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What BACILLI is Gram positive, endospore forming motile rods. that is :
Mostly saprobic Aerobic and catalase positive Source of antibiotics Primarily a soil bacteria |
Bacillus
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NAME TWO TYPES OF BACILLUS THAT IS Gram positive, endospore forming motile rods.
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Bacillus anthracis and cereus
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WHAT IS :
a. Large block shaped rods b. Central spores that develop under all conditions except in the human body c. Virulence factors |
1. Bacillus anthracis
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What is the virulence factors of Bacillus anthracis?
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a. Virulence factors
i. Exotoxins ii. Polypeptide capsule GRAM POSITIVE SPORE FORMING BACILLI |
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WHAT ARE THE DISEASE FACTORS OF BACILLUS ANTRACIS?
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d. Disease
i. Pulmonary ii. Gastrointestinal iii. Cutaneous GRAM POSITIVE SPORE FORMING BACILLI |
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WHAT ARE THE CONTROL AND TREATMENT OF BACILLUS ANTRACIS?
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d. Control and Treatment
i. Antibiotics (Penicillin) ii. Vaccine GRAM POSITIVE SPORE FORMING BACILLI |
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WHAT GRAM POSITIVE SPORE FORMING BACILLI HAS THE FOLLOWING TRAITS:
a. Common airborne and dust borne contaminant b. Grows in foods, spores survive cooking and reheating c. Short period food poisoning (24 hrs) d. No treatment e. Increasingly described in the immunosupressed |
Bacillus cereus
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WHAT GRAM POSITIVE SPORE FORMING BACILLI HAS THE FOLLOWING TRAITS:
Gram positive spore forming rods anaerobic and catalase negative 120 species Oval or spherical spores produced only under anaerobic conditions (canning) Cause wound infections (Gas gangrene), tissue infections and food intoxications (botulism) |
Clostridium
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WHAT GRAM POSITIVE SPORE FORMING BACILLI HAS THE FOLLOWING TRAITS:
a. Most frequent clostridia involved in soft tissue and wound infections b. Spores found in soil, human skin, intestine, vagina c. Predisposed toward surgical incisions, compound fractures, diabetic ulcers, septic abortions, puncture wounds, gunshot wounds. |
Clostridium perfringens
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WHAT GRAM POSITIVE SPORE FORMING BACILLI HAS THE FOLLOWING VIRULENCE FACTORS:
i. Toxins ii. Collagenase iii. Hyaluronidase iv. DNase |
Clostridium perfringens
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WHAT IS THE PATHOLOGY FACTORS OF CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS?
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i. Not highly invasive, requires previous damage and anaerobic conditions
ii. Release of exotoxins iii. Fermentation of muscle carbohydrates results in formation of gas and further tissue damage. |
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WHAT GRAM POSITIVE SPORE FORMING BACILLI HAS THE FOLLOWING TRAITS:
a. Low number resident of colon b. Antibiotics contribute to superinfection due to reduction of competitors c. Virulence factors-Enterotoxins that damage intestines d. Pathology- Not highly invasive, major cause of diarrhea in hospitals |
Clostridium difficile
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WHAT GRAM POSITIVE SPORE FORMING BACILLI HAS THE FOLLOWING TRAITS:
a. rare but severe intoxication (food poisoning) from home canned food b. Spores are present on food when gathered and processed c. Anaerobic conditions created in canning without sufficient temperature d. Botulin is released (one of the most potent bio-toxins known) e. May also be ingested as spores by infant causing flaccid paralysis or inoculated into wound to cause food poisoning symptoms f. Clostridium perfringens also causes more mild food poisoning |
Clostridium botulinum
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WHAT GRAM POSITIVE SPORE FORMING BACILLI HAS THE FOLLOWING TRAITS:
A. COMMON RESIDENT OF SOIL & GI TRACT OF ANIMALS B. CAUSES TENTANUS OR LOCK JAW C. MOST COMMONLY AMONG GERIATRIC PATIENTS, IV DRUG USERS, AND NEONATES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES D. VACCINES AND ANTIBIOTICS FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT |
CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI
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