Microbiology Disease cards 1-68
Staphylococcal Osteomyelitis
staphylococcus aureus bone
Pharyngitis, scarlet fever
streptococcus pyogenes systemic
Anthrax (cutaneous & pulmonary)
Bacillus anthracis skin, skeletal, & pulmonary
wooping cough
Bordetella pertussis upper and lower RT
Lyme disease
Borrelia burgdorferi muscular and nervous system
Campylobacteriosis
Campylobacter jejuni Jejunum segment, gastrointestinal
Candidiasis/Thrush
Candida albicans skin, urigentital, gastrointestinal
Chlamydial infections: NGU, Conjunctivitis
Chlamydia trachomatis Vagina, urethra, lymph nodes, conjunctiva
Botulism
Clostridium botulinum skin/skeletal (wound) & nervous/muscle (wound, infant and food-borne)
C. diff
Clostridium difficile gastrointestinal
gas gangrene
Clostridium perfringens nervous/muscle & skin/skeletal
Tetanus
Clostridium tetani nervous & muscular
Coccidioidomycosis (SJ Valley Fever).
Coccidioides immitis lower respiratory
Diptheria
Corynebacterium diptheriae Heart muscle, nerves, occasionally skin
E. coli
Escherichia coli digestive tract, urinary system
Histoplasmosis (Ohio VF)
Histoplasmosis (Ohio VF) lower respiratory
Legionnaire's disease/pontiac fever
Legionella pneumophila Upper and lower RT
Leptospirosis
Leptospira interrogans central nervous system, muscle/skeletal
Listeriosis
Listeria monocytogenes small intestine, localized in meninges
Ringworm (tinea)
Microsporum spp. Trichophyton spp. Epidermophyton spp. Skintinea cruris; jock itch tinea pedis; athlete's foot tinea capitis; scalp tinea barbae; beard tinea corporis; body tinea manuum; hands
Tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis lower RT/lungs
Walking (atypical) Pneumonia
Mycoplasma pneumoniae Lower RT, lungs
Gonoccocal gonorrhea (Ophthalmia Neonatorum/septic shock)
Neisseria gonorrhoeae Redproducive sys & respiratory tract
Meningococcal meningitis
Neisseria meningitidis central nervous system & systemic circulation
Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP)
Pneumocystis jirovecii respiratory
Typhoid fever/Animal salmonellosis
Salmonella Typhimurium Small intestine, mesenteric lymph nodes
Shigellosis
Shigella dysenteriae large intestine
Bullous impetigo
Staphylococcus aureus skin
Folliculitis, Boil (furuncle), Carbuncle, Abscess, MRSA, VRSA, VRE
Staphylococcus aureus skin
Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSS)
Staphylococcus aureus skin
Staphylococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)
Staphylococcus aureus systemic
dental caries
Streptococcus mutans mouth, GI
otis media
Streptococcus pneumonia ear
Pneumonococcal pneumonia
Streptococcus pneumoniae lower respiratory
necrotizing fasciitis
Streptococcus pyogenes skin
Syphilis
Treponema pallidum primary: urinital secondary: skin/skeletal, cardiovascular/lymphatic tertiary: cardiovascular/lymph, nervous/muscle
Cholera
Vibrio cholerae gastrointestinal
