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Microbio: Pathogens

A few bacteria and the diseases they cause

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anthrax Bacillus anthracis
food poisoning Bacillus cereus
periodontal disease bacteroides gingivalis
sepsis/ normal flora in gut bacteroides fragilis
pertussis/ whooping cough bordetella pertussis
Lyme disease borrelia burgdorferi
gastroenteritis; associated with the chicken industry campylobacter jujuni
conjunctivitis, lymphogranuloma venereum, pelvic inflammatory disease, urethritis chlamydia trachomatis
food poisoning clostridium botulinum
antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis clostridium difficile
tetanus clostridium tetani
gas gangrene clostridium perfringens
diphtheria corynebacterium diphtheriae
UTI, endocarditis enterococcus faecalis
diarrheal infections, meningitis, UTI, sepsis escherichia coli
meningitis, upper respiratory infections haemophilus influenze
peptic ulcers, gastritis helicobacter pylori
pneumonia, UTIs klebsiella pneumoniae
listeriosis listeria monocytogenes
tuberculosis, becoming increasingly antibiotic resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis
atypical pneumonia mycoplasma pneumoniae
conjunctivitis, gonorrhea, PID, urethritis neisseria gnorrhoeae
meningitis neisseria meningitides
conjuctivitis, flliculitis, UTI, burn and respiratory infections pseudomonas aeruginosa
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever rickettsia ricketsii
cat-scratch fever rochalimaea henselae
salmonellosis(food poisoning) salmonella enteritidis
typhoid fever salmonella typhi
shigellosis-bacillary dysentery shigella sp.
abscesses, endocarditis, food poisoning, osteomyelitis, pericarditis, pneumonia, toxis shock syndrome staphylococcus aureus
neonatal meningitis, pneumonia, sepsis, postpartum endometritis streptococcus agalactiae
dental caries streptococcus mutans
pneumococcal pneumonia, meningitis streptococcus pneumonia
childbed fever, endocarditis, glomerulonephritis, impetigo, pharyngitis streptococcus pyogenes
syphilus treponema pallidum
plague yersinia pestis
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