NURS 3110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Quinolone, Gram-Negative Bacteria
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Researchers have found no link between mmr and autism in us and other countries. Even though diseases aren"t in us, can still get them because people travel to different countries. Herd protection - general population is immunized than everyone can"t get disease. Up to 4 vaccinations at one time - can over take baby"s immune system. Don"t see it in their society so it"s not a prevalent disease. But own cell structure but different than gram positive or gram negative. Waxy nature of the exterior of the organism. Waxy structure contributes to the virulence = enables organism to live outside of the host. Less prone to dry in atmospheric environment. Rod like shape, but more serpentine (snake like) Acid fast due to lipid envelope, ex: will not decolorize in 3% hcl. Cannot be classified as gm+ or gm- (often grouped with gm+) Slow growing, doubling time = 18 hours.
