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Staphylococcus aureus

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Gram Positive Cocci (clusters)
Facultative
located normally: Nose, skin
endocarditis, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, catheter associated infection
Toxic shock-super antigen
pathogenicity: adhesins, invasins, Digest tissue (produces toxin known as leukocidin which disgests tissue and pokes holes in the membrane)
Biofilm
from animal bite wounds
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Staphylococcus epidermidis

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Gram Positive Cocci (clusters)
facultative
located normally: Skin, Vaginia
foreign body associated infection
biofilm (glycocalyx)
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streptococcus pyogenes

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Gram Positive cocci (chains)
microaerophilic
located normally: Oropharynx
Beta-Hemolytic (complete hemolysis)
lancefield group A streptococci
superantigen
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Streptococcus agalactiae

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Gram Positive cocci (chains)
microaerophilic
located normally: Vagina, Gut
diabetic extremity infection, sepsis
Beta- Hemolytic (complete hemolysis)
lancefield group B streptococci
Capsule
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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Gram Positive cocci (pairs)
facultative
located normally: Nasopharynx
community acquired pneumonia, meningitis
Alpha- Hemolytic (partial hemolysis)
capsule
VACCINE
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Streptococcus Bovis

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Gram Positive cocci
facultative/microaerophilic
important infection: endocarditis
Gamma Hemolytic (non-hemolytic)
lancefield group D
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Enterococcus Faecalis

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Gram Positive cocci
facultative
located normally: Gut
common infection: UTI, intra-abdominal infection, endocarditis
more common than enteroccocus faecium
Group D
gamma hemolytic
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Enterococcus faecium

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facultative
cocci
Gram Positive cocci
facultative
located normally: Gut
common infection: UTI, intra-abdominal infection, endocarditis
Group D
gamma hemolytic
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Peptostreptococcus

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Gram Positive cocci
Anaerobic
located normally: Oropharynx, Gut

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Gram Positive Bacilli
Obligate Aerobe
Acid fast bacteria 
Factors that contribute to virulence: Mycolic acid, wax, cord factor, arabinogalactans, and sulfolipids.
TB
prevent phagocytic killing
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bacillus anthracis, B. subtilis, B. Cereus

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Gram Positive Bacilli
Aeroobic/ Facultative
Found in: soil, contaminated food
wound infections/ food poisoning
spore formers (heat and drug resistant)
VACCINE
increase the release of cytokines
inhibits phagocytosis
B. anthracis has capsule made of polyglutamate
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Corynebacterium diptheriae

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Gram Positive Bacilli
Aeroobic/ Facultative
located normally: nasopharyngeal
Diptheria 
Turns off protein synthesis
VACCINE
from human bite wounds
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corynebacterium jekium

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Gram Positive Bacilli
Aeroobic/ Facultative
Found in: skin, gut, vagina
Opportunistic infection
from human bite wounds
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listeria monocytogenes

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Gram Positive coccobacilli
Aeroobic/ Facultative
meningitis
Comes from animals (zoonosis)
Opportunistic infection 
biofilm
prevent phagocytic killing
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Clostridium botulinum

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Gram Positive Bacilli
Anaerobic
located: contaminated food
spore former
decreases the release of NT
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clostridium difficile

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Gram Positive Bacilli
Anaerobic
located: Gut
spore former
ADR to antibiotic
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Clostridium perfringens

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Gram Positive Bacilli
Anaerobic
located: Gut
gas gangrene
spore former
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Clostridium tetani

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Gram Positive Bacilli
Anaerobic
located: soil
tetanus
spore former
VACCINE
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propionibacterium acnes

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Gram Positive Bacilli
Anaerobic
located: skin

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Acinetobacter

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Gram Negative Coccobacilli
oxidase-negative
located: oropharynx, skin
nosocomial Opportunistic Infection

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Moraxella catarrhalis

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Gram Negative Cocci/ Coccobacilli
oxidase positive
located: Nasopharnyx
meningitis

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Gram Negative Cocci/ Coccobacilli
oxidase positive
STD
pili

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Neisseria meningitides

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Gram Negative Cocci/ Coccobacilli
oxidase positive
located: nasopharynx
meningitis
VACCINE
capsule
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Eikenella corrodens

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Gram Negative Cocci/ Coccobacilli
located: Oropharynx
important infection: clenched fist
from human bite wounds

