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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| *Spherical grape-like clusters *Produces toxins & enzymes *Transmission: Direct Contact (most common), Indirect Contact *Portals of Entry/Exit: Broken Skin, GI Tract, Respiratory Tract | Staphylococcus aureus |
| Name some of the diseases caused by Staphylococcus aureus | *Most Common- Skin Abscess *Food Poisoning *Nosocomial Infections *Toxic Shock Syn. *Impetigo *Scalded Skin Syn. |
| *Spherical chain-like arr. *Beta-hemolytic Group A *Produces toxins & enzymes *Transmission: Direct Contact (most common), Indirect Contact *Portals: Respiratory Tract, Broken Skin | Streptococcus pyogenes |
| Name some of the diseases caused by Streptococcus pyogenes | *Most Common-Strep Throat (Septic Sore Throat, Pharyngitis) *Scarlet Fever *Rheumatic Fever *Puerperal Sepsis (Childbirth Fever) *Toxic Shock Syn. *Impetigo *Erysipelas (St. Anthony's Fire) |
| *Spherical chain-like arr. *AKA: Pneumococcus *Produces a capsule *Transmission: Direct Droplet Contact, Indirect Contact *Portals: Respiratory Tract | Streptococcus pneumoniae |
| Name some of the diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae | *Lobar Pneumonia *Otitis Media (Mid. Ear Infection) *Meningitis |
| *Spherical *AKA: Gonococcus *Produces Pili/fibriae *Transmission: Direct Contact (most common), Indirect Contact *Portals: Genitourinary Tract, Eyes | Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
| Name the diseases that can be caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae | *Gonorrhea *Ophthalmia Neonatorum |
| *Spherical *AKA: Meningococcus *Transmission: Direct Droplet Contact, Indirect Contact *Portals: Respiratory Tract | Neisseria meningitidis |
| Name the diseases caused by Neisseria meningitidis | *Epidemic Meningitis (Meningococcemia) |
| *Rod Shaped *Most virulent strain of salmonella *Most Common Transmission:Oral Fecal Route (indirect) *Portals: Gastrointestinal Tract | Salmonella typhi |
| Name the disease caused by Salmonella typhi | Typhoid Fever |
| *Rod Shaped *Most virulent strain of shigella *Transmission: Indirect *Portals: Gastrointestinal Tract | Shigella dysenteriae |
| Name the disease caused by Shigella dysenteriae | Shigellosis AKA Bacillary Dysentery |
| *Rod Shaped *Transmission: Indirect Contact *Portals: Gastrointestinal Tract, Urinary Tract | Escherichia coli |
| Name the diseases caused by Escherichia coli | *Different forms of gastroenteritis *Most common cause of UTIs |
| *Rod Shaped *Produces a capsule *Ability to translocate to the lungs *Transmission: Direct, Indirect, Opportunistic *Portals: GI Tract, Urinary Tract, Respiratory Tract | Klebsiella pneumoniae |
| Name the diseases caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae | *Lobar Pneumonia (Hospital Acquired Pneumonia) *Gastroenteritis *UTIs |
| *Rod Shaped *Colonies smell like burnt chocolate *Transmission: Indirect, Direct, Opportunistic, Nosocomial *Portals: Broken Skin, Urinary Tract, GI Tract | Proteus mirabilis |
| Name the diseases caused by Proteus mirabilis | *Secondary Infections of Burn Wounds *UTIs *Gastroenteritis |
| *Rod Shaped *Blue-green pus in wounds *Transmission: Opportunistic, Indirect, Direct, Nosocomial *Portals: Broken Skin, Urinary Tract, GI Tract | Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
| Name the diseases caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa | *Burn Wound Infections *UTIs *Gastroenteritis *Ear Infections *Pneumonia |
| *Rod Shaped *Produces a capsule & Pertussis Toxin *Transmission: Direct Droplet *Portals: Respiratory Tract | Bordetella pertussis |
| Name the disease caused by Bordetella pertussis | Pertussis (Whooping Cough) *young children are high risk group *Vaccine: DTaP |
