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Therapeutics ID - Pathogens 1
Pathogens for Pharmacotherapeutics - Infectious Disease - Exam 1
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Pharmacology
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01/10/2011

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Term
Staphylococcus aureus
Definition

Coccus

Gram positive (+)

Aerobic

 

Diseases:

Skin and wound infections,

nasal infections, toxic shock syndrome,

osteomyelitis, bacteremia, endocarditis, pneumonia

Term
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Definition

Coccus

Gram positive (+)

Aerobic

 

Diseases:

Skin infections,

infections with foreign devices (prosthetics)

Term
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Definition

Coccus

Gram positive (+)

Aerobic

Alpha-hemolytic

 

Pneumonia, meningitis, upper respiratory tract infections,

bacteremia

Term
Viridans group Streptococcus
Definition

Coccus

Gram positive (+)

Aerobic

Alpha-hemolytic

 

Includes:

S. mitis, S. sanguis, S. salivarius, etc.

 

Diseases:

endocarditis

Term
Streptococcus pyogenes
Definition

Coccus

Gram positive (+)

Aerobic

Beta-hemolytic

 

Diseases:

Strep throat, cellulitis,

pharyngitis, acute rheumatic fever,

glomerulonephritis, impetigo, erysipelas

Term
Streptococcus agalactiae
Definition

Coccus

Gram positive (+)

Aerobic

Beta-hemolytic

 

Diseases:

female genital tract infecitons, neonatal meningitis,

pneumonia, bacteremia, sepsis, diabetic foot infections

Term
Enterococcus faecalis
Definition

Coccus

Gram positive (+)

Aerobic

 

Diseases:

in bowel,

bacteremia, endocarditis, UTI,

wound, intra-abdominal infections

Term
Enterococcus faecium
Definition

Coccus

Gram positive (+)

Aerobic

 

 

Diseases:

in bowel,

bacteremia, endocarditis, UTI,

wound, intra-abdominal infections

Term
Haemophilus influenzae
Definition

Coccus (short, fat bacilli)

Gram negative (-)

Aerobic

 

Diseases:

upper respiratory tract,

chronic bronchitis, pneumonia,

meningitis?

Term
Moraxella catarrhalis
Definition

Coccus

Gram negative (-)

Aerobic

 

Diseases:

sinusitis, otitis media,

chronic bronchitis, pneumonia

Term
Neisseria meningitidis
Definition

Coccus

Gram negative (-)

Aerobic

 

Diseases:

meningococcal meningitis,

nasopharyngeal infections

Term
Neisseria gonorrheae
Definition

Coccus

Gram negative (-)

Aerobic

 

Diseases:

Gonorrhea

Term
Escherichia coli
Definition

Bacillus

Gram negative (-)

Aerobic

 

Diseases:

UTI and intra-abdominal infections,

bacteremia, sepsis, food-borne illness

Term
Klebsiella pneumoniae, oxytoca
Definition

Bacillus

Gram negative (-)

Aerobic

 

Diseases:

hospital-acquired pneumonia

Term
Proteus mirabilis, vulgaris
Definition

Bacillus

Gram negative (-)

Aerobic

 

Diseases:

hospital-acquired pneumonia

Term
Enterobacterc cloacae, aerogenes
Definition

Bacillus

Gram negative (-)

Aerobic

 

Diseases:

hospital-acquired pneumonia

Term
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Definition

Bacillus

Gram negative (-)

Aerobic

 

Diseases:

nosocomia infections, pneumonia,

UTI, wound and diabetic foot infections

Term
Peptostreptococcus sp.
Definition

Coccus

Gram positive (+)

Anaerobic

 

Diseases:

Aspiration pneumonia, abscesses,

skin, bone, intra-abdominal abscesses

Term
Clostridium perfringes
Definition

Bacillus

Gram positive (+)

Anaerobic

 

Diseases:

necrotizing soft tissue infections (gangrene)

Term
Clostridium difficile
Definition

Bacillus

Gram positive (+)

Anaerobic

 

Diseases:

diarrhea

Term
Clostridium tetani
Definition

Bacillus

Gram positive (+)

Anaerobic

 

Diseases:

tetanus

Term
Clostridium botulinum
Definition

Bacillus

Gram positive (+)

Anaerobic

 

Diseases:

Botulism

Term
Bacteroides fragilis
Definition

Bacillus

Gram negative (-)

Anaerobic

 

Diseases:

intra-abdominal abscesses

Term
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Definition

Atypical

 

Diseases:

community-acquired pneumonia (young adults),

Walking pneumonia

Term
Chlamydophila pneumoniae
Definition

Atypical

 

Diseases:

community-acquired pneumonia

Term
Chlamydia trachomatis
Definition

Atypical

 

Diseases:

STD, genitourital infections

Term
Legionella pneumophilia
Definition

Atypical

 

Diseases:

Atypical pneumonia

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