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Disease can be due to ingestion of preformed toxin in home-canned foods or spores in honey by an infant

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Clostridium botulinum.

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Symptoms include flaccid paralysis, dry mouth, diplopia, dysphagia and respiratory failure

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Clostridium botulinum

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Part of normal skin flora causing infections of IV lines and catheters

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Staphylococcus epidermidis

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Major cause of endocarditis in patients with prosthetic heart valves

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Staphylococcus epidermidis

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Grows white colonies. Does not produce coagulase. Does not ferment in mannitol. Does not produce Protein A

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Staphylococcus epidermidis

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Common cause of nosocomial infections. Often resistant to antibiotics including vancomycin

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Enterococcus spp.

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Common cause of UTIS, sepsis, meningitis and endocarditis

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Enterococcus spp.

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Major cause of pharyngitis. Can also cause suppurative infections such as erysipelas, cellulitis and impetigo

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Streptococcus pyogenes. (Group A Strep)

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Beta-hemolytic, bacitracin sensitive cocci.

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Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Strep)

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Detection with host antibodies to bacterial DNase B and anti-streptolysin O (ASO)

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Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Strep)

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Infection can lead to acute glomerulonephritis, mitral stenosis and aortic stenosis.

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Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Strep)

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Glomerulonephritis with immune complex deposition. Heart valve destruction due to autoimmune reaction by cross-reactive antibodies

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Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Strep)

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