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Staphylococcus aureus Diseases
Pyogenic

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  • Food Poisoning
  • Skin Abscesses: boils
  • Toxic Shock
  • Nosocomial Infections
  • Impetigo/School Sores: contagious red sores
  • Scalded Skin Syndrome
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Streptococcus agalactiae Diseases
Pyogenic

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  • Bacterial Sepsis (STREP SEP)
  • Meningitis
  • Seizures
  • Psychomotor Retardation
  • Uterine Infections
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Streptococcus pneumonia/Pneumococcus Diseases
Pyogenic

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  • Lobar pneumonia: Inflammation of one or several lung lobes
  • Otitis Media: Middle ear infection
  • Meningitis or pneumococcal meningitis: Infection of the cerebrospinal fluid
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Streptococcus pyogenes Diseases
Pyogenic

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  • Strep Throat: Sore throat
  • Rheumatic Fever: Inflammatory disease that occurs when strep throat or scarlet fever are not resolved
  • Scarlet Fever: (Childbirth Fever) Red rash, strawberry tongue, desquamation of skin
  • Puerperal Sepsis: Nosocomial infection of the uterus from childbirth or abortion
  • Impetigo: Localized skin infection with small vesicles that turn into weeping lesions
  • Erysopelas: (St. Anthony’s Fire) Localized skin infection that causes an intense burning sensation
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae Diseases
Pyogenic

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  • Gonorrhea: STD infection of the genitals
  • Ophthalmia Neonatorum: Congenital infection spread from the mother to the eyes of the baby during childbirth
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: (PID) Infection of the female reproductive organs
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Neisseria meningitidis Diseases
Pyogenic

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  • Epidemic Meningitis: (Meningococcal meningitis): Infection of the meninges
  • Meningococcemia: Bacteria spread to blood stream
  • Waterhouse-Fredichsen Syndrome: Spontaneous bleeding in the subcutaneous tissues causing appearance of purple patches on the skin
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Clostridium botulinum Diseases
spore-forming

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  • Food-borne Botulism: FLACCID PARALYSIS, cardiac & respiratory failure, nausea, double or blurred vision
  • Infant Botulism
  • Wound Botulism: wounds are infected with spores
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Clostridium tetani Diseases
spore-forming

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Tetanus/Lockjaw: prevents muscle relaxation,RIGID PARALYSIS, asphyxiation (from muscle tensing)

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Clostridium perfringens
spore-forming

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  • Gas Gangrene/Myonecrosis: Bacteria gather in an injury or surgical wound that has no blood supply.
    The bacterial infection produces toxins that release gas and cause tissue death (antemortem)
  • Tissue Gas: Postmortem form of tissue gas; can spread through instruments
  • Food Poisoning
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Bacillus anthracis Diseases
spore-forming

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  • Skin Anthrax/Skin Cutaneous Infection: Non-pus Lesions called ESCHARS leave a ring of small blisters that surround a dark center
  • Pulmonary Anthrax/ Wool-sorter’s Disease/Inhalation Anthrax
  • Typhoidal Anthrax/ Ingestion Anthrax
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Bordatella pertussis Diseases

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  • Whooping Cough/Pertussis: Convulsive, painful coughing

Stage 1: Incubation Stage: no outward symptoms
Stage 2: Catarrhal Stage: Common cold-like symptoms
Stage 3:Paroxysmal Stage: Spasmodic or convulsive coughing; ciliary escalator in lungs stop; peak of the disease
Stage 4: Convalescent Stage: Recovery

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Yersinia Pestis Diseases

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  • Bubonic Plague/Black Death: Infection of the lymphatic system; Lesions called BUBOS form
  • Septicemic Plague: Infection in the blood stream
  • Pneumonic Plague

Both the septicemic and pneumonic plagues can be secondary infections from the bubonic plague or be spread on their own

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Klebsiella pneumoniae Diseases

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  • Lobar Pneumonia
  • Hospital Acquired/ Nosocomial Pneumonia
  • Gastroenteritis
  • Urinary Tract Infections
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Haemophilus influenzae Diseases

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  • Bacterial Influenzal Meningitis:
  • Hib Meningitis
  • Haemophilus influenzae Meningitis

Meningitis is an infection of the meninges, membranes covering the brain and spinal cord

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Francisella tularensis Diseases

