Miscellaneous bacteria Flashcards
Why are miscellaneous bacteria not in the other categories?
They cannot be gram stained
name the five categories of miscellaneous bacteria.
Mycobacterium species Spirochaete's chlamydia/chlamydophila rickettsia mycoplasm
How are mycobacterium species seen?
ZN stain
Name two types of mycobacterium.
M. tuberculosis
m. leprae
Which mycobacterium species attacks peripheral nerves
m. leprae
what shape is spirochaetes?
long spiral shaped bacteria
name three types of spirochaetes.
treponema pallidum
borellia burgdorferi
leptospira interrogans
what does treponema palladum cause?
syphillis
What does borellia burgdorferi cause?
lymes disease
what does leptospira interrogans cause?
leptospirosis
Name three chlamydia bacterias.
c. trachomatis
c. psittaci
c. pneumonia
what does c.trachomatis cause?
trachoma - tropical eye infection
what does chlamydia cause?
ophthalmic and genital tract infection.
neonatal infection
name a rickettsia bacteria
coxiella burnetti
name a mycoplasm bacteria and say a feature of it.
m. hominis - got no cell wall.
