Microbio bacterial infections

Characteristics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection

male

• painful urination, yellowish discharge, scar tissue in spermatic duct

female

• mucus/pus or bloody discharge, painful urination, salpingitis

Characteristics of Treponema pallidum infection (syphilis)

hard chancre(painless); fever, headache, sore throat, lesions, rashes, lymphadenopathy; painful/swollen tumors

Chlamydia trachomatis infections

trachoma, inclusion conjunctivitis, PID, ophthalmia neonatorum

Bacterial vaginosis (gardnerella vaginalis)

• no inflammation

• discharge with fishy odor

Urethritis

Neisseria gonorrhoeae and chlamydia trachoma’s

Causative agent of pertussis

Bordetella pertussis

Causative agent of atypical pneumonia

mycoplasma pneumonia, legionella pneumophilia

Causative agent of community-acquired pneumonia

streptococcus pneumonia

Causative agent of healthcare-associated pneumonia

pseudomonas aeruginosa

Causative agents of impetigo

staphylococcus aureus, streptococcus progenies

Causative agent of scarlet fever

streptococcus pyogenes

Role of Staphylococcus epidermidis in catheter-associated infections

Staphylococcus epidermis forms biofilms of surface of catheters

Endocarditis bacterial causes

staphylococci and streptococci

Endocarditis routes of infection

IV drug use, dental procedures, and more.

Meningitis (Neisseria meningitidis) characteristics

severe headache, painful/stiff neck, sensitivity to light, increase in WBC count, nausea

Septicemia

bacteria growing and flourishing in the blood

Common cause of cystitis in young females

Escherichia coli

Bacterial causes of ophthalmia neonatorum

Neisseria gonorrhoeae, chlamydia trachoma’s

tuberculosis (mycobacterium tuberculosis) transmission

droplets of respiratory mucus suspended in airt

tuberculosis (mycobacterium tuberculosis) characteristics

acid-fast bacillus, strict aerobe, slow-growing