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Chapters 25, 26 & 28
Funeral Service Education
54
Microbiology
Professional
03/21/2013

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Term
Staphylococcus aureus
Definition

Causes:

Skin and Wound infections

(Direct contact)

Food Poisoning

(Indirect contact)

Nosocomial Infections

(Direct or indirect contact)

Toxic Shock Syndrome

(Tampons or surgical procedure)

Term
Streptococcus pyogenes
Definition

Causes:

Scarlet Fever

(Inhalation of respiratory droplets)

Septic Sore Throat

(inhalation of respiratory droplets and close contact)

Puerperal Sepsis

(Contaminated intruments or hands of medical workers)

Rheumatic Fever

(Inhalation of respiratory droplets)

Impetigo

(Insect bite or skin abrasion)

Term
Streptococcus agalactiae
Definition

Causes:

Meningitis in newborns

(ingestion of raw milk)

Term
Streptococcus pneumonia
Definition

Causes:

Lobar pneumonia

(Inhalation of respiratory droplets)

Pneumococcal meningitis

(Oral and respiratory droplets)

Otitis media

(contaminated water, eardrum puncture or skull fracture)

Term
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Definition

Causes:

Gonorrhea

(direct sexual contact)

Opthalmia neonatorum

(contact with the birth canal)

Vulvovaginitis

(indirect, inanimate objects)

Term
Neisseria Meningitidis
Definition

Causes:

Meningococcal meningitis

(direct or indirect contact)

Term
Clostridium botulinum
Definition

Causes:

Botulism

(indirect; via contaminated food)

Term
Clostridium perfringens
Definition

Causes:

Food intoxication

(ingestion of spores)

Gas gangrene

(wound contamination)

Tissue gas

(translocation of intestinal flora postmortem)

Term
Clostridium tetani
Definition

Causes:

Tetanus

(infection of wounds from contaminated soil)

Term
Bacillus anthracis
Definition

Causes:

Cutaneous anthrax

(spores enter a wound; skin)

Inhalation anthrax

(inhalation of spores)

Gastrointestinal anthrax

(ingestion of spores)

Term
Corynebacterium diptheriae
Definition

Causes:

Diptheria

(direct droplet spray, hand to mouth, indirect via contaminated fomites)

Term
Francisella tularensis
Definition

Causes:

Tularemia

(inhalation, ingestion, bites or skin breaks)

Term
Mycobacterium avium
Definition

Causes:

Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)

(assumed to be environmentally acquired, such as from the soil and water. Found in immunosuppressed individuals)

Term
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Definition

Causes:

Tuberculosis (TB)

(inhalation of respiratory droplets)

Term
Leptospira interrogans
Definition

Causes:

Leptospirosis

(through skin after contact with contaminated water, soil or animal waste)

Term
Borrelia burgdorferi
Definition

Causes:

Lyme Disease

(Tick bite)

Term
Treponema pallidum
Definition

Causes:

Syphillis

(direct sexual contact)

Term
Vibrio Cholerae
Definition

Causes:

Asiatic cholera

(eating contaminated food; causes rice water stools)

Term
Bordetella pertusis
Definition

Causes:

Pertusis, also known as "whooping cough"

(inhalation of respiratory droplets)

Term
Hemophilus influenzae
Definition

Causes:

Influenzal meningitis

(inhalation of respiratory droplets)

Term
Escherichia coli
Definition

Causes:

Travelers diarrhea

(ingestion of contaminated water or food)

 

Enteroinvasive E. coli

(fecal-oral route)

Term
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Definition

Causes:

Nosocomial respiratory infection

(inhalation of respiratory droplets)

Term
Proteus mirabilis
Definition

Causes:

Infection in burns

(wound contamination)

Term
Proteus vulgaris
Definition

Causes:

Generalized decomposition

(bacterial translocation)

Term
Salmonella enteritidis
Definition

Causes:

Salmonella

(ingestion of contaminated food)

