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Penetrates mucous membranes
Wounds/Hair follicles |
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Primary-chancre
Secondary-Fever,jaundice
Tertiary-gummas, to brain |
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Definition
VRDL
(venereal disease research lab)
check for antibodies |
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Definition
penicillin (even though g-)
to affect protein synthesis |
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| Syphilis-how much reported |
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Definition
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| Neisseria gonorrheae (g-) |
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Wounds
Attachment with pili to epithelial cells |
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Sex
fluid contact because very fragile diplococcus
passed to infants |
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| Gonorrhea Characteristics |
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Definition
| Discharge, burning, itching, sterility |
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Term
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Definition
gonococcal opthalmia
can lead to blindness
treat with Silver Nitrate |
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Term
| Chlamydial urethritis-agent |
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Definition
Chlamydia tracomatis
(small intracell. parasite)
abnormal cell wall |
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| Chlamydia urethritis invasion |
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Definition
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| Chlamydia urethritis transmission |
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Definition
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| Chlamydia Characteristics |
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Definition
80-90% nonsymptomatic
discharge as gonorrhea |
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Term
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Definition
| Chlamydial opthalmia and pneumonia |
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Term
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Definition
Choroquinolones
erythromycin
Effect protein synth, and DNA gyrase |
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Definition
Haemophilus ducreyi
(g-) rod |
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Definition
Wounds
Contact with leisons
Bacteria go to lymph |
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Definition
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Definition
SOFT chancre
endemic in developing countries |
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| Lymphogora nuloma/venereum-agent |
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Definition
| Chlamydia trachomatis (different serotype) |
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Term
| Lymphogora nuloma venereum Transmission |
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Definition
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| Lymphogora nuloma venereum Characteristics |
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Definition
| Fever, swelling, to lymph |
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Term
| Contact Bacterial Diseases |
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Definition
| Transmitted by skin contact |
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Term
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Definition
Mycobacterium leprae
(acid fast rod)
heat sensitive |
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Term
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Definition
Obligate intracell. parasite
grow inside macrophages |
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Definition
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Definition
Skin leisons
Inside bone in superficial regions
95% population has natural immunity |
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Definition
9 banded armadillos
hard to lab cultivate |
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Definition
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Definition
Transient Normal flora
can enter wounds and become pathogenic |
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Term
| Abscess, boil Transmission |
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Definition
| Skin contact wounds, spread by food handlers to be food poisioning |
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Term
| Abscess boil Characteristics |
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Definition
skin lesions, pus filled pockets
spread to blood and other organs
septicemia
can cause bone infection
can produce exotoxin (enterotoxin) |
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Term
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Definition
| More in children with low immune system |
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Term
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Definition
MRSA- methicilin resistant s.a.
VISA- vancomycin resistamt s.a. |
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Definition
| Staph aureus strain that produces a toxin |
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Term
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Definition
small wounds made with tampons
production of a toxin |
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Term
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Definition
| Sunburn-like rash, fever, coma |
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Term
| Bacterial Conjunctivitis-agent |
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Definition
Haemophilus influenza III
(g-)rod |
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Term
| Haemophilus influenzae III disease |
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Definition
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Term
| Bacterial Conjunctivitis Transmission |
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Definition
| face to face contact, airborne droplets, towels |
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Term
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Definition
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Term
| Endogenous Bacterial Diseases |
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Definition
| normal flora mos become pathogenic in individuals with depressed immune systems |
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Term
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Definition
Bacteroides fragilis
(g-) rod |
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Term
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Definition
Normally in large intestine
Injury goes to blood vessels |
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Definition
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Definition
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Definition
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Definition
in urinary tract become pathogenic
belong in intestine |
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Definition
Cystitis (bladder), urethritis (ureters), pyelonephritis (nephrons)
burn pain during urination |
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Definition
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Definition
Strep mutans
Strep mitis
Strep salivaris |
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Term
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Definition
Biofilm (Plaque) formed on teeth
Bacteria produce acids that break enamel |
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Term
| Dental Carries- Prevention |
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Definition
| Fluorides, decrease sugar in food (ferm produces acid) |
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Term
| Stages of Biofilm Development |
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Definition
Attach
Initial Colonization
Secondary Colonization
Mature Biofilm |
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Term
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Definition
| acquired during hospitalization (caused by opportunistic organisms) |
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Term
| Nosocomial Infecttions Passed by |
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Definition
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Term
| 3 Predisposing Factors for Nosocomial |
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Definition
-wide variety mos present
-weak immune patients
-direct or indirect chain of transmission |
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Definition
| carried by hospital staff |
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opportunistic
UTI/Wound infections |
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