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Bacterial Diseases
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Biology
Graduate
08/31/2009

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Term
S. aureus diseases
Definition
Folliculitis, furuncles, and carbuncles; wound infections; Staphylcoccus scalded skin syndrome (SSSS); bullous impetigo; pustular impetigo; enterotoxin food poisoning; toxic shock syndrome; bacteremia; endocarditis; primary staphylcoccal pneumonia; osteomyelitis
Term
S. epidermidis
Definition
nococomial bacteremia assoc. with intravascular catheters; endocarditis associated with prosthetic valves; infections of prosthetic joints and shunts
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S. lugduensis
Definition
endocarditis; UTI; catheter infections
Term
S. saprophyticus
Definition
UTIs in sexually active young women
Term
Suppurative S. pyogenes
Definition
pharyngitis; scarlet fever; pustular impetigo; erysipelas (swelling and redness with distinct border); cellulitis; necrotic fasciitis; streptococcal toxic shock syndrome; bacteremia
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Non-suppurative S. pyogenes
Definition
acute rheumatic fever; acute glomerulonephritis
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Early onset S. agalactiae
Definition
pneumonia or meningitis with bacteremia; neurological sequelae: blindness, retardation, deafness
Term
Late onset agalactiae
Definition
meningitis;
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S. pneumoniae
Definition
pneumonia; sinusitis; otitis media; meningitis; bacteremia
Term
Enterococcus spp.
Definition
endocarditis; UTIs; post-operative wound infections; intra-abdominal infections
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B. anthracis
Definition
cutaneous anthrax; gastrointestinal; pulmonary
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B. cereus
Definition
gastoenteritis: emetic and diarrheal; ocular
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Neonatal early onset L. monocytogenes
Definition
abortion; stillbirth; premature birth; granulomatosis infantseptica
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Neonatal late onset L. monocytogenes
Definition
meningitis or meningoencephalitis
Term
Adult L. monocytogenes
Definition
gastrointestinal; meningitis; bacteremia
Term
Respiratory C. diphtheriae
Definition
sore throat; fever; malaise; enlarged lymph nodes; exudative pharyngitis involving pseudomembrane
Term
Pharyngeal C. diphtheriae
Definition
pseudomembrane formation
Term
Cutaneous C. diphtheriae
Definition
chronic, non-healing ulcer
Term
Pulmonary Nocardia
Definition
cough; fever; labored breathing
Term
cutaneous Nocardia
Definition
mycetoma; cellulitis; subcutaneous abcesses
Term
TB
Definition
Malaise, wt. loss, cough, night sweats, sputum
Term
M. leprae
Definition
tuberculoid leprosy; lepromatous leprosy
Term
M. intracellulare
Definition
pulmonary disease of immunocompetents - smokers
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M. avium
Definition
disseminated infection - opportunist
Term
Pregnant women agalactiae
Definition
post-partum endometritis, wound infection, UTI;
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Adult agalactiae
Definition
opportunistic bacteremia, pneumonia, bone and joint infections, skin and soft tissue infections
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