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Escherichia coli
``` Gram Negative bacilli Aerobic/ Facultative can oxidize or ferment glucose Enterobacteriacea- "Normals" microflora siderophores Disrupts Gs Proteins pili zoonosis ```
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Klebsiella pneumoniae
Gram Negative Bacilli Aerobic/ Facultative Enterobacteriacea- "Normals" microflora capsule MDR
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Enterobacter cloacae
Gram Negative Bacilli Aerobic/ Facultative Enterobacteriacea- "Normals" microflora
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Citrobacter freundii
Gram Negative Bacilli Aerobic/ Facultative Enterobacteriacea- "Normals" microflora
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Morganella morganii
Gram Negative Bacilli Aerobic/ Facultative Enterobacteriacea- "Normals" microflora
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Proteus mirabilis, Proteus vulgari
Gram Negative Bacilli Aerobic/ Facultative Enterobacteriacea- "Normals" microflora Endotoxins
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Providencia stuartii
Gram Negative Bacilli Aerobic/ Facultative Enterobacteriacea- "Normals" microflora
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Serratia marcescens
Gram Negative Bacilli Aerobic/ Facultative Enterobacteriacea- "Normals" microflora
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Salmonella enterica
``` Gram Negative Bacilli Aerobic/ Facultative Enterobacteriacea- "Non Normals"- Infection typhoid fever VACCINE Capsule siderophores pili #1 killer of people in food borne illness zoonosis ```
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Shigella Flexneri
``` Gram Negative Bacilli Aerobic/ Facultative Enterobacteriacea- "Non Normals"- Infection dysentery Resistant to gastric acid ```
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Yersinia enterocolitica
Gram Negative Bacilli Aerobic/ Facultative Enterobacteriacea- "Non Normals"- Infection
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Yersinia pestis
``` Gram Negative Bacilli Aerobic/ Facultative Enterobacteriacea- "Non Normals"- Infection plague VACCINE zoonosis ```
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa
``` Gram Negative Bacilli Obligate Aerobe common cause of infection: nosocomial pneumonia Oxidize glucose RTI biofilm Turns off protein synthesis ```
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Burkholderia cepacia
``` Gram Negative Bacilli Aerobic/ Facultative Oxidize glucose Rare rods with polar flagella ```
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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
``` Gram Negative Bacilli Aerobic/ Facultative Oxidize glucose Opportunistic infection Rare rods with polar flagella ```
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Alcaligenes xyloxidans
Gram Negative Bacilli Aerobic/ Facultative Opportunistic infection
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Campylobacter jejun
Gram Negative Bacilli microaerophilic comes from animals (zoonosis)
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Helicobacter pylori
Gram Negative Bacilli microaerophilic causes peptic ulcer disease Resistant to gastric acid
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Gardnerella vaginalis
Gram Negative Bacilli Aerobic/ Facultative infection: vaginosis
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Haemophilus Influenza
Gram Negative Coccobacilli Aerobic/ Facultative located: Nasopharynx VACCINE capsule
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Haemophilus ducreyi
Gram Negative Bacilli Aerobic/ Facultative STD
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Brucella melitensis
Gram Negative Bacilli Aerobic/ Facultative comes from animals
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Bordetella pertussis
Gram Negative Coccobacilli Aerobic/ Facultative VACCINE inhibits phagocytosis
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Francisella tularensis
Gram Negative Bacilli Aerobic/ Facultative comes from animals bioterrorism
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Pasteurella multocida
Gram Negative Bacilli Aerobic/ Facultative comes from animals (bite wounds)
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Legionella pneumophilia
``` Gram Negative Coccobacilli Aerobic/ Facultative contaminated water legionnaire's disease prevent phagocytic killing ```
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Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio parahemolyticus
``` Gram Negative Bacilli Aerobic/ Facultative comes from sewage contaminated water/shellfish (zoonosis) VACCINE (cholera) Disrupts Gs Proteins ```
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B. fragilis
``` Gram Negative Bacilli Anaerobic Located: Gut Produce Beta Lactamases from human bite wounds and animal bite wounds ```
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P. Bivia, P. disiens
Gram Negative Bacilli Anaerobic Located: Vagina
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P. melaniogenica, P. denticola, P. disiens, P. intermedia, P. oralis, P. oris
Gram Negative Bacilli Anaerobic Located:Oropharynx
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fusobacterium nucleatum
Gram Negative Bacilli Anaerobic Located:Oropharynx, Gut
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Actinomyces israelii
Gram Negative- Atypical Location: Oropharynx Family:Actinomyetes
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Chlamydia pneumoniae
Gram Negative- Atypical Location: Oropharynx Family: Chlamydia
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Chlamydia trachomatis
``` Gram Negative- Atypical Family:Chlamydia STD obligate intracellular pathogen outside of the US it is the greatest cause of blindness ```
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae
``` Gram Negative- Atypical Location: Oropharynx, Gut Family: Mycoplasma (lack cell wall) causes pneumonia highly pleiomorphic ```
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Ureaplasma urealyticum
Gram Negative- Atypical Location: Vagina Family: Mycoplasma UTI
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Rickettsia rickettsii
``` Gram Negative- Atypical Family: Rickettsiaceae Obligate intracellular parasite of eukaryotic cells comes from animals (tick vector) rocky mountain spotted fever ```
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Bartonella henselae
``` Gram Negative- Atypical Family: Rickettsiaceae Obligate intracellular parasite of eukaryotic cells comes from animals cat scratch fever ```
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Coxiella burnetti
``` Gram Negative- Atypical Family: Rickettsiaceae obligate intracellular pathogen of eukaryotic cells comes from animals Q fever ```
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Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Gram Negative- Atypical Family: Rickettsiaceae Obligate intracellular parasite of eukaryotic cells comes from animals (tick)
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Borrelia burgdorferi
Gram Negative- Atypical Family: Spirochetes comes from animals (tick) lyme disease coiled morphology with motility via axial filament
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Treponema pallidum
Gram Negative- Atypical Family: Spirochetes STD- syphilis coiled morphology with motility via axial filament

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