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Legionella pneumophilia

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water film aspirated water (aspiration pneumonia); Fever cough chills muscle ache pneumonia

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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gut bacteria aspirated; bulging horizontal fissure; Shaking chills fever diff. breathing cough - blood in sputum

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Gardnerella vaginalis

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Vagina: Frothy gray or yellow/green discharge vaginal irritation fishy smell

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Trichomonas vaginalis

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Strawberry cervix vaginal itch + whiff test STD

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Staph. aureus

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Hospital infection; skin: Pus boils furuncles abscess crust; MRSA

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Hospital moist areas: dirty contact lenses (osteomyelitis) Swimmer’s ear SKIN RASH (abscesses pus cellulitis) pneumonia

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Pasteurella multocida

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Animal bites/scratch/lick; Puss swelling discharge cellulitis fever chills AROUND BITE

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Clostridium tetani

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Spores in warm damp soil enter through wound; CNS/SNS symptoms tetanus - mm contractions in neck/jaw hypertension nosocomial infections (OVERACTIVE MM.)

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Clostridium botulinum

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Food-borne drug injection (wound); honey: floppy baby paralysis dyspnea (MM. NOT ABLE TO CONTRACT)

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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tick (NE/Midwest); bullseye rash (lyme disease) headache fever

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Treponema pallidum

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STD: rash on hands and feet; sore->rash->organs; CNS balance incontinence impotence

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Rickettsia rickettsii

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Tick (South); purpura/petechiae rash (rocky mtn spotted fever)

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Salmonella typhi

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(typhoid fever) Blood GI stool: eating drinking fecal contaminated sources; 103-104 fever loss of appetite severe fatigue; 3rd world

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Shigella dysenteriae

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Fecal ingestion - poor sanitation WATER food; Diarrhea stomach pain NAV fever; dysentery (bloody/watery stool)

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Clostridium difficile

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GI (compromised): c.diff; SMELL mucous stool; long-term antibiotic use

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Listeria monocytogenes

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Contaminated food & water; Pregnant >65 immunocompromised

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Giardia lamblia

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(beaver fever) Surface water contaminated food & water (children waterborne outbreaks/traveler’s diarrhea); from trophozoites in dogs/cats/beavers - water/food parasite

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Helicobacter pylori

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Food water fecal-oral utensils; ULCERS; dark red/black stool; breath test

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Chlamydia trachomatis

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STI (most reported): fever urethritis (M) discharge (F) cervicitis

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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STD; frequent BURNING urination (M) yellow/green discharge (F) discharge bleeding

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Bordetella pertussis

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(whooping cough) distinct COUGH cold symptoms children

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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Persistent cough teens/adults - pneumonia CNS problems

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Escherichia coli (e. coli)

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Feces contaminated food/water; Traveler’s diarrhea - profuse watery diarrhea abdominal cramping fever NAV

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Yersinia enterocolitica

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Raw undercooked PORK water unpasteurized milk; WINTER; psuedo-appendicitis

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Campylobacter jejuni

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Raw undercooked poultry (no person-to-person); SUMMER

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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Sore throat fever chills gray mucous buildup in throat

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Streptococcus pneumonia

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Most common community acquired pneumonia: rust/red sputum; otitis; conjuntivitis

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Strep. pyogenes

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Respiratory droplets skin-to-skin; Strep throat impetigo (red sores on face) strawberry tongue (scarlet fever) necrotizing fasciitis

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Moraxella catarrhalis

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droplets; childhood Otitis media and sinusitis pneumonia meningitis (rarely)

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Haemophilus influenzae

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Direct contact droplets; Meningitis w/ sudden onset symptoms - infants children

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Neisseria meningitidis

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Kissing direct contact with droplets: Meningitis septicemia: fever NAV fatigue; 16-23 close sub-saharan Africa

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