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1
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lipophilic, causes rash and dandruff

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Malassezia furfur

2
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Causes tinea versicolor

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Malassezia furfur

3
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Under moist conditions, these can invade keratinized structures

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Dermatophytes

4
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Causes subcutaneous mycoses

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Soil saprophytes

5
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Causes rose gardener’s disease

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sporothrix schenckii

6
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Colonizes on plastic and results in subacute bacterial endocarditis

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Staph epidermidis

7
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Exotoxin A of Strep pyogenes

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Causes toxic shock

8
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Exotoxin B of strep pyogenes

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Breaks down proteins

9
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Major cause of nosocomial infections

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

10
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Gram-neg rod that forms biofilms in lungs of CF patients

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

11
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Produces a variety of pigments, mostly green

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

12
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Anaerobic, gram positive rod sporeformer that causes tetanus

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Clostridium tetani

13
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Exotoxin that blocks inhibitory neurons

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Tetanospasmin

14
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Anaerobic, gram positive rod sporeformer found in gangrene

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Clostridium perfringens

15
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Produces lecithinase that grows on egg-yolk agar

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Clostridium perfringens

16
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Produces alpha and theta toxin which creates a double zone on blood agar

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Clostridium perfringens

17
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Gram negative rod that causes chicken disease

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Pasteurella multocida

18
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Found in rabbits, cattle, sheep and mice

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Pasteurella multocida