Bacteria and Diseases

Question 1

Treponema pallidum

Answer 1

syphilis

Question 2

Borrelia burgdorferi

Answer 2

Lyme Disease

Question 3

Leptospira interrogans

Answer 3

Leptospirosis

Question 4

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Answer 4

Pseudomonas

Question 5

Legionella pneumonia

Answer 5

Legoinnaire’s Disease (pneumonia)

Question 6

Brucella abortusuis

Answer 6

Brucellosis

Question 7

Bordetella pertussis

Answer 7

Pertussis (Whooping Cough)

Question 8

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Answer 8

Gonorrhea, Urethritis

Question 9

Neisseria meningitidis

Answer 9

Meningitis

Question 10

Helicobater pylori

Answer 10

Peptic Ulcer Disease

Gastric Cancer

Question 11

Campylobacter jejuni

Answer 11

Gastroenteritis

Question 12

Vibrio cholerae

Answer 12

Cholera

Question 13

Escherichia coli

normal flora strain

Answer 13

UTI

gram neg sepsis (in burns or wounds)

Question 14

Escherichia coli

0157:H7 strain

Answer 14

Hemorrhagic Colitis

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

Question 15

Escherichia coli

Enterotoxigenic Strain

Answer 15

Diarrhea or Traveler’s Disease

(Developing countries) - animal strain, not normal flora

Question 16

Shigella dysenteriae

Answer 16

HUS - hemolytic uritic syndrome

Question 17

Shigella sonnei

Answer 17

Shigellosis (sever dysentery)

Question 18

Salmonella enterica

Answer 18

Salmonellosis

Question 19

Salmonella enteriditis

Answer 19

Salmonellosis - from eggs

Question 20

Salmonella poona

Answer 20

Salmonellosis - from pets

Question 21

Salmonella enteric: typhi

Answer 21

Typhoid Fever

Question 22

Yersinia pestis

Answer 22

Bubonic plague

Question 23

Haemophilus influenzae
(HI type B, or HIB)

Answer 23

1. Otitis Media - inflammation of middle ear (non encapsulated strains)
2. Pneumonia, following flu
3. Meningitis, if sepsis develops (highest at 6 mo of age)

Question 24

Gardnerella vaginalis

Answer 24

Bacterial Vaginosis - polymicrobic (requires an anaerobe to become pathogenic)

Question 25

Bacteroides fragilis

Answer 25

Vaginal infections (from feces)

Question 26

Fusobacterium nucleatum

Answer 26

Peridontal Disease Trench Mouth Ulcerating Gingivitis

Question 27

Rickettsia rickettsii

Answer 27

rocky mountain spotted fever | Vasculitis (inflammation of blood vessels)

Question 28

Chlamydia trachomatis

Answer 28

Non Gonococcal Urethritis Trachoma (in the eyes) vasculitis (inflammation of blood vessels) most common STD

Question 29

Chlamydia pneumonia

Answer 29

Pneumonia | Community respiratory infections

Question 30

Mycoplasma pneumonia

Answer 30

Atypical walking pneumonia - 20%

Question 31

Mycoplasma genitalium

Answer 31

NGU (not caused by gonorrhea) - acute urethral syndrom | Ureaplasma urealyticum

Question 32

Clostridium difficile

Answer 32

ENDOSPORES Pseudomembranous Colitis Toxic Megacolon (NOT C DIFF - this is not a disease)

Question 33

Clostridum perfrigens

Answer 33

ENDOSPORES Gas Gangrene (necrosis of muscle with GAS, 24 hrs)

Question 34

Clostridium botulinum

Answer 34

ENDOSPORES Botulism Infant Botulism (most powerful toxin we know. small amt. kills fast)

Question 35

Clostridium tetani

Answer 35

ENDOSPORES Tetanus (lockjaw) Neonatal tetanus

Question 36

Bacillus anthracis

Answer 36

Anthrax (3 diseases) | cutaneous, intestinal, pulmonary

Question 37

``` Streptococcus pyognes (GAS) (Group A) ```

Answer 37

Rheumatic Fever, Bronchial Pneumonia, Toxic Shock-Strep, Necrotizing Fasciitis, Galloping Pneumonia (multiple strains)

Question 38

``` Streptococcus pneumonia (PNEUMOCOCCUS) (Group D) ```

Answer 38

Lungs - Pneumococcal Pneumonia(most common cause of pneumonia) Blood - Septic Shock Brain - meningitis

Question 39

``` Streptoccocus spcs (babies) (Group B) ```

Answer 39

Puerperal Fever in Newborn

Question 40

Staphylococcus aureus

Answer 40

Colonize infections Food Poison Toxic Shock Syndrome

Question 41

Mycobacteria tuberculosis | M. bovis - cattle, MAC complex - disseminated throughout body

Answer 41

Tuberculosis

Question 42

Listeria monocytogenes

Answer 42

Listeriosis (meningitis in unborn child, or cardiovascular abnormalities)

Question 43

Corneybacterium diptheria

Answer 43

Diptheria