Pathogins to remember Flashcards
Staphylococcus (Bacteria)
-Gram positive
-Cocci in clusters or packets
- Causes boils and skin infections
Streptococcus (Bacteria)
-Gram positive
-Cocci in pairs and chains
-Causes strep throat and dental caries
Bacillus (bacteria)
-Gram positive
-Endospore forming rods
-Anthrax
Clostridium (Bacteria)
-Gram positive
-Endospore forming rods
-causes tetanus and gas gangrene
Myobacterium
-Gram positive
-Causes tuberculosis and leprosy
Neisseria (Bacteria)
-Gram negative
-Aerobic cocci
-Gonorrhea and meningitis
Escherichia (bacteria)
-Gram negative
-rods and vibrios
-E coli
Salmonella (Bacteria)
-Gram neg
-anaerobic rods or vibrios
-typhoid fever
Yersinia (bacteria
-Gram neg
-one species causes plaque
-anaerobic rods or vibrios
Vibrio (bacteria)
-Gram neg
-rods
-causes chlolera, food infection
treponema (bacteria)
-Gram neg
-rods
-syphilis
Trichomonas vaginalis (protozoa)
-Causes trichomoniasis (reproductive tract symptoms)
-in humans only
Typanosoma brucei, T cruzi (protozoa)
-Causes trpanosomiasis (sleeping sickness and chaga disease)
-Animals vector borne
Leishmania donovani (protozoa)
-causes skin lesions or widespread involvement of internal organs
-animals and vector borne
Plasmodium vivax (protozoa)
-Causes malaria (cardiovascular and other symptoms)
-human, vector borne
