Catalase positive rod
Glucose/lactose non fermenters

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What does E. coli produce from undigested material in the large intestine?

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Vitamin K

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Endotoxin of E. coli leads to

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severe cases of diarrhea

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Treatment for E. coli

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do not place on antibiotics due to severe shock
the only exception - UTI - amoxicillin/augmentin, cephalosporins, Macrobid and sulfa drugs

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Shigella dysenteriae
characteristics

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gram negative rod, facultative anaerobe
Lactose non fermenter

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toxin in Shigella dynsenteriae

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shiga toxin
potent A-B type toxin with 1 A and 5 B subunits

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The shiga toxin

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prohibits protein synthesis and leads to cell death

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Treatments for shigella dysenteriae

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sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim, azithromycin and ciprofloxacin

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What does shigella dysenteriae lead to?

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diarrhea and fever (dysentery)

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Transmission of salmonella

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through uncooked meats and eggs
Chickens are the main reservoir

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What does Salmonella lead to?

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Intestinal infection: diarrhea, vomiting, chills, headache

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2 types of Salmonella bacteria

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S. typhimurium and S. enteritidis

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S. typhi

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only carried in humans
causes typhoid fever
Lactose non fermenter

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typhoid fever symptoms

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fever, diarrhea, and inflammation of the infected organs

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treatment of typhoid fever

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cipro, ceftriaxone, bactrim and amoxil

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Edwardsiella tarda characteristics

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produces hydrogen sulfide, found in aquatic animals and reptiles

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What does Edwardsiella Tarda cause?

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gastroenteritis and wound infections

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Two forms of Citrobacter and what they cause

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C. freundii - can cause diarrhea and extra intestinal infections
C. diversus - meningitis in newborns

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An example of Serratia

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Serratia marcescens

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what does S. marcescens cause?

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can cause UTIs, wound infections and pneumonia

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Klebsiella pneumoniae characteristics

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large, non motile, produces large sticky colonies in nutrient media, heat stable enterotoxin, R plasmids

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Klebsiella pneumoniae is common in

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hospitals (pneumonia and UTIs)

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Kliebeslla is second only to

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E. coli that causes UTIs

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R plasmids

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confers resistance to ampicillin; can be transferred to enteric bacteria

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Treatment for Klebsiella pneimoniae

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Quinolones, AMinoglycosides and Cephalosporins

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Enterobacter characteristics

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similar to Klebsiella but ornithine positive, part of the normal flora, can cause opportunistic infections, highly motile

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Two types of Enterobacter and what they cause

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E. aerogenes and E. cloacae
both cause UTI and URI (NO DIARRHEA)

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Treatment for Enterobacter

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Penicillins, aminoglycosides, Bactrim

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What does Proteus cause?

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UTI infections and hospital acquired infections

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Proteus ( P. Mirabilis, P. Vulgaris)

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gram neg, lactose non fermenter, oxidase negative, aerobes, highly motile, forms swarming colonies

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Treatment for Proteus

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broad spectrum penicillins or cephalosporins

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Morganella (M. Morganii) causes

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UTI infections, wound infections and diarrhea

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Treatment for Morganella

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Chloramphenicol

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Enterobacteriales lactose fermenters (4)

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Escherichia coli
Citrobacter spp.
Klebsiella spp.
Serratia spp.

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Enterobacteriales Lactose non fermenters (6)

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Morganella
Proteus
Providencia
Salmonella
Shigella
Yersinia

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What does Pseudomonas aeruginosa cause?

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Wound infections
Meningitis
Abscesses
Burns
Septicemia

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Treatment of P. aeurginosa

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Two antibiotics at once due to resistance
Gentamicin, Ticarcillin/Clavulanate

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Vibrios and Curved Rods

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Gram negative, facultatively anaerobic, bacillus

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V. cholerae type responsible for cholera epidemic

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‘O’-somatic Ag

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Cholera

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Acute, diarrheal illness

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How do you get cholera?

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Contaminated water and food with feces
Raw shellfish

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Legionella pneumophila

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Gram negative, intracellular parasites, motile, rod or coccoid shaped, aerobic, use amino acids for energy

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Diseases associated with L. pnemonphila

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Legionnaires’ Disease
Pontiac Fever
Respiratory transmission-pneumonia

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Treatment of L. pneumophila

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Penicillins or aminoglycosides

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Spirochaetes

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Treponema, Borrelia, Leptospira

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Treponema pallidum

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motile, gram negative, microaerophilic spirochaetes, do not survive well outside of host

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How is treponema pallidum transmitted?

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Direct sexual contact
Mother to fetus
Not highly contagious

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Common inoculation sites of treponema pallidum

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Cervix or vagina
Penits

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Primary disease process of treponema pallidum

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Invasion of mucous membrane
Rapid multiplication
Wide dissemination through lymphatics
Systemic circulation prior to development of lesion

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Primary lesion of Syphilis

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Resolved by fibrotic walling-off

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Secondary lesion of Syphilis

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Highly contagious
Host enters latent period

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Tertiary syphilis

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Localized dermal cancer-like lesions few organisms are present and reflects immunologic reaction of host

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Jarisch-Herxheimer

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Symptoms of fever, muscle pains, headache, tachycardia
Caused by cytokines released by immune system in response to lipoproteins released from rupturing syphilis

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Treatment of Syphilis

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IM injection of penicillin
Penicillin G & Azithromycin

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Borrelia recurrentis

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Relapsing fever (tick, famine)

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Treatment of Borrelia recurrentis

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Penicillins, Tetracylines, Macrolides

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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Lyme Disease

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Three stages of Borrelia burgdorferi

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  1. Unique skin lesion with general malaise
  2. Subsequent stage have neurological or cardiac involvement
  3. Migrating episodes of non-destructive arthritis transmitted by hard body ticks
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Treatment of Borrelia burgdorferi

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Acute illness with phenoxymethylpenicillin or tetracycline

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Leptospira interrogans causes

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Weil’s disease
Acute febrile jaundice and nephritis

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How is Leptospira interrogans transmitted?

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To humans from variety of animal hosts

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What does Leptospira interrogans infect?

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Infects kidneys and organisms are shed in urine, with renal failure and death not uncommon

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Acinetobacter baumanii

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Gram negative rod, opportunistic
War against antibiotic resistant pathogens

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Treatment of Acinetobacter baumanii

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Penicillin

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Enterobacteriae lactose fermenters

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E. Coli, Klebsiella, citrobacter and serratia

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What leads to an increase in N. gonnorhoeae?

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Birth control pills - change the pH leads to inc infection

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E. coli strains with potentially lethal toxins (5)

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O157:H7, O121, O145, O26, O104:H21

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Why do we not treat E. coli with antibiotics

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endotoxin from dead E. coli leads to endotoxemia

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difference between dysentery and diarrhea

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dysentery has presence of erythrocytes, don’t go as often as diarrhea

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salmonellosis

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inflammation of the intestine caused by Salmonella

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Paratyphoid fever

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similar tot typhoid; caused by S. paratyphi A,B or C

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P. mirabilis

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proteus, causes UTI and wound infections

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Hib

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haemophilus influenzane type B; causes virtually all human disease

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa characteristics

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blue green pigment pyocyanin
catalase positive rod
strictly aerobic
opportunistic
can grow without nutrition

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces

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an extracellular protease which aids to its virulence

92
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what serogroup of vibrio is responsible for classic epidemic cholera

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O1 and O139

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