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ROD SHAPED - STRICT AEROBES

Must have Oxygen to Live

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CORYNEBACTERIUM DYPTHERIAE
MICROBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS
MYCOBACTERUM AVIUM (BIRD STRAIN)

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  1. Dyptheria – the D in DPT immunization – artificially active

PORTAL OF ENTRY/EXIT:
Respiratory tract

MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
Sputum – Direct person to person; droplet-infection, or sputum container-indirect

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CORYNEBACTERIUM DYPTHERIAE

PATHOGENICITY:

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  1. Tuberculosis (TB)-allergic disease, has to be exposed at least twice
  2. Anaphylaxis – can/will cause sever immediate allergic reaction -Pulmonary; most common -Intestinal; rural area, unpasteurized milk -Miliary; worst form, full spread throughout body

PORTAL OF ENTRY/EXIT:
Pulmonary tract, Respriatory, intestinal, digestive tract

MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
Direct, person to person (droplet infection)
Indirect – formites or handkerchiefs

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MICROBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS

PATHOGENICITY:

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  1. Opportunistic form of TB in AID/HIV victims

PORTAL OF ENTRY/EXIT:
Respiratory tract

MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
Direct, person to person (droplet infection Direct animal to person (birds)

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MYCOBACTERUM AVIUM (BIRD STRAIN)
PATHOGENICITY:
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  1. Exotoxin – release poisonous substance continuously
  2. Localization in pharynx – lesion back of throat, can become so large it blocks airway
  3. Pseudomembrane – type of lesion
  4. Rod Shaped
  5. Graham positive
  6. Strict Aerobe – must have O2
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CORYNEBACTERIUM DYPTHERIAE

CHARACTERISTICS:

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  1. Rod Shaped
  2. Acid Fast Positive – presence of lipid or fat from cell wall (only one tested)
  3. High Lipid Content in Cell Wall – protects MO from environment
  4. Strict Aerobe – must have O2
  5. Tubercle – type of lesion, look white on chest x-ray, will eventually join together and destroy lung tissue
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MICROBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS

CHARACTERISTICS:

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  1. Rod Shaped

2. Strict aerobes

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MYCOBACTERUM AVIUM (BIRD STRAIN)
CHARACTERISTICS:
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SPIRAL AND SPIROCHETES SHAPED

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TREPONEMA PALLIDUM
LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS
BORRELIA BURGDORFERI

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  1. Syphilis (lues) STD

PORTAL OF ENTRY/EXIT:
Genital Urinary Tract for acquired Placenta for congenital
MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
Direct person to person Physical contact or placenta for congenital

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TREPONEMA PALLIDUM

PATHOGENICITY:

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  1. Swamp Fever

2. Weils Disease

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LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS

PATHOGENICITY:

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  1. Lyme Disease – pain in all joints of body

PORTAL OF ENTRY/EXIT:
Skin
MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
Indirect animal to person (deer tick)

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BORRELIA BURGDORFERI

PATHOGENICITY:

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  1. Spirochete – coil like
  2. Chancre – hard shell or edged ulcer
  3. Gumma – lesion in tertiary (3rd) destructive or end stage
  4. Only seen with dark field microscope
  5. 4 stages –Primary – 8-12weeks – chancre ulcers –Secondary –up to 5 years, highly infectious –Tertiary-Rest of life, gumma destructive lesion
  6. Neurosyphilies – attacking central nervous system –Tabes Dorsalis – if attacking spine (paralysis) –General Paresis – if attacking brain
  7. Cardiovascular – attacking heart and blood vessels
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TREPONEMA PALLIDUM

CHARACTERISTICS

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  1. Only infectious jaundice
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LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS

CHARACTERISTICS

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SMALLER ROD SHAPED - G Negative

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HEMOPHILUS INFLUENZA
YERSINIA (PASTEURELLA) PESTIS
FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS

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  • Blood Loving bacteria

1. Influenzal meningitis – children (3rd known to cause it) – flu like symptoms

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HEMOPHILUS INFLUENZA

PATHOGENICITY:

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  1. Plague – “black death”
  2. Causes Buboes – inguinal lymph nodes turn dark

Sylvatic – plague in rodents (rats)

MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
Animal to person (rat to flea to person)

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YERSINIA (PASTEURELLA) PESTIS

PATHOGENICITY:

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  1. Tularemia – rabbit fever

PORTAL OF ENTRY/EXIT:
Human skin Infected animal skin
MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
Direct animal to person (skinning) Indirect animal to person (rabbit tick), NO person to person

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FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS

PATHOGENICITY:

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  1. Can penetrate unbroken skin – only one that can do this

4. Febrile disease – fever last long time and/or becomes high 5. 87% initially appear as ulcers on skin

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FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS

CHARACTERISTICS:

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MISCELLANEOUS BACTERIA M.O.’S

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PSEUDOMONAS “SP”
BACILLUS ANTHROCIS
MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAL
CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI
LEGIONELLA PNEUMONPHILIA
HELICOBACTER PYLORI
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  1. Secondary infection from burns
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PSEUDOMONAS “SP”

PATHOGENICITY:

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  1. Anthrax (splenic fever)
  2. Woodsorters disease

First MO isolated as the causative agent of a specific disease (by Koch) Proved a particular MO causes a particular disease

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BACILLUS ANTHROCIS

PATHOGENICITY:

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  1. A Typical Pneumonia

2. Walking Pneumonia

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MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAL

PATHOGENICITY:

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  1. Campylobacteriosis Gastroenteritis
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CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI

PATHOGENICITY:

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  1. Legionnaires disease
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LEGIONELLA PNEUMONPHILIA

