NURS 3110 Chapter Notes - Chapter Exam 2: Lymphadenopathy, Lymphogranuloma Venereum, Pertussis
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Clostridium botulinum: spores: exotoxin = neurotoxin, target nmj, presynaptic membrane, prevent ach release, inhibit contraction flaccid paralysis, most potent microbial toxin, heat labile. Infants: resp. distress, cyanosis, grunt, flared nostrils, hydrocephalies, rash: avoid raw milk products, packed shredded cabbage, cold cuts, salads. Propionbacterium acnes: non-spores: pilosebaceous glands, upper resp. tract, non toxigenic, acne vulgaris: multi-factorial, eye: corneal ulcers, cataract surgery, artificial joints. Heliobacter pylori: curviform: multiple flagella, gi tract, acidic environment, urease: change condition, stomachs, zoonosis from cats, receptor on epithelial cells, chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease (gastric, duodenal ulcers) 70, oral-oral, fecal-oral, triple therapy. Rickettsia: curviform: obligate intracellular, via ticks, non-motile, variable, vasculitis, thrombosis: endothelial cells of small blood vessels, prowazekii: (typhus, defecation of louse, flea, fever, systemic infection, centrifugal spread: trunk extremities, latent in lymph nodes, rickettsii: (rocky mtn. Spotted fever: bigger wood ticks, spotty rash, centripedal: extremities trunk, thrombosis, hemorrhage, gangrene, delirium, coma, 20% fatal, va, nc, sc, ok.
