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Micro Final Terms.txt

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  1. Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis
    Streptococci
  2. Acute Bacterial Endocarditis
    Staphylococcus Aureus
  3. Gram + Sepsis
    Group B streptococci
  4. Puerperal Sepsis
    Streptococcus pyogenes
  5. Bubonic Plague
    Yersinia pestis
  6. Tularemia
    Francisella tularenis
  7. Relapsing Fever
    Borrelia hermisii
  8. Lyme Disease
    Borellia burgdorferi
  9. Another name for the bull's eye rash of Lyme's Disease
    Erathema Migrans
  10. Cat Scratch Fever
    Bartonella henselae
  11. Antrax
    Bacillis anthracis
  12. Thyphus
    Rickettsia prowazekii
  13. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
    Rickettsia rickettsii
  14. Cytomegalovirus
    Herpes
  15. Ebola
    virus
  16. American Trypanosomiasis
    Trypanosoma cruzi
  17. Toxoplasmosis
    Toxoplasma Gondii
  18. Malaria (the most dangerous king)
    Plasmodium Falciparum
  19. Bacterial Meningitis: 3 causative agents
    • Steptococci Pneumoniae 46%
    • Neisseria meningitidis 17%
    • Haemophilis influenzae
  20. Listereosis
    • Listeria Monocytogenes
    • food industry is concerned with this
  21. Tetnus
    • Clostridium Tetani
    • Death results from spasms in the respiratory muscles
  22. Botulism
    • Clostridium botulinum
    • Spores
    • 3 Diseases: Food poisoning, infant botulism, wound botulism
  23. Leprosy
    Mycobacterium Leprae
  24. What are the two types of leprosy and one characteristic for each?
    • Tuberculoid: no disfigurement
    • Lepromatous: severe disfigurement
  25. Polio
    • Virus
    • Grows in oropharynx and intestines
  26. Rabies
    • Virus
    • Death by encephalitis
  27. Cryptococcus Neoformans meningitis
    • Fungus
    • Pigeon droppings
  28. African Trypanosomiasis
    • trypanosoma brucei
    • African Sleeping Sickness
  29. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
    Prions
  30. Streptococcal Pharyngitis
    • Streptococcus pyogenes 10%
    • Most caused by viruses: rhinovirus and adenovirus
  31. Scarlet Fever
    • Streptococcus pyogenes
    • Spotted tongue
  32. Diptheria
    • Corynebacterium Dipheriae
    • Formation of a pseudomembrane in throat
  33. Otitis Media
    • Common after cold or ear infection
    • S. pneumoniae
    • H. influenza
  34. Common Cold: 3 causes
    • Rhinovirus
    • Coronavirus
  35. Pertussins
    • Bordetella pertussis
    • Whooping cough
    • Cells attach to ciliated cells in the trachea
  36. Tuberculosis
    Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  37. Pneumococcal pneumonia
    Streptococcus pneumoniae
  38. Haemophilis influenzae pneumoniae
    Haemophilis pneumoniae
  39. Legionellosis
    Legionella pneumophila
  40. Pneumonocystis pneumonia
    • Pneumoncytis jiroveci
    • Fungus
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Micro Final Terms.txt
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Micro Organisms Final
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