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Diseases organisms
Microbiology study stack for Exam 2
| bordetella pertussis | whooping cough |
|---|---|
| mycoplasma pneumonia | primary atypical pneumonia |
| yersinia pestis | plague |
| vibrio cholera | cholera |
| vibrio parahaemolyticus | gastroenteritis from contaminated seafood |
| treponema palladium | syphillis |
| bacillus cereus | food poisoning |
| bacillus anthracis | anthrax |
| borrelia burgdorfei (spirochetes) | lyme disease |
| haemophilus influenza type b | meningitis, sinusistis, pneumonia, bronchitis |
| clostridium perfingens | gas gangrene, food poisining |
| clostridium botulinum | botulism |
| clostridium tetani | tetanus |
| enterococcus faecalis | uti, endocarditis |
| neisseria gonorrhoeae | gonorrhea |
| neisseria meningitides | bacterial meningitis |
| pseudomonas aeruginos | cystic fibrosis patients, nosocomial infections in burns, UTI |
| pseudomonas fluorescens | spoilage of food |
| enterohemmorrhagic (e) coli | ae lesions, hemorrhagic colitis, travelers diarrhea. uti |
| propionibacterium acnes | body odor, acne vulgaris |
| salmonella | typhoid fever, gastroenteritis |
| streptomyces smoaliensis | actinomycetoma (infection of the subcutaneous tissue that produces lesions that lead to swelling, abscesses and bone destruction |
| helicobacter pylori | gastritis and peptic ulcer disease |
| actinomycetes | actinomycoses - occular infection, periodontal disease |
| staphylococcus epidermis | endocarditis, infection in patients with lowered resistance (post op surgery) |
| cornyebacteria diptheriae | diptheria |
| gardnerella | bacterial vaginitis |
| staphylyococcus aureus | boils, abscesses, wound infections, pneumonia, toxic shock syndrome, septicemia (MRSA) |
| thermoactinomyces vulgaris | farmer's lung |
| rickettsia rickettsi | rocky mountain spotted fever |
| mycobacterium bovis | tuberculosis |
| mycobacterium tuberculosis | tuberculosis |
| mycobacterium leprae | leprosy |
| streptococcus mutans | dental caries |
| coxiella burnetti | q fever |
| streptococcus pyogenes | streptococcal sore throat, acute glomerulonephritis, rheumatic fever |
| listeria monocytogenes | listeriosis |