Disease causing bacteria Flashcards

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Bacillus

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d: anthrax
t: vector, contact w/ or eating undercooked meat from infected animals, spore inhalation

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Bordetella pertussis

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d: whooping cough
t: airborne

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Borrelia

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d: lyme disease
t: vector (tick)

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4
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Campylobacter jejuni

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d: food poisoning
t: contaminated food and fluids

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5
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Chlamydia trachomatis

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d: chlamydia
t: sexual

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6
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Clostridium botulinum

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d: botulism
t: foodborne

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7
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Clostridium difficile

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d: colitis
t: fecal-oral

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Clostridium perfringens

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d: gas gangrene
t: contact w/ wounds

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9
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Clostridium tetani

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d: tetanus
t: contact through a deep cut

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10
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Corynebacterium

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d: diptheria
t: droplet

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Escherichia coli

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d: diarrhea
t: foodborne

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Group B strptococcus

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d: meningitis
t: droplet

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13
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Haemophilus influenza

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d: pneumonia, epiglottits meningitis
t: droplet

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Helicobacter pylori

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d: peptic ulcer disease
t: fecal-oral, oral-anal, possibly others

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Legionella pneumophila

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d: legionnaire’s disease
t: water aerosol

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Listeria monocytogenes

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d: meningitis
t: droplet

17
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Mycobacterium leprae

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d: leprosy
t: airborne, droplet

18
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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d: tuberculosis
t: airborne, droplet

19
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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d: pneumonia
t: droplet

20
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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d: gonorrhea
t: sexual

21
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Neisseria meningitidis

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d: meningitis
t: droplet

22
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Pseudomanas aerugunosa

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d: hot tub rash
t: contaminated water

23
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Rickettsia prowazekii

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d: typhus
t: vector (tick)

24
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Rickettsia rickettsii

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d: Rocky Mountain spotted fever
t: vector (tick)

25
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Shigella sonnei

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d: shigellosis
t: fecal-oral

26
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Staphylococcus aureus

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d: boils, septicemia, pneumonia
t: contact

27
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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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d: pneumonia
t: airborne, droplet, contact

28
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Streptococcus pyogenes

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d: strep throat, rheumatic fever, septicemia
t: droplet

29
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Treponema pallidum

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d: syphillis
t: sexual

30
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Vibrio cholerae

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d: cholera
t: fecal-oral, contaminated water

31
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Yersinia pestis

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d: plague
t: vector (fleas, rodents)