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Diseases organisms
Microbiology study stack for Exam 2
bordetella pertussis | whooping cough |
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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 |