Gram Negative Bacteria

Treponema

Campylobacter

Helicobacter

Picketicia

Chlamydia

Chlamydophila

Pseudomonas

(obligate aerobe)

Legionella

Bordetella

Burkholderia

Escherichia

Salmonella

Shigella

Klebsiella

Serratia

Proteus

Versinia

Enterobacter

Fusobacterium

Neisseria

Haemophilus

Disease/Other Characteristics

Gram negative spirochetes

hete

Treponema pallidum: syphilis

Borrelia burgdofert: Lyme diseas

• arthropod tick borne

Leptospira interrogans: leptospirosis

Gram negative curved badilli

urved rod ivibrio)

Vibrio cholera: cholera, Gl disease

curved rod (S-shaped)

Campulaborter lelunk Glinfections from contaminate

• meat of

water, Guillain-Barre syndrome is a possible side effect

ed rod (helical shape)

felicobacter oylori: peptic ulcer

Gram negative obligate intracellular parasites

Rickettsia rickettsit: Rocky Mountain spotted fever enter host through vectors

amvdia trachomatis trachoma (bi ndness). STO

Chlamydophila pneumonia: pneumonia

Gram negative aerobic bacilli

Pseudomonas aervainosa: Produces pyocyanin(green) pigment,

bacillus

nfection in burn patients, nosocomial infections, lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients

Legionella oneumophila: Pneumonia (Legionnaires disease);

bacillus

intracellular pathogens

bacillus

Bordetella pertussis: pertussis (whooping cough)

bacillus

Burkholderia cepacia: cystic fibrosis patients

likes moist surfaces (medical equioment)

ENTERICS: The following are Gram negative bacteria that can live in the intestines

bacillus

normal Gl tract

0157:H7 strain: Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

Salmonella enterica: Typhoid fever, salmonellosis, food

bacillus

poisoning

bacillus

Shiegella dysenteriae: Shigellosis (dysentery)

bacillus

Klebsiella pneumonia: hemorrhagic pneumonia

bacillus

Serratia marcescens: opportunistic UTI, respiratory infections colonies produce a red/pink pigment at room temperature

bacillus

Proteus vulgaris: opportunistic UTI

bacillus

Yersinia pestis: plague

bacillus

opportunistic UT

Other Gram negatives

bacillus

gingivitis

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

diplococcus

Neisseria meningitidis

pleomorphic bacillus

Haemophilus influenzae:

meningitis, epiglottitis, otitis, URI