Bacteria Flashcards
Salmonella/ salmonellosis
G -ve
Flagella
Fimbriae
Capsule
Endotoxin
Enterotoxin
Cytotoxins
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Capsule
Streptokinase (dissolves clots)
Hyaluronidase
Bacillus anthracus
• Capsule, d-Glu covered- forms slimy colonies
E coli
G -ve
Shiga like AB toxin
Capsule
Fimbriae
Enterotoxin, endotoxin
- fecal poisoning
Influenza
Hemaglutinin
Vibrio cholerae
AB toxin
No capsule
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Opa
Pili- adheres to mucosal epithelial
IgAse (cleave IgA)
Staphylococcus aureus
Coagulase
Hemolysins, hyaluronidase, fibrinolysin
Leukocidins
Nucleases/lipases
Enterotoxins
Fibrinogen
Protein A
Corynebacterium diptheriae
AB toxin
Exotoxin
Bordetella pertussis
Exotoxin
Endotoxin (produce cough)
Mycobacterium leprae
- Leprosy
N meningitidis
- meningitis or meningococcemia
Headache, vomiting, stiff neck, coma
Helicobacter pylori
G -ve
Cytotoxic exotoxin
Clostridium perfringens
G +ve
Endospores
Enterotoxin
Clostridium botulism
AB toxin
Neurotoxin
Endospores
Campylobacter jejuni
Not in humans
Listeria monocytogenes
G +ve*
Food borne diseases
Most G -ve
Yersinia enterocolitica- enteric fever
Norovirus- norwalk virus, poliovirus
Rotavirus/Astrovirus
Shigellosis- food infection
Hep A
Rickettsiales
Parasite,
Typhus fever,
Spotted fever rickettsiosis
Ehrlichiosis (HME or HGA)
Coxiellam burnetti
Q fever
Query fever, flu like pneumonia, endocarditis
Lyme disease
Spirochetes
Tickborne disease
Yersinia pestis
Black death plague
- V & W antigens in cell wall