| *Rod Shaped *Transmission: Direct Droplet *Portals: Respiratory Tract **young children are high risk group **Vaccine: Hib | Haemophilus influenzae |
| Name the disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae | Bacterial Influenzal Meningitis *bacteremia is also a concern |
| *Rod Shaped, Zoonosis *Transmission: Indirect contact with rat flea; Direct Droplet Contact Portals: Broken Skin, Respiratory Tract | Yersinia pestis |
| Name the diseases caused by Yersinia pestis | *Bubonic Plague *Septicemic Plague *Pneumonic Plague |
| *Rod Shaped, Zoonosis *Transmission: Direct contact via handling infected animals; Indirect contact *Portals: Skin, GI Tract, Respiratory Tract | Francisella tularensis |
| *Spore-forming, Rod shaped, Zoonosis, Biological Warfare *Produces a capsule, exotoxin, endospore *Transmission: Direct & Indirect *Portals: Broken Skin, Respiratory Tract, GI Tract | Bacillus anthracis |
| Name the diseases caused by Bacillus anthracis | *Anthrax -Cutaneous Infection forming an eschar -Pulmonary Infection (Wool Sorter's Disease) -Typhoidal Anthrax |
| *Spore-forming, Rod shaped *Produces endospore & toxin (botulinin) *Transmission: Indirect *Portals: GI Tract, Broken Skin | Clostridium botulinum |
| Name the diseases caused by Clostridium botulinum | *Food-bourne Botulism *Infant Botulism *Wound Botulism |
| *Spore-forming, Rod shaped *Obligate Anaerobe *Produces exotoxins, endospores, hyaluronidase enzyme *Transmission: Indiret *Portals: Broken Skin, GI Tract | Clostridium perfringens |
| Name the diseases caused by Clostridium perfringens | *Gas Gangrene (antemortem) *Tissue Gas (post-mortem) *Food Poisoning |
| *Spore-forming, Rod shaped *Obligate Anaerobe *Produces endospores, the neurotoxin tetanospasmin *Transmission: Indirect *Portals: Broken Skin **Vaccine: DTaP | Clostridium tetani |
| Name the disease caused by Clostridium tetani | Tetanus (Lockjaw) |
| *Bacilli/club-shaped & pleomorphic *Exotoxin forms a pseudomembrane *Resistant to drying *Transmission: Direct Droplet & Indirect Air-borne *Portals: Respiratory Tract & Broken Skin *DTaP Vaccine | Corynebacterium diphtheriae |
| Name the diseases caused by Corynebacterium diptheriae | *Diphtheria (respiratory most common) *Cutaneous Diphtheria |
| *Bacilli, Obligate Aerobe, Acid-Fast, long gen. time (20+ hrs) *Can survive in dried sputum for weeks *Resilient cell wall (high lipid content) *Transmission: Direct Droplet & Indirect Air-Borne (also ingestion) *Portals: Respiratory, GI Tract, Split | Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| Name the diseases caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis | *Tuberculosis -Lungs (Pulmonary) -Miliary *forms a tubercle |
| *Bacilli, Acid-Fast, High lipid content to cell wall *Opportunistic form of TB in AIDS patients | Mycobacterium avium |
| *Bacilli, Acid-Fast, Grows in peripheral nervous system, 30C opt. growth temp *Resilient cell wall *Transmission: Direct with nasal secretions *Portals: Broken Skin & Respiratory Tract | Mycobacterium leprae |
| Name the diseases formed by Mycobacterium leprae | *Leprosy (Hanson's Disease) -Tuberculoid Lep. -> neural form -Lepromatous Lep. -> progressive |
| *Unique lipid in cell wall *Resists phagocytosis & survives low levels of chlorine *Found naturally in water *Transmission: Indirect Air-Borne, non-communicable *Portals: Respiratory Tract | Legionella pneumophila |
| Name the disease caused by Legionella pneumophila | *Legionnaire's Disease (Legionellosis) -Milder form= Pontiac Fever |
| *Psychrophile, Pleomorphic, Excreted in animal feces *Crosses the placenta, Resists phagocytosis, affinity for growth in the CNS *Transmission: Indirect Ingestion & Direct Placental *Portals: GI Tract & Placenta | Listeria monocytogenes |
| Name the disease caused by Listeria monocytogenes | *Listeriosis (Listeria) +Pregnant & Immunocompromised are high risk group |
