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Impetigo Facts
Replication and Treatment
Metabolism
Impetigo Transmission
S. Aureus Facts
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The causative agent of Staph Impetigo
What is Staphylococcus Aureus
100
The asexual mechanism by which S. Aureus replicates
What is binary fission
100
The primary food source for S. Aureus
What is glucose
100
The primary mechanism by which Impetigo is spread
What is touch based trasmission
100
S. Aureus appear this color under a gram stain
What is purple/violet
200
The area(s) of the body usually impacted by Impetigo.
What are around the nose and mouth.
200
The replication rate of S. Aureus
What is 27-30 minutes
200
The energy metabolism pathway that produces more energy in S. Aureus
What is respiration
200
This population is most vulnerable to Impetigo
What are children
200
A strain of bacteria not treatable by methicillin.
What is MRSA
300
Ways to prevent the spread of impetigo
What are hand washing, wearing gloves, isolate the infected.
300
This percentage of impetigo cases are in children.
What is 70%
300
The end products of S. Aureus Aerobic metabolism.
What is acetate and CO2
300
Non-biological objects can harbor and spread disease
What are fomites
300
The primary reservoir for S. Aureus in the body.
What is the skin and/or nose
400
The two forms of impetigo
What is bullous and non-bullous
400
The two main antibiotics that can treat impetigo (name either one)
What are Mupirocin and Retapamulin
400
The end product produced in S. Aureus anaerobic metabolism
What is lactate
400
The simplest and most effective way to prevent the spread of S. Aureus.
What is hand washing.
400
The chemical agent responsible for the development of bullous impetigo, secreted by S. Aureus.
What are Exfoliative Toxin A&B.
500
Any effective antibiotic against Impetigo must treat these two microbes
What are Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes
500
This antibiotic, used to treat impetigo, functions by inhitibing protein synthesis, and DNA and cell wall formation.
What is mupirocin.
500
This class of microbes, like S. Aureus, can grow with or without oxygen.
What are facultative anaerobes
500
These 3 places are where impetigo is most prevalent
What are Europe, Canada, and the United States
500
The primary impact of exfoliative toxins A & B.
What is a loss of cell adhesion