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41 Cards in this Set
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Bacillus anthracis
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Anthrax
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Gram(+)
bacillus Entry: respiratory tract, skin |
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Bacillus cereus
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food poisoning
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Gram(+)
bacillus |
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Bacteriodes
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pelvic inflammatory disease
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Gram(-)
bacillus |
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Bordetella pertussis
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Whooping cough (pertussis)
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Gram(-)
coccus |
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Clostridium difficile
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GI infections, superinfections
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Gram(+)
bacillus |
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Clostridium botulinum
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botulism
food poisoning |
Gram(+)
bacillus |
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Clostridium perfringens
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gas gangrene
food poisoning watery diarrhea |
Gram(+)
bacillus |
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Clostridium tetani
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tetanus (lockjaw)
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Gram(+)
bacillus |
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae
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diphtheria
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Gram(+)
bacillus |
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Enterobacter species
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bacteremia
nosocomial pneumonia |
Gram(-)
bacillus |
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Enterococcus species
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dental diseases
diverticular abscesses endocarditis infections of the bowel, appendix, and liver |
Gram(+)
streptococcus |
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Escherichia coli
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cystitis
meningitis opportunistic infections nephritis urethritis watery diarrhea |
Gram(-)
bacillus, peritrichous |
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Escherichia coli O157:H7
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gastrointestinal infections
hemolytic uremic syndrome renal failure |
Gram(-)
bacillus, peritrichous |
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Coxiella burnetii
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atypical pneumonia
Q fever |
Gram(-)
coccus Only gram(-) and coccus that forms endospores |
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Haemophilus influenzae
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acute prurulent meningitis
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Gram(-)
diplococcobacillus |
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Haemophilus influenzae type B
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bacteremia
meningitis pneumonia |
Gram(-)
diplococcobacillus |
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Helicobacter pylori
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chronic gastritis
gastric cancer gastroduodenal ulcer peptic ulcers |
Gram(-)
lophotrichous [curved] bacillus "Corkscrews" into mucosal lining of GI tract; makes microenvironment of pH ~6 in stomach |
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Klebsiella pneumonae
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pneumonia
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Gram(-)
coccobacillus |
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Legionella pneumophila
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atypical pneumonia
legionellosis (Legionnaires’ disease) |
Gram(-)
monotrichous bacillus |
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Leptospira interrogans
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leptospirosis
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Gram(-)
amphitrichous spirochete |
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Listeria monocytogenes
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listeriosis
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Gram(+)
amphitrichous bacillus |
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Mycobacterium leprae
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leprosy
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Gram(+)
bacillus mycolic acid on the cell wall |
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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tuberculosis
chronic meningitis infections of the central nervous system |
Gram(+)
bacillus mycolic acid on the cell wall |
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae
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pneumonia
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no Gram reaction
b/c no cell wall (which makes them hard to treat with penicillin, etc) |
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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bacteremia
gonorrhea neonatorum (neonatal gonorrheal ophthalmia) ophthalmia |
Gram(-)
diplococcus (coffee-bean shaped) grows on chocolate agar |
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Neisseria meningitides
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acute purulent meningitis
bacteremia meningitis |
Gram(-)
diplococcus grows on chocolate agar |
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Proteus species
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nosocomial urinary tract infections
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Gram(-)
peritrichous bacillus |
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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aggressive keratitis
folliculitis nosocomial infections ...bacteremia |
Gram(-)
lophotrichous bacillus Commonly infects hospital burn patients |
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Salmonella enterica
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bacteremia
gastroenteritis salmonellosis sepsis |
Gram(-)
peritrichous bacillus |
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Salmonella enterica serovar typhi
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bacteremia
typhoid fever |
Gram(-)
peritrichous bacillus only pathogen that grows on bismuth sulfate agar |
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Shigella species
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shigellosis (bacillary dysentery)
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Gram(-)
bacillus Point of entry: GI tract |
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Staphylococcus species
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impetigo
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Gram(+)
staphylococcus |
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Staphylococcus aureus [MRSA, VRSA]
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nosocomial pneumonia
staphylococcal pneumonia skin infections toxic shock [antibiotic-resistant nosocomial infections] |
Gram(+)
staphylococcus |
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Group A streptococci
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erysipelas
impetigo necrotizing fasciitis bacteremia |
Gram(+)
streptococcus cause beta hemolysis |
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Group B streptococci
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neonatal sepsis
post partum infections |
Gram(+)
streptococcus causes alpha hemolysis |
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Streptococcus mutans
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tooth decay
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Gram(+)
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Streptococcus pneumoniae
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acute otitis media
acute purulent meningitis bacteremia meningitis pneumonia sinusitis |
Gram(+)
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Streptococcus pyogenes
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strep throat
acute tonsillitis pharyngitis scarlet fever endocarditis erysipelas necrotizing fasciitis pneumonia toxic shock |
Gram(+)
Group A streptococcus |
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Treponema pallidium
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syphilis
chronic meningitis |
Gram(-)
Spirochete Likes lower temps |
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Vibrio cholerae
Vibrio cholerae 0139 |
cholera
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Gram(-)
monotrichous vibrio virulent 0139 strain recognized in 1992 |
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Yersinia pestis
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plague (bubonic plague, pneumonic plague)
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Gram(-)
bacillus |
