front 1 bacillus anthracis causing anthrax | back 1 ![]() |
front 2 bacillus anthracis | back 2 gram-positive endospore-forming rod aerobic and catalase positive forms a tripartite toxin (edema factor, protective antigen, lethal factor) |
front 3 staphylococcus aureus and streptococcus pneumoniae causing acute endocarditis | back 3 ![]() |
front 4 staphylococcus aureus and streptococcus | back 4 gram positive bacteria |
front 5 yersinia pestis causing plague | back 5 ![]() |
front 6 yersinia pestis | back 6 gram-negative bacteria |
front 7 borrelia burgdoferi causing lyme disease | back 7 ![]() |
front 8 borrelia burgdoferi | back 8 large spirochete with 3 to 10 irregularly spaced coils evades the immune system by changing antigens has multiple proteins for attachment to host cells possible that immune response contributes to the pathology of the disease |
front 9 bartonella henslae causing cat-scratch disease | back 9 ![]() |
front 10 bartonella henslae | back 10 small gram-negative rod, fastidious, will grow on blood agar |
front 11 rickettsia species causing spotted fever rickettsiosis | back 11 ![]() |
front 12 rickettsia species | back 12 gram-negative bacteria |
front 13 epstein-barr virus causing mono | back 13 ![]() |
front 14 epstein-barr virus | back 14 circular form of DNA herpesviruses latency |
front 15 SARS-CoV-2 causing COVID | back 15 ![]() |
front 16 SARS-CoV-2 | back 16 RNA virus enveloped, positive-sense RNA viruses with spike proteins |
front 17 yellow fever disease | back 17 ![]() |
front 18 yellow fever virus | back 18 RNA virus |
front 19 HIV disease | back 19 ![]() |
front 20 HIV | back 20 retrovirus |
front 21 streptococcus mutans causing dental caries | back 21 ![]() |
front 22 streptococcus mutans | back 22 gram-positive bacteria |
front 23 helicobacter pylori causing gastric ulcers | back 23 ![]() |
front 24 helicobacter pylori | back 24 gram-negative bacteria |
front 25 acute diarrhea and food poisoning causative agents | back 25 salmonella, shigella, shiga toxin-producing E. coli, other E. coli, campylobacter, clostridioides difficile, vibrio cholerae, and non-cholera vibrio species |
front 26 salmonella causing acute diarrhea | back 26 ![]() |
front 27 shigella causing acute diarrhea | back 27 ![]() |
front 28 shiga toxin-producing E. coli causing acute diarrhea | back 28 ![]() |
front 29 other E. coli causing acute diarrhea | back 29 ![]() |
front 30 campylobacter causing acute diarrhea | back 30 ![]() |
front 31 clostridioides difficiles causing acute diarrhea | back 31 ![]() |
front 32 vibrio cholerae causing acute diarrhea | back 32 ![]() |
front 33 non-cholera vibrio species causing acute diarrhea | back 33 ![]() |
front 34 non-bacterial causes of acute diarrhea | back 34 cryptosporidium, rotavirus, norovirus |
front 35 clostridium perfringen causing acute diarrhea with vomiting | back 35 ![]() |
front 36 clostridium perfringen | back 36 gram-positive endospore-forming bacteria |
front 37 hepatitis A disease table | back 37 ![]() |
front 38 hepatitis A | back 38 non-enveloped, single stranded RNA enterovirus |
front 39 hepatitis B disease table | back 39 ![]() |
front 40 hepatitis B | back 40 enveloped DNA virus transmitted by minute amounts of blood |
front 41 hepatitis C disease table | back 41 ![]() |
front 42 hepatitis C | back 42 silent epidemic RNA virus |
front 43 schistosomas causing liver disease | back 43 ![]() |
front 44 schistosoma | back 44 helminths - trematodes |
front 45 rotavirus | back 45 ![]() |
front 46 mumps disease table | back 46 ![]() |
front 47 mumps virus | back 47 single-stranded RNA virus from the paramyxovirus genus |
front 48 giardia duodenalis causing chronic diarrhea | back 48 ![]() |
front 49 giardia duodenalis | back 49 flagellated protozoan |
front 50 enterobius vermicularis disease table | back 50 ![]() |
front 51 enterobius vermicularis | back 51 pinworm most common worm disease in children of temperate zones |
front 52 taenia solium disease table | back 52 ![]() |
front 53 taenia solium | back 53 tapeworm adults worms are up to 5 m long |
front 54 fasciola hepatica causing liver and intestinal disease | back 54 ![]() |
front 55 fasciola hepatica | back 55 liver fluke common in sheep, cattle, goats, and other mammals |
front 56 E. coli causing UTIs | back 56 ![]() mode of transmission - opportunism, transfer from GI tract (community-acquired) or environment (catheter) culture/diagnosis - usually culture-based; antimicrobial susceptibilities always checked prevention - hygiene practices; in case of CA-UTIs, limit catheter usage |
front 57 chlamydia disease table | back 57 ![]() |
front 58 chlamydia trachomatis | back 58 gram-negative bacteria obligate intracellular parasite cell wall prevents phagosome - lysosome fusion |
front 59 treponema pollidum causing syphilis | back 59 ![]() |
front 60 treponema pollidum | back 60 thin, regularly coiled cell with a gram-negative cell wall hooked tip |
front 61 neisseria gonorrhoaea disease table | back 61 ![]() |
front 62 neisseria gonorrhoeae | back 62 pyogenic, gram-negative diplococcus use fimbriae to attach to mucosal epithelial cells |
front 63 haemophilus ducreyi causing chancroid | back 63 ![]() |
front 64 haemophilus ducreyi | back 64 pleomorphic gram-negative rod forms a soft chancre |
front 65 herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2 disease table | back 65 ![]() |
front 66 herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2 | back 66 DNA viruses with icosahedral capsids and envelopes with glycoprotein spikes becomes latent in ganglion |
front 67 human papilomaviruses causing genital warts | back 67 ![]() infection may or may not result in warts; infection may result in malignancy may cause laryngeal warts on fetus |
front 68 candida albicans causing vaginitis | back 68 ![]() |
front 69 candida albicans | back 69 dimorphic fungus normal biota of human mouth, GI tract, and vagina |
front 70 trichomonas vaginalis causing vaginitis | back 70 ![]() |
front 71 trichomonas vaginalis | back 71 small, pear shaped protozoa many cases are asymptomatic |
front 72 schistosoma haematobium disease table | back 72 ![]() |
front 73 schistosoma haematobium | back 73 helminth - trematode |