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Med Micro Block Test 1 Clinical Features
Clinical Features column of bacteria table
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Microbiology
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04/02/2011

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Term
Staphylococcus aureus
Definition

cutaneous: impetigo, folliculitis, furuncles, carbuncles, wounds

disseminated: pneumonia, empyema, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis

toxin-mediated: toxic shock syndrome, scalded skin syndrome, food poisoning

 

Term
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Definition
opportunistic, infections on foreign bodies (catheters, shunts, prosthetic joints, and heart valves)
Term

staphylococcus saprophyticus

 

Definition
UTIs
Term
Streptococcus pyogenes
Definition

suppurative infections: pharyngitis, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever; glomerulonephritis; skin and soft-tissue infection (impetigo, erysipelas, cellulitis, necrotizing fascitis), TSS

 

Term
Streptococcus agalactiae
Definition

Neonatal disease (early onset, late onset; bacteremia, pneumonia, meningitis)

 

Term
Viridans streptococci
Definition

subacute endocarditis

dental caries

Term
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Definition
pneumonia; meningitis; endocarditis, bacteremia, sinusitis, otitis media
Term
Enterococcus faecalis and E faecium
Definition
Bacteremia, intra-abdominal abscess, urinary tract infection, endocarditis
Term
Bacillus anthracis
Definition

cutaneous anthrax, inhalation anthrax, gastrointestinal anthrax

 

Term
Bacillus cereus
Definition

gastroenteritis

ocular infections

Term
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Definition
diphtheria; respiratory, cutaneous
Term
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Definition

erysipeloid (cellulitis characterized by painful, pruritic, inflammatory skin lesions)

 

Term
Listeria monocytogenes
Definition

neonates

early onset (granulomatosis infantiseptica)

late onset (meningitis with septicemia)

flulike illness in adults

bacteremia or disseminated disease in pregnant women or patients with defective cell-mediated immunity

 

Term
Clostridium perfringens
Definition
soft-tissue infections; cellulitis, myonecrosis; food poisoning; septicemia
Term
Clostridium difficile
Definition

antibiotic-related diarrhea

pseudomembranous colitis

 

Term
Clostridium botulinum
Definition
botulism; foodborne, infant, wound
Term
Clostridium tetani
Definition
tetanus; generalized, localized, neonatal
Term
Propionibacterium acne
Definition
Acne
Term
Actinomyces
Definition
actinomycosis; cervicofacial, thoracic, abdominal, pelvic, central nervous system
Term
Mycobacterium avium complex
Definition
localized disease in patients with chronic pulmonary disease; disseminated disease in AIDS patients
Term
Mycobacterium leprae
Definition
leprosy - tuberculoid form to lepromatous form
Term
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Definition
tuberculosis; pulmonary, extrapulmonary
Term
Nocardia species
Definition
bronchopulmonary disease; primary or secondary cutaneous infections; brain abscesses
Term
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Definition
urethritis, cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, arthritis
Term
Neisseria meningitidis
Definition
meningitis, bacteremia (meningococcemia)
Term
Moraxella catarrhalis
Definition
otitis media, sinusitis
Term
Acinetobacter
Definition
pneumonia, septicemia, oppurtunistic infections
Term
enteropathogenic E. Coli
Definition
watery diarrhea and vomiting
Term
Enterohemorrhagic E. Coli
Definition
Hemorrhagic colitis, hemolytic uremic syndrome
Term
Enterotoxigenic E. coli
Definition
watery diarrhea
Term
Enteroaggregative E. coli
Definition
diarrhea with mucus
Term
Enteroinvasive E. coli
Definition
watery diarrhea, hemorrhagic colitis
Term
Uropathogenic E. coli
Definition
cystitis, pyelonephritis
Term
E. coli - meningitis
Definition
Acute meningitis
Term
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Definition
pneumonia, UTIs
Term
Klebsiella granulomatis
Definition
granuloma inguinale
Term
Proteus
Definition
UTIs, wound infections
Term
Salmonella enterica
Definition

diarrhea

enteric fever

(serovar Typhi)

Term
Shigella
Definition
Bacillary dysentery
Term
Bacteriodes, Fusobacterium
Definition

polymicrobial infections of abdomen

female genital tract

cutaneous and soft tissues

Term
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Definition

Pulmonary diseases

primary skin infection

urinary tract infection

ear or eye infections

bacteremia

 

Term
Vibrio cholerae
Definition
Severe watery diarrhea
Term
Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Definition
Watery diarrhea
Term
Vibrio vulnificus
Definition
Wound infections; primary septicemia
Term
Campylobacter jejuni, C. coli, C. upsaliensis
Definition
gastroenteritis
Term
Campylobacter fetus
Definition

septicemia

meningitis

gastroenteritis

abortion

Term
Helicobacter pylori
Definition

Gastritis

peptic and duodenal ulcers

gastric adenocarcinoma

Term
Haemophilus influenzae
Definition

Encapsulated type b strains

meningitis, septicemia, cellulitis, epiglottis

unencapsulated strains

otitis media

sinusitis, bronchitis, pneumonia

 

Term
Haemophilus ducreyi
Definition
Chanroid
Term
HACEK pathogen
Definition
subacute endocarditis
Term
Bordetella pertussis
Definition
Pertussis (whooping cough)
Term
Legionella pneumophilia
Definition

Legionnaires disease (pneumonia)

Pontiac fever (flulike illness)

 

Term
Francisella tularensis
Definition

tularema

ulceroglandular, oculoglandular, pneumonic

 

Term
Yersinia pestis
Definition
Bubonic and pneumonic plague (a bioterrorist concern)
Term
Streptobacillus moniliformis and Spirillum minus
Definition
rat-bite fever, Haverhill fever
Term
Brucella
Definition
Brucellosis (undulant fever), a bioterrorism concern
Term
Bartonella henselae
Definition

Bacillary angiomatosis (BA)

subacute endocarditis

cat-scratch disease (CSD)

 

Term

Bartonella quintana

 

Definition

Trench fever (TF)

bacillary angiomatosis (BA)

Term
Bartonella bacilliformis
Definition
Carrion's disease - Oroya fever (OF) and Verrugo Peruana
Term
Pasteurella multocida
Definition

Local cellulitis

septicemia in immunocompromised patients

Term
Treponema pallidum
Definition

Syphilis; primary, secondary, tertiary, congenital

 

Term
Borrelia burgdorferi
Definition
Lyme disease; erythema migrans, cardiac, neurologic, or rheumatologic abnormalities
Term
Borrelia recurrentis, B. hermsii
Definition
Epidemic and endemic relapsing fever
Term
Leptospira interrogans
Definition
Leptospirosis; mild, viral like illness to severe multiorgan illness (Weil syndrome)
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