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Microbiology
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04/12/2012

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STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE

KINGDOM: MONERA

COMMON NAME: STREP

ETIOLOGY: BACTERIAL MENINGITIS, ALSO PNEUMONIA SPREADS VIA RESPIRATORY DROPLETS

NOTES: A(ALPHA)-HEMOLYTIC

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CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI

 

KINGDOM: MONERA

COMMON NAME: TETANUS

ETIOLOGY: ENTERS THROUGH WOUND IN THE SKIN.

TREATMENT: TETANUS VACCINE

NOTES:DEATH THROUGH PERMANENT CONTRACTIONOF MUSCLES.

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BACILLUS ANTHRACIS


KINGDOM: MONERA

COMMON NAME: ANTHRAX

ETIOLOGY: DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENDOSPORES OR LIVE BACTERIA.

TREATMENT: B-LACTAMASE ANTIBIOTICS LIKE PENICILLIN.

NOTES: 3 TYPES-CUTANEOUS,PULMONARY AND GASTROINTESTINAL.

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BACTERIUM MODEL


NUCLEOID-CRANBERRY RED TANGLED MASS IN CENTER.

FLAGELLUM-PIPE CLEANER ON ONE END

FIMBRIAE-SHORT PLASTIC PROJECTIONS OF MODEL.

CELL MEMBRANE-EGG YOLK YELLOW INNER LINE.

CELL WALL-WIDE GREEN SPACE

GLYCOCALYX-OUTSIDE LAYER

RIBOSOMES-BLUE DOTS

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ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM


KINGDOM: ANIMALIA

COMMON NAME: DOG HOOKWORM

ETIOLOGY: PENETRATE SKIN, MOVES FROM CIRCULATORY TO DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.

TREATMENT: ALBENDAZOLE

NOTES: DIAGNOSIS IS HOOKWORM EGGS IN STOOL.

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SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE


KINGDOM: FUNGI

COMMON NAME: BAKERS YEAST

ETIOLOGY: N/A

TREATMENT:N/A

NOTES: BREAD, BEER AND CRACKERS ARE PRODUCTS.

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CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPTHERIAE


KINGDOM: MONERA

COMMON NAME: DIPTHERIA

ETIOLOGY: SPREAD BY DIRECT CONTACT OR DROPLET TRANSMISSION

TREATMENT: DPT VACCINE, DIPHTHERIA TOXAOID VACCINE.

NOTES: STREPTOBACILLI

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ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS


KINGDOM: ANIMALIA

COMMON NAME: HUMAN PIN WORM

ETIOLOGY: DIRECT HUMAN TRANSMISSION, FECAL-ORAL ROUTE.

TREATMENT:ALBENDAZOLE

NOTES: SYMPTOMS-PERIANAL ITCHING

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PLASMODIUM VIVAX


KINGDOM: PROTISTA

COMMON NAME: N/A

ETIOLOGY: CAUSES MALARIA

TREATEMENT: CHLOROQUINE

NOTES: CARRIED BY FEMALE ANOPHELES MOSQUITO. APICOMPLEXAN.

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NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE


KINGDOM: MONERA

COMMON NAME: GONORRHOEAE, THE CLAPP-FRENCH DERIVATIVE OF "CLAPOIR" MEANING BROTHEL.

ETIOLOGY: STD, DIRECT CONTACT

TREATMENT: PENNICILLIN OR CEFTRIAXONE

NOTES: FOUL SMELLING PURULENT DISCHARGE.

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SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM


KINGDOM: ANIMALIA

COMMON NAME: HUMAN BLOOD FLUKE: ORIGIN-CHINA.

DISEASE IT CAUSES: SCHISTOSOMIASIS

TREATMENT: PRAZIQUANTEL (A QUINALENE DERIVATIVE)

            MORPHOLOGY/NOTES/DIAGNOSIS

     *EGGS ARE RELEASEDIN FECES, THEY FORM MIRICIDIA WHICH THEN INFECTS A SNAIL WHERE SPOROCYSIS FORMS DURING ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION.

     *THEN CIRCARIA ARE SHED INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. THIS PENETRATES THE HOST.

     *THESE MIGRATE TO THE MESENTARIC VEINS WHERE THEY MATE AND LAY EGGS. 