| *Comma/Curved Shape, Produces Cholera Toxin (blocks absorption of H2O, salts, electrolytes= rice water stools) *Transmission: Indirect Ingestion *Portals: GI Tract | Vibrio cholerae |
| Name the disease caused by Vibrio cholerae | *Asiatic Cholera |
| *Spirochete, Teflon Pathogen, Crosses the placenta *Transmission: Direct via Placenta, STD *Portals: Placenta, Genitourinary Tract | Treponema pallidum |
| Name the disease caused by Treponema pallidum | *Syphilis +Acquired -Primary -> chancre -Secondary -> skin rashes -Latent -Tertiary -> gummas +Congenital |
| *Spirochete, Zoonosis, Bull's Eye Rash *Transmission: Indirect with an insect vector (deer tick bite; also biological vector) *Portals: Broken Skin | Borrelia burgdorferi |
| Name the disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi | *Lyme Disease (Lyme Borreliosis) |
| *Spirochete, Zoonosis *Transmission: Direct with contaminated animal urine, Indirect with ingestion of H2O contaminated with animal urine *Portals: Broken Skin, GI Tract | Leptospira interrogans |
| Name the disease caused by Leptospira interrogans | *Leptospirosis (Infectious Jaundice) aka Swineherder's Flu/Jaundice, Sewerman's Flu +Weil's Disease-advanced case -causes liver/kidney damage/failure |
| *Vibrio, Produces an Enterotoxin *Transmission: Indirect with Ingestion *Portals: GI Tract | Campylobacter jejuni |
| Name the disease caused by Campylobacter jejuni | *Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter gastroenteritis) +Guillain-Barre' Syndrome- rare complication (temp form of paralysis starting in lower extremities) |
| *Among the smallest of the free-living bacteria *No cell wall, Pleomorphic *Transmission: Direct Droplet *Portals: Respiratory Tract | Mycoplasma pneumoniae |
| Name the disease caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae | *Mycoplasmal Pneumonia aka Primary Atypical Pneumonia, Walking Pneumonia |
| *Obligate intracellular parasite, Spread by arthropod vector, Typhus Disease *Transmission:Indirect with an insect vector (human body louse bite) *Portal: Broken Skin | Rickettsia prowazekii |
| Name the disease caused by Rickettsia prowazekii | *Epidemic Typhus aka Louse Borne Typhus |
| *Obligate Intracellular Parasite, Spread by arthropod vector, Typhus Disease *Transmission: Indirect with an insect vector (rat flea bite) *Portal: Broken Skin | Rickettsia typhi |
| Name the disease caused by Rickettsia typhi | *Endemic Murine Typhus aka Fleaborne Typhus |
| *Obligate Intracellular Parasite, Spread by arthropod vector, Typhus Disease *Transmission: Indirect with an insect vector (tick bite) *Portal: Broken Skin | Rickettsia rickettsii |
| Name the disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsii | *Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever aka Tickborne Typhus |
| *Obligate Intracellular Parasite, Typhus Disease *Transmission: Indirect Air-borne *Portal: Respiratory **Originated in placental material after calves were born | Coxiella burnetii |
| Name the disease caused by Coxiella burnetii | *Q Fever (Q=query) +pneumonia-like illness |
| *Obligate Intracellular Parasite *Transmission:Direct by STD, hand to eyes, Mother to infant's eyes *Portals: Genitourinary Tract, Eyes | Chlamydia trachomatis |
| Name the diseases caused by Chlamydia trachomatis | *Inclusion Conjunctivitis *Trachoma (eye inf.) *Nongonococcal Urethritis (NGU) *Reiter's Syndrome *Nonspecific Urethritis (NSU) *PID *Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV) |
| *Obligate Intracellular Parasite *Transmission: Indirect Airborne, Direct with an infected bird *Portal: Respiratory Tract | Chlamydia psittaci |
| Name the disease caused by Chlamydia psittaci | *Psittacosis aka Parrot Fever, Ornithosis |
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