Gram Negative Chart Flashcards Flashcards by Bri Le Vesque

Escherichia coli

POE: mouth or urethra
VECTOR:
Other: metallic green on EMB agar
Disease:
Symptoms: Diarrhea or septicemia

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Enterobacter aerogenes

POE: mouth or urethra or aspiration
Symptoms: Diarrhea, pneumonia, or septicemia

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Klebsiella

pneumoniae

POE: mouth or urethra or aspiration
Symptoms: Pneumonia, septicemia

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Proteus vulgaris, Serratia marcescens

POE: mouth or urethra, nosocomial in burns/diabetes
Symptoms: Diarrhea or nosocomial wound infections

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Campylobacter jejuni

POE: mouth
Other: Undercooked poultry
Symptoms: Diarrhea or septicemia

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Shigella dysenteriae

POE: mouth
VECTOR:
Other: Shiga toxin
Disease: Shigellosis
Symptoms: extreme diarrhea

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Salmonella typhi

POE: mouth
VECTOR:
Other: Produces H2S on SS agar
Can get sick from raw chicken juice on cutting boards Many strains are MDR
Can catch from pet reptiles (turtles)
Disease: Typhoid fever
Symptoms: Diarrhea and septicemia (Typhoid fever)

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Helicobacter pylori

POE: auto
Symptoms: Stomach and duodenal ulcers

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Yersinia enterocolitica

POE: mouth
Other: Infected pork or unpasteurized milk Can mimic appendicitis
Can grow at low temperatures
Symptoms: Diarrhea or septicemia, mesenteric lymph node inflammation

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Yersinia pestis

POE: aspiration or blood
VECTOR: flea
Other: 
Disease: bubonic plague
Symptoms: Pneumonia, infected lymph nodes, septicemia

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Vibrio cholerae

POE:  mouth
VECTOR:
Other: Rice water stools
Disease: Cholera
Symptoms: Diarrhea and septicemia

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

POE: Any portal (skin, eyes, catheter, lungs, etc)
VECTOR:
Other: Green color and odor in burns and ulcers
Disease:
Symptoms: Cellulitis, otitis, septicemia

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Haemophilus influenzae

POE: lungs
VECTOR:
Other: Used to be major cause of infant deaths
Disease:flu
Symptoms: Otitis, pneumonia, meningitis, septicemia

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Haemophilus aegypticus

POE: lungs
VECTOR:
Other: 
Disease:flu
Symptoms: Conjunctivitis with pus

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Haemophilus ducreyi

POE:  genitals
VECTOR:
Other: std
Disease:
Symptoms:

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Bordetella pertussis

POE: lungs
VECTOR:
Other: 
Disease: Whooping cough (humans)             Kennel cough (dogs
Symptoms: paroxysmal cough

Neisseria gonorrhea

POE: Genital or eyes
VECTOR:
Other: STD that can cause PID and septic arthritis Diplococcus, oxidase positive, fastidious: Chocolate agar
Disease: gonorrhea
Symptoms: Asymptomatic in women; in men, purulence (pus) in the effected orifice

Neisseria meningitis

POE: lungs
VECTOR:
Other: 
Disease: Meningitis
Symptoms: stiff neck, fever, headache, blurred vision, seizures

Rickettsia rickettsii

POE: blood
VECTOR:tic
Other: 
Disease: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Symptoms:rash/fever

Rickettsia spp.

POE: blood
VECTOR: flea
Disease: Endemic typhus
Symptoms: rash, fever

Rickettsia spp.

POE: blood
VECTOR: lice
Other: 
Disease: endemic typhus
Symptoms: rash, fever

Chlamydia trachomatis

POE: Genital or eyes
VECTOR:
Other:  STD
Disease: Chlamydia
Symptoms: Pruitis (itchiness) in females; blindness in newborns. Need silver nitrate drops at birth. Asymptomatic in men

Chlamydia psittaci

POE: lungs
VECTOR:
Other: 
Disease: Parrot Fever
Symptoms:

Chlamydia pneumoniae

POE: lungs
Disease: Pneumonia
Symptoms: Pneumonia

Brucella

``` POE: oral VECTOR: Other: Disease: Undulant Fever Symptoms: Fever spikes every evening ```

Pasturella multocida

POE: blood Symptoms: Normal flora in cats that can infect others if bitten. Causes avian cholera (deadly) in birds In humans, causes septicemia, endocarditis, meningitis

Bartonella bacilliformis

``` POE: blood VECTOR: Sand Fly Other: Disease: Carrion's disease Symptoms: Hepatosplenomegaly ```

Bartonella quintana

``` POE: Blood VECTOR: Lice Other: Disease: Trench Fever Symptoms: Five-day relapsing fever ```

Bartonella henselae

``` POE: blood VECTOR: Other: Disease: Cat Scratch Fever Symptoms: Septicemia, endocarditis ```

Francisella tularensis

``` POE: skin/blood VECTOR: tic Other: Disease: Tularemia Symptoms: Ulcer, headache, pain, fever, can progress to pneumonia, septicemia ```

Legionella

``` POE: lungs VECTOR: Other: Aspiration from water sources (air conditioners) Disease: Legionnaires’ disease Symptoms: pneumonia ```

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

``` POE: lungs VECTOR: Other: Lack cell walls; neither Gram neg or Gram positive Disease: pneumonia Symptoms: pneumonia ```

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

``` POE: lungs VECTOR: Other: Acid-Fast Disease: Tuberculosis (TB) Symptoms: pneumonia and nodules in lungs, severe cough ```

Mycobacterium leprae

``` POE: mucous membranes VECTOR: Other: Acid-Fast Disease: Hansen's Disease (leprosy) Symptoms: White patches in skin, anesthesia (loss of sensation) in skin ```

Treponema pallidum

POE: Genital VECTOR: Other: Spirochete STD Drug of choice is penicillin Disease: Syphilis Symptoms: Primary syphilis =Chancre (painless ulcer) Secondary syphilis = Rash Tertiary syphilis = gummas (large ulcers) and CNS involvement (insanity, then death)

Borellia burgdorferi

``` POE: blood VECTOR:tic Other: spirochete Disease: Lyme Disease Symptoms: bull's eye rash at site of tic bite; rash, then heart, neurological, and arthritis problems ```

Borellia spp.

POE: blood VECTOR:tic/lice Other: Spirochete Lice vector (Epidemic relapsing fever) Tic vector (Endemic relapsing fever) Disease: Epidemic Relapsing Fever Endemic Relapsing Fever Symptoms: Recurring episodes of fever and septicemia