Bacteria

Question 1

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Answer 1

GNB, dipoloccal

causes sti, infects mucosal layer of epithelial cells

spreads through sexual contact, bodily fluids and contamination

may cause infertility, can spread to other organs and cause septic arthiritisis

Lower abdominal pain, passing urine and bleading

Question 2

Vibrio cholerae:

Answer 2

GN, faculative anaerobe, comma shaped

Uncooked food and contaminated h20

Causes intestinal pain, diarrhoea, vomiting

Leads to kidney failure

Prevented with sanitation, AB, hydration and vaccine available

Question 3

Candida albicans

Answer 3

Yeast, Normal inhabitant of
human microbiome, GP

Question 4

Cryptococcus neoformans

Answer 4

yeast, infections of HIV patients

Question 5

Bacillus anthracis

Answer 5

Bacteria, causes anthrax

Gram positive, rod shaped

Associated with livestock

Chest discomfort and body aches

Vaccine available, infections treated with penicillin

Question 6

Myobacterium tuberculosis

Answer 6

Rod shaped, GP, aerobic bacterium

spreads via droplets, speaking, coughing or shouting

non motile

May cause pulmonary or extrapulmonary TB

ESAS: Coughing, night sweats, chest pain, difficulty breathing

BCG vaccine available, fatal if left untreated,

contains a waxy coating of mycolic acid with high lipid concentration in cell wall

Question 7

Complebacter jejuni

Answer 7

GN bacterium, spiral shaped , GIT

Food borne illness, spreads through respiratory droplets

uncooked poultry and animal faeces

fever and abdominal pain

Not usually life threatening

Linked with gullian-bare-syndrome

Will cause campylobacteriosis, symptoms usually last no more than a week

Antibiotics slow transmission of it

Question 8

Neisseria meningitis

Answer 8

GNB, rod shaped, anaerobic and found in Pharynx

Diplococcus

Respiratory droplets, sexual contact, sneezing, coughing

Infects cells by attaching to their pilli

causes sepsis, fever headaches and rashes

Menigococcal vaccine

Question 9

clostridium botulinum

Answer 9

GP, rod shaped anaerobic found in soil, spore forming, motile

produces botulinum toxin, causes paralysis, transmitted via ingestion or wounds

Associated with canned products

Anti-botulinum toxin

Question 10

E coli

Answer 10

GNB, rod shaped, anaerobic

Found in gut flora, soil water and faeces

spreads through contamination can cause GITI

Can cause stomach pain, fever, diarrhoea

No specific treatment but antibiotics, important to be hydrated, consume electrolytes

Question 11

Salmonella entriditis

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Answer 11

GN, rod shaped, anerobic,

Found in intestinal tract of animals

Uncooked meats, spreads via contaminated food

fever and nausea

Question 12

Tryponsonoma brucei

Answer 12

Causes sleeping sickness, protazoan

Question 13

staph areus

Answer 13

GP, cocci found on skin

bacterium that is usually harmless

Question 14

Thiomargarita nambiensis

Answer 14

GN, spherical shaped

Found in sulphur rich environments

Question 15

Trepanema pallidium

Answer 15

Causes STI sphylis

GN and spiral shaped bacterium

spreads through sexual contact can cause cardiovascular disease

Question 16

Bardtella pertasis

Answer 16

GNB, coccabullary

causes whooping cough respiratory system

spreads through droplets

Question 17

Corney bacterium dipthirae

Answer 17

GPB, rod shaped causes diptheria

spreads through respiratory droplets

symptoms: Throat obstruction and nerve damage

Question 18

Rabies

Answer 18

Virus transmitted through saliva

attacks CNS

Causes fevers and anxiety

fatal if not treated