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| folliculitis = pus pimple, faruncle = multiple hair follicles involved, carbuncle = deeper/more extensive, bullous impetigo = highly contagious |
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| ___ is a pus pimple. ___ is a staph pyodermal infection where multiple hair follicles are involved. ___ is a deeper and more extensive infection. ___ ___ is highly contagious. |
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| False!! Staph food poisoning is an INTOXICATION, not an infection! |
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| T/F: Staph food poisoning is an infection where enterotoxin is produced in unrefrigerated foods and the toxins are ingested. |
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| MRSA is usually a ___ infection. |
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| Patients often recall a spider bite, but it ends up being ____. |
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| Incise and drain, followed by antibiotics |
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| What is the first thing you do to treat MRSA? |
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| ___ are large, g(+) facultative rods that form spores. They are motile, catalase (+), most are saprophytic and found in soil. |
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| ____ ____ has a prominent capsule with polysaccharide cell antigens. It has an exotoxin carried on its plasmid. |
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| 95% of cases = cutaneous (inoculation of spores in skin), 20% mortality rate; 5% of cases = inhaled, 95% mortality |
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| 95% of anthrax cases are ____ with a 20% mortality rate. The remaining 5% of cases are ____ and 95% mortality rate. |
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| inhaled anthrax = woolsorters' disease |
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| Woolsorters' disease is caused by ___ anthrax. It mimics a viral respiratory illness and woolsorters do in fact know about the risk of being woolsorters =D. |
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| ___ anthrax is rarely seen in humans, but is caused by ingestion of spores. People may get from consumption of raw mean or dairy products from infected animals. |
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| Oral ulcerations which progress to necrosis, swell and compromise the airway are characteristics of ___ anthrax. |
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| False! It is toxigenic, but NONencapsulated |
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| T/F: AVA (anthrax vaccine) is a filtrate of B. anthracis which is a toxigenic and encapsulated strain. |
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| ___ is an anaerobic g(+) bacillus capable of forming endospores. It is found in soil and most commonly is associated with skin and soft tissue infections, food poisoning and antibiotic-associated diarrhea and colitis. |
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| Clostridium ___ is the most commonly isolated species that rarely produces spores. It grows rapidly and produces 4 major lethal toxins. |
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| Clostridium perfringens inhabits GI tract, causes gas gangrene |
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| Clostridium perfringens commonly inhabits the ___ tract, causes ___ ___, soft tissue infections, necrotizing enteritis and food poisoning. |
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| ___ ___ is a life-threatening disease that follows the introduction of Clostridium into tissues. Death may occur within 2 days of onset. |
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| cellulitis/soft tissue infections |
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| ___ occurs in absence of muscle necrosis. It can spread through fascial planes causing suppuration and formation of gas. |
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| staph aureus / scalded skin syndrome |
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| Exfoliative toxin is produced by ___ ___ and is asociated with the development of ___ ___ ___. |
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| ___ ___ can cause pimples, carbuncles, faruncles, food poisoning syndrome and impetigo. |
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| Staph carriers primarily harbor organisms in/on the ____. |
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| c) skin lesion is called an eschar |
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| Which of the following is true of cutaneous anthrax? a) mortality rate = 50% b) easily transmitted person-to-person c) skin lesion is called an eschar d) B/C only e) A/B/C |
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| Anthrax vaccine contains ___ ___ ___. |
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| ___ ___ ___ is due to infection with staph aureus which carries a lysogenic prophage. |
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| ___ ___ is normally found in soil as a saprophyte. |
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| Woolsorters' disease is the common name given to ___ anthrax. |
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| ____ anthrax initially mimics a viral respiratory/flu-like illness. |
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| Bacillus and clostridium share which of the following characteristics: a) g(+) b) form endospores c) anaerobic d) A/B/C e) A/B only |
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