PATHOGENICITY:

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1. Produces fluorescent blue/green pigment
PSEUDOMONAS “SP” | CHARACTERISTICS
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1. Produces endospores | 2. Rod Shaped bacteria
BACILLUS ANTHROCIS | CHARACTERISTICS
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1. Causes 85% of ulcer cases reported, but only once
CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI | CHARACTERISTICS
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1. Respiratory infection
LEGIONELLA PNEUMONPHILIA | CHARACTERISTICS
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1. Tuberculosis (TB)-allergic disease, has to be exposed at least twice
MICROBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS | PATHOGENICITY1
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2. Anaphylaxis – can/will cause sever immediate allergic reaction -Pulmonary; most common -Intestinal; rural area, unpasteurized milk -Miliary; worst form, full spread throughout body
MICROBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS | PATHOGENICITY2
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2. Localization in pharynx – lesion back of throat, can become so large it blocks airway
CORYNEBACTERIUM DYPTHERIAE | CHARACTERISTICS2
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3. Pseudomembrane – type of lesion
CORYNEBACTERIUM DYPTHERIAE | CHARACTERISTICS3
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2. Acid Fast Positive – presence of lipid or fat from cell wall (only one tested)
MICROBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS | CHARACTERISTICS2
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3. High Lipid Content in Cell Wall – protects MO from environment
MICROBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS | CHARACTERISTICS3
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5. Tubercle – type of lesion, look white on chest x-ray, will eventually join together and destroy lung tissue
MICROBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS | CHARACTERISTICS5
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1. Swamp Fever
LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS | PATHOGENICITY1
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2. Weils Disease
LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS | PATHOGENICITY2
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1. Spirochete – coil like
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM | CHARACTERISTICS1
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2. Chancre – hard shell or edged ulcer
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM | CHARACTERISTICS2
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3. Gumma – lesion in tertiary (3rd) destructive or end stage
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM | CHARACTERISTICS3
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4. Only seen with dark field microscope
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM | CHARACTERISTICS4
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5. 4 stages --Primary – 8-12weeks – chancre ulcers --Secondary –up to 5 years, highly infectious --Tertiary-Rest of life, gumma destructive lesion
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM | CHARACTERISTICS5
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6. Neurosyphilies – attacking central nervous system --Tabes Dorsalis – if attacking spine (paralysis) --General Paresis – if attacking brain
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM | CHARACTERISTICS6
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7. Cardiovascular – attacking heart and blood vessels
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM | CHARACTERISTICS7
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1. Plague – “black death”
YERSINIA (PASTEURELLA) PESTIS | PATHOGENICITY1
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2. Causes Buboes – inguinal lymph nodes turn dark
YERSINIA (PASTEURELLA) PESTIS | PATHOGENICITY2
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3. Sylvatic – plague in rodents (rats)
YERSINIA (PASTEURELLA) PESTIS | PATHOGENICITY3
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3. Can penetrate unbroken skin – only one that can do this
FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS | CHARACTERISTICS:3
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4. Febrile disease – fever last long time and/or becomes high 5. 87% initially appear as ulcers on skin
FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS | CHARACTERISTICS:4
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1. Anthrax (splenic fever)
BACILLUS ANTHROCIS | PATHOGENICITY:1
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2. Woodsorters disease
BACILLUS ANTHROCIS | PATHOGENICITY:2
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3. First MO isolated as the causative agent of a specific disease (by Koch) Proved a particular MO causes a particular disease
BACILLUS ANTHROCIS | PATHOGENICITY:3
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1. A Typical Pneumonia
MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAL | PATHOGENICITY:1
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2. Walking Pneumonia
MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAL | PATHOGENICITY:2
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1. Gastric/Peptic ulcer
HELICOBACTER PYLORI | PATHOGENICITY:1
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2. Only infectious digestive tract ulcer
HELICOBACTER PYLORI | PATHOGENICITY:2
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3. Named by active enzymes
HELICOBACTER PYLORI | PATHOGENICITY:3
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RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS - Strict parasites Strict aerobes - Febrile - Mechanical Insect Vector Smaller than bacteria larger than viruses
Rickettsia prowanzekii Rickettsia typhi Rickettsia Rickettsii Coxiella burnetti
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EPIDEMIC TYPHUS – (louse borne) lice
Rickettsia prowanzekii
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ENDEMIC / MURINE TYPHUS - (flea borne)
Rickettsia typhi | Pathogenicity
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M.O.T - rat or rat flea
Rickettsia typhi | M.O.T
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER - (tick borne)
Rickettsia Rickettsii
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Temperature 107 F | 2-3 weeks or 15-20 weeks
Rickettsia Rickettsii | Characteristics
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M.O.T Wood tick
Rickettsia Rickettsii | M.O.T
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Q-fever (query); not transferred by insects
Coxiella burnetti
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CHLAMYDIA - Strict parasites - Strict aerobes | Smaller than bacteria larger than viruses
CHLAMYDIA PSITTACI | CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS
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PSITTACOSIS (Parrot Fever)
Clamydia Psittaci
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from psittacine birds; part of indengious flora; M.O.T bird feces
Clamydia Psittaci | M.O.T
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TRACHOMA  Infection of conjunctiva (the membrane that lines eyes and eyelids).  Leading cause of blindness, most frequent in SW desert
CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS | Pathogenicityt
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LYMPHOGRANULOM VENERUM  STD frequently confused for bubonic plaque  higher in black population
CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS | Pathogenicityl
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NGU OR NSU  Most common reported STD  Non-gonoccocal urethritis  Non-specific urethritis
CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS | Pathogenicityn

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