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Bacteria and Diseases Flashcards

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Treponema pallidum

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syphilis

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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Lyme Disease

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3
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Leptospira interrogans

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Leptospirosis

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Pseudomonas

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5
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Legionella pneumonia

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Legoinnaire’s Disease (pneumonia)

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Brucella abortusuis

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Brucellosis

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Bordetella pertussis

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Pertussis (Whooping Cough)

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Gonorrhea, Urethritis

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Neisseria meningitidis

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Meningitis

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10
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Helicobater pylori

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Peptic Ulcer Disease

Gastric Cancer

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Campylobacter jejuni

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Gastroenteritis

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Vibrio cholerae

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Cholera

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Escherichia coli

normal flora strain

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UTI

gram neg sepsis (in burns or wounds)

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Escherichia coli

0157:H7 strain

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Hemorrhagic Colitis

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

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Escherichia coli

Enterotoxigenic Strain

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Diarrhea or Traveler’s Disease

(Developing countries) - animal strain, not normal flora

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Shigella dysenteriae

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HUS - hemolytic uritic syndrome

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Shigella sonnei

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Shigellosis (sever dysentery)

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Salmonella enterica

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Salmonellosis

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Salmonella enteriditis

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Salmonellosis - from eggs

20
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Salmonella poona

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Salmonellosis - from pets

21
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Salmonella enteric: typhi

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Typhoid Fever

22
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Yersinia pestis

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Bubonic plague

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Haemophilus influenzae
(HI type B, or HIB)
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  1. Otitis Media - inflammation of middle ear (non encapsulated strains)
  2. Pneumonia, following flu
  3. Meningitis, if sepsis develops (highest at 6 mo of age)
24
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Gardnerella vaginalis

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Bacterial Vaginosis - polymicrobic (requires an anaerobe to become pathogenic)

25
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Bacteroides fragilis

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Vaginal infections (from feces)

26
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Fusobacterium nucleatum

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Peridontal Disease
Trench Mouth
Ulcerating Gingivitis

27
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Rickettsia rickettsii

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rocky mountain spotted fever

Vasculitis (inflammation of blood vessels)

28
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Chlamydia trachomatis

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Non Gonococcal Urethritis
Trachoma (in the eyes) vasculitis (inflammation of blood vessels)
most common STD

29
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Chlamydia pneumonia

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Pneumonia

Community respiratory infections

30
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Mycoplasma pneumonia

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Atypical walking pneumonia - 20%

31
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Mycoplasma genitalium

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NGU (not caused by gonorrhea) - acute urethral syndrom

Ureaplasma urealyticum

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Clostridium difficile

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ENDOSPORES
Pseudomembranous Colitis
Toxic Megacolon
(NOT C DIFF - this is not a disease)

33
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Clostridum perfrigens

A

ENDOSPORES
Gas Gangrene
(necrosis of muscle with GAS, 24 hrs)

34
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Clostridium botulinum

A

ENDOSPORES
Botulism
Infant Botulism
(most powerful toxin we know. small amt. kills fast)

35
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Clostridium tetani

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ENDOSPORES
Tetanus (lockjaw)
Neonatal tetanus

36
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Bacillus anthracis

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Anthrax (3 diseases)

cutaneous, intestinal, pulmonary

37
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Streptococcus pyognes (GAS)
(Group A)
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Rheumatic Fever, Bronchial Pneumonia, Toxic Shock-Strep, Necrotizing Fasciitis, Galloping Pneumonia (multiple strains)

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Streptococcus pneumonia (PNEUMOCOCCUS)
(Group D)
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Lungs - Pneumococcal Pneumonia(most common cause of pneumonia)
Blood - Septic Shock
Brain - meningitis

39
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Streptoccocus spcs (babies)
(Group B)
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Puerperal Fever in Newborn

40
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Staphylococcus aureus

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Colonize infections
Food Poison
Toxic Shock Syndrome

41
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Mycobacteria tuberculosis

M. bovis - cattle, MAC complex - disseminated throughout body

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Tuberculosis

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Listeria monocytogenes

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Listeriosis (meningitis in unborn child, or cardiovascular abnormalities)

43
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Corneybacterium diptheria

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