Microbiology: Exam 5 Material Flashcards

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____ is a small rod shaped gram negative bacteria; 3rd known to cause it, it’s a blood loving bacteria. It’s also known as Influenzal meningitis. Mostly found in children, when you have this you will have flu like symptoms.

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Hemophilus Influenza

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____ is small rod bacteria and is gram negative. It is also known as the plague or “Black Death”; causes Buboes. When you have this your inguinal lymph nodes will turn dark.

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Yersinia (Pasteurella) Pestis

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Can penetrate unbroken skin and is the ONLY one that can do this. It’s a febrile disease and the fever lasts a long time and becomes high. 87% initially appears as ulcers on the skin. Known as rabbit fever, ____ is a small rod shaped; gram negative.

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Francisella Tularensis

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You can get ___ from animal to person (rat to flea to person) and is a plague in rodents.

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Yersinia (Pastuerella) Pestis

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____ is direct animal to person (skinning), It’s indirect animal to person (rabbit tick) NO person to person contact.

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Francisella Tularnesis

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A strict aerobe(MUST HAVE 02) and an exotoxin ____ releases poisonous substance continuously. It’s localization is in the pharynx by means of lesions back of throat and can become so large it blocks the airway. It’s a rod shaped gram positive; it’s portal of entry is the respiratory tract and it’s exit is the sputum.

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Corynebacterium Dyptheriae

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A spirochete bacteria is the cause of syphilis (“lues”) a staged disease is known as ____. You will have have the following lesions chancre “hard ulcer” (type of lesion in primary stage), gumma (type of lesion in tertiary that attacks the nervous system) Only seen by darkfield microscopy.

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Treponcema Pallidum

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Primary staged syphilis last ____ weeks; with a chancre lesion

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8-12

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Secondary syphilis can last up to ____ years; highly infectious

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5

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The teritiary stage of syphilis will last the ____; with a gumma lesion.

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rest of the patients life

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Tabes, dorsalis, and general paresis are different forms of ____.

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Neurosyphilis

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