exposure of wound to contaminated shellfish or seawater
Salmonella enterica - Answers common contaminant of chicken eggs, reptiles.
microbes are destroyed by normal cooking
Campylobacter jejuni - Answers Leading cause of foodborne illness in us
Clostridium tetani - Answers "T" in DTap vaccine
toxin prevents relaxation of muscles
Clostridium botulinum - Answers possible fatal food poisoning- toxin blocks release of neurtransmitter,
causing flaccid paralysis
linked to raw honey in babies
Clostridium perfringens - Answers good poisoning
usualy in meat dishes
meat contaminated with intestinal contents during slaughter
causes gangrene
, Clostridium difficle - Answers normal inhabitant of the intestine
antibiotic-induced, colitis-cytotoxin causes symptoms ranging from diarrhea to ulcerative colitis,
depending on the severity of the infection
sometimes treated with fecal transplant
Bacillus antracis - Answers cutaneous, gastrointestinal, pulmonary forms
biological weapon
Corynebacterium diphtheriae - Answers "D" in DTaP vaccine
pseudomemrane: fibrin, tissue, bacterial cells.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis - Answers Acid-fast rod; transmitted from human to human
positive skin test
Borrelia burgdorferi - Answers Lyme disease
reservoir: mice, and deer
vector: ticks
first symptom: bull's-eye rash, flu-like symptoms
second phase: irregular heartbeat, neurologic symptoms
third phase: arthritis
An infection acquired during the course of hospitalization - Answers Nosocomial infection
Name a normal flora of the skin - Answers staphylococcus epidermidis
corynybacterium species
"diphtheriods, propionobacterium acnes
The type of symbionic relationship where both organisms benefit - Answers mutualism
Usually the first organism that colonizes a baby's GI tract - Answers Bifidobacterium (anaerobic
lactobacillus)
2 mechanisms whereby bacteria can be resistant to antibiotics - Answers enzyme that inactivates
antibiotic, alteration of antibiotic binding site, metabolic bypass of inhibited reactions, reduce uptake,
efflux pumps remove abx
An inanimate object involved in indirect transmission of an infectious agent - Answers fomite
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