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- requires bacteriophage
- diptheria, c. botulism
- weakness, malaise, and dizziness, dry mouth.^.'A constipation, and urinary retention. Descending paralysis follows in one to three days with diplopia, blurred vision, photophobia, dysphonia, dysarthria, and dysphagia first, then weakness of extremities i
- c. botulism
- Most commonly associated with pneumonia that produces cavities and extends to the chest wall if untreated 50% of patients with infection are immunocompromised, and infection often disseminates to multiple organs
- nocardia
- Organisms are "partially acid-fast" meaning that they are not decolorized by a dilute concentration of the acid used to decolorize mycobacteria. Growth only aerobically
- nocardia
- food poisoning
- costridim perfinges
- postoperative wounds
- Anaerobic cocci, Peptococcus / Peptostreptococcus.
- foot ulcers
- Anaerobic cocci, Peptococcus / Peptostreptococcus.
- bites
- anearobic
- Most common bacterial cause of diarrhea in the U.S.
- camplobacter
- bloody poop
- anthrax, camplobacter
- darting, corkscrew motility
- camplobacter,vibrio cholorae
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2.Usually foul smelling, may be frankly bloody
1. Usually profuse, watery, may be mucoid, bile-stained
May last 2-9 days, but usually 3-5 days - camplobacter
- meningitis
- Cornerium jeikeium, e. coli, E. Citrobacter
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Most common cause of urinary tract infections (35-90%)
b. Intestinal infections
c. Meningitis - e. coli
- Nosocomial and opportunistic infections
- e. coli, enterobacter, klebsialla Nosocomial (hospital) infections - multiple drug resistance a problem in this setting
- contaminated intravenous solutions
- enterobacter
- uti
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e.coli, klebsiella, Proteus mirabilis
-Urinary tract infections in hospitalized patients, pseudomonas aeruginosa - nosocomial spread, especially among patients with indwelling urinary catheters
- providencia, morganella