Upper Respiratory Diseases

What are the four diseases of the Upper Respiratory tract?

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What are the four diseases of the Upper Respiratory tract?

Pertussis
Meningitis
Streptococcal Disease
Diphtheria

What are the three parts of the upper respiratory tract?

Nasal Cavity
Pharynx
Larynx

Streptococcal diseases can be ___ to ___

Streptococci are divided into two groups: what are they and what are they based on?

A Hemolytic and B Hemolytic
Based on how they affect red blood cells

What is another way that streptococci can be classified?

Variants of a carbohydrate in the cell wall (Groups A-0)

Streptococcus pyogenes:
Chain of what?
Gram what?
Pathogenicity enhanced by what?

Chain of cocci
Gram positive
M protein

The M protein in Streptococcus pyogenes does what two things?

Adheres to pharyngeal tissue
Retards opsonization and phagocytosis

Streptococcus pyogenes infections include what? (3) and what Nonpyogenic (2)?

Streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat), Scarlet Fever, Erysipelas and Cellulitis

Rheumatic Fever and Glomerulonephritis

Over __ million infections; ___ severe invasive; mortality rate of __%

700 million
650,000
25%

What is the scientific name for strep throat?

Streptococcal pharyngitis