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Anthrax
Bacillus anthracis - a zoonotic disease of herbivorous livestock, facultative parasite that can be fatal
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cutaneous anthrax
mildest form of anthrax, caused by entrance of spores into small openings in the skin, causes dark necrotic lesion called an eschar
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pulmonary anthrax
woolsorter disease - inhalation of airborne spores, kill macrophages with exotoxins once they germinate
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exotoxins
toxin (usually a protein) that is secreted and acts upon a specific cell target
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endotoxin
bacterial intracellular toxin that is not ordinarily released (as an exotoxin)
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myonecrosis/anaerobic cellulitis
gas gangrene - necrotic condition associated with the release of gases caused by Clostridium perfringens
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botulin
Clostridium botulinum toxin. Most powerful microbial toxin known causing flaccid paralysis of the muscles
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listeriosis
infection of Listeria monocytogenes due to eating contaminated dairy products, poultry of meat
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diphtheria
infection of Corynebacterium diphtheriae, transmitted by human carriers or milk, upper respiratory tract infection
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diphtherotoxin
exotoxin responsible for the effects seen in diphtheria, upper respiratory system, peripheral nervous system and heart
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pseudomembrane
tenacious, noncellular mucous exudate containing cellular debris that tightly blankets the mucosal surface of infections such as diphtheria
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Propionibacterium
infect the pilosebaceous glands of human skin, Propionibacterium acnes causes acne
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Mycobacterium
require acid fast staining to be seen due to mycolic acid coating, cause tuberculosis and leprosy
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tubercle
in tuberculosis, the granulomatous well-defined lung lesion that can serve as a focus for latent infection
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Acintomycetes
causes acintomycosis, rod shaped and gram positive
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tetanospasmin
potent neurotoxin causing intense muscle contraction, accounts for major symptoms of tetanus (lockjaw)
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