Flashcards in Classification of pathogenic bacteria - Gram negative Deck (23)
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Cocci
- Neisseria spp.
- Moraxella catarrhalis
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Neisseria meningitidis
Inflame meninges and septicaemia
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Neisseria gonorrhoea
Urethritis and inflammatory pelvic disease
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Moraxella catarrhalis
Respiratory tract infection prevalent in those with underlying lung pathology
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Coliforms
Organisms in enterobacterioceae family in gut
Use lactose fermentation test
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Ecoli
Lactose fermenter
Cause UTI
Very virulent
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Enterotoxogenic E.coli
Travellers diarrhoea
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Enterohaemorrhage E.coli
Bloody diarrhoea
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Salmonella spp.
Non lactose fermenter and over 1500 serotypes
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Salmonella enterica
Self limiting enterocolitis with or without bloody diarrhoea
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Salmonella typhi
Cause typhoid fever
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Shigella
Lactose fermenter and cause of diarrhoea
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Klebsiella spp
Cause of UTI and pneumonia
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Proteus spp
Cause UTI
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Curved bacilli
Camplylobacter found in chicken flocks which causes bloody diarrhoea
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Spiral bacilli
Helicobacter pylori - human stomach, cause ulcers
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Haemophilius influenza
Cocco bacilli and cause respiratory tract infections and the capulate form causes meningitis
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Pseudomonas spp
Non lactose fermenter found in drains and sinks and can cause acquired sepsis
Sensitive to limited range of antibiotics
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3 Anaerobes
Bacteriodes fragilis, prevotella and porphyromonas
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Bacteria which cannot be gram stained or cultured
Mycobacteria, chlamydia and spirochaetes
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Mycobacterium
Use ZN stain as resistant to acid/alkali decolourisation
Cause TB and can cause leprosy
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Spirochaetes
Syphilis
Lymes disease
Leptosporosis - liver and renal failure
Use dark ground microscopy, immunofluorescence or serology
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