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Escherichia coli

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POE: mouth or urethra
VECTOR:
Other: metallic green on EMB agar
Disease:
Symptoms: Diarrhea or septicemia
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Enterobacter aerogenes

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POE: mouth or urethra or aspiration
Symptoms: Diarrhea, pneumonia, or septicemia

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Klebsiella

pneumoniae

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POE: mouth or urethra or aspiration
Symptoms: Pneumonia, septicemia

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Proteus vulgaris, Serratia marcescens

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POE: mouth or urethra, nosocomial in burns/diabetes
Symptoms: Diarrhea or nosocomial wound infections

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Campylobacter jejuni

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POE: mouth
Other: Undercooked poultry
Symptoms: Diarrhea or septicemia

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Shigella dysenteriae

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POE: mouth
VECTOR:
Other: Shiga toxin
Disease: Shigellosis
Symptoms: extreme diarrhea
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Salmonella typhi

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POE: mouth
VECTOR:
Other: Produces H2S on SS agar
Can get sick from raw chicken juice on cutting boards Many strains are MDR
Can catch from pet reptiles (turtles)
Disease: Typhoid fever
Symptoms: Diarrhea and septicemia (Typhoid fever)

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Helicobacter pylori

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POE: auto
Symptoms: Stomach and duodenal ulcers

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Yersinia enterocolitica

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POE: mouth
Other: Infected pork or unpasteurized milk Can mimic appendicitis
Can grow at low temperatures
Symptoms: Diarrhea or septicemia, mesenteric lymph node inflammation

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Yersinia pestis

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POE: aspiration or blood
VECTOR: flea
Other: 
Disease: bubonic plague
Symptoms: Pneumonia, infected lymph nodes, septicemia
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Vibrio cholerae

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POE:  mouth
VECTOR:
Other: Rice water stools
Disease: Cholera
Symptoms: Diarrhea and septicemia
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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POE: Any portal (skin, eyes, catheter, lungs, etc)
VECTOR:
Other: Green color and odor in burns and ulcers
Disease:
Symptoms: Cellulitis, otitis, septicemia

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Haemophilus influenzae

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POE: lungs
VECTOR:
Other: Used to be major cause of infant deaths
Disease:flu
Symptoms: Otitis, pneumonia, meningitis, septicemia

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Haemophilus aegypticus

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POE: lungs
VECTOR:
Other: 
Disease:flu
Symptoms: Conjunctivitis with pus
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Haemophilus ducreyi

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POE:  genitals
VECTOR:
Other: std
Disease:
Symptoms:
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Bordetella pertussis

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POE: lungs
VECTOR:
Other: 
Disease: Whooping cough (humans)             Kennel cough (dogs
Symptoms: paroxysmal cough
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Neisseria gonorrhea

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POE: Genital or eyes
VECTOR:
Other: STD that can cause PID and septic arthritis Diplococcus, oxidase positive, fastidious: Chocolate agar
Disease: gonorrhea
Symptoms: Asymptomatic in women; in men, purulence (pus) in the effected orifice

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Neisseria meningitis

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POE: lungs
VECTOR:
Other: 
Disease: Meningitis
Symptoms: stiff neck, fever, headache, blurred vision, seizures
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Rickettsia rickettsii

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POE: blood
VECTOR:tic
Other: 
Disease: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Symptoms:rash/fever
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Rickettsia spp.

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POE: blood
VECTOR: flea
Disease: Endemic typhus
Symptoms: rash, fever

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Rickettsia spp.

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POE: blood
VECTOR: lice
Other: 
Disease: endemic typhus
Symptoms: rash, fever
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Chlamydia trachomatis

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POE: Genital or eyes
VECTOR:
Other:  STD
Disease: Chlamydia
Symptoms: Pruitis (itchiness) in females; blindness in newborns. Need silver nitrate drops at birth. Asymptomatic in men
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Chlamydia psittaci

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POE: lungs
VECTOR:
Other: 
Disease: Parrot Fever
Symptoms:
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Chlamydia pneumoniae

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POE: lungs
Disease: Pneumonia
Symptoms: Pneumonia

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Brucella

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POE:  oral
VECTOR:
Other: 
Disease: Undulant Fever
Symptoms: Fever spikes every evening
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Pasturella multocida

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POE: blood
Symptoms: Normal flora in cats that can infect others if bitten.
Causes avian cholera (deadly) in birds In humans, causes septicemia, endocarditis, meningitis

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Bartonella bacilliformis

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POE: blood
VECTOR: Sand Fly
Other: 
Disease: Carrion's disease
Symptoms: Hepatosplenomegaly
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Bartonella quintana

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POE: Blood
VECTOR: Lice
Other: 
Disease: Trench Fever
Symptoms: Five-day relapsing fever
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Bartonella henselae

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POE: blood
VECTOR:
Other: 
Disease: Cat Scratch Fever
Symptoms: Septicemia, endocarditis
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Francisella tularensis

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POE: skin/blood
VECTOR: tic
Other: 
Disease: Tularemia
Symptoms: Ulcer, headache, pain, fever, can progress to pneumonia, septicemia
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Legionella

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POE: lungs
VECTOR:
Other: Aspiration from water sources (air conditioners)
Disease: Legionnaires’ disease
Symptoms: pneumonia
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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POE: lungs
VECTOR:
Other: Lack cell walls; neither Gram neg or Gram positive
Disease: pneumonia
Symptoms: pneumonia
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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POE: lungs
VECTOR:
Other: Acid-Fast
Disease: Tuberculosis (TB)
Symptoms: pneumonia and nodules in lungs, severe cough
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Mycobacterium leprae

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POE: mucous membranes
VECTOR:
Other: Acid-Fast
Disease: Hansen's Disease (leprosy)
Symptoms: White patches in skin, anesthesia (loss of sensation) in skin
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Treponema pallidum

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POE: Genital
VECTOR:
Other: Spirochete STD Drug of choice is penicillin
Disease: Syphilis
Symptoms: Primary syphilis =Chancre (painless ulcer) Secondary syphilis = Rash Tertiary syphilis = gummas (large ulcers) and CNS involvement (insanity, then death)

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Borellia burgdorferi

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POE: blood
VECTOR:tic
Other: spirochete
Disease: Lyme Disease
Symptoms: bull's eye rash at site of tic bite; rash, then heart, neurological, and arthritis problems
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Borellia spp.

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POE: blood
VECTOR:tic/lice
Other: Spirochete
Lice vector (Epidemic relapsing fever) Tic vector (Endemic relapsing fever)
Disease: Epidemic Relapsing Fever
Endemic Relapsing Fever
Symptoms: Recurring episodes of fever and septicemia

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