STREPTOCOCCACEAE Flashcards
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WHAT ARE THE 2 TYPES OF STREPTOLYSIN
STREPTOLYSIN - O
STREPTOLYSIN - S
OXYGEN - LABILE, LYSES RBCs & PLATELETS
STREPTOLYSIN - O
OXYGEN - STABLE, LYSIS WBCs
STREPTOLYSIN - S
WHAT IS THE FORMER NAME OF STREPTOCOCCAL PYROGENIC TOXIN?
ERYTHROGENIC TOXIN
WHAT IS THE 3 VIRULENCE FACTORS OF ENZYMES?
DNASE
STREPTOKINASE
HYALURONIDASE
LOWERS VISCOSITY OF EXUDATES; MORE MOBILITY.
DNASE
FIBRIN CLOT LYSIS
STREPTOKINASE
SEPARATES TISSUE & SPREAD INFECTION
HYALURONIDASE
COMMONLY KNOWN AS “STREP THROAT”
BACTERIAL PHARYNGITIS
STREP THROAT COMMON IN CHILDREN IN WHAT YEAR OF AGE?
5-15
WHAT IS THE 3 PYODERMAL INFECTIONS?
IMPETIGO
ERYSIPELAS
CELLULITIS
LOCALIZED SKIN DSX THAT MAY LEAD TO NECROTIZING FASCIITIS
IMPETIGO
RARE BUT COMMON TO ELDERLY; PAINFUL, SWOLLEN REDDISH SPOTS
ERYSIPELAS
CONTAGIOUS; FOUND ON DEEPER TISSUE. CHARACTERIZED BY ERYYHEMA & EDEMA
CELLULITIS
A CONDITION WITH MULTIPLE SYSTEM COLLAPSES, LEADING TO DEATH
STREPTOCOCCAL TSS