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21 Cards in this Set
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
non-enterobacteriaceae (gram negative) UTI - urinary catheter moist environments bacteraemia in neutropenia |
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Acinetobacter baumannii |
Opportunistic Ventilator - pneumonia nosocomial strains- multi-drug resistance |
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Haemophillus influenzae |
In nasopharynx non-enterobacteriaceae gram negative past meningitis in kids - very common Upper RT infection: sinusitis , ottitis media sepsis in children pneumonia in adults |
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Neisseria Spp |
gram negative diplococci highly pathogenic |
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Neisseria Gonorrheae |
STD Opthalmia Neonatalum gram negative diplococci |
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Neisseria meningitidis |
meningitis high mortality severe sepsis gram negative diplococci |
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Helicobacter Pylori |
Peptic ulcers gastritis curved gram negative bacilli spread in saliva and feces |
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Eikenella corrodens |
gram negative Cocci subacute- endocarditis Hacek organism |
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kingella Kingae |
gram negative cocci subacute- endocarditis Hacek organism |
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Vibrio Cholerae |
Gram- negative curved bacillus Cholera toxin (pathogenesis) Transmission through contaminated food or water |
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Campylobacter |
zoonotic infection (infects humans and animals) poultry low virulence Gram negative |
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Rickettsia |
Tiny enzootic- affects animals Headache, fever Diagnosed with serology Gram negative |
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Bartonella |
Tiny Diagnosed with serology Common: cat scratch disease (B.henselae) - chronic lymphodenopathy Gram negative |
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coxiella bunettii |
Q fever Gram negative Tiny ticks transfer it to sheep |
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Treponema Pallidum |
gram negative syphilis |
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Leptospirosis |
Vector - rats Gram negative Diagnosed by serology infected through mucosa Contaminated water or soil |
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Brucella |
Coccobacilli Occupational zoonotic disease eg famers or vets Fever Gram negative |
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legionella |
aerobic intracellular Gram negative bacillus atypical pneumonia |
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bortadella pertussis |
Whooping cough tiny PCR identification needed for diagnosis severe in infants |
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Chlymadia trachomatis |
obligate intracellular gram negative (could be) STD |
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mycoplasma and Ureaplasma |
No cell wall therefore no gram stain Serology for diagnosis vaginitis atypical pneumonia |
