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Why is staphylococcus resistant to the environment?

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Can withstand drying, increased salt, can be inactive in dried pus, easily spread

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Is staphylococcus resistant in environments?

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Yes

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What can staphylococcus survive in for extended periods of time?

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Dried pus, boils, and skin

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When is staphylococci less susceptible to antimicrobials?

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When it is inactive

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How does one treat a staphylococcal infection?

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Debridement and draining of necrotic tissue so antimicrobials can reach the organism

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What are two different types of staphylococcus?

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Coagulase positive and negative

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What is Coagulase positive staph?

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Can clot plasma, is invasive and grouped with pneumococci and strepticocci

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Coagulase + is pyogenic, what does that mean?

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Causes pus forming infections from the white blood cells going to infected area and causing swelling and exudate

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What are four types of toxins produced from Coagulase + staph?

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Hyaluronidase, enterotoxins, hemolysins, leukocydines

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What does hyaluronidase do?

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Dissolves tissues, aids in the spread of bacteria

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What do some Coagulase + staph produce?

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Capsules to resist phagocytosis

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How many kinda of coagulase - are there?

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27 kinds, mostly commensuals

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What is staphylococcus aureus?

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Skin infection (cellulitis, boils, impetigo)

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What are three types of skin infections caused by S. Aureus?

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Cellulitis, boils, impetigo

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What are five diseases/infections S. aureus can cause?

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Skin infections, toxic shock syndrome, acute bacterial endocarditis, pneumonia, food poisoning

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What is toxic shock syndrome caused by (1) and symptoms? (4$

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Caused by TSST-1, fever, shock, death, septicemia

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What is acute bacterial endocarditis?

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Results in rapid destruction of the heart valves

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What is S. Food poisoning?

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Food borne intoxication

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What is S. Food poisoning caused by?

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Caused by the overgrowth of bacteria on food leading to the production of a toxin that causes illness

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What are the symptoms in humans of s. Food poisoning? (4)

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Onset of nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, diarrhea

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What are the symptoms in animals for s. Food poisoning 2

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They are sub clinical, mastitis in cows and fatal infections in rabbits

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What is the incubation period for S. Food poisoning?

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30min to 8 hours

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What is S. Hyicus?

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Exudative epidermitis (greasy pig disease)

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What type of staphylococcus are commensuals but if found in the the blood are an infection (septicemia) however often mistaken for contamination?

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S. Epidermitis and S. Saprophyticus

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What two staph are used in fermented meats and dried fish and soy sauce and have recently found to produce enterotoxins?

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S. Saprophyticus and a. Carnosus

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What is MRSA?

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Multiple drug resistant S. aureus and is a nosocomial pathogen

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What is the reservoir for MRSA?

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Health care providers

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What are three ways of transportation of MRSA?

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Skin contact, contaminated instruments/equipment and environment

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What are the symptoms of MRSA? 5

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Localized pustules, boils, inflammation, exudate, drainage

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What are two symptoms that MRSA has gone systemic?

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Pneumonia, septicemia

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How do you treat MRSA?

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Drain, culture and use correct antibiotic

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How would you prevent MRSA? 2

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Personal protective equipment and proper sanitation

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What should be included in personal protective equipment? 4

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Gloves, mouth, nose, eyes

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What are 4 types of G (+) organisms?

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Staphylococcus, streptococci, bacillus, clostridium

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Describe streptococci

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G(+) cocci in chains or pairs

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What is the lance field system?

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The streptococci are grouped by seri type

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What is a serotype?

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Antigen that binds with a particular antibody

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What g(+) organism can produce hemolysins?

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Streptococci

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What is gamma hemolysis?

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Non hemolytic, no change to color of blood agar

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What is alpha hemolysis?

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Partial hemolysis of blood. Green, cloudy haze around colony growth

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What is beta hemolysis?

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Complete hemolysis of blood, clear zone around colony growth

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How can streptococci be treated?

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Responds well to antibiotics or leave alone for immune system

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What are five diseases or infections streptococcus pyogenes can cause?

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Impetigo and other skin infections, necrotizing fascititis, rheumatic fever, scarlet fever, streptococcal pharyngitis

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What happens if streptococci reach deeper tissues?

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Can become necrotizing fasciitis

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Why is necrotizing fasciitis so destructive?

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It produces a substance that promote rapid spread of the infection

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What are three things necrotizing fasciitis can produce?

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Streptokinase, hyaluronidase, and DNA

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What is the death rate of necrotizing fasciitis?

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Can exceed 40%

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When is an infection considered necrotizing fasciitis?

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When it attacks the muscle covering

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When does rheumatic fever normally strike?

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4-18 year old children following a strep throat

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What can happen with rheumatic fever? 3

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Inflammation of the heart, heart valve damage may occur and any reinfect ion can increase damage

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What is streptococcal pharyngitis?

