Anthrax.docx
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This document lists various bacterial diseases along with the causative bacteria, including whether they are rods or cocci and some form endospores. It covers anthrax, rheumatic fever, diphtheria, botulism, septic sore throat, boils, tetanus, gas gangrene, toxic shock syndrome, cholera, typhoid fever, shigellosis, whooping cough, salmonellosis, and bubonic plague.
Anthrax.docx
- 1. Anthrax Bacillus anthracis (+ rod) **endospore former** Rheumatic fever Streptococcus pyogenes (+ coccus) Diphtheria Corynebacterium diphtheriae (+ rod) Botulism Clostridium botulinum (+ rod) **endospore former** Septic Sore Throat (pharyngitis) Streptococcus pyogenes (+ coccus) Boils Staphylococus aureus (+ coccus) Tetanus Clostridium tetani (+ rod) **endospore former** Gas gangrene Clostridium perfringes (+ rod) **endospore former** Toxic shock syndrome Staphylococcus aureus (+ coccus) Cholera Vibrio cholera (- rod) Typhoid fever Salmonella typhi (- rod) Shigellosis (bacterial dysentery) Shigella species (- rod) Whooping Cough Bordetella pertussis (- rod)
- 2. Salmonellosis (food poisoning) Salmonella species (- rod) Bubonic plague Yersinia pestis (- rod)