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Micro Bacteria
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Treponema pallidum | -Syphilis -gram negative spiral |
| Borrelia burgdorferi | -Tick borne Lyme disease -gram negative spiral borrelia |
| Helicobacter pylori | -Ulcers -gram negative spiral |
| Campylobacter jejuni | -Enteritis -gram negative spiral |
| Pseudomonas Aeruginosa | -Wound, burn, UTI -gram negative rod |
| Legionella pneumophilia | -Pneumonia (legionnaireâs disease) -gram negative rod |
| Neisseria pneumophila | -Meningitis -gram negative Rod |
| Neisseria meningitidis | -Meningitis -Gram nega diplococci |
| Neisseria gonorrhea | -Gonorrhea -gram negative |
| Bordetella pertusis | -Pertussis (whooping cough) -gram negative coccobacilli |
| Escherichia coli | -UTI, opportunistic infections -gram negative rods |
| Shigella dysenteriae | -Dysentery -gram negative rods |
| Salmonella | -Food poisoning -gram negative rod |
| Proteus | -UTI -gram negative rods |
| Yersinia pestis | -Bubonic plague -gram negative rods |
| Vibrio cholerae | -Cholera -gram negative vibroid |
| Haemophilus influenzae | -Meningitis, other pediatric diseases (ear infections=otitis media) -gram negative vibroid |
| Rickettsia rickettsii | -Rocky Mountain spotted fever -gram negative unique |
| Chlamydia | -chlamydia -gram positive |
| Mycoplasma pneumoniae | -Primary atypical pneumonia (walking pneumonia) -no gram stain |
| Staphylococcus aureus | -suppurative abscesses (MRSA, TSS, etc) -gram positive cocci |
| Streptococcus pyogene | -pharyngitis, skin infections, acute rheumatic fever -complete hemolysis on blood agar -gram positive cocci |
| Streptococcus agalactiae | -neonatal meningitis, childbed fever -gram positive cocci |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | -lobar pneumonia, meningitis -gram positive cocci |
| Bacillus anthracis | -Anthrax -gram positive |
| Clostridium botulinum | -botulism -gram positive neurotoxin |
| Clostridium perfringens | -gas gangrene, enteritis -gram positive |
| Clostridium tetani | -tetanus, lock jaw -gram positive anaerobic |
| Clostridium difficile | -pseudomembraneous colitis -gram positive |
| Corynebacterium diphtheriae | -diphtheria -gram positive rod |