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  • Tularemia/Rabbit Fever/Deerfly Fever
    • Skin Infection
    • GI Infection
    • Pneumonic Infection
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Salmonella typhi Diseases

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  • Typhoid Fever of the alimentary canal (GI Tract): Fever, diarrhea, nausea, severe headache, loss of appetite
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Shigella dysenteriae

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Shigellosis/bacillary dysentery: Severe form of diarrhea with blood and mucus in the stool

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Escherichia coli Diseases

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  • Gastroenteritis: Inflammation of the GI tract Causes the most cases of gastroenteritis
  • Traveler’s Diarrhea
  • Infantile Diarrhea
  • Hemorrhagic Colitis/ Hemorrhagic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)
  • Bacillary Dysentery of the Alimentary canal
  • Urinary Tract Infections
  • Infections of the bladder, kidneys, ureters, and urethra
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Proteus mirabilis Diseases

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  • Secondary infection from burn wounds; bacterial colonies smell like “BURNED CHOCOLATE”
  • Gastroenteritis: inflammation of the GI tract
  • Urinary Tract Infections
  • Can also cause ear and wound infections, especially in burn victims
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Diseases

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  • Burn Wound Infections
  • Urinary Tract Infections
  • Gastroenteritis
  • Pneumonia
  • Ear Infections
    Produces blue-green pus
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Vibrio cholerae dieases

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  • Rice Water Stool: whitish color to feces
  • Asiatic cholera
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Treponema pallidum Diseases

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-Exclusively found in humans

  • Syphilis
    • Acquired Syphilis: Received through direct sexual contact
    • Congenital Syphilis: Infected pregnant woman passes infection to unborn child
    • 4 Stages of Syphilis
      1. Primary Syphilis: Chancre sore form (small hard ulcers)
      2. Secondary Syphillis: Skin rashes form on the hands and feet
      3. Latent/Hidden: Symptoms disappear
      4. Tertiary Syphilis: Gummas form (rubber-like lesions); other severe symptoms including dementia, madness, tumors occur. People usually do not get to this stage because of modern medicine
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Borrelia burgdorferi Diseases

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Lyme Disease/ Lyme Borreliosis: Bull’s eye rash

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Leptospira interrogans Diseases

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  • Leptospirosis/Infectious Jaundice: Biphasic (2-part)disease that starts with flu-like symptoms and later progresses into liver damage, and renal failure
  • Weil’s Disease: Advanced case of severe liver and kidney damage
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Campylobacter jejuni Diseases
- Campylobacteriosis/Campylobacter gastroenteritis - Guillian-Barre Syndrome (GBS): rare condition that causes temporary paralysis
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Characteristics of Streptococcus genus
- Gram Positive - Spherical - Appear alone or in chains - Usually facultative anaerobes - Virulences: Toxins and enzymes Strep agalactiae Strep pneumonia Strep pyogenes
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Pyogenic Bacteria
- Pus-Forming Bacteria Strep agalactiae Strep pneumonia Strep pyogenes Nesseria gonorrhoeae Neisseria meningtitdis
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Enteric Bacteria
- Affects GI system - Gram-negative - Non-spore forming - Facultatitivley anaerobic - Bacillus (rod-shaped) Salmonella typhi Shigella dysenteriae Echerichia coli Klebsiella pneumoniae (only nonmotile enteric) Proteus mirabilis Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Small Gram-Negative Bacilli
- Bordatella pertussis - Haemphilus influenzae - Yersinia Pestis - Francisella tularensis
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Spore-Forming Bacilli
Bacillus anthracis Clostridium botulinum Clostridium perfringens Clostridium tetani
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What blisters are associated with Anthrax?
Escars
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Spiral Bacteria (Spirochetes)
Gram-negative unicellular - Vibrio cholerae - Treponema pallidum - Borrelia burgdorferi - Leptospira interrogans - Campylobacter jejuni
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What type of paralysis is associated with Clostridium Tetani?
Rigid Paralysis
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What type of paralysis is associated with Clostridium botulinum?
Flaccid Paralysis
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Coagulase
Enzyme that causes blood to clot by converting fibrinogen into fibrin
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Hyaluronidase
Enzyme the penetrates the body's connective tissues, permitting the easy spread of infection throughout the body
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Lipase
Enzyme that acts with the oils and fats secreted by the sebaceous glands
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