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18 Cards in this Set
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Gram neg. bacteria that causes cat-scratch disease |
Bartonella henselae- transmitted by bite/scratch, saliva, fleas |
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Gram neg. bacteria that causes Brucellosis (undulant fever) |
Brucella- transmitted by many animals; thru milk or enter thru abrasions in the skin |
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Gram neg. bacteria that causes ehrlichiosis |
Ehrlichia- transmitted by ticks |
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Gram neg bacteria that causes spotted fevers: 1. epidemic typhus 2. endemic typhus 3. rocky mountain spotted fever |
1. Rickettsia prowazekii- transmitted by body lice 2. Rickettsia typhi- transmitted by rat fleas 3. Rickettsia rickettsii- transmitted by ticks |
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Gram neg. bacteria that causes 1. Gonorrhea 2. "meningococcal" meningitis |
1. Neisseria gonorrhoea- STD 2. Neisseria meningitidis- transmitted by contact with respiratory secretions (vaccine given to military and recommended to college dorm students) (bacterial meningitis is more severe than viral) |
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Gram neg. bacteria which causes pertussis (whooping cough) |
Bordetella pertussis- transmitted by contact with respiratory secretions in air/objects |
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Gram neg. bacteria which causes pneumonia |
Burkholderia cepacia- transmitted by nosocomial infections; especially problematic for cystic fibrosis patients |
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Gram neg. bacteria which causes burn/wound infections; blood infections (sepsis), abscesses |
Pseudomonias (including P. aeruginosa)- transmitted by nosocomial infections; especially problematic for cystic fibrosis & burn patients |
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Gram neg. bacteria which causes conjunctivitis |
Moraxella lacunata- transmitted person to person; nosocomial; possibly aerosols |
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Gram neg. bacteria which causes legionellosis (pneumonia) |
Legionella- transmitted by contaminated aersols |
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Gram neg. bacteria that causes Q fever |
Coxiella burnetii- transmitted by aerosols or contaminated milk |
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Gram neg. bacteria that causes 1. wound infection 2. cholera 3. gastroenteritis |
1. Vibro cholera 2. Vibro parahaemolyticus 3. Vibro vulnificus Transmitted by open wound exposure to contaminated water; raw/undercooked seafood (shellfish) |
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Gram neg. bacteria which causes Diarrhea;UTI |
Escherichia coli (certain strains/locations)- transmitted through fecal contamination |
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Gram neg. bacteria which causes salmonellosis (gastrointestinal) Typhoid fever (before antibiotics, 20% fatal) |
Salmonella typhi- many species- transmitted by contaminated food/water |
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Gram neg. bacteria that causes the plague |
Yersinia pestis- transmitted by fleas from rats/squirrels to humans; also respiratory droplets |
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Gram neg. bacteria that causes UTI; surgical wound infections and serious pneumonia (4 genus) |
Citrobacter Enterobacter cloacae. E. aerogenes Proteus Serratia marcescens (grows pepto pink) transmitted through nosocomial and/or fecal contamination |
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Gram neg. bacteria that causes shigellosis/bacillary dysentery (bloody diarrhea) |
Shigella- transmitted through contaminated food/water |
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Gram neg. bacteria that causes tularemia/ "Rabbit fever"; multiple organs are affected, including lungs(pneumonia)(survives inside your macrophages) |
Francisella tularensis- transmitted through the inhalation of dust contaminated with urine/feces of infected animals; skin abrasions; deer flies |
