Term
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Definition
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Term
Staphylococcus aureus
(cocci) |
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Definition
| Causes most post-op wound infections |
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Term
Streptococcus pyogenes
(cocci) |
|
Definition
| Causes strep throat, scarlet fever, pneumonia, glomerulonephritis, and rheumatic heart disease |
|
|
Term
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
(cocci) |
|
Definition
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|
Term
Neisseria meningitis
(cocci) |
|
Definition
| causes bacterial meningitis |
|
|
Term
Salmonella typhi
(bacilli) |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
Shigella dysenteriae
(bacilli) |
|
Definition
| causes bacterial dysentery |
|
|
Term
Escherichia coli
(bacilli) |
|
Definition
| causes gastroenteritis, UTI's, pyelonephritis, and epidemic diarrhea in newborn nurseries |
|
|
Term
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
(bacilli) |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
Bordetella pertussis
(bacilli) |
|
Definition
| Causing whooping cough (pertussis) |
|
|
Term
Clostridium tetani
(bacilli) |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
Clostridium perfringens
(bacilli) |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
Clostridium botulinum
(bacilli) |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(bacilli) |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(bacilli) |
|
Definition
| can cause severe wound infections, UTI's, osteomyelitis, meningitis, and septicemia when resistance of host is especially low, such as in burn patients |
|
|
Term
Spirochete
Treponema Pallidum
(Spiral-shaped) |
|
Definition
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|
Term
Vibrio
Vibrio Cholerae
(spiral-shaped) |
|
Definition
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