Bacteria Flashcards
Streptococci
Gram positive cocci Group A - S. Pyogenes, strep throat, impetigo, scarlet fever Group B - neonatal meningitis and sepsis Group C - same as A and abscesses Group D - endocarditis and dental caries S. pneumonie - pneumonia
Staphylococci
Gram positive cocci.
S. aureus, S. epidermis
MRSA, abscesses, endocarditis, osteomyelitis if enter blood. Toxic shock and food poisoning.
Neiserriae
Gram negative cocci
N. gonhoreah
N. meningitidis septicaemia and meningitis
Bacterides
Gram negative baccilli
Absecces
Enteric bacteria
Gram negative baccili
Entrobacteriacae
V. cholerae- cholera
Diarrhoea
E. coli
Gram negative baccili
Enteroinvasive E. coli
Enterohaemoragic E. coli
Food poisoning, UTIs.
Shigella
Gram negative bacilli
Closely related to salmonella
Cause dysentery
Shingellosis
Salmonella
Gram negative bacilli
Salmonella
Clostridium
Gram positive bacilli
C. Perfringens - gas gangrene
C. botulinum - botulism
C. difficlie - dihorreah
Legionella pneumophilia
Gram negative bacillus
Legionnaires disease a type of pneumonia
Helicobacter
Gram negative bacillus
Stomach ulcers
Mycobacteria
Acid fast
Mycobacterium tuberculosis TB
Mycobacterium leproie - leprosy (nerve granuloma and lose of sense)
Chlamydia
Not stained
C. Pneumonia
C. trachomatis - STI