Streptococcus pneumonia
causes pneumonia, meningitis, otis media;
Has a capsule, so it's hard to treat
Staphylococcus aureus
found in the human respiratory tract and on the skin - toxic shock syndrome - MRSA
Staphylococcus pyogenes
causes: scarlet fever, septic sore throat, puerperal sepsis (child bed fever), rheumatic fever
Neisseria Gonorrhea
causes gonorrhea the STD - gram positive
Opthalmia Neonatorum
baby infected with gonorrhea
Neisseria Meningitidis
causes epidemic meningitis, meningococcemia
Clostridium Tetani
causes tetanus (lock jaw) - endospores and exotoxins
Clostridium Perfringens
(C. Welchii) causes food poisoning, tissue gas, gas gangrene - endospores and exotoxins
Corynebacterium Diptheria
causes diptheria - pseudomembrane in back of pharynx
Salmonella Typhi
causes Typhoid Fever
Francisella Tularensis
causes tularema or RABBIT FEVER affects lymph nodes
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
causes TB - high lipid cell wall content - UV light used to kill - airborne
Mycobacterium Avium
opportunistic TB found with AIDS
Treponeum Pallidum
causes syphillis - chancre, rash, shut down of organs, gummas
Borrelia Burgdoferi
causes Lyme Disease - deer tick - spirocete
Mycoplasma Pmeymoniae
causes atypical pneumonia/walking pneumonia
Rickettsia Prowazekii
causes Typhus Fever, flea bourne typhus - endemic
Rickettsia Typhi
causes murine typhus
Rickettsia Ricketsii
causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever - dog tick
Coxiella Burnetti
causes Q Fever
Virbrio Cholera
causes cholera - comma shaped
Yersinia Pestis
causes pneumonic plague and bubonic plague - rat flea
Klebsiella Pneumonia
causes UTI and fatal pneumonia
Clostridium Botulinum
causes botulism - spores
Bacillus Anthracis
the etiologic agent of anthrax - spore forming
Hemophilus Influenza
causes influenza and meningitis - through contact
Proteus
causes secondary infection of burns
Pseudomonas
causes secondary infection of burns
Shigella flexneri
causes bacillary dysentary
Leptospira Interrogans
causes leptospirosis - zoonotic - animals
Escherichia Coli (E. Coli)
causes enteritis
Campylobacter Jejuni
causes gastroenteritis
Legionella Pneumophilla
Causes Legionnaires' Disease
Variola
causes smallpox
Measles
Rubeola
German Measles
Rubella
Varicell Zoster
causes chicken pox and the shingles
Herpes Simplex
causes herpes
Rabies
Hydrophobia, caused by the rabies virus
Poliovirus
causes poliomyelitis - neurotropic
Viral encephalitis
inflammation of the brain caused by enteroviruses - arbovirus
Hepatitis A
inflammation of the liver - infectious
Hepatitis B
inflammatory condition of the liver characterized by jaundice - serum
Infectious Mononucleosis
caused by the Epstein-Barr virus
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
a viral genus of the viral family known as herpesviridae or herpesviruses 5 - Can cause birth defects
Epidemic parotitis
mumps - painful swelling of salivary glands, viral
Histoplasma Capsulatum
causes histoplasmosis - fungal
Canadia Albicans
causes canadia - monilia - fungal
Cryptococcus Neoformans
causes the fungal disease cryptococcus
Pneumocystis carinii
PCP - fungal - opportunistic pneumonia in aids patients
Entamoeba Histolytica
an anerobis parasitic protozoan - amebic dysentery
Plasmodium Malariae
protozoa causing malaria - mosquito bite
Toxoplasma Gondii
protozoa causing toxoplasmosis - litter box protozoa
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
caused by a Prion - human form of mad cow diease
Chlamydia trachomatis
tymphogranuloma venereum leads to PID - non gonococcal urethritis
Chlamydia psittaci
parrot fever