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Common Bacteria/Diseases
For 9/5 quiz in pathology
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Pathology
Graduate
09/03/2013

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Term
Bacillus anthracis
Definition

-Anthrax


(Gram positive)

Term
Clostridium botulinum
Definition

-Botulism


-(Obligate anaerobes)


(Gram-Positive)

Term
Clostridium difficile
Definition

-severe diarrhea, colitis

 

-(Obligate anaerobes)

 

(Gram positive)

Term
Clostridium perfringens
Definition

-gas gangrene

 

-food poisoning

 

-(Obligate Anaerobes)

 

(gram positive)

Term
Clostridium tetani
Definition

-Tetanus (Lockjaw disease)


-(Obligate Anaerobes)


(Gram positive)

Term
Corynebacterium diphteriae
Definition

Diphteria


(gram positive)

Term
Staphylococcus Aureus
Definition

-Skin/soft tissue infections


-Food Poisoning


-Bone/Joint infection;endocarditis


-toxic shock syndrome


-Nosocomial infection(hospital-acquired infections)


(Gram positive)

Term
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Definition

-skin and soft tissue;


-prosthetic implant infection


(gram positive)

Term
Steptococcus Pneumoniae
Definition

-Pneumonia (lung infection)

 

-Otitis media (middle ear infection)

 

-Bacterial meningitis (Central nervous system infection) 

 

(gram positive)

Term
Streptococcus pyogenes
Definition

-skin and soft tissue infections

 

-acute pharyngitis; rheumatic fever

 

(gram positive)

Term
Bordatella Pertussis
Definition

-Pertussis (Whooping Cough)


(Gram Negative)

Term
Escherichia Coli
Definition

-Urinary tract infection


-Infectious diarrhea


-Neonatal bacterial meningitis


(Gram negative)

Term
Haemophillus Influenzae
Definition

-Bacterial Meningitis

 

-Upper respiratory tract infections

 

-Pneumonia


(Gram-negative)

Term
Moraxella catarrhalis
Definition

-Pneumonia


(gram negative)

Term
Helicobacter Pylori
Definition

-Gastritis; gastric ulcer


(Gram negative)

Term
Klebsiella oxytoca
Definition

-Urinary Tract Infection

 

(gram-negative)

Term
Klebsiella Pneumoniae
Definition

Pneumonia


(gram negative)

 

Term
Legionella Pneumophila
Definition

Legionnarie's disease


(Gram negative)

Term
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Definition

-Gonorrhea


-Septic arthritis



(Gram Negative)

Term
Neisseria Meningitidis
Definition

-Bacterial meningitis


(Gram negative)

Term
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Definition

-Otitis externa (swimmer's ear)

 

-Nosocomial infections (hospital acquired)


(Gram negative)

Term
Salmonella enterica
Definition

-typhoid fever; different serovars 


-(Typhi)


Gram negative

Term
Shigella sonnei, S. dysenteriae
Definition

-Dysentery


Gram negative

Term
Chlamydophila
Definition

Pneumonia

(Atypical)

Term
Chlamydia trachomatis
Definition

Non-gonococcal urethritis

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)

Term
Mycoplasma Pneumoniae
Definition

Pneumonia

(Atypical)

Term
Legionella Pneumophila
Definition
Legionnarie's disease
Term
Borrelia burgdorferi
Definition

Lymes Disease

(Spirochetes)

Term
Treponema pallidum
Definition

Syphillis

(spirochetes)

Term
Mycobacterium Avian Complex (MAC)
Definition

Opportunistic infection (lungs)

(Acid fast Bacilli)

Term
Mycobacterium leprae
Definition

Leprosy

(Acid-Fast Bacilli)

Term
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Definition

tuberculosis

 (acid fast bacilli)

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