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Gram (+) coccus
Cluster
Catalase
Encapsulated (some)
Non-fastidious (not picky)
Capable of aerobic and anaerobic |
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Gram (+) coccus
Group A, B-hemolytic
Chains |
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Gram (+) bacillis
Strict Anaerobic!!!!
SPORE FORMING |
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Gram (+) baccilis
Anaerobic (more tolerant of oxygen than others in family)
Spores are rare
Hemolytic on blood agar |
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Gram (+) but have a hard time staining
Aerobic
Bacilli
Acid-Fast
Transmitted through air |
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Dimorphic fungus (Yeast when on surfaces and hyphae when invading)
Commensal on skin, mouth, and intestines |
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Definition
Dimorphic fungus (single-celled yeast and multi celled hyphae)
Direct contamination of wounds in the skin |
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Dimorphic fungus
Invades through the lungs
Inhalation of airborne spores |
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Dimorphic fungus (Hyphae in soils; Encapsulated, yeast like endospores in tissues)
Inhalation of air-borne pathogen |
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Definition
Dimorphic fungus (Filamentous when invading surface keratinized structures; Hyphae penetrate between cells)
Transmitted by flakes of infected skin |
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| Encapsulated yeast-like fungus in bird-poop ridden soils |
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Intracellular flagellates (in macrophages)
Transmitted by sandflies |
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Definition
Commensal to pathogenic
Contact and air-borne routes
Can survive drying, salt and nitrites |
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| S. pyogenes transmittance |
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Definition
Commensal to pathogenic
Contact and air-borne routes |
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Definition
Spore and vegetative organisms in soil and normal flora
Contact |
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Definition
Blood flukes; Adult worms in blood vessels around intestine or bladder
Eggs infect aquatic snails |
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| Poxvirus (Molluscum contagiosum) |
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Definition
dsDNA (largest viruses)
+/- envelope
Brick or ovoid
Transmitted through direct contact with skin lesions from other humans |
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dsDNA
(+) envelope
Icosahedral |
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| Saliva, vesicle fluid, sexual contact, birth canal |
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Definition
| Respiratory droplets, vesicle fluid |
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Definition
| Saliva and Organ transplants |
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Definition
| Saliva, urine, semen, cervical secretions, milk, organ transplant, and across the placenta |
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ssDNA
(-) envelope
Icosahedral
Transmission via respiratory droplets |
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Term
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Definition
(-) ssRNA, non-segmented
Enveloped
Pleomorphic shape
Helical nucleocapsid
Transmission via respiratory droplets (some can be transmitted by body fluids of infected animals) |
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(+) ssDNA
Enveloped
Spherical shape
Icosahedral nucleocapsid
Transmitted via respiratory drops (Rubella); others are from bug bites |
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Flagellates
Live in blood or CSF (African), or blood and tissue (American)
Transmitted via the Tsetse fly (Afr.) or Reduviid bug (Ame,) |
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Tapeworms in intestines
Suckers and hooks
Proglottids
Transmitted via eating raw or undercooked meat |
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Large, fluid filled cysts in liver (can occur in any organ)
Transmitted via swallowing eggs released from adult tapeworms in dogs |
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Roundworms
Low host specificity
Transmitted through eating raw/undercooked meat (pork) |
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