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Question	Answer
Dead and dying bacteria + immune/inflammatory cells+ fibrin rich inflammatory exudate	Pus
Localised collection of pus in fibrin lined cavity	Abscess
What is this?	Staphylococcus aureus
What is this	Streptococcus pyrogenes
Found in Staph. Breaks down H2O2 which is normally used for intracellular killing	Catalase
Antioxidant in Staph. virulence factor that protects against reactive oxygen species	Carotenoid pigment
Cytotoxin in staph that forms pores and lyses neutrophils. Causes necrotising pneumonia, necrotising fasciitis and sepsis	Leukocidin
Caused by MRSA (Methicillin resistant staph)	panton valentine leukocidin
Secreted. Prothrombin to thrombin causes abscess	Coagulase (Free)
Cell wall. Fibrinogen to fibrin. Immune evasion	Coagulase Bound
Rheumatic fever and acute glomerulonephritis	Strep post infections
Strep. Prevents opsonisation	M protein
What is this?	Non-bollus impetigo. Strep and Staph
What is this?	Bollus Impetigo. Staph
What is this?	Folliculitis. Staph
What is this?	Furuncle. Staph
What is this?	Carbuncle. Staph
What is this?	Cellulitis. Staph
What is this?	Erysipelas. Strep
Staph antitoxin. Clots blood	Coagulase
What is this?	Necrotising fasciitis. Strep or staph
What is this?	Scarlet fever. Strep
What is this?	Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
Penicillin -> flucoxacillin -> vanomycin (MRSA)	Staph. aureus treatment
Innate immune system	Acute inflammation (stystem)
Inflammation of the meninges	Meningitis (What?)
inflammation of the lungs	Pneumonia (?)
Acute bacterial infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissues	Acute cellulitis (?)
Transformation of the dead tissue into a liquid viscous mass	Liquefactive necrosis (?)
Heart attack	Myocardial infarction (?)
Oxygen deficiency	Hypoxia
White blood cells with granules, neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils	Granulocytes (?)
Circulating leukocyte that produces histamine	Basophils (?)
Immature neutrophil	Band cell (?)
Pain in the heart region caused by lack of oxygen	Angina (?)
Tissue/cell death due to ischaemia	Necrosis (?)
Cell death where cells maintain a semi liquid structure	Coagulative necrosis (?)
Lack of blood supply due to impeded arterial supply	Ischemia
Form of coagulative necrosis. Degeneration and death of tissue with a cheese like appearance	Caseous necrosis (?)
Type of coagulative necrosis where tissue dies from lack of blood or infection	Gangrenous necrosis (?)
Adaptive immune system	Chronic inflammation system
Dissolution of a clot	Fibrinolysis