Exam 1 Diebel summary of infectious disease table Flashcards
Name Gram-positive endospore forming bacteria and their diseases
Clostridium botulinum (botulism), Clostridium tetani (tetanus)
Gram-positive bacteria and their diseases
Streptococcus agalactiae (Neonatal meningitis), Strep pneumoniae (Meningitis), Listeria monocytogenes (Meningitis, neonatal meningitis)
Gram-negative bacteria and their diseases
Cronobacter sakazakii (Neonatal/infant men.), E. coli (Neonatal meningitis), Haemophoilus influenze (meningitis), Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcal meningitis)
DNA viruses and their diseases
HSV-1 and 2 (encephalitis), JC virus (Progressive multifocal, leukoencephalopathy)
RNA viruses and their diseases
Arbovirus (encephalitis), Measles virus (subacute sclerosing panencephaltitis, Poliovirus (poliomyelitis), Rabies virus (rabies)
Fungi and their diseases
Cryptococcus neoformans (meningitis), Coccidioides immitis (meningitis)
Prions and their diseases
Creutfeldt-Jakob prion (disease)
Protozoa and their diseases
Acanthamoeba (meningoencephalitis), Naegleria fowleri (meningoencephalitis), Toxoplasma gondii (subacute encephalitis), T. brucei (African sleeping sickness)
Causes of encephalitis
Arboviruses, HSV 1 and 2, JC virus
Causes of subacute encephalitis
T. gondii, measles virus, Prions
Causes of rabies
Rabies virus
causes of tetanus
C. tetani
Cause of african sleeping sickness
Trypanosoma brucei
Cause of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
prion
Cause of meningoencephalitis
N. foleri, Acantamoeba (amoebas/ protozoa)