Pathogens & Diseases Flashcards
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Chlamydia pneumoniae
Atypical pneumonia and community acquired tracheobronchitis
Chlamydia trachomatis
trachoma; nongonococcal urethritis
Mycobacterium avium-intracellularae
opportunistic w/ AIDS
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
pneumonia
Ureaplasma urealyticum
UTI
Treponema pallidum
syphilis
Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii)
opportunistic pneumonia
Trichomonas vaginalis
trichomoniasis (vagina)
Borreilia burgdorferi
Lyme Disease
Acinetobacter
Nosocomial, including pneumonia, UTI, meningitis
Burkholderia
Nosocomial, e.g. septicemia, UTI, RTIs
Citrobacter
Lower Resp Inf; UTI; bacteremias
Hemophilus influenzae
meningitis
Helicobacter pylori
PUD
Klebsiella
communal, opportunistic pneumonia
Legionella pneumophila
pneumonia
Moraxella catarrhalis
RTI
Neisseria gonorrheae
gonorrhea
Neisseria meningitidis
meningitis
Proteus
UTI, pneumonia, wound inf, ear
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
HAIs
Salmonella
gastroenteritis, septicemia, typhoid fever
Serratia
HAIs: pneumonia and UTI
Escherichia coli
UTIs, nosocomial pneumonia, peritonitis, sepsis
Bacteroides
Closed abdominal abscesses
Vibrio cholerae
cholera: diarrhea and vomitting
Enterococcus
Nosocomial: UTI, bacteremia, endocarditis, intra-abdominal infections
Listeria monocytogenes
meningitis, septicemia, encephalitis
Staph aureus
HAIs: pneumonia, skin diseases, toxic shock syndrome
Staph epidermidis
HAI: bacteremia, sepsis, biofilms on foreign devices
Streptococcus
pneumonia, otis media, meningitis, bacteremia
Clostridium botulinum
botulism
Clostridium difficile
diarrhea; colitis; sepsis
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
UTI