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Bacteriology 1
Virulence factors
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Biology
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08/31/2009

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Staphylococcus spp.
Definition
Hyaluronidase, staphylokinase, lipases, alpha toxin, beta toxin, delta toxin, gamma toxin, P-V leukocidin, enterotoxin A, enterotoxin B, enterotoxins C and D, exfolitin, toxic shock syndrome toxin-1, catalase
Term
Staph aureus
Definition
staph spp. plus coagulase and nuclease
Term
Strep pyogenes
Definition
hyaluronic acid capsule, M-protein, M-like protein, streptolysin O, streptolysin S, pyrogenic toxin, streptokinase, C5a peptidase, DNAse
Term
Strep agalactiae
Definition
hyaloronic acid capsule
Term
Strep pneumoniae
Definition
capsule, protein adhesins, pneumolysin, secretory IgA protease
Term
Enterococcus spp.
Definition
cell surface adhesion proteins, hemolytic activity, proteolytic enzymes, antibiotic resistance
Term
Bacillus anthracis
Definition
capsule, edema factor, protective agent, lethal factor
Term
Bacillus cereus
Definition
enterotoxins: emetic and diarrheal form, necrotic toxin, cereolysin, phospholipase C
Term
Listeria monocytogenes
Definition
adherence factors, intracellular, listeriolysin O, phospholipases to move from cell to cell, evades humoral response, catalase
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Corynebacterium diptheriae
Definition
diptheria toxin (A & B fragments), catalase
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Nocardia
Definition
catalase, superoxide dismutase, cord factor, prevents acidification of phagosome, breaks down enzymes
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Definition
intracellur, inhibits phagosome-lysosome fusion, granuloma formation, tricks cell in to providing it with nutrients (vesicle fusion)
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