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unit 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bacillus anthracis | Anthrax |
| Bordetella pertussis | Whooping cough |
| Borrelia burgdorferi | Lyme disease, relapsing fever |
| Campylobacter jejuni | Dysentery, Campylobacter |
| Chlamydophila pneumoniae | Pneumonia (Chlamydial) |
| Chlamydia trachomatis | Urethritis (nongonococcal), Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) |
| Clostridium botulinum | Botulism; wound botulism |
| Clostridium difficile | Diarrhea, nosocomial |
| Clostridium perfringens | Gas gangrene, C. perfringens gastroenteritis |
| Clostridium tetani | Tetanus |
| Corynebacterium diptheriae | Diptheria |
| Coxiella burnetti | Q Fever |
| Ehrlichia spp. | Ehrlichiosis |
| Enterobacter spp. | Nosocomial pneumonia and wound infections |
| Enterococcus spp. (faecalis, faecium) | Most common cause of surgical wound infections, nosocomial sepsis |
| Escherichia coli | Gastroenteritis, Nosocomial pneumonia and wound infections. Traveler’s diarrhea/Montezuma’s revenge. |
| Haemophilus influenzae | Meningitis, bacteremia, epiglottitis, or pneumonia. |
| Helicobacter pylori | Ulcer (Gastric and duodenal), stomach cancer |
| Legionella pneumophila | Legionellosis (pneumonia) |
| Mycobacterium leprae | Leprosy (Hansen's disease) |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Tuberculosis |
| Mycoplasma pneumonia | Pneumonia (Mycoplasmal) |
| Neisseriae gonorrhoea (gonococcus) | Gonorrhea |
| Neisseriae meningitidis (meningococcus) | Meningitis (meningococcal) |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Nosocomial pneumonia and wound infections, dermatitis, otitis externa, utis, burns; septicemia, abscesses, and meningitis |
| Rickettsia rickettsii | Rocky Mountain spotted fever |
| Salmonella enterica | Food Poisoning (Salmonellosis) |
| Salmonella typhi | Typhoid fever |
| Shigella sonnei | Dysentery (Shigellosis) |
| Staphylococcus aureus | mild skin infections, life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, food poisoning |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | cause of nosocomial sepsis. May also cause acute bacterial endocarditis |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | Pneumonia (pneumococcal), Meningitis (pneumococcal), otitis media; Nosocomial pneumonia and wound infections. |
| Streptococcus pyogenes | strep throat (pharyngitis), scarlet fever, and impetigo, necrotizing fasciitis, cellulitis, and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome |
| Treponema pallidum | Syphilis |
| Vibrio cholerae | Gastroenteritis, Vibrio |
| Yersinia pestis | Bubonic Plague |
| Aspergillus flavus | Aflatoxin poisoning may contribute to cirrhosis and liver cancer, serious respiratory infections |
| Blastomyces dermatitis | Blastomycosis - respiratory infection resembles bacterial pneumonia, may spread from lungs, causing severe abscesses |
| Candida albicans | Opportunistic, usually infects mucosa or moist skin. Thrush, Vaginitis. |
| Coccidiodies immitis | Coccidioidomycosis - progressive disease resembles T.B. |
| Cryptococcus neoformans | Cryptococcosis - severe meningitis |
| Histoplasma capsulatum | Histoplasmosis - respiratory, usually subclinical, resembles T.B. if progressive |
| Ascaris lumbricoides | Ascariasis |
| Echinonococcus granulosus | Hydatid disease |
| Necator americanus | Hookworms |
| Schistosoma sp. | Schistomiasis |
| Taenia saginata (beef) | Tapeworm infection |
| Prion | Spongiform encephalitis |
| Cryptosporidium parvum | Dysentery: Cryptosporidiosis |
| Entamoeba histoltica | Dysentery: Amoebiasis |
| Giardia intestinalis (lamblia) | Dysentery: Giardiasis |
| Leshmania sp. | Leshmaniasis |
| Naegleria fowleri | Meningoencephalitis |
| Plasmodium sp. | Malaria |
| Toxoplasma gondii | Toxoplasmosis |
| Trichomonas vaginalis | Trichomoniasis (vaginitis) |
| Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, T.b. gambiense | African trypanosomiasis |
| Trypanosoma cruzi | Chagas’ disease, American trypanosomiasis |
| Ebola virus (a filovirus) | Hemorrhagic fever, viral |
| Epstein-Barr virus | Infectious mononucleosis, Burkitt’s lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma |
| Hepatitis A virus | Hepatitis, infectious |
| Hepatitis C virus | Hepatitis, serum |
| Herpes simplex 1 | Cold Sores, may cause genital herpes depending on transmission |
| Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) | AIDS |
| Influenza virus | the flu |
| Lassa fever virus | Hemorrhagic fever, viral; Lassa Fever |
| Marburg virus (a filovirus) | Hemorrhagic fever, viral |
| Measles virus | Red measles (rubeola), Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis |
| Papillomavirus spp. | Warts, including genital warts |
| Poliovirus | Poliomyelitis |
| Lyssavirus | Rabies |
| Rhinovirus | Common cold |
| Rotavirus | Gastroenteritis |
| Rubivirus | Rubella (German Measles), Congenital rubella syndrome |
| Varicella zoster | Chicken Pox, Shingles |
| Variola major | Smallpox |
| Yellow Fever Virus (Flavivirus) | Hemorrhagic fever, viral; Yellow Fever |
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