AAMI Micro for Embalmers week 2 Questions and Answers Already Passed

AAMI Micro for Embalmers week 2 Questions and Answers Already Passed The commin nane for clostridum tetani is? Tetanus bacillus This exotoxin is considered a neurotoxin and it effects the CNS? Tetanus bacillus when this organism is taken in orally, it does not effect our bodies? tetanus bacillus What exotoxin causes lockjaw? Clostridium tetani / tetanus bacillus This exotoxin is second in potency to toxin produced by organism that cause botulism Clostridium tetani / tetanus bacillus The ports of entry for Clostridium tetani is where? Puncture wounds The ports of exit for Clostridium tetani is where? None, does not exit What exits in the spore state in soil? Clostridium perfringens This is a highly fatal disease caused by the contamination of wounds with soil containing the spores of clostridium perfringens Gas gangrene What in the wound facilitate the germination of clostridial spores and their vegetative growth by reducing the oxygen in the wound? Aerobes The postmortem disease process caused by the exotoxins and enzymes of clostridium perfringens is called? Tissue gas Food intoxication caused by clostridium perfingens is ranked ? To staphylococcus aureus. Second Portal of entry for clostridium perfringens Wounds Portal and immunity for clostridium perfringens None This organism is a common resident of the soil Clostridium botulinum Botulism is a ______, not an infection (like tetanus) Poisoning Spores from clostridium botulinum get into what? Food This toxin is the most deadliest a poisons Clostridium botulinum This toxin is classified as an agent for chemical warfare Clostridium botulinum Clostridium botulinum is different from diphtheria and tetanus because it causes disease when _____, and is more resistant to heat. Swallowed The genus corynebacterium includes what (one)