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Bacterial Diseases of the Cardiovascular System
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Microbiology
Undergraduate 3
05/14/2012

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This is a bacterial cardiovascular disease that is marked by both gram positive and negative bacteria with endotoxins that grow in the blood:
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Septicemia
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This is a bacterial cardiovascular infection that is a result of childbirth and is caused by S. pyogenes:
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Puerperal Sepsis
Term
Name the two types of endocarditis:
Definition
  1. Subacute Bacteria Endocarditis (SBE)
  2. Acute Bacterial Endocarditis
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This type of endocarditis is usually caused by a focal infection:
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Subactute Bacterial Endocarditis (SBE)
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This type of endocarditis is caused by S. auresu and causes a rapid destruction of heart valves:
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Acute Bacterial Endocarditis
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This is a Type III Innumce Complex bacterial cardiovascular disease that is caused by untreated S. pyogenes throat infections:
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Rheumatic Fever
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This is a bacterial cardiovascular disease that is zoonotic and is caused by contact with rabbits, rodents, squirrels and rabbit lice:
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Tularemia (Rabbit Fever)
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Tularemia (Rabbit Fever) is caused by this bacteria:
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Francisella tularensis

 

Term
This is a bacterial cardiovascular disease that is a milkborne pathogen and is the world's most common zoonotic diseases:
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Brucellosis
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Brucellosis is caused by the bacteiral OIP:
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Brucella
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This is a bacterial cardiovascular disease that is caused by an anaerobic, gram positive rod bacteria that can live in the soil for 60 years:
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Anthrax
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Anthrax is caused by this capsule bacterium and was discovered by Robert Koch:
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Bacillus anthracis
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People at risk for acquiring Anthrax are those that handle __, animals and animal products
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Wool
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Anthrax is marked by a __ black scab and is caused by ingestion, inhalation and is also known as Woolsorter's Disease:
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Cutaneous
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This is a bacterial disease is caused by Clostridium perfringens which is an anaerobic, endospore gram positive rod:
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Gas Gangrene
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Treatment of Gas Gangrene is by debridement, antibiotics, __ cuff or chamber
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Hyperbaric
Term
A bacterial cardiovascular disease can be caused by the bite of a dog or cat infected with this capsule bacteria:
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Pasteurella multocida
Term
Cat Scratch Fever is caused by this bacteria:
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Bartonella sp.
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This animal bite disease is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and can be caused by the bite of a rat, rat flea and contact with prairie dogs and chipmunks:
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Plague (Black Death)
Term
Name the three types of plague:
Definition
  1. Bubonic
  2. Pneumonic
  3. Septicemic
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This type of plague has a 50-75% mortality rate if left untreated and is marked by black and blue abscesses:
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Bubonic
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This type of plague has a 100% mortality rate and is communicable:
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Pneumonic
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This type of plague has a 90% mortality rate and is communicable:
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Septicemic
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There is a vaccine available for the plague for people who work for the __
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Military
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This is a bacterial cardiovascular disease is the most common tickborne disease in the United States:
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Lyme Disease
Term
Lyme Disease was first discovered in Old Lyme Connecticut and is caused by the spirochete bacterium:
Definition
Borrelia burgdorferi
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In this stage of Lyme Disease, 75% of infected people show a bull's eye rash and flu-like symptoms:
Definition
1st Stage
Term
In this stage of Lyme Disease, heart irregularities begin to appear and there can be neurological impairment, paralysis, meningitis and encephalitis:
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2nd Stage
Term
In this stage of Lyme Disease, arthritis can appear and can resemble later stages of Syphilis:
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3rd Stage
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This bacterial cardiovascular disease marked by inflammation and blockage of blood vessels is caused by Rickettsia sp. which is an OIP and is transmitted through biological arthropod vectors:
Definition
Typhus Fever
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Name the two types of Typhus Fever:

 

Definition
  1. Epidemic Typhus
  2. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Term
This type of Typhus Fever is caused by lice:
Definition
Epidemic Typhus
Term
This type of Typhus Fever is caused by a wood and dog tick:
Definition
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
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