Bacteria Flashcards
(31 cards)
Legionella pneumophilia
water film aspirated water (aspiration pneumonia); Fever cough chills muscle ache pneumonia
Klebsiella pneumoniae
gut bacteria aspirated; bulging horizontal fissure; Shaking chills fever diff. breathing cough - blood in sputum
Gardnerella vaginalis
Vagina: Frothy gray or yellow/green discharge vaginal irritation fishy smell
Trichomonas vaginalis
Strawberry cervix vaginal itch + whiff test STD
Staph. aureus
Hospital infection; skin: Pus boils furuncles abscess crust; MRSA
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Hospital moist areas: dirty contact lenses (osteomyelitis) Swimmer’s ear SKIN RASH (abscesses pus cellulitis) pneumonia
Pasteurella multocida
Animal bites/scratch/lick; Puss swelling discharge cellulitis fever chills AROUND BITE
Clostridium tetani
Spores in warm damp soil enter through wound; CNS/SNS symptoms tetanus - mm contractions in neck/jaw hypertension nosocomial infections (OVERACTIVE MM.)
Clostridium botulinum
Food-borne drug injection (wound); honey: floppy baby paralysis dyspnea (MM. NOT ABLE TO CONTRACT)
Borrelia burgdorferi
tick (NE/Midwest); bullseye rash (lyme disease) headache fever
Treponema pallidum
STD: rash on hands and feet; sore->rash->organs; CNS balance incontinence impotence
Rickettsia rickettsii
Tick (South); purpura/petechiae rash (rocky mtn spotted fever)
Salmonella typhi
(typhoid fever) Blood GI stool: eating drinking fecal contaminated sources; 103-104 fever loss of appetite severe fatigue; 3rd world
Shigella dysenteriae
Fecal ingestion - poor sanitation WATER food; Diarrhea stomach pain NAV fever; dysentery (bloody/watery stool)
Clostridium difficile
GI (compromised): c.diff; SMELL mucous stool; long-term antibiotic use
Listeria monocytogenes
Contaminated food & water; Pregnant >65 immunocompromised
Giardia lamblia
(beaver fever) Surface water contaminated food & water (children waterborne outbreaks/traveler’s diarrhea); from trophozoites in dogs/cats/beavers - water/food parasite
Helicobacter pylori
Food water fecal-oral utensils; ULCERS; dark red/black stool; breath test
Chlamydia trachomatis
STI (most reported): fever urethritis (M) discharge (F) cervicitis
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
STD; frequent BURNING urination (M) yellow/green discharge (F) discharge bleeding
Bordetella pertussis
(whooping cough) distinct COUGH cold symptoms children
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Persistent cough teens/adults - pneumonia CNS problems
Escherichia coli (e. coli)
Feces contaminated food/water; Traveler’s diarrhea - profuse watery diarrhea abdominal cramping fever NAV
Yersinia enterocolitica
Raw undercooked PORK water unpasteurized milk; WINTER; psuedo-appendicitis
