Bacillius anthracis

Gram Positive Rods

spore forming

Dz: inhalation anthrax; sepsis

Bordetella pertussis

Gram negaive short rods = GNSR;

fastidious

Dz: whooping cough

Campylobacter jejuni

Gram negative rods;

enteric

Dz: Diarrhea

Chlamydia trachomatis

Intracellular

 Dz: STD; cervicitis; PID (pelvic inflammatory Dz)

Clostridium botulinum

Gram positive rods;

anaerobe;

spores

Dz: Botulism, (flaccid paralysis; food borne)

Clostridium difficile

 Gram positive rods;

anaerobe;

spores

Dz: Diarrhea

Clostridium perfringens

 Gram postive rods;

anaerobe;

spores

Dz: Gas gangrene; necrotizing fasciitis

 Clostidium tetani

Gram positive rods;

anaerobe;

spores

Dz: tetanus (spastic paralysis)

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Gram positive rods;

aerobe

Dz: Diptheria (URTI...soar throat and fever)

E. coli

Gram negative rods

Dz: UTI/diarrheal illnesses

 Legionella pneumophila

Fastidious (intracellular)

 Dz: Legionnaires disease

 Listeria monocytogenes

Fastidious (intracellular)

 Dz: meningitis (food borne)

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Acid fast

Dz: Tuberculosis

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Wall less

Dz: primary atypical pneumonia

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Gram negative Cocci

Dz: Urethritis; cervicitis, PID

Neisseria meningitis

Gram negative Cocci;

Dz: acute bacterial meningitis

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Gram negative rods;

aerobic

Dz: pneumonia in CF; lesions

Salmonella spp.

Gram negative rods;

enteric

Dz: Diarrhea; sepsis

Shigella spp.

Gram negative rods;

enteric

Dz: Diarrhea

Staphyoloccus aureus

Gram postive Cocci

Dz: food poisoning; skin abscess; osteomyelitis; endocarditis; toxic shock syndrome

Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A)

Gram positive Cocci

Dz: pharyngitis; ARF; skin/wound infections; toxic shock

Streptococcus pnuemoniae

Gram positive cocci

Dz: CAP (community aquired pnuemonia); otitis media/sinusitis; AECB (acue exacerbactions of chronic bronchitis); meningitis

Treponema pallidum

Spirochetes

Dz: Syphilis

Vibrio cholerae

Gram negative rods;

enteric

Dz:Diarrhea

Yersinia enterocolitica

Gram negative rods;

enteric

Dz:Diarrhea; sepsis