Pathogen Quiz PDF: Bacteria and Diseases

Bacteria Associated disease Streptococcus pneumoniae Community-acquired pneumonia, bacterial meningitis, bacteremia and otitis media (inner ear infection Bordetella pertussis Whooping cough Staphylococcus aureus Skin infections...

Bacteria Associated disease Streptococcus pneumoniae Community-acquired pneumonia, bacterial meningitis, bacteremia and otitis media (inner ear infection Bordetella pertussis Whooping cough Staphylococcus aureus Skin infections (MRSA), bacteremia, endocarditis and toxic shock syndrome Clostridium tetani tetanus Neisseria meningitidis Meningococcal meningitis Clostridium botulinum Botulism food poisoning Mycobacterium tuberculosis Tuberculosis Corynebacterium diphtheriae Diphtheria Haemophilus influenzae Otitis media, pneumonia and meningitis Mycoplasma pneumoniae “walking pneumonia” and urethral (male) or vaginal (female) infection Borrelia burgdorferi Lyme disease Vibrio cholerae Cholera: profuse watery diarrhea, dehydration and electrolyte depletion Streptococcus pyogenes “Strept throat” or pharyngitis, tonsillitis, scarlet fever and rheumatic fever Clostridium perfringes Gas gangrene Haemophilus influenzae Respiratory an ocular infections, sepsis and meningitis Salmonella typhi Thyphoid fever and “food poisoning” Pseudomonas aeruginosa Nosocomial pneumonia in CF or immunocompromised patients and UTI’s Neisseria gonorrhea Gonorrhea Treponema pallidum Syphilis, bejel and yaws Mycobacterium leprae Leprosy or Hansen’s disease Clostridium difficile Infectious diarrhea and colitis often a result of antibiotic overuse. Brucella abortis Brucellosis Francisella tularensis Tularemia Campylobacter jejuni Most common cause of community-acquired inflammatory enteritis Bartonella henselae Cat scratch disease/fever or Bartonellosis Helicobacter pylori Stomach or duodenal ulcers Listeria monocytogenes Food poisoning (Listeriosis) Rickettsia rickettsii Rocky Mountain spotted fever Escherichia coli Traveler’s diarrhea, urinary tract infection, shigellosis (bloody diarrhea)