Organism(s)/Disease(s) Flashcards
S. aureus
- Exotoxin mediated:
- Staphylococcus scalded skin syndrome (SSSS)
- Food poisoning
- Toxic shock syndrome
- Invasive
- Skin/soft tissue infections (abscesses, mastitis, impetigo, and surgical infections)
- Endocarditis
- Pneumonia/empyema
- Osteomyelitis
- Septic arthritis
S. epidermidis
Prosthetic devices and indwelling catheters infections
S. saprophyticus
Community acquired UTI in sexually active women (honeymoon cystis) (2nd most common)
S. pneumoniae
- Pneumonia (most common)
- Adult meningitis (most common)
- Otitis media and sinusitis in children (most common)
S. mutans, S. mitis, and S. sanguis
- Dental caries (mutans)
- Subacute infective endocarditis (sanguis)
S. pyogenes
- Pyogenic:
- Pharyngitis
- Cellulitis
- Impetigo
- Erysipelas
- Toxigenic:
- Scarlet fever
- Toxic shock-like syndrome
- Necrotizing fasciitis
- Immunologic:
- Rheumatic fever
- Glomerulonephritis
S. agalactiae
Neonatal septicemia and meningitis (most common)
S. bovis
GI tract malignancies (bovis)
Enterococci (E. faecalis and E. faecium)
- Urinary and biliary tract infection
- Subacute infective endocarditis (in damaged heart valves)
B. anthracis
- Cutaneous anthrax
- Pulmonary anthrax
- GI anthrax
B. cereus
Gastroenteritis
C. tetani
Tetanus
C. botulinum
Botulism
C. perfringens
- Gas gangrene (myonecrosis)
- Food poisoning
C. difficile
- Antibiotic associated diarrhea
- Pseudomembranous colitis
C. diphtheriae
Diphtheria
L. monocytogenes
- Listeriosis
- Neonatal granulomatosis infantisepticum (early onset) or meningitis with septicemia (late onset)
- Septicemia and meningitis in IC patients (most common on renal transplant and adults with cancer)
Nocardia
- Pneumonia and brain abscess (N. asteroides)
- Cellulitis and mycetoma (N. brasiliensis)
Actinomyces
Mycetomas and solitary brain abscess
M. tuberculosis
- Primary tuberculosis
- Secondary tuberculosis
- Miliary tuberculosis
M. leprae
- Lepromatous leprosy
- Tuberculoid leprosy
M. avium intracellulare
- Pneumonia in AIDS
- Gastroenteritis
M. kansasii
- Pneumonia
- Gastroenteritis
M. scrofulaceum
Lymphadenitis
M. marinum
Fish tank granuloma (cutaneous)
M. catarrhalis
- Otitis media and sinusitis
- Bronchitis and bronchopneumonia in elderly with COPD
P. mirabilis
- UTI
- Septicemia
P. vulgaris
- UTI
- Septicemia
N. gonorrhoeae
- Gonorrhea (urethritis and proctitis in males) (endocervicitis, PID, arthritis and proctitis in females)
- Ophthalmia (neonatal conjuctivitis) (blindness if untreated)
- Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome
N. meningitidis
- Meningococcemia (petechial hemorrhages and gangrene of toes)
- Meningitis
- Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
H. influenzae
- Epiglottitis
- Meningitis
- Otitis media
- Pneumonia
H. ducreyi
Chancroid
B. pertussis
Whooping cough (pertussis)
L. pneumophila
- Pneumonia (legionnaires disease)
- Pontiac fever
P. aeruginosa
- Pneumonia (Cystic fibrosis, prior therapy with broad spectrum antibiotics or respiratory instrumentation)
- UTI (therapy with broad spectrum antibiotics or respiratory instrumentation)
- Osteomyelitis (D.M., children after puncture trauma)
- Malignant otitis externa (D.M.)
- Wound infections (burn patients)
- Hot tub folliculitis
- Sepsis (Neutropenia, D.M., extensive burns, leukemia)
- Endocarditis (IV drug abusers)
- Corneal ulcers (contact lens wearers)
E. coli
- UTI (most common)
- Neonatal septicemia/meningitis (2nd most common)
- Septicemia (indwelling IV lines, cytotoxic drugs)
- Gastroenteritis
K. pneumoniae
- Aspiration pneumonia (alcoholics and D.M.)
- Abscesses in liver and lungs (alcoholics and D.M.)
- Nosocomial UTIs
C. jejuni
- Gastroenteritis
- Guillain-Barre syndrome
S. typhi
- Gastroenteritis
- Cholecystitis
- Pneumonia
- Thrombophlebitis
S. enteritidis and S. typhimurium
- Gastroenteritis/Enterocolitis
- Septicemia with endocarditis or arthritis
- Osteomyelitis (sickle cell anemia)
S. paratyphi
- Gastroenteritis
- Cholecystitis
- Pneumonia
- Thrombophlebitis
Shigella
Bacillary dysentery
V. cholerae
Cholera
V. parahemolyticus
Gastroenteritis
V. vulnificus
Gastroenteritis and cellulitis
Y. enterocolitica
- Enterocolitis (pseudoappendicitis)
- Blood transfusion-associated infections
Y. pestis
- Bubonic plague
- Pneumonic plague
H. pylori
- Chronic gastritis and duodenal ulcers
- Gastric carcinoma (several forms)
L. interrogans
- Leptospirosis
- Weil disease
B. burgdorferi
Lyme disease
B. recurrentis
Relapsing fever
T. pallidum
Syphilis (primary, secondary, tertiary, and congenital)
B. henselae
- Cat scratch fever
- Bacillary angiomatosis (AIDS)
P. multocida
- Cellulitis with lymphadenitis
- Osteomyelitis
G. vaginalis
Bacterial vaginosis
E. corrodens
Cellulitis
C. canimorsus
- Cellulitis
- Overwhelming sepsis (splenectomy)
HACEK group infections
Endocarditis in non-IV drug users
B. fragilis
- Septicemia
- Peritonitis
- Abdominal abscess
F. tularensis
Tularemia
Brucella spp.
Brucellosis (undulant fever)
R. rickettsii
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
R. akari
Rickettsial pox
R. prowazekii
Epidemic typhus
R. typhi
Endemic typhus
O. tsutsugamushi
Scrub typhus
C. burnetii
Q fever
E. chafeensis
Ehrlichiosis
E. phagocytophila
Ehrlichiosis
Anaplasma spp.
Anaplasmosis
C. trachomatis
- STDs in U.S. (serotypes D-K)
- Nongonococcal urethritis, cervicitis, PID and infertility
- Inclusion conjunctivitis
- Inclusion conjunctivitis and/or pneumonia in neonates/infants
- Lymphogranuloma venereum (L1,2,3)
- Trachoma (follicular conjunctivitis) (serotypes A, B, Ba and C)
C. pneumoniae
Pneumonia (“walking”)
C. psittaci
Psittacosis (ornithosis) which is atypical pneumonia with hepatitis
M. pneumoniae
Pneumonia (“walking”)