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Bubonic plague
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Also called the Black Death was a deadly disease that spread through Europe and killed one out of every three people
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Dysentery
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severe diarrhea
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Endotoxin
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A toxic component of the outer membrane of certain gram-negative bacteria that is released only when the bacteria die.
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Enteric fever
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bacterial pathogens first establish an intestinal infection and then spread systemically
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Facultative anaerobe
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organism that can survive with or without oxygen
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Gastroenteritis
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inflammation of the stomach and intestines
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Heat labile toxin
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ETEC toxin. Stimulates adenylate cyclase --> watery diarrhea (travelers). Similar to cholera toxin.
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Heat stable toxin
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poison that is not destroyed by heating
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Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
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Serious condition characterized by red blood cell breakdown and kidney failure
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Lactose fermentation
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Pink/orange growth indicates
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Lipopolysaccharide
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LPS is a phospholipid layer with sugars. Many of these sugars act as antigens and allow us to differentiate strains of bacteria. Plays an important role in endotoxic shock.
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MacConkey agar
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selective and differential
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Plasmid
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A small ring of DNA that carries accessory genes separate from those of the bacterial chromosome
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Pneumonic plague
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A lung infection, also known as plague pneumonia, that is the result of inhalation of plague-causing bacteria.
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Shiga toxin
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a toxin produced by the bacterium Shigella dysenteriae, or a similar one produced by E. coli, causing dysentery in humans:
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Sylvatic plague
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enzootic among rodents
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Typhoid fever
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Salmonella
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Urban plague
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when the plague has been transmitted to rats living with humans
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UTI
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urinary tract infection
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Zoonotic
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disease that can be transmitted between animals and humans
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