Gram Negative Bacteria

Treponema pallidum

morphology: Spirochete

Syphilis

Borrelia burgdorferi

morphology: Spirochete

Lyme Disease, arthropod (tick) borne

Leptospira interrogans

morphology: Spirochete

leptospirosis

Vibrio cholerae

morphology: Curved Bacilli (vibrio)

cholera, GI disease

Campylobacter jejuni

morphology: Curved Bacilli (s-shaped)

GI infections from contaminated meat or water, Guillain-Barre syndrome is a possible side effect

Helicobacter pylori

morphology: Curved Bacilli (helical shaped)

peptic ulcer

Rickettsia rickettsii

morphology: obligate intracellular parasite

Rocky mtn spotted fever

enters host thru vectors

Chlamydia trachomatis

morphology: obligate intracellular parasite

trachoma (blindness), STD

Chlamydophila

morphology: obligate intracellular parasite

Pneumonia

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

morphology: (obligate) aerobic bacilli

produces green pigment, infection in burn patients, nosocomial infections in cystic fibrosis patients

Legionella pneumophila

morphology: aerobic bacillus

pneumonia (legionnaires disease), intracellular parasites

Bordetella pertussis

morphology: aerobic bacilli

bordetella pertussis: pertussis (whooping cough)

Burkholderia cepacia

morphology: aerobic bacilli

cystic fibrosis patients

\*likes moist surfaces (medical equipment)

Escherichia

morphology: (Enterics)Bacillus intestine living bacteria

normal GI tract

O157:H7 strain: Hemolytic Uremic syndrome

Salmonella enterica

morphology: (Enterics) Bacillus intestine living bacteria

typhoid fever, salmonellosis, food poisoning

Shigella dysenteriae

morphology: (Enterics)Bacillus intestine living bacteria

shigellosis (dystentery)

Klebsiella pneumoniae

morphology: (Enterics)Bacillus intestine living bacteria

hemorrhagic pneumonia

Serratia marcescens

morphology: (Enterics)Bacillus intestine living bacteria

opportunistic UTI, respiratory infections, colonies produce a red/pink pigment @ room temp

Proteus vulagris

morphology:(Enterics) Bacillus intestine living bacteria

opportunistic UTI

Yersenia pestis

morphology: (Enterics)Bacillus intestine living bacteria

Plague

Enterobacter

morphology:(Enterics) Bacillus intestine living bacteria

Opportunistic UTI

Fusobacterium

morphology: bacillus

gingivitis

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

neisseria meningitidis

morphology: diplococcus

Haemophilus influenzae

morphology: pleomorphic bacillus

haemophilus

meningitis (inflammation of the brain & spinal cord membranes), epiglottis (swelling in upper airways), otitis (infection/inflammation in middle ear), URI (upper respiratory infection)