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Candida albicans
- forms hyphae when invasive
- normal flora of mouth, skin, and intestine
- causes Candiasis (yeast infection) and thrush
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Clostridium perfringens
- Gram-positive rod
- spore forming
- anaerobic
- causes gas gangrene
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Mycosporum canis
- vector is cats and dogs
- causes Tinea (ringworm)
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Nisseria gonorrhoeae
- STD
- Gram-negative diplococci
- intracellular
- looks similar to Moraxella
- non-capsulates
- grows on chocolate agar under CO2 conditions
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Polio virus (Picornovirus)
- causes poliomyelitis
- vaccine attenuated or killed
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Staphylococcus epidermidis
- Gram-positive
- catalase positive
- does not ferment mannitol
- novobiacin sensitive
- diseases: opportunistic; UTI; infection of artificial joints; cathetar-related sepsis
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Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Gram-positive
- diplococci
- often capsulate
- alpha-hemolytic
- catalase negative
- Otochin septible
- disease: pneumonia; septicemia; meningitis
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae
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