Burton's Microbiology For The Health Sciences: Chapter 19. Bacterial Infections
Burton's Microbiology For The Health Sciences: Chapter 19. Bacterial Infections
Burton's Microbiology For The Health Sciences: Chapter 19. Bacterial Infections
• Diseases Caused by
Anaerobic Bacteria
• Diseases Associated
With Biofilms
• Recap of Major
Bacterial Infections of
Humans
• Appropriate Therapy for
Bacterial Infections
• Pneumonia
– May be caused by Gram + or Gram - bacteria,
mycoplasmas, chlamydias, viruses, fungi, or protozoa
– Community-acquired bacterial pneumonia is most
frequently caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae
• S. pneumoniae is the most common cause of
pneumonia in the world
– Transmission, in most cases, occurs via infected
humans
• Tuberculosis (TB)
– Primarily Mycobacterium tuberculosis (a slow-
growing, acid-fast, Gram-positive to Gram-variable
bacillus), occasionally other Mycobacterium spp.;
transmission occurs primarily via infected humans
(airborne droplets)
• Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
– Bordetella pertussis, a small, encapsulated,
nonmotile, Gram - coccobacillus that produces
endotoxin and exotoxins; transmission occurs via
infected humans (i.e., droplets by coughing)
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Bacterial Infections of the Oral Cavity
PMNs
Gram-negative bacilli