Term
Salmonella typhi
Definition

Causes:

Typhoid fever

(fecal-oral route)

 

 

Term
Shigella species
Definition

Causes:

Bacillary dysentery

(fecal-oral route, flies, fingers and contaminated food or water)

 

Food poisoning

(ingestion of contaminated food)

Term
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Definition

Causes:

Skin infection

Sapremia

Septicemia

(direct contact)

Term
Yersinia pestis
Definition

Causes:

Bubonic plague,

also known as the "black death"

(flea bites, contact with infected animals, airborne transmission from infected persons)

Term
Campylobacter jejuni
Definition

Causes:

Intestinal ulcers

(ingestion of bacteria via contaminated food)

Term
Helicobater pylori
Definition

Causes:

Stomach ulcers

(ingestion of bacteria)

Term
Legionella pneumophilia
Definition

Causes:

Legionnaires' disease

(airborne transmission)

Term
Listeria monocytogenes
Definition

Causes:

Listerosis

(ingestion of contaminated food, soil and water)

Term
Coxiella burnetii
Definition

Causes:

Q Fever

(ingestion of raw milk, inhalation of airborne bacteria from animal products)

Term
Rickettsia prowazekii
Definition

Causes:

Epidemic typhus

(Human body lice)

Term
Rickettsia rickettsii
Definition

Causes:

Rocky mountain spotted fever

(tick bite)

Term
Rickettsia typhi
Definition

Causes:

Endemic typhus

(flea bite)

Term
Chlamydia pneumoniae
Definition

Causes:

Chlamydial pneumonia

(inhalation of respiratory droplets)

Term
Chlamydia psittaci
Definition

Causes:

Parrot fever

also known as psittacosis or ornithosis

(inhalation of aerosolized bacteria from bird feces)

Term
Chlamydia trachomatis
Definition

Trachoma of the eye

(person to person, fomite to person, fly to person)

 

Lymphogranuloma venereum

(sexual contact)

Term
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Definition

Causes:

Primary atypical pneumonia

also known as walking pneumonia

(inhalation of respiratory droplets)

Term

Fungi

Aspergillus fumigatus

Definition

Causes:

Aspergillosis

(inhalation of fungus from manure or decaying vegetation)

Term

Fungi

Coccidioides immitis

Definition

Causes:

Coccidioidomycosis

(inhalation of fungal spores)

Term

Fungi

Cryptococcus neoformans

Definition

Causes:

Fungal meningitis

(inhalation of airborne yeast)

Term

Fungi

Histoplasma capsulatum

Definition

Causes:

Histoplasmosis

(inhalation of fungal spores from contact with bird feces)

Term

Fungi

Pneumocystis carinii

Definition

Causes:

Pneumocystis pneumonia

also known as PCP

(inhalation of fungus)

Term

Fungi

Trichophyton

 

Definition

Causes:

Tinea capitis

also known as scalp ringworm

(person to person or fomite to person)

Term

Fungi

Microsporum

Definition

Causes:

Tinea cruris

also known as jock itch

(person to person or fomite to person)

Term

Fungi

Epidermophyton

Definition

Causes:

Tinea pedis

also known athlete's foot

(person to person or fomite to person)

Term

Protozoa

Cryptosporidium parvum

Definition

Causes:

Cryptosporidiosis

(ingestion of contaminated food or water, fecal-oral route)

Term

Protozoa

Entamoeba histolytica

Definition

Causes:

Amebic dysentery

also known as amebiasis

(fecal-oral route)

Term

Protozoa

Giardia lamblia

Definition

Causes:

Giardiasis

(ingestion of contaminated water, fecal-oral route, sexual transmission)

Term

Protozoa

Plasmodium malaria

Definition

Causes:

Malaria

(bite of the anopheles mosquito)

Term

Protozoa

Toxoplasma gondii

Definition

Causes:

Toxoplasmosis

(ingestion of contaminated food or handling infected cat feces)

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