     *THEN THE PROCESS STARTS OVER.

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BACTERIAL FLAGELLA


KINGDOM: MONERA

COMMON NAME: FLAGELLA(THIS ARRANGEMENT IS AMPHITRICHOUS)

ETIOLOGY: N/A

TREATMENT: N/A

NOTES: LEARN ALL FOUR TYPES.

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TAENIA SOLIUM


KINGDOM: ANIMALIA

COMMON NAME: PORK TAPEWORM

ETIOLOGY: CONSUMING UNCOOKED PORK, INGESTING GRAVID PROGLOTTIDS.

TREATMENT: PRAZIQUANTEL (PZQ)

NOTES: SIZE, 2M-30M

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RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS


KINGDOM: ANIMALIA

COMMON NAME: BROWN DOWN TICK

ETIOLOGY: PARASITE, FEED ON BLOOD FROM ANIMALS.

TREATMENT: GOOD PERSONAL HYGIENE AND PREVENTION WITH CLOTHES AND INSECT REPELLANT.

NOTES: CAN TRANSMIT RMSF IN HUMANS.



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PEDICULUS HUMANUS


KINGDOM: ANIMALIA

COMMON NAME: HUMAN BODY LOUSE

ETIOLOGY: DIRECT CONTACT WITH HAIR, CLOTHING, OR BEDDING. 

TREATMENT: GOOD PERSONAL HYGIENE, PERMETHRIN.

NOTES: COMMON HUMAN PARASITE.

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TRYPANASOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE



KINGDOM: PROTISTA

COMMON NAME: TRYPANASOMA

ETIOLOGY: AFRICA SLEEPING SICKNESS

TREATMENT: NO CURE, ONLY PREVENTION

NOTES: X2 HOSTS-TSETSE FLY & HUMANS

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STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS


KINGDOM: MONERA

COMMON NAME: STAPH

ETIOLOGY: DIRECT CONTACT THROUGH HUMANS AND PETS.

TREATMENT: VANCOMYCIN OR CLINDAMYCIN

NOTES: MRSA AND VRSA, RESISTANT STRAINS.

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DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM


KINGDOM: ANIMALIA

COMMON NAME: BROAD FISH TAPE WORM

ETIOLOGY: COMPLICATED LIFE-CYCLE WITH OR MORE INTERMEDIATE HOSTS.

TREATMENT: PRAZIQUANTEL (PZQ)

NOTES: SCOLEX.

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RHIZOPUS SPORANGIUM


KINGDOM: FUNGI

COMMON NAME: BLACK BREAD MOLD

ETIOLOGY: N/A

TREATMENT: N/A

NOTES: FOUND ON BREAD OF FRUIT.

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PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM


KINGDOM: PROTISTA

COMMON NAME: PARAMECIUM

ETIOLOGY: N/A

TREATMENT: N/A

NOTES: PARAMECIUM EAT BACTERIA

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ANOPHELLES MOSQUITO


KINGDOM: ANIMALIA

COMMON NAME: MOSQUITO

ETIOLOGY: CARRIES PLASMODIUM VIVAX-THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF MALARIA.

TREATMENT: INSECTICIDES, PREVENTION

NOTES: HEARTGUARD FOR DOGS (IVERMECTIN)

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ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS


KINGDOM: ANIMALIA

COMMON NAME: HYDATID WORM (DOG TAPE WORM)

ETIOLOGY: FECAL-ORAL ROUTE BETWEEN SHEEP'S AND DOGS.

TREATMENT: SURGERY TO REMOVE CYSTS.

NOTES: HYDATID CYSTS FORM FROM THIS TAPEWORM.

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SUPRA FAMILY-PULICOIDEA


KINGDOM: ANIMALIA

COMMON NAME: FLEA

ETIOLOGY: DIRECT CONTACT (BITE), TRANSMITS BUBONIC PLAGUE, RICKETTSIA TYPHI.

TREATMENT: PERMETHRIN LUFENURON

NOTES: CAN BECOME SETTLED IN HAIR IN 10 MINUTES.

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ANABEANA


KINGDOM: MONERA

COMMON NAME: CYANOBACTERIA

ETIOLOGY: N/A

TREATMENT: N/A

NOTES: RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FORMATION OF THE EARLY EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE; MAKES O2

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