Question | Answer |
Staphylococcus aureus (pyogenic) | Skin abcess & scalded skin syndrone
Food poisoning
Nosocomial infections
Toxic shock syndrome
Impetigo (skin rash) |
Streptococcus pyogenes (pyogenic) | Strep throat, Pharyngitis
Scarlet fever
Rheumatic fever (heart valves)
Puerperal sepsis (childbirth fever)
Sydenham’s Chorea (St. Vitus’Dance)
Impetigo
Erysipelas (St. Anthony’s Fire)
Toxic Shock |
Streptococcus pneumonia (pyogenic) | Lobar pneumonia
Otitis media
Meningitis |
Nisseria gonorhoeae (pyogenic) | Gonorrhea (urethritis)
Ophthamia neonatum
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) |
Neisseria meningitis (pyogenic) | Epidemic meningitis
meningococcemia |
Salmonella typhi (enteric) | Typhoid fever |
Shigella dysenteriae (enteric) | Shigellosis; bacillary dysentery |
Escherichia coli (enteric) | Gastroenteritis
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) |
Klebsiella pneumoniae (enteric) | Lobar pneumonia
Gastroenteritis
Urinary tract infections |
Proteus mirabilis (enteric) | Secondary burn wounds
Urinary tract infections
Gastroenteritis |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (enteric) | Burn wound infections
Urinary tract infections
Gastroenteritis |
Bordetella pertussis (gram -) | Pertussis: whooping cough
Paraspasmodic/convulsive stage
Treat with the “AP” (Acellular Pertussus) portion of DTAP vaccine. |
Haemophilus influenza (gram -) | Bacterial influenza meningitis
HIB vaccine |
Yersinia pestis (gram -) | Bubonic plague
Pneumonic plague (more virulent) |
Francisella tularensis (gram -) | Tularemia
Aka: (Rabbit fever/deer fly fever)
Skin infection- most common
GI infection
Pneumonic infection |
Bacillus anthracis (spore/bacilli) | Anthrax (animals)
Skin infection (Eschar skin lesion) |
Clostridium botulinum (spore/bacilli) | Food –borne botulism
Infant botulism
Wound botulism |
Clostridium perfringens (Welchii) spore/bacilli | Gas gangrene-antemortem
Tissue gas- postmortem
Food poisoning |
Clostridium tetani (spore/bacilli) | Tetanus (lock jaw) |
Corynebacterium diptheriae (actinomycete) | Diptheria
Cutaneous diptheria |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (actinomycete) | Tuberculosis |
Mycobacterium avium complex(MAC)(actinomycete) | Opportunistic form of TB in AIDS patients |
Mycobacterium leprae (actinomycete) | Leprosy (Hansen's Disease)
Tuberculoid leprosy (neural form)
Lepromatous leprosy (progressive form) |
Legionella pneumphila (actinomycete) | Legionaire's disease (legionellosis)
Milder form known as Pontiac Fever |
Listeria monocytogenes (actinomycete) | Listeriosis (listeria) |
Vibrio cholerae (spiral) | Asiatic cholera |
Treponema pallidum (spiral) | Primary syphilis - chancre lesion
Secondary syphilis - skin rash
Latent period
Tertiary syphilis - gummas lesion |
Borrelia burgdorferi (spiral) | Lyme disease (Lyme Borreliosis) |
Leptospira interrogans (spiral) | Leptospirosis (infectious jaundice) |
Campylobacter jejuni (spiral) | Campylobacteriosis (gastroenteritis) food-borne
Guillain Barre's Syndrone (rare neurological complication) |
Mycoplasma pneumonia | Mycoplasmal pneumonia
Primary atypical pneumonia
Walking pneumonia |
Rickettsia prowazekii | Epidemic typhus (louse-borne typhus) |
Rickettsia typhi | Endemic murine typhus; flea-borne typhus |
Rickettsia rickettisia | Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever; tic-borne typhus |
Coxiella burnetii | Q fever (query fever) |
Chlamydia trachomatis | Inclusion conjunctivitis
Trachoma
Nongonococcal urethritis (NGU)
Nonspecific urethritis (NSU)
Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV)
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) |
Chlamydia psittaci | Psittacosis; parrot fever; ornithosis |