HSS 1100 Midterm: HSS1100 Midterm: Midterm II notes: Gram-positive and Gram-negative Bacilli, Mycobacteria, Spirochetes, Chlamydiae, Mycoplasmas, Phylum Protozoa , Phylum Metazoa

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 1100
• Professor: Franco Pagotto

Document Summary

Gram-positive bacilli (rods); they are died purple love the purple shit. Where are, these conditions found: usually in lungs, exotoxin composed of 3 separate proteins, edema factor (ef, protective antigen (pa) Lasts 12-24hrs: heat stable: severe nausea and vomiting, short incubation, a(cid:374)ti(cid:271)ioti(cid:272) t(cid:396)eat(cid:373)e(cid:374)t useless . p(cid:396)efo(cid:396)(cid:373)ed to(cid:454)i(cid:374)s, clostridium, anaerobic differentiates this bacterium from other spore-forming bacilli, botulism, tetanus, gas gangrene and pseudomembranous colitis, powerful exotoxins rapid diagnosis, clostridium botulinum. Infects colon and releases exotoxins: toxin a: diarrhea, toxin b: cytotoxic to colon cells, symptoms, severe diarrhea, abdominal cramping, fever, possible cause of diarrhea in patients on antibiotics, treatment, discontinue antibiotic treatment, administer metronidazole or vancomycin. What is different about these antibiotics: the(cid:455) sta(cid:455) i(cid:374) the gi t(cid:396)a(cid:272)t a(cid:374)d a(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:859)t easil(cid:455) a(cid:271)so(cid:396)(cid:271)ed. 2 non-spore forming rods: 2 medically important bacilli. Dpt vaccine: can be lysogenized by a bacteriophage (virus that infects bacteria)