Flashcards in Transmission Deck (41):
1
Treponema pallidum
Touching Chancre in 1st stage
Kissing/Sex in 2nd stage
2
Borrelia burgdorferi
Deer Ticks
3
Leptospira interrogans
Animal Urine to human skin or oral
4
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Fomites, Nosocomial, Hanwashing
5
Legionella pneumonia
H2O Aerosol to Hu Resp
6
Brucella abortusuis
Delivery of aborted calves
7
Bordetella pertussis
Hu Resp to Hu Resp
8
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
STD
9
Neisseria meningitidis
Hu Resp to Hu Resp
10
Helicobater pylori
Hu Fecal to Hu Oral
11
Campylobacter jejuni
Animal or Hu Fecal to Oral (Chicken)
12
Vibrio cholerae
Hu Feces to Hu Oral
13
Escherichia coli
(normal flora strain)
Animal or Hu Feces to Hu Oral
14
Escherichia coli
( 0157:H7 strain)
Steer Feces to Hu Oral
15
Escherichia coli
Enterotoxigenic Strain
Animal or Hu Feces to Hu Oral
16
Shigella dysenteriae
Hu Fecal to Hu Oral
17
Shigella sonnei
Hu Feces to Hu Oral
18
Salmonella enterica
Animal Feces/Eggs/Pets to Hu Oral
19
Salmonella enteric: typhi
Hu Feces to Hu Oral
20
Yersinia pestis
Fleas
21
Haemophilus influenzae
(HI type B, or HIB)
Hu Resp to Hu Resp, Oportunistic
22
Gardnerella vaginalis
Decrease lactobacillus, addition of anaerobe
23
Bacteroides fragilis
Endogenous in feces
Exogenous in Hu Bites
24
Fusobacterium nucleatum
Gums, spread from teeth to blood
25
Rickettsia rickettsii
Dog/Wood Ticks - becomes Intracellular
26
Chlamydia trachomatis
STD, Flies, Hands
27
Chlamydia pneumonia
Hu Resp to Hu Resp
28
Mycoplasma pneumonia
Hu Resp to Hu Resp
29
Mycoplasma genitalium
STD
30
Mycobacteria tuberculosis
Hu Resp to Hu Resp (active/symptomatic pulmonary TB - prolonged exposure)
31
Listeria monocytogenes
Animal or Hu Feces to Hu Oral (food that's NOT hot)
32
Corynebacteriua diptheria
Hu Resp to Hu Resp
33
Clostridium difficile
(Endospores)
Exogenous - nosocomial
Endogenous - normal flora
34
Clostridum perfrigens
(Endospores)
Exogenous - spores in wound
low O2 tension
35
Clostridium botulinum
(Endospores)
Botulism - protein foods intoxication
Infant Botulism - ingest spores and veg cells
DIRT and honey
36
Clostridium tetani
(Endospores)
Exogenous - deep wound
Endogenous - through umbilicus
37
Bacillus anthracis
Endospores through skin, swallowed, inhaled
38
Streptococcus pyognes (GAS)
(Group A)
sore throat, resp symptoms, penetrating injury, post strep infection (RF)
39
Streptococcus pneumonia (PNEUMOCOCCUS)
(Group D)
Hu Resp to Hu Resp
40
Streptoccocus spcs (babies)
(Group B)
swallowed/inhaled during labor, delivery
41