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| organisms live together with countless microorganisms |
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| both members benefit from their interaction |
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| one member of the relationship benefits w/o significantly affecting the other |
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| a parasite derives benefits from its host while harming/killing it |
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| microbs that colonize the surfaces if the body without normally causing disease |
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| where are normal microbiota located? |
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| on skin, on mucous membranes of the digestive system, upper respiratory tract, distal portion of urethra & vagina |
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| feed on excreted cellular astes and dead cells |
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| normal microbiota: acquired |
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| Druing birth, passing through canal, your first breath, first meals, contact w/ people |
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| how pathogens become opportunistic |
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-if a member of the normal microbiota in one site is introduced into a site it normally does not inhabit
-immune system (disease, malnutrition, emotional/physical stress, radiation/chemo)
-changes in the normal microbiota, normal changes, stress, change in diet, over exposure to pathogens |
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| sites where pathogens are maintained as a source of infection |
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| diseases that spread naturally from their usual animal host to humans |
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cholera
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Agent:vibrio cholerae (gram -, bent rod)
Afftects:digestive system
symptoms:rice wate diarrhea
transmission:contaminated food/water |
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lyme disease
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Agent:borrelia burgdorferi
Afftects:circulatory system
symptoms:bullseye rash, arthritis, possible neurological issues
transmission:deer ticks |
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folliculitis
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Agent:staphylococcus aures (gram +)
Afftects:skin/hair
symptoms:pimples
transmission:contaminated people, objects, dirt, stress |
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syphilis
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Agent:treponema pallidum
Afftects:reproductive system/ brain
symptoms:lesions, rash dementia
transmission:sex OR mother to fetus |
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necrotizing fasclitis
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Agent:streptococcus pyogens (gram +)
Afftects:skin/ wounds
symptoms:discolored tissue, heart problems, fever
transmission:human contact |
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shigellosis
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Agent:shigella species (gram -, rod)
Afftects:digestive system
symptoms:dysentery (blood or mucous in poop), dehydration
transmission:fecal contamination (mostly contaminated water, or foods washed w/ contaminated water) |
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found in gram - cell walls
cause fever, inflammation, hemorrhaqge |
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inhibits neurotransmitter acetycholine (muscles can relax)
(botox) |
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blocks inhibitory transmitter (muscles cant relax)
dangerous for babys can break thier back fragile bones |
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