Bacteria Flashcards
Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSSS)
Staphylococcal aneures
- s/s: boils, skin infxn, osteomyelitltis
- toxic shock syndrome impetigo
- cause = fomite
Baccillus anthracis
Inhalational Anthrax
- cold/flu symptom, fever, difficulty breathing
- cause = inhaled endospore
- terrorism
Clostridium botulinum
Botulism
- s/s Intoxication causes muscle flacci; Death can result from asphyxiation – cannot inhale
- caused = contaminated food
Clostridium tetani
Tetanus
- s/s = severe muscular contraction; lockjaw
- caused = “rusty nail”
Clostridium perfringens
Gas Gangrene
- s/s = necrosis of wounded area.
- two causes:
1) contaminated food/water
2) Trauma
Mycobacterium
Tuberculosis
* three types
1 - Primary: Ghon Complex caseous necrosis
2 - Secondary
3 - Disseminating TB
* TB in spine = Pott's Disease
* Caused by respiratory dropsStreptococcus Pyrogenes (Group A)
Rheumatic Fever
- s/s: Joint
- Streptococcus anginosusinflammation, change in neuromuscular movements
- at risk= kids 5 - 15
- Devo after 1-5 wks of infxn with Scarlet Fever OR Strept throat
Endocarditis
Caused by
- Streptococcus sanguis – MC cause of mouth infxn
- Streptococcus mutans – MC cause of cavities
- Streptococcus bovis – associated with colon CA
- Staphylococcus pneumoniae
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Streptococcus pyogenes
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Escherichia coli
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Gonorrhea aka “Claps”
- s/s/
- Men: extremely painful urination and pus-filled discharge (urethritis);
- Women: often asymptomatic
- Men: extremely painful urination and pus-filled discharge (urethritis);
- 19x more likely in female
Meningitis - college kids
Neisseria meningitidis
- s/s = severe meningeal inflammation, high fever, purple spotted rash;
- caused = resp drop
Meningitis - adults
Streptococcus pneumoniae
- s/s = severe meningeal inflammation, high fever
- caused = resp drop
Meningitis - kids
Haemophilus influenzae b
- s/s = severe meningeal inflammation, high fever
- caused = resp drop
Meningitis - Elderly, Babies, Pregnancy
Listeria monocytogenes
- s/s = severe meningeal inflammation, high fever
- caused = contaminated food
Meningitis - Premature and infants
Streptococcus agalactiae
- s/s = severe meningeal inflammation, high fever
- caused = passe on during birth
Shigella
Bacillary dysentery
- bacterial gastroenteritis
- s/s = abdominal pn, purulent bloody stool
- caused = fly vector
Yersinia Pestis
Bubonic Plague
- s/s = swollen painful lymph nodes called “buboes”, subcutaneous hemorrhaging, death of tissues
- caused = FLEAS on rats
Campylobacter jejuni
Campylobacter Diarrhea
- Bloody and frequent diarrhea
- Most common cause of bacterial gastroenteritis in the US
- caused = contaminated food (poultry)
Bordetella pertussis
Whooping Cough
four phases: incubation, catarrhal, paroxysmal, convalescent
Brucella melitensis
Brucellosis (aka Undulant Fever)
- Fluctuating fever (spikes every afternoon), chills, sweating, headache, myalgia, weight loss
- Contaminated Dairy
Francisella tularensis
Tularemia (aka Rabbit Fever) * ascending lymphangitis * s/s = depend on what form you have. caused = tick or infected animal * bioterrorism
Legionella pneumophila
1 - Legionnaires’ Disease
* s/s = Severe pneumonia with high fever, possible nausea/vomiting
2 - Pontiac Fever
* s/s/ = flu like symptoms
Salmonella enterica
Salmonellosis: Salmonella food poisoning
- 2nd MC cause of Gastroenteritits
- caused = eggs, poultry
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Pneumonia symptoms combined with a thick, bloody sputum
* RED CURRANT JELLY SPUTUM
Vibrio cholerae
Explosive watery diarrhea and vomiting; “RICE-WATER STOOL”
* COMMA SHAPED
