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What organisms are Gram + ?

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BLCCSS (6)

Bacillus 
Listeria monocytogenes 
Clostridium 
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Staph
Strep
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What diseases are caused by Staph Aureus?

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STOIC (5)

SCALDED SKIN SYNDROME: …exfoliative toxin..caused by MERSA..eats into blood system…

TOXIC SHOCK

OSTEOMYELITIS: from hospitals, locker rooms, etc
Dead bone = sequestrum
New bone = emborium

IMPETIGO (#1 Cause!!!): infection of child around mouth…“honey crusted lesion around mouth”

CARBUNCLES: many furuncles (infected hair follicles)…boils…“A carload of furuncles”

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What does Staph Aureus produce?

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SA produces ALPHA Toxin / Alpha Hemolysin

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What tests are positive for Staph?

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Catalase
Coagulase
Mannitol Salt

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What diseases are caused by Strep Pyogenes?

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“SERGIS” (6)

STREP THROAT

ERYSIPELAS…aka St Anthony’s Fire…superficial cellulitis

RHEUMATIC FEVER…..Jones major…See picture
Carditis (MacCallum Patch in posterior left atrium)
Syndenham’s Chorea
Subcutaneous Nodule
Erythema Marginatum
Migratory Polyarthritis

GLOMERULONEPHRITIS

IMPETIGO (#2 cause)

SCARLET FEVER…strawberry tongue… + Dicks test

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What is Strep Pyogenes’ agent?

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Group A Lancefield, Beta Hemolytic Strep

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What is the purpose of the complement system?

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Enhances phagocytosis or cellular lysis

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What are the pathways of the complement system?

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Classical: meet at C3B
(Ag-Ab)
Antigen Antibody

Alternative: meet at C3B
EX: Sheep’s RBCs

Lectin:

Terminal Complement Complex:
C5B-C9 = Membrane Attack Complex
Attack bacteria

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Sterilization / Autoclave Pasteurization Method

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274F, 121 C…..15 min
Steam heat under pressure
Denatures membranes
INEFFECTIVE against prions

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Vaccination Types

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Inactivated: rabies, (Salk = dead polio)
Toxoid: tetanus
Live attenuated: MMR (Sabin = active polio)

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Vaccine Manufacturing

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Chick Embryo = MM
Human diploid cells = Rubella, Rabies, Hep A
Monkey Kidney tissue = polio

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Sequelae Vaccination

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Guillian-Barre AKA Post-infectious polyradiculopathy

Ascending demyelization of PNS

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Types of Studies:

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Case Control = IDS risk factors
Double Blind = eliminate placebo
Restrospective = back in time

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Chlamydia psittaci

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Lower respiratory infection

Parrot Fever

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