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| Staphyloccocus aureus (All) |
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CASEMELT
(Capsule, Protein A, Staphylokinase, Enterotoxins, Membrane damaging toxins, Epidermolytic toxin, Leukocidin, Toxic Shock toxin) |
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1) Exfoliation toxin: destroys intercellular connections
2) TSST1 superantigen: Systemic shock |
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1) M and T proteins: inhibit opsonization
2) Lipoteichoic acid and F protein: bind to epithelium
3) Hyaluronidase: helps organism spread
4) Pyrogenic exotoxin: SUPERTOXIN
5) SPEA, B, C: cause rash of scarlet fever
Pyrogenic |
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| 1) Tetanospasm (neurotoxin) |
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1) Numerous toxins: impairs blood supply and maintains anaerobic conditions
2) Tissue-destroying enzymes |
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1) Intracellular
2) Slow development that leads to chronic immune reaction |
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| Candida (dimorphic fungus) |
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| 1) Invasion: all major organisms when disseminated |
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| Sporothrix schenckii (dimorphic fungus) |
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Definition
| 1) Ulcerations or abscess formation in the lymphatics |
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| Blastomyces dermatitides (dimorphic fungus) |
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1) Fungal infection in lungs: may be confused with TB
2) Abscesses |
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| Coccidioides immitis (dimorphic fungus) |
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| 1) Southwest USA, Mexico, S. America |
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1) Flagella
2) Intracellular (within macrophages)
3) Localized cutaneous ulcers
4) Invasion of mucosal tissues in nose and mouth |
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| Schistosome (blood flukes) |
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Definition
1) Lay eggs in the tissues
2) Cause granulomas |
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Necator americanus (helminth)
Ancylostoma duodenale (helminth) |
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| 1) Blood sucking intestinal parasites |
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| 1) Virus-rich vesicles on the skin make it easy to transfer |
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1) Latency period in basal ganglia with reactivation
2) Intracellular travel (axonal travel) |
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1) Latency period in basal ganglia with reactivation
2) Intracellular travel (axonal travel) |
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| 1) Live in T-cells and avoid immune system |
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| 1) Infects endothelial cells in Kaposi's sarcoma |
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1) Infects hemopoietic cells in the bone marrow
2) Grows in mitotically active cells |
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| 1) Mononuclear cells are infected |
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| Trypanosoma cruzi (fungi) |
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Taenia solium (Helminth)
(Tapeworms) |
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1) Suckers and hooks
2) Proglottids (egg segments that are passed in the feces) |
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| 1) Cyst fluid causes anaphylaxis |
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| Trichinella spiralis (Roundworm: Helminth) |
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| 1) Causes diarrhea that helps spread the eggs |
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