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| Low virulance, spherical, gram-positive bacteria, mouth and upper GI, opportunistic pathogen |
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| Moderate virulance, rod-shaped, gram-negative bacteria, lower intestine, virulent strains cause gastroenteritis, UTI, neonatal meningitis |
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| High virulance, gram-negative bacteria, non-motile, causative agent of whooping cough, spread via airborne droplets, incubation of 7-14 days, infection of the respiratory system, lung epithelial cells |
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| Extremely high virulance, rod-shaped, gram-negative bacteria, pneumonic, setpicemic, bubonic plague, suppress and avoid immune system, proliferates inside lymph nodes, various symptoms but common are fever, reduced energy, lymphadenopathy, shock |
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| autosomal recessive, microtubule polymerization defect leading to decrease in phagocytosis and bacteriolysis, large lysosome vesicles in phagocytes, light skin, silvery hair, photophobia, frequent infections |
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| Chronic granulomatous disease |
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| Difficulty forming reactive oxygen species used to kill ingested pathogens leading to granulomata in various organs, frequent infections such as pneumonia, abscesses and osteomyelitis |
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