Medical Micro Flashcards

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Toxin-mediated diseases

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Scalded skin syndrome, toxic shock, food poisoning

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Pyogenic diseases caused staphylococcus aureus

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Boils, wound infections, mastitis, pneumonia

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What causes staph. aureus to be methicillin resistant

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mecA gene produces a protein that binds to penicillin

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