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For Pathogen Quiz #1
microbiology-pathogens
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
03/15/2008

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Term
Streptococcus pyogenes
Definition

Family: streptococcaceae

 

septic sore throat, scarlet fever

Term
Vibrio Cholerae
Definition

Family: Vibionaceae

 

cholera

Term
Yerseinia pestis
Definition

Group: g- rods

facultativel anaerobic

Family: Enterobacteriaceae

 

Plague

Term
Proteus
Definition

Group: g-rods

facultativel anaerobic

 

Family: Enterobacteriaceae

 

Urinary & respiratory infections

Term
Shigella dysenteriae
Definition

Group: g- rods

facultativel anaerobic

 

Family: Enterobacteriaceae

 

bacillary dysentery

Term
Salmonella enterititis
Definition

Group: g- Rods

 facultativel anaerobic

 

Family: Enterobacteriaceae

 

gastroenteritis

Term
Salmonella typhi
Definition

Group: g- Rods

falcutativel anaerobic

 

Family: Enterobacteriaceae

 

typhoid fever

Term
Escherichia Coli
Definition

Group: g- Rods

facultativel anaerobic

 

Family: Enterbacteriaceae

 

infanct epidemic diarrhea, urinary tract infections, wound infections

Term
Francisella tularensis
Definition

Group: g- Rods

strictly aerobic

 

Family: Pseudomonadaceae

 

rabbit fever- tularemia

Term
Bordatella pertussis
Definition

Group: g- Rods

strictly aerobic

 

Family: Pseudomondaceae

 

whooping cough

Term
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Definition

Group: g- Rods

strictly aerobic


Family: Pseudomonadaceae

 

burn, won, systemic infections

smells like pineapple

Term
Neiserria menningitidis
Definition

Group: g- Cocci & Coccobacilli

strictly aerobic

 

Family: Bacteriodaceae

 

meningitis

Term
Fusobacterium nuclatum
Definition

Group: g- Rods

strictly anaerobic

 

Family: Bacteriodoaceae

 

Vincent's angina (trench mouth)

Term
Bacteroides fragilis
Definition

Group: g- Rods

strictly anaerobic

 

Family: Bacteriodaceae

 

wound infections, rectal absesses, endocarditis

Term
Haemopjilus influenzae
Definition

Family: Vibionaceae

 

respiratory tract infections, conjunctivitis, infant meningitis

Term
Klebsiella pnemoniae
Definition

Group: g- Rods

Facultativel anaerobic

 

Family: Enterobacteriaceae

 

pneumonia

 

Term
Enterobacter aerogense
Definition

Group: g- Rods

Facultativel anaerobic

Family: Enterobacteriaceae

 

normal intestinal tract, urinary tract infections

Term
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Definition

Group: g- Cocci & Coccobacilli

strictly aerobic

Family: Bacteriodaceae

 

gonorrhea

Term
Serratia marcescens
Definition

Group: g+ Cocci

aerobic and/or faculativel

Family: Micrococcaeae

 

normal commensal of skin, but may cause local & systematic infections

Term
Serratia marcescens
Definition

Group: g- Rods

facultativel anaerobic

Family: Enterobacteriaceae

 

urinary & respiratory tract infections

Term
Staphlococcus aureus
Definition

Group: g+ cocci

aerobic and/or facultativel

Family: Micrococcaeae

 

skin absesses, impetigo, wound infections, pneumonia, food poisoning

Term
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Definition

Family: Streptococcoceae

 

pneumonia and systematic infections

Term
Streptococcus faecalis
Definition

Family: Streptococcaceae

 

normal intestinal tract but may cause peritonitis

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