Bacterial Pathogens- Transmission

Identify how the bacteria is transmitted.

How is anthrax transmitted?

contact with animals or inhalation of B. anthracis spores

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consumption of raw or undercooked meat from infected animals

How is whooping cough transmitted?

airborne

How is Lyme disease transmitted?

tick-borne (Ioxedes tick)

How is campylobacteriosis transmitted?

fecal-oral and foodborne

How is chlamydia transmitted?

STI

How is botulism transmitted?

foodborne

How is C. diff transmitted?

fecal-oral transmission; healthcare-associated infection

How is tetanus transmitted?

Direct contact through deep cut

How is E. coli transmitted?

foodborne

How is Hib disease transmitted?

direct contact with respiratory droplets

How is peptic ulcer transmitted?

Person-to-person and environmental transmission are possible

How is Legionnaire’s disease transmitted?

water aerosol

How is leprosy transmitted?

Airborne respiratory droplets

How is tuberculosis transmitted?

Airborne respiratory droplets

How is mycoplasma pneumonia transmitted?

Direct contact with respiratory droplets

How is gonorrhea transmitted?

STI

How is meningitis transmitted?

Direct contact with respiratory droplets

How is hot tub rash transmitted?

Direct contact with contaminated water

How is shigellosis transmitted?

fecal-oral transmission

How is MRSA transmitted?

direct contact

How is bacterial pneumonia transmitted?

direct person-to-person contact

How is strep throat transmitted?

Direct contact with respiratory droplets

How is syphilis transmitted?

STI

How is cholera transmitted?

Fecal-oral transmission from contaminated water