Common disease-causing bacteria
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Bacillus anthracis
Disease: Anthrax
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Anthrax
Treatment: Ciprofloxacin or doxycycline plus additional agents; vaccine available but requires a series of six injections over 18 months
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Bordetella pertussis
Disease: Whooping Cough
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Whooping Cough
Treatment: Erythromycin, clarithromycin better tolerated
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Borellia burgdorferi
Disease: Lyme disease, relapsing fever
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Lyme disease, relapsing fever
Treatment: a tetracycline (doxycycline) or semisynthetic penicillin (amoxicillin), cephalosporin (ceftriaxone or cefotaxime) for late complications
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Campylobacter jejuni
Disease: Dysentery, campylobacter
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Dysentery, campylobacter
Treatment: Usually self-limiting; oral rehydration
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Chlamydophila pneumoniae
Disease: Pneumonia (chlamydial)
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Pneumonia (chlamydial)
Treatment: Cephalosporin (Rocephin) +/- macrolide (clarithromycin or azithromycin) OR fluroquinolone (ciprofloxacin) +/- tetracycline (doxycycline)
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Chlamydophila trachomitis
Disease: Urethritis (nongonococcal), pelvic inflammatory disease
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Urethritis (nongonococcal), pelvic inflammatory disease
Treatment: Cephalosporin (Rocephin) +/- macrolide (clarithromycin or azithromycin) OR fluroquinolone (ciprofloxacin) +/- tetracycline (doxycycline)
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Clostridium botulinum
Disease: Botulism; wound botulism
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Botulism; wound botulism
Treatment: Antitoxin
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Clostridium difficile
Disease: diarrhea, nosocomial
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Diarrhea, nosocomial
Treatment: Metronidazole (Flagyl)
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Clostridium perfringens
Disease: gas gangrene
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Gas gangrene
Treatment: Penicillin with antitoxin; surgical removal of necrotic tissue and amputation; may treat with hyperbaric oxygen
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Clostridium tetani
Disease: tetanus
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Tetanus
Treatment: Antitoxin, (Tetanus Immune Globulin) penicillin
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Disease: diphtheria
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Diphtheria
Treatment: Penicillin and erythromycin in conjunction with antitoxin
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Escherichia coli
Diseases: Gastroenteritis, enterotoxigenic; traveler’s diarrhea/Montezuma’s revenge
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Gastroenteritis, enterotoxigenic; traveler’s diarrhea/Montezuma’s revenge
Treatment: Usually self-limiting; oral rehydration
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Helicobacter pylori
Disease: Ulcer (gastric and duodenal), stomach cancer
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Ulcer (gastric and duodenal), stomach cancer
Treatment: Penicillin, broad spectrum antibiotics
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Legionella pneumophila
Disease: Legionellosis (pneumonia)
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Legionellosis (pneumonia)
Treatment: erythromycin
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