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Bacteria of Medical Importance - diseases Flashcards

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Methicillin Resistant (MRSA)
Pyogenic infections
Skin and Wound infections
Osteomyelitis
Septic arthritis
Endocarditis
Septicemia
Toxic shock syndrome
Food poisoning (most common type)
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Staphylococcus aureus

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Gas Gangrene

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Clostridium perfringes

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Tetanus (“lock jaw”)

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Clostridium tetani

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Leprosy (“Hansen’s disease”)

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Mycobacterium leprae

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Burn Infections (especially 2nd and 3rd degree burns)
Urinary Tract Infections (from catheters)
Upper Respiratory INfections (pneumonia)
Ear Infection (“swimmer’s ear”)
Wound infections
Nosocomial Infections (most common cause)
Eye infections

A

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Leptospirosis

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Leptospira interrogans

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Tularemia (“Hunter’s Disease”)

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Francisella tularensis

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Plague (“black death”)
Bubonic Plague
Pneumonic Plague (disease of lungs)
Sylvatic Plague (disease of rodents)

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Yersina pestis

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Lyme Disease

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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Typhus Fever
Epidemic Typhus
Louse-Borne Typhus

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Rickettsia prowazekii

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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

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Rickettsia rickettsii

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Strep throat
Middle Ear infection (otitis media)
Septicemia 
Scarlet Fever
Rheumatic Fever
Glomerulonephritis (kidney infection)
Puerperal Sepsis ("childbirth fever")
Impetigo (skin infections)
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Streptococcus pyogenes

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Pulmonary infections (pneumococcal pneumonia)
Sinusitis (infections of sinuses)
Otitis media
Lung infection

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Diphtheria

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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Tuberculosis (lung infection)

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Whooping cough

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Bordetella pertussis

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Legionnaire’s Disease

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Legionella pneumophila

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Ornithosis/Psittacosis

Parrot Fever

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Clamydia psittaci

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Q-Fever

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Coxiella burnetii

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Atypical pneumonia

Walking pneumonia

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Mycoplasm pneumoniae

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Salmonella Food Poisoning

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Salmonella enteritidis

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Typhoid Fever

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Salmonella typhi

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Bacillary Dysentery (most dangerous type of dysentery)
Shigellosis
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Shigella dysenteriae

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Cholera

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Vibrio cholerae

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Seafood/Shellfish Food Poisoning

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Vibrio parahaemolyticus

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Botulism

Food Poisoning

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Clostridium botulinum

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Infantile Botulism

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Clostridium botulinum

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C-diff

Predominant Nosocomial Infection

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Clostridium difficle

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Gonorrhea

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Gonorrheal Opthalmia

Gonorrhea eye infection of newborn

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Syphilis

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Treponema pallidum

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Congenital Syphilis

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Treponema pallidum

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Nongonococcal Urethritis (NGU)
#1 STD
#1 Cause of blindness in the world
A

Clamydia trachomatis

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