Pseudomonas

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Patients with chronic lung infection, such as cystic fibrosis, are at a greater risk for which pathogen?

Pseudomonas

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes all the following except

Scarlet fever

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Exotoxin A produced by Pseudomonas causes

Disruption of protein synthesis

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What is the mode of action of extracellular toxins exoenzymes S and T produced by pseudomonas?

Actin Rearrangement

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Which virulence factor of pseudomonas is implicated in lung parenchyma damage?

LasA and LasB

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Which of the following is true?

Pseudomonas is oxidase positive (Enterobactericeae are NEGATIVE)