Micro Disease Organism Bacteria part 1
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mikejencam Plus on May 4, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Bacillus anthracis | Anthrax |
| Bordetella pertussis | Whooping cough |
| Borrelia burgdorferi | Lyme disease, relapsing fever |
| Campylobacter jejuni | Dysentery, Campylobacter |
| Chlamydophila pneumoniae | Pneumonia (Chlamydial) |
| Chlamydia trachomatis | Urethritis (nongonococcal), Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) |
| Clostridium botulinum | Botulism; wound botulism |
| Clostridium difficile | Diarrhea, nosocomial |
| Clostridium perfringens | Gas gangrene, C. perfringens gastroenteritis |
| Clostridium tetani | Tetanus |
| Corynebacterium diptheriae | Diptheria |
| Coxiella burnetti | Q Fever |
| Ehrlichia spp. | Ehrlichiosis |
| Enterobacter spp. | Nosocomial pneumonia and wound infections. |
| Enterococcus spp. (faecalis, faecium) | Most common cause of surgical wound infections, nosocomial sepsis |
| Escherichia coli | Gastroenteritis, enterotoxigenic, enteroinvasive, and enterohemorrhagic; Traveler's diarrhea/Montezuma's revenge. Nosocomial pneumonia and wound infections. |
| Haemophilus influenzae | Meningitis, bacteremia, epiglottitis, or pneumonia. |
| Helicobacter pylori | Ulcer (Gastric and duodenal), stomach cancer |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | Pneumonia, most common cause of surgical wound infections |
| Legionella pneumophila | Legionellosis (pneumonia) |
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