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Strep throat, URI

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What causes strep throat?

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Beta hemolytic streptococci

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What are 3 symptoms of strep throat?

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Localized inflammation and fever, tonsillitis, and swollen and tender lympnodes

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What is the drug of choice for strep throat?

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Penicillin

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How is strep throat transmitted?

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Respiratory secretions

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How is strep epidemic ally spread?

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Unpasteurized milk

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How is scarlet fever caused?

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S. Pyogenes causes strep and secretes erythrogenic toxins

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What are three symptoms of scarlet fever?

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Pinkish red skin rash and high fever and strawberry slough younger

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How is Scarlet fever transferred?

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Inhalation of infected droplets

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What are five things streptococcus pneumoniae can cause?

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Pneumonia, pleuritic, meningitis, septicemia, otitis media

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What is streptococcus farcalis/ enterobacter faecalis?

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Normal GI bacteria that’s opportunistic

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What can S. Faecalis cause?

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Endocarditis

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Is s. Faecalis drug resistant?

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Drug resistance is common

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What is clostridium? 3

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G(+) spore former, obligantbanaerobe

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What do clostridium produce?

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A variety of potent exotoxins

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What are three types of infections or diseases caused by clostridium?

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Clostridium perfringes, clostridium tetani, and clostridium botulinum

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What clostridium is zoonotic?

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Clostridium perfringes

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What are three things caused by clastridium perfringes?

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Food poisoning, dysentery, gas gangrene

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How crappy is gas gang green?

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Sever, often fatal

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What is dysentery?

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Mucous and diarrhea

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Where does clostridium food poisoning come from?

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Meat and meat stews contaminated with intestinal contents during slaughter

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What does clostridium perfringes do?

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Grows in host intestinal tract and produced exotoxins

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What are some symptoms of clostridial food poisoning?

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Abdominal pain and diarrhea

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What does clostridium tetanus cause?

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Tetanus/lock jaw

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What does clostridium tetani produce?

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Tetanospasmim

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What does tetanospasm do?

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Prevents the shutting off of skeletal muscle impulses

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What can kill 30 people with only a period sized amount?

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Tetanospasm in

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What is toxin tetanolysin?

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Destroys tissue

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Is vaccine or treatment effective?

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How fatal is clostridium tetani if only treated?

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What does clostridium botulinium cause?

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Where is clostridium botulinium common?

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In soil and water

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Is clostridium botulinium zoonotic?

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Not usually

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Where do most cases of botulism come from?

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Home canned, low acidic food

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What environment does clostridium botulinium like?

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Low acidic, anaerobic

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How many Mcg can cause paralysis by preventing nerve impulses?

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How fatal is botulism?

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What happens when someone has botulism?

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Suffocate or heart stops

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What is the supportive care for botulism?

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Ventilator and polyvalent antitoxin

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Where do people get infant botulism from?

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Is bacillus gram pos or neg?

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Can be both

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What is bacillus anthraccis?

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Gram pos rods, spore former with a capsule

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Where can bacillus anthraccis be found?

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How long can bacillus anthracics spores survive?

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Where are there bacillus anthracics endemics?

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ND, NE AR MS LA TX CA

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What does anthrax effect?

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Most warm blooded animals

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Where did humans normally get anthrax?

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Animals or animal products such as wool or hides.

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What are three types of anthrax infections?

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Cutaneous, pulmonary anthrax, and intestinal

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What are symptoms of cutaneous anthrax? 5

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Papules, vesicles, black spot of necrosis, regional lymph nodes, septicemia

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What are symptoms of pulmonary anthrax? 5

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Flu like symptoms, fever, sweating, respiration distress, death

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What are five symptoms of intestinal anthrax?

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Fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea, septicemia, death

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What antibiotics are effective against anthrax? 2

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Penicillin, streptomycin, or both

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What shape and gram is listeria?

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Is listeria a spore former?

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Which listeria is ubiquitous?

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Listeria monocytogenes

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What are five symptoms of listeria monocytogenes?

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Fever, muscle ache, loss of balance, endocarditis, abortion

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What can listeria monocytogenes cause in sheep and cattle?

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Meningitis and encephalitis

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How can we control and prevent listeria monocytogenes? 2

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Pasteurization, cook meat thoroughly

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Where is corny bacteria normally found?

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Mucous membranes

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What shale and gram is corynebacterium?

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G(+) pleomorphic rod

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Is corny bacteria spore forming?

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What are 5 symptoms of corynebacterium diptheriae?

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Soar throught, fever, malaise, neck swelling, death

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What is the characteristic symptom of corynebacterium?

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Grey membranous film that forms over throat

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How is corynebacteria diptheriae spread?

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Airborne transnission

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What are the two things used to treat coryynebacterium diptheriae?

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Antitoxin and antibiotics

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