Microbiology Final Exam Bacteria and Diseases

Scarlet Fever

Streptococcus pyogenes

Rheumatic Fever

Streptococcus pyogenes

Pharyngitis

Streptococcus pyogenes

Typical Pneumonia

Straphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus influenza, Streptococcus pneumonia

Atypical Pneumonia

Mycoplasma pneumonia “walking pneumonia”, Legionella pneumonia, Chlamydia pneumonia

Otitis Media

Streptococcus pneumonia, Moraxella catarrhalis, nontypeable Haemophilus influenza

Diphtheria

Corynebacterium diptheria

Pertussis “whooping cough”

Bordetella pertussis

Tuberculosis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Respiratory tract mycoses

Histoplasmosis, Aspergillosis, Mucormycosis, and Pneumoncystis pneumonia

Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI)

Rhinoviruses & Coronaviruses (most causes), & Parainfluenza, adenovirusm and enterovirus (especially during summer), Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

COVID-19

SARS-CoV-2 virus

Polio

Polio virus

Rabies

animal bites

West Nile Virus, La Crosse Virus, & Zika Virus

Arbovirus

Meningitis

Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae type B, Neisseria meningitidis, Listeria monocytogenes, arboviruses

Encephalitis

arboviruses

Hansen’s Disease Leprosy

Mycobacterium leprae

Tetanus

Clostridium tetani

Botulism

Clostridium botulinum

Chicken Pox & Shingles

Varicella-zoster virus

Measles

Rubeola virus

German Measles

Rubella

Fifths Disease

Parvovirus

Roseola

Human Herpes Viruses 6/7 (HHV-6/7)

Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease

Coxsackievirus A16 and Enterovirus 71

Warts

Human Papilomarviruses

Acne

Propionibacterium acnes

Impetigo, Cellulitis, Folliculitis

Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococus pyogenes

Necrotizing fascilitis

Streptococcus pyogenes

Otitis externia

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Hot tub folliculitis

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Cutaneous candidiasis (yeast infection)

Candida albicans

Pseudomembranous colitis

Clostridium difficile

Stomach ulcers

Helicobacter pylori

Mild to profuse diarrhea and Leg cramps

Vibrio cholerae

Hemolytic uremic syndrome and dysentery (EHEC)

Escherichia coli 0157:H7, enterohemorrhagic strains

Dental caries

Streptococcus mutans

Chancroid

Haemophilus ducrevi

buboes

Chlamydia trachomatis

Vesicular lesion

Herpes simplex virus

Trichomoniasis

Trichomonas vaginalis

Gonorrhea

Neisseria gonnorrhoeae

Syphilis

Treponema pallidum

Chlamydia

Chlamydia trachomatis

Gental herpes

HSV-1 or HSV-2

Mumps

Viral infection in the salivary glands, causes parotitis.

Gastroenteritis

Rotavirus or Norovirus

Guillain-Barre syndrome

Campylobacter jejuni

Enteritidis and Typhimutium

Salmonella enterica

Cholera

Vibrio cholerae

Tapeworms

Hymenolepis nana, taenia species, Diphyilobothnum latum

Ascariasis

ascaris lumbircoides

Hookworm

necator americanus

Pinworm

Enteriobius vermicularis

Malaria

Plasmodium species (eukaryotic)

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Rickettsia rickettsii

Lyme Disease

Borrelia burgdorferi

Infectious mononucleosis

Epstein-Barr virus

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

HIV

Plague

Yersinia pestis

What causes hemorrhagic fevers?

Hantavirus, Lassa fever, ebola virus, Marburg virus