Infectious Diseases

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  • 1. 

    Bacillus anthracis

    Explanation
    Gram (+) aerobic spore-forming rod

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  • 2. 

    Clostridium botunlinum

    Explanation
    Gram (+) anaerobic spore-forming rod (soil)

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  • 3. 

    Clostridium difficile

    Explanation
    Gram (+) anaerobic spore-forming rod (colon)

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  • 4. 

    Clostridium perfringens

    Explanation
    Gram (+) anaerobic spore-forming rod (colon)

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  • 5. 

    Clostridium tetani

    Explanation
    Lockjaw; Gram (+) anaerobic spore-forming rod (soil)

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  • 6. 

    Corynebacterium diphtheriae

    Explanation
    Gram (+) aerobic rod (conjunctiva, mouth and nose, urogenital tract)

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  • 7. 

    Staphylococcus aureus

    Explanation
    Gram (+) facultative anaerobic spherical clusters (skin/nail, conjunctiva, mouth and nose, urogenital, GI = everywhere)

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  • 8. 

    Staphylococcus epidermidis

    Explanation
    Gram (+) facultative anaerobic (primarily aerobic) spherical clusters (skin/nails, conjunctiva, mouth and nose, everywhere else)

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  • 9. 

    Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Explanation
    Gram (+) facultative anaerobic spherical pairs and chains (pretty much everywhere, except maybe GI)
    Otitis Media = earaches

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  • 10. 

    Streptococcus pyogenes

    Explanation
    Gram (+) facultative anaerobic spherical pairs and chains (skin/nails, conjunctiva, urogenital); Group A

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  • 11. 

    Streptococcus viridans

    Explanation
    Gram (+) facultative anaerobic spherical pairs or clusters (mouth and nose, GI tract), not very pathogenic but can cause subacute endocarditis in people with damaged heart valves, necrotizing fascitis

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  • 12. 

    Streptococcus mutans

    Explanation
    Gram (+) facultative anaerobic spherical pairs or clusters (mouth)

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  • 13. 

    Skin/Nails

    Explanation
    Few Gram negative bacteria

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  • 14. 

    Conjunctiva

  • 15. 

    Bordetella pertussis

    Explanation
    Gram (-) aerobic coccobaccillus; aka Whopping cough

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  • 16. 

    Escherichia coli

    Explanation
    Gram (-) facultative anaerobic enteric rod (enterobacteriacae)

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  • 17. 

    Haemohillus influenzae

    Explanation
    Gram (-) facultative anaerobic coccobacilli; epiglottitis, sinusitis, otitis media), found naturally in upper respiratory tract

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  • 18. 

    Helibacter pylori

    Explanation
    Gram (-) microaerophilic helical rod (curved) found in stomach

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  • 19. 

    Klebsiella oxytoca

    Explanation
    Gram (-) facultative anaerobic rod; enterobacteriaceae, so throughout gut

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  • 20. 

    Klebsiella pneumoniae

    Explanation
    Gram (-) facultative anaerobic rod; enterobacteriaceae, so throughout gut

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  • 21. 

    Legionella pneumonophilia

    Explanation
    Gram (-) aerobic coccobacillus

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  • 22. 

    Neisseria gonorrhaeae

    Explanation
    Gram (-) aerobic spheres; septic arthritis also called septic joint (mouth and nose)

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  • 23. 

    Neisseria meningitidis

    Explanation
    Gram (-) aerobic spheres (mouth and nose)

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  • 24. 

    Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Explanation
    Gram (-) aerobic rod, very persistent

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  • 25. 

    Salmonella typhi

    Explanation
    Gram (-) enteric rod (facultative anaerobe) (enterobacteriaceae)

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  • 26. 

    Shigella sonnei

    Explanation
    Gram (-) enteric rod (facultative anaerobe) (enterobacteriaceae), aka Shigellosis

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  • 27. 

    Shigella dysentariae

    Explanation
    Gram (-) enteric rod (facultative anaerobe) (enterobacteriaceae), aka Shigellosis

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  • 28. 

    Enterobacteriaceae

    Explanation
    Gram (-) enteric rods; facultative anaerobes (primarily aerobes), reduce nitrate to nitrite or nitrogen; ferment D-glucose with gas and (often) produce gas

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  • 29. 

    Mouth and nose (upper respiratory)

  • 30. 

    Urogenital tract

    Explanation
    Bacteroides (e.g. fragilis) are gram (-) anaerobic non-enteric rods

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  • 31. 

    Chlamydophila pneumoniae

    Explanation
    Obligate intracellular

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  • 32. 

    Chlamydia trachomatis

    Explanation
    Obligate intracellular

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  • 33. 

    Mycoplasma pneumoniae

    Explanation
    No cell wall

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  • 34. 

    Borrelia burgdorferi

    Explanation
    Spirochete; anaerobic

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  • 35. 

    Mycobacterium avian complex (MAC)

    Explanation
    AFB, lungs, resident

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  • 36. 

    Mycobacterium leprae

    Explanation
    AFB

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  • 37. 

    Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Explanation
    AFB

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  • 38. 

    Candida albicans, other spp.

    Explanation
    Fungi, pretty much everywhere; yeast, candida albicans, candida glabrata, candida krusei

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  • 39. 

    Cryptococcus neoformans

    Explanation
    Fungus; immunocompromised hosts, yeast

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  • 40. 

    Blastomyces spp.

    Explanation
    Fungus; geographic variation, dimorphic

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  • 41. 

    Histoplasma spp.

    Explanation
    fungus; geographical variation, dimorphic

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  • 42. 

    Coccidioides immitis

    Explanation
    fungus; geographical variation, dimorphic

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  • 43. 

    Aspergillus spp.

    Explanation
    Fungi; immunocompromised hosts, found normally in mouth and nose, A. terreus, mold (only mold)

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  • 44. 

    Epidermophyton spp.

    Explanation
    Fungi; similar infections of the nail, beard, skin, and scalp, dermatophyte

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  • 45. 

    Microsprorum spp.

    Explanation
    Fungi; similar infections of the nail, beard, skin, and scalp, dermatophyte

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  • 46. 

    Trichophyton spp.

    Explanation
    Fungi; similar infections of the nail, beard, skin, and scalp, dermatophyte

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  • 47. 

    Malassezia spp.

    Explanation
    Fungi, dermatophyte?

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  • 48. 

    Entamoeba histolytica

    Explanation
    Protozoan, ameba

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  • 49. 

    Giardia lamblia

    Explanation
    Protozoan, flagellate

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  • 50. 

    Trichomonas vaginalis

    Explanation
    Protozoan; aka vulvovaginitis, flagellate

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  • Jul 09, 2020
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  • Sep 16, 2011
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    Turrican

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