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Micro
Pathogens & Diseases
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Staphylococcus aureus (pyogenic) | Skin abcess & scalded skin syndrone Food poisoning Nosocomial infections Toxic shock syndrome Impetigo (skin rash) |
| Streptococcus pyogenes (pyogenic) | Strep throat, Pharyngitis Scarlet fever Rheumatic fever (heart valves) Puerperal sepsis (childbirth fever) Sydenham’s Chorea (St. Vitus’Dance) Impetigo Erysipelas (St. Anthony’s Fire) Toxic Shock |
| Streptococcus pneumonia (pyogenic) | Lobar pneumonia Otitis media Meningitis |
| Nisseria gonorhoeae (pyogenic) | Gonorrhea (urethritis) Ophthamia neonatum Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) |
| Neisseria meningitis (pyogenic) | Epidemic meningitis meningococcemia |
| Salmonella typhi (enteric) | Typhoid fever |
| Shigella dysenteriae (enteric) | Shigellosis; bacillary dysentery |
| Escherichia coli (enteric) | Gastroenteritis Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae (enteric) | Lobar pneumonia Gastroenteritis Urinary tract infections |
| Proteus mirabilis (enteric) | Secondary burn wounds Urinary tract infections Gastroenteritis |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa (enteric) | Burn wound infections Urinary tract infections Gastroenteritis |
| Bordetella pertussis (gram -) | Pertussis: whooping cough Paraspasmodic/convulsive stage Treat with the “AP” (Acellular Pertussus) portion of DTAP vaccine. |
| Haemophilus influenza (gram -) | Bacterial influenza meningitis HIB vaccine |
| Yersinia pestis (gram -) | Bubonic plague Pneumonic plague (more virulent) |
| Francisella tularensis (gram -) | Tularemia Aka: (Rabbit fever/deer fly fever) Skin infection- most common GI infection Pneumonic infection |
| Bacillus anthracis (spore/bacilli) | Anthrax (animals) Skin infection (Eschar skin lesion) |
| Clostridium botulinum (spore/bacilli) | Food –borne botulism Infant botulism Wound botulism |
| Clostridium perfringens (Welchii) spore/bacilli | Gas gangrene-antemortem Tissue gas- postmortem Food poisoning |
| Clostridium tetani (spore/bacilli) | Tetanus (lock jaw) |
| Corynebacterium diptheriae (actinomycete) | Diptheria Cutaneous diptheria |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis (actinomycete) | Tuberculosis |
| Mycobacterium avium complex(MAC)(actinomycete) | Opportunistic form of TB in AIDS patients |
| Mycobacterium leprae (actinomycete) | Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Tuberculoid leprosy (neural form) Lepromatous leprosy (progressive form) |
| Legionella pneumphila (actinomycete) | Legionaire's disease (legionellosis) Milder form known as Pontiac Fever |
| Listeria monocytogenes (actinomycete) | Listeriosis (listeria) |
| Vibrio cholerae (spiral) | Asiatic cholera |
| Treponema pallidum (spiral) | Primary syphilis - chancre lesion Secondary syphilis - skin rash Latent period Tertiary syphilis - gummas lesion |
| Borrelia burgdorferi (spiral) | Lyme disease (Lyme Borreliosis) |
| Leptospira interrogans (spiral) | Leptospirosis (infectious jaundice) |
| Campylobacter jejuni (spiral) | Campylobacteriosis (gastroenteritis) food-borne Guillain Barre's Syndrone (rare neurological complication) |
| Mycoplasma pneumonia | Mycoplasmal pneumonia Primary atypical pneumonia Walking pneumonia |
| Rickettsia prowazekii | Epidemic typhus (louse-borne typhus) |
| Rickettsia typhi | Endemic murine typhus; flea-borne typhus |
| Rickettsia rickettisia | Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever; tic-borne typhus |
| Coxiella burnetii | Q fever (query fever) |
| Chlamydia trachomatis | Inclusion conjunctivitis Trachoma Nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) Nonspecific urethritis (NSU) Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) |
| Chlamydia psittaci | Psittacosis; parrot fever; ornithosis |
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