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Unique to gram negative organisms

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Outer membrane with LPS, no teichoic acid

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Only g+ with LPS

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Listeria monocytogenes

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Examples of spirochetes

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BLT borrelia, lepto, treponema

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Only mycoplasma that is an obligate aerobe

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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Bacteria with no cell wall

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Mycoplasma (sterols)

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Products of catalase

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Water, o2

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Products of peroxidase

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Water only

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Obligate anaerobes

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ABC actinomyces, bacteroides, clostridium

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Heat stable exotoxin

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Staphylococcal enterotoxin

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Most virulent microorganism

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Yersinia pestis

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Toxic component of LPS causing DIC

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Lipid A

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All bacterial capsules are composed of polysaccharide except in

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Bacillus anthracis (poly-D glutamate)

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Most common form of severe antibody deficiency affecting both children and adults

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Common variable immunodeficiency

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Di George CATCH22

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Cardiac defects TOF, abnormal facies, thymic aplasia, cleft palate, hypocalcemia, 22q11.2 chromosomal deletion

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Wiskott aldrich syndrome

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Tie a wasp: thrombocytopenia, infections, eczema, WASP mutation

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Ataxia telangiectasia

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ATI: ataxia, telangiectasia, IgA deficiency

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Test for chronic granulomatous disease

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Nitroblue tetrazolium test

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Most common complement defect

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C2 deficiency

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Components of quadrivalent vaccine against Neisseria

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Alpha, charlie, yankee, w135

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Most common cause of secondary immunodeficiency in the Philippines

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Malnutrition

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Drugs acting on 30s

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Aminoglycosides, tetracyclines

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Drugs acting on 50s

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Chloramphenicol, erythromycin, lincosamide, linezolid, streptogramin

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Agar for clostridium perfringens

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Egg yolk

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Agar for corynebacterium diphtheriae

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Tellurite

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Agar for group D streptococci

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Bile esculin

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Agar for staphylococci

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Mannitol salts

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Agar for neisseria from sterile sites

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Chocolate

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Agar for neisseria from nonsterile sites

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Thayer martin

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Thayer martin antibiotics

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Vancomycin, cholestin, nystatin

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Agar for haemophilus influenzae

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Chocolate, factor v and x

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30
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Lowenstein jensen

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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31
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Thiosulfate citrate bile salts TcBS

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Vibrio cholerae

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32
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Bordet gengou

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Bordetella pertussis

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33
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Charcoal yeast extract

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Legionella pneumophila

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Skirrows

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Campylobacter, helicobacter

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35
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Barbour stoenner kelly

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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Eaton

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

37
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Cetrimide

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

38
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Xylose lysine deoxycholate

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Salmonella, shigella

39
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Ellinghausen mccoullough johnson harris, fletcher

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Leptospira interrogans

40
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Reagent for catalase test

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Serum

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Catalase test contains

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Hydrogen peroxide

42
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Most common cause of acute endocarditis

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Staph aureus (tricuspid valve, IV abusers)

43
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Diseases with strawberry tongue

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TSS, kawasaki, scarlet fever

44
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Most common bacterial cause of sore throat

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Streptococcus pyogenes

45
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Fever, strawberry tongue, sandpaper centrifugal rash, pastia’s lines, desquamation

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Scarlet fever

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Process of gram stain

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VIAS violet, iodine, alcohol, safranin

47
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Gram positive membranes

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Cytoplasmic membrane, peptidoglycan layer with teichoic acid, capsule

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Gram negative membranes

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Cytoplasmic membrane, periplasmic space, peptidoglycan layer with murein, outer membrane with LPS, capsule

49
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Components of LPS

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O antigen, core polysaccharide, lipid A

50
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Anchors outer membrane of Gram negs

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Murein

51
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Hot acid fast stain

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Ziehl neelsen

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Cold acid fast stain

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Kinyoun

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Components of acid fast stain

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Carbol fuschin, methylene blue

54
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Bacteria not seen via gram stain

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These rascals may microscopically lack color: treponema, rickettsia, mycobacteria, mycoplasma, legionella, chlamydia

55
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Flagellum is what kind of antigen

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H antigen

56
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Spore forming G+

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Bacillus, clostridium

57
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Non-spore forming G+

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Corynebacterium, listeria

58
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Branching fungi-like G+

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Actinomyces, Nocardia

59
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Only G neg cocci

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Neisseria

60
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Only G neg spiral-shaped

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Spirochetes: borrelia, leptospira, treponema

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Pleomorphic G negs

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Rickettsia, chlamydia (both intracellular, not seen via gram stain)

62
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Compound in spores that makes them heat resistant

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Dipicolinic acid

63
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Obligate aerobes

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Nosy nagging pests must breathe lots (of oxygen): nocardia, neisseria, pseudomonas, mycobacteria, bordetella, brucella, bacillus cereus, legionella

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Relapsing fever

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Borrelia recurrentis

65
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Most abundant colon flora

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Bacteroides

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Most abundant colon obligate anaerobe

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Bacteroides

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Most abundant colon facultative anaerobe

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E. coli

68
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Inanimate objects that can harbor pathogenic microorganisms and serve as agents of transmission

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Fomites

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Surface proteins that mediate binding to endothelium and extracellular proteins like fibronectin

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Curli (salmonella, E.coli)

70
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Bacterial enzyme that allows adherence to mucous membranes

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IgA protease

71
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Bacterial enzyme that destroys neutrophilic leukocytes and macrophages

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Leukocidin

72
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Leukocidin of Staph. aureus

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Panton-valentine leukocidin

73
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Bacteria with IgA protease

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SHiNe My Gong: Strep pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, neisseria Meningitidis, neisseria Gonorrhea

74
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Active subunit of exotoxin

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A subunit (B for binding)

75
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Exotoxin of clostridium perfringens causing myonecrosis

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Lecithinase

76
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Endotoxin causes DIC by activating _

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Tissue factor

77
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Serologic tests detect at least __ inc in titer between acute and convalescent samples

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Fourfold

78
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Immunodeficiency from tyrosine kinase mutation

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Bruton’s, x-linked agammaglobulinemia

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Immunodeficiency from failure of isotype switching

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Selective IgA deficiency

80
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Immunodeficiency from defect in B cell maturation

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Common variable immunodeficiency

81
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Immunodeficiency from failure of thymus and parathyroid dev

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Di George

82
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Immunodeficiency from specific T cell def for candida

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Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis

83
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Immunodeficiency from xlinked IL2 defect or autosomal ADA def

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SCID

84
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Immunodeficiency from inability to mount IgM response

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Wiskott Aldrich

85
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Immunodeficiency from mutations in DNA repair enzymes and IgA def

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Ataxia telangiectasia

86
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Immunodeficiency from lack of NADPH activity

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Chronic granulomatous disease

87
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Immunodeficiency from failure of phagolysosomal fusion

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Chediak Higashi

88
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Immunodeficiency from mutation in integrins

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Leukocyte adhesion deficiency

89
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Immunodeficiency from inability to form membrane attack complexes

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C5-C9 / terminal complement def

90
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Gold pigment of staph aureus

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Staphyloxanthin

91
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Encapsulated bacteria

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Even Some Super Killers Have Pretty Nice Capsules: E. coli, Strep. pneumo, Salmonella, Kleb. pneumo, H. influenzae, Pseudomonas, Neisseria meningitidis, Cryptococcus (yeast)

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