Disease causing bacteria Flashcards
Bacillus
d: anthrax
t: vector, contact w/ or eating undercooked meat from infected animals, spore inhalation
Bordetella pertussis
d: whooping cough
t: airborne
Borrelia
d: lyme disease
t: vector (tick)
Campylobacter jejuni
d: food poisoning
t: contaminated food and fluids
Chlamydia trachomatis
d: chlamydia
t: sexual
Clostridium botulinum
d: botulism
t: foodborne
Clostridium difficile
d: colitis
t: fecal-oral
Clostridium perfringens
d: gas gangrene
t: contact w/ wounds
Clostridium tetani
d: tetanus
t: contact through a deep cut
Corynebacterium
d: diptheria
t: droplet
Escherichia coli
d: diarrhea
t: foodborne
Group B strptococcus
d: meningitis
t: droplet
Haemophilus influenza
d: pneumonia, epiglottits meningitis
t: droplet
Helicobacter pylori
d: peptic ulcer disease
t: fecal-oral, oral-anal, possibly others
Legionella pneumophila
d: legionnaire’s disease
t: water aerosol
Listeria monocytogenes
d: meningitis
t: droplet
Mycobacterium leprae
d: leprosy
t: airborne, droplet
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
d: tuberculosis
t: airborne, droplet
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
d: pneumonia
t: droplet
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
d: gonorrhea
t: sexual
Neisseria meningitidis
d: meningitis
t: droplet
Pseudomanas aerugunosa
d: hot tub rash
t: contaminated water
Rickettsia prowazekii
d: typhus
t: vector (tick)
Rickettsia rickettsii
d: Rocky Mountain spotted fever
t: vector (tick)
Shigella sonnei
d: shigellosis
t: fecal-oral
Staphylococcus aureus
d: boils, septicemia, pneumonia
t: contact
Streptococcus pneumoniae
d: pneumonia
t: airborne, droplet, contact
Streptococcus pyogenes
d: strep throat, rheumatic fever, septicemia
t: droplet
Treponema pallidum
d: syphillis
t: sexual
Vibrio cholerae
d: cholera
t: fecal-oral, contaminated water
Yersinia pestis
d: plague
t: vector (fleas, rodents)
