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Staphylococcus Aureus
facultativeGram +scalded skin sydrome, toxic shock
syndrom, sty, boil, pimpleclears in meda
TERM 2
Staphylococcus Epidermidis
DEFINITION 2
facultativegram +normal skin flora
TERM 3
Streptococcus Pyogenes
DEFINITION 3
facultativegram +fastidiousrhemuatic fever, strep throat,
scarlet fever
TERM 4
Enterococcus Faecalis
DEFINITION 4
Facultativegram +normal flora of large intestine
TERM 5
Streptococcus
Mutans
DEFINITION 5
facultativegram +oral cavity flora, causes dental caries
Streptococcus pneumoniae
facultativegram +normal nasopharynx flora, pneumonia,
earache
TERM 7
Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
DEFINITION 7
aerobicgram-cocci shapefastideous
TERM 8
Neisseria Meningitidis
DEFINITION 8
aerobiccoccigram -meningitis infects spinal cordspread
through inhalation
TERM 9
Bacillis
Anthracis
DEFINITION 9
aerobicgram +endosporescutaneous infection : from working
with infected cow hidespulmonary infection : from inhalation
( 99% fatal)
TERM 10
Bacillus Cereus
DEFINITION 10
aerobicgram +endosporescan withstand heat - food
poisoning
Propionibacterium Acnes
acneanaerobic pleo shapedgram +
TERM 17
mycobacterium tuberculosis
DEFINITION 17
aerobicrodsacid-fast causes tuberculosis
TERM 18
Mycobacterium Leprae
DEFINITION 18
aerobic rods acid-fastleprosy (hansens)
TERM 19
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
DEFINITION 19
nosocomial infections in burn patienst
(green!)aerobicrodsgram -
TERM 20
Bordetella Pertussis
DEFINITION 20
aerobicrodsgram -whooping cough
legionella pneumophila
aerobic pleogram -legionnaires disease (fever and
pneumonia in compromised host)
TERM 22
escherichia
coli
DEFINITION 22
FIVE F'Sfacultativerodsgram-travelers diarrhea, normal flora
of large intestine
TERM 23
klebsiella pneumonia
DEFINITION 23
facultativerodsgram-flora of the mouth, throat, intestine and
UTI mainly
TERM 24
Enterobacter species
DEFINITION 24
facultativegram -rodsGram -
TERM 25
serratia marcescens
DEFINITION 25
facultativerodsgram -nosocomial infections (red pigment)
Treponema Pallidum
SYPHILISfastidiousmicroaerophilespiral gram -
TERM 32
borrelia
burgdoferi
DEFINITION 32
microaerophilesprialgram -lyme diseasemice > hard ticks >
humans
TERM 33
vibreo cholera
DEFINITION 33
facultativecomma shapegram - choleraoral fecal route,
contaiminated water
TERM 34
campylobacter
jejuni
DEFINITION 34
microaerophiles-shapegram -diarrhea (animal feces in water)
TERM 35
Helicobacter Pylori
DEFINITION 35
microaerophilecomma shapegram - stomach ulcers
Reckettsia Prowazekii
aerobicpleogram - typhus caused by body louse biting and
defecating their infected feces into the wound
TERM 37
Rickettsia Rickettsii
DEFINITION 37
aerobicpleo gram -rocky mountain spotted fever by hard tick
TERM 38
Chlamydia Trachomatis
DEFINITION 38
aerobicpleogram -obligate intracellular parasite in eyes and
reproductive tract
TERM 39
Chlamydia Psittaci
DEFINITION 39
aerobicpleogram-from bird feces intracellular parasite
TERM 40
mycoplasma pneumonia
DEFINITION 40
aerobic pleogram -fastidious walking pneumonia