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24 Cards in this Set
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Treponema Pallidum (Spirochete) |
Syphilis |
Spirochete |
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Borrelia Borgdoferi (Spirochete) |
Lyme disease, Arthropod Borne |
Spirochete |
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Leptospira Interogans (Spirochete) |
Leptosspirosis |
Gram negative spirochete |
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Vibrio Cholera (Curved rod-Vibrio) |
Cholera, GI disease |
Gram negative curved bacilli |
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Campylobacter jejuni (Curved rod- S shaped) |
GI infections from contaminated meat or water, Guillain-Barre syndrome is a possible side effect |
Gram negative curved bacilli |
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Helicobacter pylori (Curved rod- helical shape) |
Peptic ulcer |
Gram negative curved bacilli |
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Rickettsia rickettsia |
Rocky mountain spotted fever enter host through vectors |
Gram negative obligate intracellular parasites |
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Chlamydia trachomitis |
Trachoma(blindness), STD |
Gram negative obligate intracellular parasites |
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Chlamydophila pneumonia |
Pneumonia |
Gram negative obligate intracellular parasites |
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa (bacillus) obligate aerobe |
Produces pyoocyanin (green) pigment, infection in burn patients, nosocomical infections, lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients |
Gram negative aerobic bacilli |
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Legionella pneumophila (Bacillus) |
Pneumonia (Legionaires disease) Intracellular pathogens |
Gram negative aerobic bacilli |
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Bordetella pertussis (bacillus) |
Pertussis (whooping cough) |
Gram negative aerobic bacilli |
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Burkholderia cepacia (bacillus) |
Cystic fibrosis patients like moist surfaces (medical equipment) |
Gram negative aerobic bacilli |
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Escherichia (bacillus) |
Normal GI tract O157:H7 strain: Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome |
Enteric |
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Salmonella enterica (bacillus) |
Typhoid fever, salmonellosis, food poisoning |
Enteric |
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Shigella dysenteriae (bacillus) |
Shigellosis (dysentary) |
Enteric |
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Klebsiella pneumonia (bacillus) |
Hemorrhagic pneumonia |
Enteric |
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Serratia marcescens (bacillus) |
Opportunistic UTI, respiratory infection colonies produce red/pink pigment at room temperature |
Enteric |
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Proteus vulgaris (bacillus) |
Opportunistic UTI |
Enteric |
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Yersinia pestis (bacillus) |
Plague |
Enteric |
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Enterobacter (bacillus) |
Opportunistic UTI |
Enteric |
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Fusobacterium |
Gingivitis |
Bacillus |
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Neisseria |
Neisseria Gonorrheae Neisseria Meningitidis |
Diplococcus |
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Haemophilus |
Haemophilus influenza: meningitis, epiglottis, otitis, URI |
Pleomorphic bacillus |