microbes of skin, eyes and respiratory system

Acanthamoeba

skin/eye

Aspergillus

mold, respiratory droplets

Bacillus anthracis.

gram + that causes anthrax (can be from infected animals)

• skin/GI, inhalation most severe and fatal spores

Bordetella pertussis

gram + coccobacilus whooping cough/pertussis

Candida albicans

oral thrush, yeast infections, systemic from overgrowth of normal flora, opportunistic

Coccidioides immitis.

fungus that can cause valley fever from inhalation of spores from soiled regions like mexico

Common Cold (Rhinoviruses).

common cold/virus through respiratory droplets, direct contact 

Corynebacterium diphtheriae.

gram + club shaped rod that causes diphtheria through respiratory droplets

Cryptococcus neoformans

yeast like fungus found in soil, lungs and CNS

Fifth Disease (Parvovirus B19).

ssRNA enveloped -, no/low fever, “slapped cheeks”

Haemophilus influenzae.

gram - bacteria, respiratory infection that can cause meningitis

Herpes Simplex Virus I.

dsDNA envelope +, latent in nerve ganglia, direct contact STI, cold sores and keratitis

Histoplasma capsulatum

dimorphic fungus found in soil, primarily infects the lungs

Human Papillomavirus (HPV).

dsDNA envelope -, through direct contact, causes warts and cervical cancer

Influenza

ssRNA envelope +, respiratory droplets

Legionella pneumophila.

pontiac fever. inhalation of contaminated water aerosols of fresh water. gram - rod shaped 

Loa loa

worm in eye infection

Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

gram + TB

Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

gram - versatile bacteria

Roseola(Human Herpesvirus 6)

common in infants/children, dsDNA envelope +, high fever and bumpy/raised skin

Rubeola

ssRNA envelope +, conjunctivitis, high fever, kolpik spots

Staphylococcus aureus.

gram + cocci, skin and nasal passages, MRSA

Streptococcus pneumoniae

- gram +, pneumonia and other respiratory infections

streptococcus pyrogens

gram + bacteria causing nec. facitiis

Sporothrix schenckii.

fungus that causes skin/eye infections 

Tinea

ring worm/athletes foot

Norwalk/norovirus virus

Non-enveloped, ssRNA virus causing rapid-onset diarrhea, vomiting, and abdominal pain; spreads rapidly/highly contagious. (#1 cause of GI distress in the US)

Rotavirus

Non-enveloped, dsRNA virus causing diarrhea and vomiting in infants.