Organism Disease Symptoms Diagnosis Treatment Transmission

Staphylococcus aureus
Staph
MRSA
impetigo
folliculitis
clotting
gram +
antibiotics
(resistence)
opportunistic
blood
Streptococcus Group A
Pharyngitis
Scarlet fever
Rheumatic fever
fever
rash
inflammation
antigens antibiotics
autoimmune
blood
Streptococcus Group B
Meningitis
Pnemonia
fever
inflammation
ELISA
gram +
antibiotics
blood
rare
Streptococcus pneumoniae Pnemonia
fever
chills
chest pain
cough
ELISA
gram +
(sputum)
antibiotics lungs
Bacillus anthracis Anthrax
eschar
inflammation
GI
gram +
facultative
antimicrobials
soil
(rare)
herbivores
Clostridium botulinum Botulism
weak/dizzy
neuro
GI
gram +
anaerobic
antimicrobials
soil
water
food
Clostridium tetani Tetanus contraction
gram +
endospore
synapsis
antimicrobials
soil
dust
GI
Listeria Listeria
flu-like
pregnant
gram +
(fluids)
antimicrobials
(resistance)
soil
water
animals
Corynebacterium diphtheria Diptheria
sore throat
fever
pain
gram +
pseudomembrane
antitoxins
droplets
contact
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Tuberculosis
cough
fatigue
SOB
gram +
(resistance)
skin test
x-ray
antibiotics inhalation
Neisseria gonorrhoea Gonorrhea
urination pain
discharge
gram -
antimicrobials
(resistance)
sexual
birth
Neisseria meningitis Meningitis
chest pain
SOB
fever
gram -
IV antibiotics
(fatal if not
treated)
droplets
Escherichia coli E Coli GI gram - antimicrobials food
Salmonella
Salmonella
Typhoid Fever
GI gram -
antibiotics
fluids
food
feces
Bordetella pertussis
Pertussis
Whooping Cough
cough
(children)
gram -
symptom
management
inhalation
Legionella pneumonphila Legionnaires
fever
chills
pnemonia
gram -
antibodies
antibiotics water
Rickettsia rickettsii
Rickets
Rocky Mountain
fever
nausea
gram -
arthropod vectors
antibiotics
tick removal
ticks
Chlamydia trachomatis Chlamydia
fever
sores
gram -
spirochete
antibiotics fluid contact
Treponema pallidum Syphilis
flu-like
rash
gram -
spirochete
antibiotics fluid contact
Borrelia burgdorferi Lyme Disease
rash
arthritis
gram -
antibodies
antibiotics
tick removal
ticks
Vibrio cholerai Cholera GI gram -
antibiotics
fluids
food
Helicobacter pylori H Pylori
gastritis
ulcers
gram -
antimicrobials
antacids
food
feces
Prevention
antisepsis
antisepsis
immunization
(women)
vaccine
vaccine
(animals and
humans)
canned food
honey (infants)
DTaP
avoiding foods
DTaP
immunization
(not all US)
safe sex
vaccine
(not all strands)
prophalactics
avoiding foods
avoiding foods
(waste under
control in US)
DTaP
chlorination
heating water
avoid ticks
safe sex
(highest % STD)
safe sex
avoid ticks
(east coast)
avoid food
waste
avoid food
antisepsis