Week 14 - Antibiotics - Common Bacterial pathogens and disorders

Bacillus anthracis

— Anthrax

— Appears in cutaneous and respiratory forms

Borrelia burgdorferi

— Lyme disease

— Acquired from tick bites

Chlamydia trachomatis

— Venereal disease, eye infection

— Most common cause of sexually transmitted disease in the united states

Enterococci

— Wounds, UTI, endocarditis, bacteremia

— Part of host flora of the genitourinary and intestinal tracts; common opportunistic pathogen

Escherichia coli

— Traveler’s diarrhea, UTI, bacteremia, meningitis in children

— Part of host flora of the intestinal tract

Haemophilus

— Pneumonia, meningitis in children, bacteremia, otitis media, sinusitis

— Some species are part of the normal host flora of the upper respiratory tract

Klebsiella

— Pneumonia, UTI

— Common opportunistic pathogen

Mycobacterium tubercolosis

— Tuberculosis

— Very high incidence in patients infected with HIV

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

— Pneumonia

— Most common case of pneumonia in patients ages 5-35

Neisseria meningitidis

— Meningitis in children

— Some species are part of the normal host flora

Pneumococci

— Pneumonia, otits media, meningitis, bacteremia, endocarditis

— Part of normal host flora in the upper respiratory tract

Proteus mirabilis

— UTI, skin infections

— Part of normal host flora in the gastrointestinal tract

Pseudonomas aeruginasa

— UTI, skin infections, septicemia

— Common opportunistic microbe

Rickettsia rickettsii

— Rocky mountain spotted fever

— Acquired from tick bites

Salmonella enteritidis

— Food poisoning

— Acquired from infected animal products; raw eggs, undercooked meat or chicken

Staphylococcus aerus

— Pneumonia, food poisoning, impetigo, wounds, bacteremia, endocarditis, toxic shock syndrome, osteomyelitis, UTI

— Some species are part of the normal host flora on the skin and mucous membrane

Streptococcus

— Pharyngitis, pneumonia, skin infections, septicemia, endocarditis, otits media

— Some species are part of the normal host flora of the respirator, genital, and intestinal tracts