Bacteria and Diseases Flashcards
Streptococcus pyogenes
Necrotising fasciitis
Staphylococcus aureus
Abscesses, TSS, food poisoning
Group B Streptococci
Neonatal sepsis, meningitis
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Pneumonia, meningitis, sepsis, endocarditis
Clostridium perfringens
Gas gangrene
Clostridium difficile
Diarrhoea
Neisseria meningitidis
Septicaemia, meningitis
Neisseria gonorrhoea
Gonorrhoea
Escherichia coli
Watery diarrhoea, renal failure
Salmonella spp.
Gastroenteritis, typhoid fever
Shigella
Dysentery, bloody diarrhoea
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Generalised inflammation, sepsis
Legionella spp.
Pontiac fever, Legionnaire’s disease
Helicobacter pylori
Peptic ulcers
Bacteroides spp.
Abscesses, lesions
Chlamydia spp.
Chlamydia
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
TB
Mycobacterium leprae
Leprosy