Funeral Service Microbiology ch 26

Psittacosis

Also known as parrot fever or ornithosis

Walking pneumonia

Also known as primary atypical pneumonia

Chlamydia

Bacteria that grow only intracellularly

Coxiella burnetii

Causes Q fever

Chlamydia pneumoniae

Causes chlamydial pneumonia

Chlamydia psittaci

Causes parrot fever

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Causes primary atypical pneumonia

Chlamydia trachomatis

Causes trachoma of the eye

Trachoma

Chronic, contagious form of conjunctivitis that is one of the leading causes of blindness in the world

Epidemic typhus

Disease caused by Rickettsia prowazekii

Rocky Mountain Fever

Disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsii

Mycoplasms

Once thought to be viruses, these are actually the smallest free living organisms in nature

Parrot fever

Respiratory disease caused by Chlamydia psittaci

Rickettsia

Short, nonmotile, gram-negative bacilli that are obligate intracellular pathogens

Q fever

Unlike rickettsial infections, no rash is present in this disease