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Microbiology
Undergraduate 3
05/11/2011

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Term
Rat Bite Fever
Definition

S. Minus "soduko" S. moniliformis Haverhill fever

Gram negative bacteria, lophotrichous

Term
Gas Gangrene
Definition
A form of gangrene occurring in a wound infected with anaerobic bacteria, especially species of Clostridium, and characterized by the presence of gas in the affected tissue and legitimate septic symptoms
Term
Necrotizing fasciitis
Definition

 

Necrotizing Fasciitis (flesh-eating bacteria) is an infection that rapidly devours body tissues. 

Group A Streptococcus  gram positive body fluids
vibrio vulnificus gram negative waterborne
Term
Clostridium difficle
Definition
C-Diff anaerobic gram positive bacillus spores live in environment
Term
TB
Definition
Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacillia obligate aerobe airborne
Term
Cholera
Definition
Vibrio cholera polluted water contagious
Term
Oroya Fever
Definition
Bartonella bacilliformis transmitted by the sand fly
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