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Toxins
Bacterial and Viral
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Microbiology
Professional
07/20/2012

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Term
Strep pyogenes (Group A)
Definition
Erythrogenic or Pyrogenic (Scarlet Fever)
Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin
Term
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Definition
Pneumolysin (binds host cell cholesterol)
Term
Staph. aureus (3)
Definition
1) Exfoliation toxin (Scalded skin syndrome)
2) Enterotoxin (Food poisoning)
3) Toxic shock syndrome (TSST-1)
Term
Bacillus anthracis (3)
Definition
ALL EXOTOXINS
1) Protective antigen (PA)
2) Edema factor (EF)
3) Lethal Factor (LF)
Term
Bacillus cereus (2)
Definition
Enterotoxins!
1) Heat labile
2) Heat stable
Term
Clostridium botulinum (1)
Definition
1) Neurotoxin- released upon the death of the bacteria
Term
Clostridium tetani (1)
Definition
1) Tetanospasmin
Term
Clostridium perfringens (2)
Definition
1) Alpha toxin
2) 11 other tissue destruction enzymes
Term
Clostridium difficile (2)
Definition
1) Toxin A: diarrhea
2) Toxin B: cytotoxic to colonic epithelial cells
Term
C. diphtheriae
Definition
Exotoxin (encoded by bacteriophage)
Term
L. monocytogenes
Definition
Listeriolysin O and phospholypases
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