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Bact: Host Range
Dirty Dozen
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| S. Pyrogenes | human only can have new strain recolonization |
| S. Pneumonia | normal resp. flora human only |
| N. Gonorrhea | Human only with recolonization because no immunity |
| N. Meningitidis | human only with recolonization of new strain 12 serotypes (5-10% carriage) |
| E. Coli | normal GI flora, broad host range, aquired from food water, fecal oral |
| C. Perfringes | widespread in the environment produces spores |
| S. aureus | human only normal carriage and autoinoculation |
| C trachomatis | human only no immunologic memory (humoral response) |
| M. Tuberculosis | human only life long infection |
| M. Pneumonia | all animals and common in humans between 5 and 25 |
| Borellia burgdorferi | no human to human transmission resevoir is mouse and deer transmitted mainly via ixodes ticks |
| H. pylori | human only life long infection and infects half of the world |